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The Honorary Officers, Board of Management and staff would like to take the opportunity of welcoming the new members to the congregation. We hope that they will all have a long and happy association with us.
Ms Adi Ben-Yehuda Mr Laurence Citron Mrs Ruth Curry Mr Russell & Mrs Joanna Gould Mrs Janine Haftel Mr Ron Harouni Mr Anthony Joseph Mr Sol Zakay Mr Tony and Mrs Sarah Zubaida
Chaim aruchim, long life to Sylvia Jay on the passing of her brother Ronald Saville. Chaim aruchim, long life to Gary Wolens on the passing of his mother Maliette Wolens.
29/11/2015 Late Stella Starr 11.00 am Bushey Cemetery 29/11/2015 Late Nora Danzig 11.30 am Bushey Cemetery 21/12/2015 Late Felicia Klagsbrun 12.00 noon Bushey Cemetery 27/12/2015 Late Ray Poster 12.00 noon Bushey Cemetery
“And Isaac went out towards evening lasuach basadeh, to pray in the field” (Genesis 24:63)
Rashi (eleventh century) explains that the word lasuach, to meditate, means to pray, and from this verse the Talmud derives that Isaac instituted the practice of praying at this time of day, later to be called Mincha. Rabbi Meir Lebush Malbim (nineteenth century) suggests that Isaac went out every afternoon to the place where an angel had appeared to Hagar, Be’er Lachai Ro’i, to meditate at a place that had become associated with sanctity. Thus ‘the field’ where Isaac went for inspiration was in Be’er Lachai Ro’i, the place that had been sanctified, first, by his father’s concubine. Although Hagar was not Isaac’s mother, Isaac acknowledged the spiritual vision that she had received and he wanted to connect with it.
A contrasting explanation is offered by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in the Zohar. Although the verse says that Isaac came from Be’er Lachai Ro’i, the field where he practiced his meditation was elsewhere. The Zohar associates it with ‘the field’ mentioned earlier in the sidra namely the field with the Cave of Machpelah, where Sarah was buried. There, says the Zohar, Isaac perceived a perfume what seemed to him, a perfume from Paradise, and felt the closeness of the Shechina.
In other words, Isaac went to his mother’s grave in order to collect his thoughts before making the most important decision of his life: his marriage.
Throughout Jewish history whenever Jews have faced life-challenging circumstances, they have gone, if at all possible, to the graves of their parents to pray and be inspired to make the right decision. Dayan Ivan Binstock
Our winter season of 1.30pm weekday Mincha has started. This service is provided for members of the shul and we also welcome visitors from other local shuls and local businessmen. The service takes around 10 minutes - provided a minyan arrives on time. If you are willing to commit to one day a week for this important mitzvah your help will be greatly appreciated. Alternatively, if you are willing to join a WhatsApp group to make up a minyan at short notice please email your mobile number to [email protected]. If you find yourself in the area or passing by the shul at 1.30, please pop in to support this service.
Guest Chazan, Marc Duke will lead the services
Dayan Ivan Binstock will lein
Philip Green will read the haftorah
At the end of the service Dayan Ivan Binstock will interview
Professor David Newman on the current situation in Israel
Solomon Summer will sing anim zemirot
Beano Waiman and Dayan Ivan Binstock will speak over seudah shlishit
This week Shabbat begins 4.10 pm. Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 4.15 pm. Shabbat ends 5.13 pm. Next Shabbat begins 3.59 pm.
Service Times Shacharit Mincha Ma’ariv Shabbat 9.00 am 4.00 pm 5.13 pm
Sunday 8.30 am 4.15 pm Follows Mincha
Monday 7.15 am 1.30 pm 7.30 pm
Tuesday 7.25 am 1.30 pm 7.30 pm
Wednesday 7.25 am 1.30 pm 7.30 pm
Thursday Rosh Chodesh - Breakfast 7.00 am 1.30 pm 7.30 pm
Friday Rosh Chodesh 7.00 am 4.15 pm Follows Mincha
Next Shabbat 9.00 am 4.00 pm 5.03 pm
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS LEAFLET FROM THE SHUL ON SHABBAT AS THERE IS NO ERUV
חיי שרה
Page Nos: Hertz 80/90 - Stone 106/1136
The Honorary Officers invite the congregation to Kiddush
in the Moritz Gertler Hall after the service
Who received 400 but lost 6? Supplementary question: Can you find two other usages of 400 in the book of Bereishit?
Last week’s question How many cities are destroyed in the sidra and what are their names?
Answers: 4. Sedom, Amorah, Adma, Zevoim. The 5th one Zoar, is not destroyed.
Winners: Jonathan and Daniel Philips, Joshua and Liorah Brecker, Joseph Loftus, Solomon Summer
Find the quotation: “No king is saved by the size of his army”
Last week’s question Complete the series: Leopard, Eagle, Gazelle, …
Answer: Lion. The series is from Ethics of the Fathers 5:23. Judah b Teima said: Be strong as a leopard, light as an eagle, swift as a gazelle and strong as a lion to do the will of your Father in heaven. NS 563
Winners: Beano Waiman, Jonathan and Daniel Philips, Daniel Goldwater
“In everyone there is something of his fellow-man...Hence, ‘love your neighbor as yourself’ – for he is really you yourself!” [Mystic R Moshe Cordovero, Tomer Devorah (1588) p5 (1928 ed.)]
To sponsor a kiddush, breakfast or seudah shlishit, please contact Hayley on
020 7286 3838 or [email protected]
Parents are reminded that they are responsible for their children at all times. Please do not allow your children to roam the building or to disturb other services.
US Women’s Triennial General Meeting Tuesday 24th November 2015 St John’s Wood United Synagogue 37/41 Grove End Road, London, NW8 9NG 8pm-10pm (voting open from 6.30pm-8pm) If you would like to know more about the role of US Women please call Dalia Cramer on 07725 514 454 for an informal chat or email Julia Hammell, US Women administrator at [email protected]
The oldest Jewish post biblical work, Megilat Taanit (the Scroll of Fasts) writes that 25 Marcheshvan was a semi Yom Tov. It commemorated the day in appr. 350 BCE, when the Jews were able to settle in Shomron having previously been excluded by the Cutiim (Samaritans.)
For calendrical purposes the Jewish month is calculated to start at the time of the molad, lit. ‘birth’ when the new moon is born. This is the moment when the moon becomes invisible, between the end of the old month and the beginning of the new. The real time varies slightly from month to month. For calendar calculations an average time is used and in many communities this time is announced or communicated when the Blessing of the New Month takes place. For the month of KISLEV the molad will be on Wednesday 11th November at 6.35 pm and 11 chalakim.
presents
The Community Chanukah Party
First night Chanukah, Sunday 6th December at 4.00 - 6.00 pm,
with candle lighting at 5.15 pm
Activities for adults and children.
Advance booking at www.shulinthewood.com
Contact Elsiheva Fishel [email protected]
for more information.
- AJEX Shabbat followed by Kiddush - Guest Chazan Gedalia Alexander accompanied by the Neimah Singers
- Barmitzvah of Dimitri Chemla followed by Kiddush - Guest Chazan Adrian Alexander
- Youth Shabbat Service followed by Family Lunch - Visit of Israeli Soldiers
Please note that works are nearly complete in the Youth Centre. Please still take care when visiting the building and ensure that children do not enter restricted areas during the works.
To join the Security Rota for this Shabbat or on a regular basis please contact David Marks [email protected]
Visiting housebound men and women in our community and helping with our communal lunches. Please contact Gillian on 020 7586 0156 or Melody on 020 7286 9810
Please follow the instructions of the security officer in charge. Stewards should wear yellow vests. Unless otherwise advised, the evacuation point is at the American School (entrance opposite 3-5 Loudoun Road). Children should be under the supervision of a responsible adult at all times in the building.
We are delighted to inform the community that Rabbi Yisroel Fine will be assisting Dayan Binstock with its
community Rabbinical needs. Rabbi Fine can be contacted by email via [email protected]
SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice – Guinness World Record 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Together with Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, SJWS Youth will be breaking the World Record for longest length of bunting! Join us from on Sunday morning where each child will be able to draw or explain what a Mitzvah means to them, or to write a message or poem to the children of Noah’s Ark. Noah’s Ark’s Community Fundraising Manager will be addressing the Cheder this Sunday.
The Separated Child’s Foundation – Warm the Winter, Clothing Collectathon 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Everyone has clothes that they don’t wear anymore. Bring these items into St John’s Wood Synagogue on Sunday, between 8:00 am – 1:00 pm to help The Separated Child’s Foundation to Warm the Winter for refugees arriving from Europe. All clothing donated will be distributed to those fighting tos stay warm this winter!
ST JOHN’S WOOD SYNAGOGUE LADIES GUILD LITERARY LUNCH with FREYA NORTH, THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER at 10.45 am
DONATION £25 for Guild & Arts Club members - £30 for Guests
This lunch will be in aid of Jnetics (formally Jewish Genetics Disorders UK) Coffee/Tea at 10.45am, Talk at 11.00am followed by a light lunch
For further information please contact Gillian on 020 7586 0156
Next lunch date Tuesday 10th November Drinks 12.30pm. Home cooked lunch 1.00pm. £7.00 for Synagogue members, £8.00 non-members. BOOKING ESSENTIAL!!! Contact Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156 or Melody Salem on 020 7286 9810
If you are housebound and would like a visitor or a regular phone call, if you need advice or information on local services and activities or if you would like a lift to the Shul's Communal Lunches, please get in touch. Please contact Gillian or Melody
‘Talmud Shiur’ with Alex Grunfeld Friday evening after Maariv
Tuesday Shiur with Dayan Binstock
Wednesday Ladies Shiur with Rabbi Irving Jacobs Contact Linda Sharpe [email protected]
Details from Richard Mernane 020 7289 9173 or [email protected]
Duplicate Bridge, Mondays from 1.00 to 4.00pm. Supervised Bridge 1.15 to 3.45pm. Donation £7 a session including tea. Director: Mike Eden. Contact: Sandra Stecker on 020 7586 2532 or Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156
The next meeting of the Book Club is now postponed to Thursday 19th November at 8.30 pm at the home of Martin and Gwen Levison. The book being discussed is ‘My Brilliant Friend’ by Elena Ferrante. For details contact Valerie Garston on 020 7435 7507
Contact: Essie Graham 020 7586 0454
with Stevie Sillers on 0783 678 4823
St John’s Wood Synagogue Cheder Sundays 9.45am – 12.45pm. Contact Rabbi Ronen Broder 0794 108 7701 or [email protected]
St John’s Wood Synagogue Kindergarten Daily, from 2 years old. Monday to Thursday 8.45am-12.15pm Friday 8.45am-12noon Contact Estelle Brown 020 7286 3859 or [email protected]
Join us for play, coffee & our fun Shabbat table! High-energy Israeli songs with Einav, every other week. Contact Sara Elias 07957 697769 or [email protected]
19th November - Literary lunch at 10.45 am with Freya North. Members donation £25, guests £30
1st December - Visit to The Wallace Collection. Manchester Square London at 1.45pm. Members £13, guests £16
9th December - Dressed by Angels 175 of Costumes, Old Truman Brewery at 2.00 pm. Members donation £20, guests £22
6th January - The Art of Sir William Rothenstein at the Ben Uri Gallery at 11.15 am. Members £12, guests £15
13th January - Visit to the Sigmund Freud Museum at 1.30 pm. Members £8, guests £10
All our outing have private talks Gentlemen welcome to all events Contact Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156
Contact Susan Kosky [email protected] or 020 3441 9476
To the Kiddush Rota and the Security Team for this Shabbat.
