KOL KINLOSS מטות מסעי. Mattot-Mase SHABBAT AT KINLOSS. SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS Friday night. Shabbat Morning.

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1 KOL KINLOSS NEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE 13 / 14 JULY 2018 ב באב תשע ח Shabbat commences at 8:59pm and terminates at 10:15pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm There will be a Kiddush in the Kinloss Suite this week following the services SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS Friday night 7:30pm: Mincha followed by Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Morning 8:30am: Sephardi Synagogue Talmud Tractate Berachot by Rabbi Heller 8:45am: Deal Hall Rambam: The Laws of Yom Tov by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum 8:45am: Youth Breakfast Banter Breakfast and Parasha Shiur Benchers Cafe with Barry Colman בס ד מטות מסעי Mattot-Mase SHABBAT AT KINLOSS HASHKAMA 7:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, followed by Kiddush and a short shiur. MAIN SYNAGOGUE 9:15am led by Chazan Eli Sufrin. Kriat Hatorah by Howard Mulkis. Rabbi Lawrence will speak 10:30-10:50am in the Rabbi s Office Study Group with Rabbi Laitner titled The Prayers of Friday night Shabbat Forum following the Services with Michael Goldstein, President of the United Synagogue Shabbat Afternoon 7:40pm: Daf Yomi Shiur in the Newman Room 8:15pm: Pre-Mincha Shiur by Rabbi Nisan Andrews 8:55pm Mincha followed by Seuda Shlishit jointly sponsored by Fleurise and Darren Lewis and Natalie and Jackie Lipowicz Talk by Yossi Fachler titled Champions die overnight. Sportsmen last forever. Everyone is welcome YOUTH TAKEOVER OF THE MINYAN 9:15am in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Youth. Rabbi Laitner will speak. Kiddush sponsored by Youth families. SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00am in the Sephardi Synagogue, led by Rabbi Heller and Reuben Gorji. FAMILY SERVICE 10:15am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash with Rabbi Lawrence and Rabbi Andrews THE KIDS MINYAN 10:45am in the Newman Room, Yrs 5 and 6 10:15pm: Ma ariv

2 Some Thoughts on the Sidra By Barry Colman A thousand from each and every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel shall you send to the legion. And so there were delivered [vayemasru] from the thousands of the Children of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for the legion. (Bamidbar 31:4-5) In this week s sedra Hashem commands Moshe to select a thousand warriors from each of Israel s tribes righteous men who truly understood the intense spiritual damage the Jews had suffered at the hands of the Midianites and who could be relied on to avenge Hashem and the Jewish people from its enemy. However, there is an apparent redundancy in the first part of the pasuk. After the Torah states that men were to be selected from each and every tribe why does it need to add of all the tribes of Israel? Rashi answers that this second phrase is added to include to the tribe of Levi. There are a number of entities in Jewish ideology whose components can alternate between twelve and thirteen. For example, although a Jewish year is generally twelve months, in a leap year it is thirteen months. Another example is the age of maturity for girls and boys. Girls come of age at the age of twelve, while boys come of age at the age of thirteen. The tribes of Israel also alternate between twelve and thirteen. Normally we speak of the twelve tribes of Israel. Even though the tribe of Yosef was split into two Ephraim and Menasheh often the tribe of Levi is not counted together with the other tribes. Rashi explains that on occasion when of all the tribes of Israel is spoken, it indicates thirteen tribes, which includes the tribe of Levi. Seemingly this is the case with regard to selecting warriors for the war of revenge against the Midianites. The difficulty with Rashi s explanation is that the end of the pasuk states that twelve thousand special troops were selected. If each of the thirteen tribes contributed a thousand warriors to this special force, where were the thousand from the tribe of Levi? The pasuk itself holds the answer to this question. Translated literally, the term vayemasru means and so there were delivered. Twelve thousand troops had to be delivered forcefully into battle. Take vengeance for the Children of Israel against the Midianties; Afterward you will be gathered unto your people. (ibid. 31:2) When Hashem instructed the Jewish people to take revenge against the Midianites, He informed them that after the battle Moshe would die. There was a general agreement among the people to delay the battle in order to delay Moshe s death; they did not want Moshe to die, even if that was Hashem s command. Therefore Moshe had to compel the warriors, to deliver them into battle, so that they would carry out the mission to which they were assigned. The one tribe that did not need to be delivered was the tribe of Levi. This is because for the Levites, a command from Hashem superseded all other considerations, even if it meant hastening the death of their leader Moshe. Rashi points out, the tribe of Levi also sent a thousand warriors into battle. Thirteen thousand warriors in all went to fight the Midianites. The reason the Torah mentions only twelve thousand troops is that, unlike the thousand Levites who went willingly into battle, Moshe had to deliver the other twelve thousand to the task that Hashem had commanded them to do even though it would lead to his eventual death. Mattot Statistics Mitzvot: 2 of the 613 mitzvot, 1 positive and 1 negative Verses: 112 (24th longest of the 54 Sidrot) Words: 1484 (29th longest) Letters: 5652 (30th longest) Massei Statistics Mitzvot: 6 of the 613 mitzvot, 2 positive and 4 negative Verses: 132 (12th longest of the 54 Sidrot) Words: 1461 (32nd longest) Letters: 5773 (28th longest) Page No. SONCINO HERTZ ARTSCROLL Sidra Haftarah

3 The Haftara - An Addition, an Opening or an Optional Extra Reading the Haftara הפטרה is one of the older synagogue practices. The word and its partner, Maftir,מפטיר itself imply a drawing to conclusion or final act, just as we recite at the Seder table ain maftirin achar hapesach Afikoman Machzor Vitri 11) th.אין מפטירין אחר הפסח אפיקומן Century) makes connection with פטר רחם opening of the womb and suggests opening our mouths; we can speak (words of Torah), which we could not during the Torah reading, itself. A third meaning is פטור (Patur) implying non-obligatory. We hold that it is obligatory (to all those obligated in leining) and that with its blessing, should be recited in a minyan. According to one tradition, reading a Haftara was instituted by Ezra immediately after the Books of the Prophets were completed. Abudarham, a fourteenth century authority on liturgy, attributes its introduction to the time of Antiochus decrees against reading the Torah (c168 BCE). He notes that the Prophets were permitted as they were merely Mussar (ethical admonition) rather than core tenets of Jewish faith. Though widely repeated, some question whether the officers of any persecution would have allowed such a distinction and tolerated a related study of the Prophets, but not the Torah itself. Abudarham also explains that the default length of a Haftara is 21 verses corresponding to seven Aliyot times the minimal three verses each. The Mishna and Talmud discuss appropriate Haftara texts, for example, whether the passages from Ezekiel s vision of Hashem s Merkava (chariot) should be read. The Tosefta enumerates the four special parshiyot and Haftarot of around Purim as well as festivals, Chol Hamoed and second day Yom Tov in Diaspora. Rashi cites a Teshuva of the Geonim which mentioned a custom of a Shabbat Mincha Haftara of ten pesukkim. Nowadays the only afternoon Haftara is on public fast days and Yom Kippur. There is no weekday Haftara on Channuka or Rosh Chodesh (or indeed Purim the Megilla is its own mitzvah) so as to allow people to get to work. While we most commonly read the Haftara from our Chumash (or the Haftara book for clearer print), the Haftara was traditionally (and remains in some places) read from a scroll. There is also a preference that it should otherwise be read from a Tanach, where the entirety of the Prophetic writings is included, rather than just our selected passages. The Talmud and Tur/Shulchan Aruch (OC 244:4) reference minors leading a regular Haftara, which continues in many Sephardi and some Ashkenazi communities. Zachor, Chazon and others are traditionally reserved for adults or the Rabbi. Excepting Acharei Mot/Kedoshim, when there is a double parasha, the Haftara for the second parasha is read. Between 17 th Tammuz and Tisha B Av, we have three Haftaras identified as the ג' דפורענותא the three of misfortune. The first two are from Jeremiah and the third, Chazon Yeshiyahu, the vision of Isaiah. Even when Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh, the haftarah from Jeremiah is read. The convention is that even the critical haftarot end on a positive tone, so this week we add three later pesukkim from Jeremiah anticipating the world turning to Hashem in truth, justice and righteousness. Chazon is traditionally read by the Rabbi and intersperses the tune of Eicha (Lamentations). It is one a few which are customarily not given to Bar Mitzvahs. The seven Haftaras from Tisha B Av through Shabbat Shuva are known as the דנחמתא,ז' the seven Haftaras of consolation. Whereas the preceding weeks portended apprehension, admonition and exile, these highlight Hashem s growing compassion and our hope for redemption. Kiddush clubs which occasion an exodus from shul during the Haftara for a lechayim (and sometimes Divrei Torah) have been decried by Poskim, the OU, and other shul bodies as disrespectful to the Congregation and indeed the Prophets. However, they persist. This Shabbat in Kinloss, we welcome a first meeting of a Kinloss Women s Haftarah Study Group. This group will meet periodically to study and recite portions of the weekly Haftara. It is a learning project and not a service. (This Shabbat they shall meet in the Rabstein Room, adjacent to the Kinloss Suite at 10:50am.) May our learning, grow our commitment to Torah and bring the Redemption of our Nation and the fulfilment of our Prophets visions. We have a busy Shabbat. Thanks to Barry and the Youth who will be leading a Youth Takeover of the Minyan; to all those who help with our Children s Services and this week s Family Friendly Service (10:15 in the Beth HaMidrash). We also welcome United Synagogue President, Michael Goldstein, and look forward to his Shabbat Forum. Shabbat Shalom & Chodesh Tov R Jeremy Lawrence

4 THIS WEEK S HAFTORAH BY RABBI ANDREWS The Haftorah, this week for Parashat Matot-Masei, is the second in the order of three Haftorot that are read between Shevah Asar Bi Tammuz and Tisha Bi Av, the Tlata Depuranuta. They all describe Israel s abuse and destruction. The reading begins in the second chapter Sefer Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah 2:4), exactly where the previous week s Haftorah ended. The first five verses lament that the Bnei Yisroel (Jewish people), especially their leaders, have betrayed Hashem. While the entire people are guilty of a lack of gratitude for all that God did by taking them out of Egypt, led them through a desolate desert, and brought them to Eretz Yisroel (Israel), the Jewish leaders are additionally culpable due to their status. Amongst the leaders listed in this betrayal are those who study and know Torah. One could ask how is it conceivable that those knowledgeable in the Torah did not know Godliness? Whilst we can understand how other leaders might ignore Hashem, how could Torah sages fail to be cognizant of their creator? A possible answer I found points to the proverbial inability to see the forest for the trees. The learning of Torah itself, indispensable as it is to Jewish life, can at the same time distract one from hearing God s call. Over-focus on one area of Torah, for example, can mean that one spends one s whole life fulfilling that one mitzvah. The effect is a perversion of the kind of life God desired from us. Hashem wants the entire picture, not one section of it. If you find yourself at Kinloss over the course of the day, please stop by the office to say hello! I can usually be found there during the regular office hours (except Thursday).

5 Advertise to one of the biggest communities in North West London over 3,000 people!!! KINLOSS MAGAZINE 2018 Ad Rates all ads are colour: Inside Front Cover: POA Outside Back Cover: POA Full Page: 395 ½ Page: 210 ¼ Page: 135 Plus VAT on all adverts Placing an ad in the Kinloss Synagogue magazine is not only a cost effective way to promote your company, products or services direct to the community Good idea!! Use your ad. to make a special offer to encourage members of the Kinloss Community to support your business For more information or to book an ad: Call Adrian on or advertising@kinloss.org.uk DEADLINE: FRIDAY 27TH JULY

6 Calling all avid walkers. want to meet other walkers or turn your informal group of walking friends into a force to be reckoned with? Kinloss would like to start up a Sunday morning fortnightly Walking Group with Rabbi Andrews meeting at Kinloss at 10:30am Please contact Lucy on or ket@kinloss.org.uk for more details We desperately need your help for our security teams!! Become a security volunteer and give ONE HOUR every eight weeks. If you are over 18 and wish to volunteer for our security teams, we provide on-the-job training. To help to provide full security for our busy vibrant community Please contact: mail securekinloss@yahoo.co.uk or call Martin Shiers on to volunteer and register

7 * To all children who have Birthday Blessings. * Marian and Leonard Stern on the birth of of their Great Grand-daughter Chaya Mushka and also on the Barmitzvah of their Grandson Hillel Dovid. YIZKOR BOOKLET During Yizkor, we recite a special memorial prayer for each of our relatives whom we wish to remember, and this is your opportunity to include their names in the Yizkor Booklet. Letters have already been sent out by post. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORMS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 20TH JULY If you have not received your letter, or have any queries, please contact the Shul office on or by to yizkor@kinloss.org.uk CHAPS FOR CHAT The next Chaps for Chat will be on Wednesday 18th July 2018 between 11:00am to 12:00pm For further details or to book a place please call Jacki Caplin on or Rochelle at Kinloss Cares on welfare@kinloss.org.uk A chance to discuss and reflect: Open to those who have been bereaved in the past year or marking a Yahrzeit this month. Rabbi Lawrence would like to invite you to join him for coffee on Sunday 29th July from 9am to 10am at Kinloss Shul Please call Rochelle on if you would like to attend

8 KINLOSS YOUTH Kinloss Youth Express Yourself! Shabbat Mattot Mase Breakfast Banter 8.45am in Benchers Café Breakfast and Parsha Schmooze Youth Minyan Takeover of The Minyan 9.15am in the Large Deal Hall Thank you to all the Youth have put in so much time and effort to participate in this service And thank you to Youth parents for sponsoring this week s Kiddush Year 9 Shabbat Lunch, pm in the Youth Flat Summer Chill 6.30pm in the Nemetnejad Room A game of Two Halves Guest Speaker, Rabbi Yossi Fachler 8pm in the Nemetnejad Room Followed by Seudah Shlishit with the community Fifa World Cup with Kinloss Youth Final - Croatia Vs France pm, Nemetnejad Room 5 including nosh and ice-cream Bat Mitzvah Programme Siyum With Rabbi & Mandy Lawrence Wednesday 18th July, pm Nemetnejad Room Pizza will be served If you require cheese free or gluten free please contact youth@kinloss.org.uk Shabbat Lunches in the Youth Flat Shabbat 21st July Year 12 Tisha B Av Youth programe Sunday 22nd July, 4.30pm 7pm in the Nemetnejad Room We will be showing the movie The Book Thief Followed by a discussion on the themes of the film and Tisha B Av. Afterwards, Youth are invited to join the main event downstairs in the Kinloss Suite where the film Denial will be shown and James Lisbon, Partner at Mishcon de Reya will be speaking on Denial and misappropriation of the Shoah today End of Year Roller Disco Monday 23rd July Kinloss Club - Years 5 & 6, pm Club 78 Years 7 & 8, pm Includes pizza and chips Limited Places! 15 Kinloss members non-kinloss members Shabbat Shalom Baz, Chaz, Micholi and Amalia youth@kinloss.org.uk

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10 KINLOSS NOTICE BOARD 9:45am Games Room in the Newman Room with Rav Melachi 0-4 year olds with Sara Keen in the Kinloss Suite Foyer Reception up to School Year 2 with Natalie Sommer in the Avram Nemetnejad Room (2nd Floor) School Years with Dina Ellis in the First Floor Classrooms The Kids Minyan - with Rav Melachi in the Newman Room All Children s Services will start at 10:45am followed by Kiddush Mazeltov to the children in our community celebrating their birthdays this week: Jacob Zamet (5) Eliahou Zeloof (11) Asher Morris (9) Yonatan Jesner (11) Eliana Kibel (7) Sam Hamilton (11) Isaac Shiers (6) Millie Suchet (2) THANK YOU TO: * Security Team 8. If you have any queries, please speak to Martin Shiers on , or securekinloss@yahoo.co.uk * Mozelle Onnie, Iain Miller and Rochelle Belmont of The Welcoming Committee * Kiddush Rota Team SHARED READING GROUP Our next Shared Reading Group will take place TUESDAY 17TH JULY 2018 at 2:00pm in Benchers Cafe Everybody is welcome all reading materials supplied. For more information, please speak to: Kate Fulton on or kathrynfulton@hotmail.com ANIM ZEMIROT CLUB Come and learn to sing Anim Zemirot Our club meets every Shabbat at 10:15am in the Robing Room. Boys of 6 and over welcome. Led by David Lesser KINLOSS SHABBAT LUNCHEON CLUB is taking place this Shabbat 14th July 2018 SERVICES see front שבת) page) Sun Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Shacharit 1 Shacharit 2 7:30am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 7:00am 8:15am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am Sephardi Shacharit 8:00am 6:45am 6:45am 6:45am 6:45am 6:45am Mincha & Ma ariv 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30pm

11 NEXT WEEK AT KINLOSS: DAY: COMMUNITY LEARNING: COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES: SUNDAY 08:00am Daf Yomi (NR) 3:30pm Youth World Cup Final (NR) MONDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 09:30am ACE Fitness (MN) 20:00pm Beit Midrash Programme (BM) 10:00am and Toddler (Deal Hall) 19:30pm Ivrit Discussion Group (NR) 20:15pm Pilates (MN) TUESDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:30am Friendship Club (DH) 08:30am Shaarei Teshuvah with R Andrews (BM) 20:00pm Gemorah Shiur with R Andrews (BM) 10:45am Bridge Club (PS) 14:00pm Shared Reading (BC) 20:00pm Ulpan Ivrit (MN) WEDNESDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am Art Group (MN) 19:30pm Bat Mitzvah Programme (NR) 10:00am and Toddler (DH) THURSDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am Hartbeeps (NR) 19:30pm Daf Yummy (BM) FRIDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am and Toddler (DH) BC = Benchers Cafe NR = Nemetnejad Room BM = Liora Graham Beit Midrash MN = Marilyn Newman Room DH = Nissim and Rifka Deal Hall PS = Persian Synagogue Sponsor a Children s Siddur We are purchasing new Siddurim and offering all members the opportunity to donate a Siddur. 10 per Siddur

12 Shabbat 14 JULY Vera Bronze Cimmie Frankfurt Helena Hart Susan Lee Joseph Soleiman David Whiteman Sunday 15 JULY Jeanne Wilson THE KEHILLA WISHES חיים ארוכים LONG LIFE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YAHRZEIT Monday 16 JULY Miriam Langdon Anita Lichtig David Rosenberg Rose Young Tuesday 17 JULY Ruth Renton Wednesday 18 JULY Julius Alterman June Gotkine Richard Hildebrand Miriam Kaye Audrey Kelvin Celia Levy Zena Shattin Brother Wife Brother Husband (2nd) Wife Brother Sister Sister If you require help or support, please call Rochelle on , or All messages are treated in the strictest confidence. Thursday 19 JULY Margi Abeles Perry Conway David Kay Janice Silver Stanley Weitzman Friday 20 JULY Audrey Alterman Josephine Cohen Philip Elias Heather Grant Raffaello Nemni Sybil Newman Karina Simmons Husband FOR THE WELCOMING DESK ON ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR If you are able to help, please CONDOLENCES TO: * Linda Taylor and Paul Maurice on the passing of their mother Barbara Maurice Z L TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS: WED 18 JULY SUN 29 JULY WED 8 AUG SUN 12 AUG SUN 26 AUG SUN 26 AUG 11:30am in Bushey in memory of Evelyn Wiseman 12:30pm in Bushey in memory of Michele Tager 14:30pm in Waltham Abbey in memory of Sefton Levy 16:30pm in Bushey in memory of Judith Rothstein 12:30pm in Bushey in memory of Rose Wise 13:30pm in Bushey in memory of David Jack Maurice MBE FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence: Rabbi Nisan Andrews: Shimon Gillis, Director of Operations: Shul Office: