KOL KINLOSS NEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE שמיני Shemini 13 / 14 APRIL 2018 כ ט ניסן תשע ח Shabbat commences at 7:39pm and terminates at 8:45pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm Shabbat Mevarechim בס ד WWW.KINLOSS.ORG.UK Mazeltov to Sophia Alexander Passe on her Batmitzvah There will be a Kiddush in the Kinloss Suite this week at the end of the Services CELEBRATING YOM HA ATZMAUT AT 70 SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS Shabbat Morning 8:30am: Sephardi Synagogue Talmud Tractate Berachot by Rabbi Heller 8:45am: Deal Hall Rambam: The Laws of Shabbat by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum 9:15am: Youth Breakfast Banter Breakfast and Parasha Shiur Benchers Cafe with Barry Colman 10:30-10:50am: in the Rabbi s Office Study Group with Rabbi Laitner titled Sefirat Haomer and its prayers Shabbat Afternoon 4:30-6:00pm Bnei Akiva 6:45pm: Daf Yomi Shiur in the Nemetnejad Room 7:45pm: Mincha followed by Shiur by Rabbi Laitner titled Halachic dilemmas in the nascent State of Israel - Part 2 8:45pm: Ma ariv 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 Chazan Eli Sufrin. Rabbi Andrews will speak. THE MINYAN 9:15am in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Robert Owen. Rabbi Lawrence will speak. Kiddush sponsored by Judi and Jeremy Newman SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00am in the Sephardi Synagogue, led by Rabbi Heller and Reuben Gorji. YOUTH SERVICE 9:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, under the direction of our Youth Director, Barry Colman. THE KIDS MINYAN 10:45am in the Newman Room, Yrs 5 and 6
Some Thoughts on the Sidra BY RABBI NISAN ANDREWS In the Parsha this week, God commanded Aharon (Aaron): When you enter the Ohel Moed (Tent of Meeting), neither you nor your descendants may drink wine or any other intoxicant (Lev. 10:9). This raises the obvious question, why are the kohanim forbidden to drink wine before serving in the Beit HaMikdash (Temple)? I once came across an explanation from the Dubno Maggid in the form of a parable: A recent graduate from medical school was looking for a promising town to settle and start his practice. In his searches, he came across another young man who was also looking to start a new business. The second man had just finished his studies at a well-known culinary institute, and wanted to open his own bakery. The newly minted doctor took a liking to the young baker and suggested: Let us search together for the right place to settle down. After all, Two are better than one? The baker, however, disagreed. You are a nice fellow, but we are better off going in separate ways. You see, we are looking for very different types of places. You need a town where they are many sick people who will require your services. I, on the other hand, need a place where the people are healthy and have a good appetite so that they will buy my cakes, pastries, and bread. Thus, we can understand the Torah prohibition. The Temple and wine serve opposite functions. The holy Temple refines and elevates the soul. Wine, on the other hand, can intoxicate and degrade one who drinks too much. Despondent people might even attempt to self-medicate and misuse alcohol as a band-aid to dull bitterness, stress and pain. Like the doctor and the baker, wine and the Beit HaMikdash serve opposite functions; so they need to be separated. SHEMINI STATISTICS Mitzvot: 17 of the 613 Mitzvot, 11 positive and 6 negative Verses: 91 (13th shortest of the 54 Sidrot) Words: 1238 (13th shortest) Letters: 4670 (13th shortest) Haftarah: 40 verses (5th longest of the 80 Haftarot) Page No. SONCINO HERTZ ARTSCROLL Sidra 651 443 588 Maftir 898 652 838 Haftarah 1189 948 1207
The Rabbi Writes Welcome back to everyone who was away over Pesach. Many thanks to everyone here who assisted with the services. We had a lovely Yom Tov. As I write, we are heading into Yom HaShoah. This year s commemoration is particularly poignant. There are fewer eyewitnesses and survivors with us to tell of their experiences. Alongside other manifestations of anti-semitism, there has been a marked growth in the peddling of Holocaust Denial literature. Most particularly, with reference to Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party, I don t recall ever having heard so many people suggest that It is like 1933 all over again! The comparison is based on an improbable, oncethought unelectable leader; populism and a readiness to be blind to, and worse, endorsing of, repetitive anti-semitic tropes. I just don t know! Over Yizkor I was thinking about my grandparents, who were in Berlin in 1933. What would they make of the comparison, or of Jeremy Corbyn? With hindsight, so much of the error of yesteryear was to underestimate and play down the danger. However, some suggest that our acute sensibilities are too finely tuned. There are so many differences to the wider picture, including the existence and protection of Israel. Nonetheless, the readiness of notional liberals both in their institutions and in their droves to discriminate against Jews and against the Middle East s only liberal democracy should ring alarm bells. It is right that our community is protesting. Remembrance, itself, is partly the act of recalling an event in the past. We mourn its victims and celebrate its heroes. Our Seder service goes further. We are supposed to feel and identify. The mitzvah of Pesach is to have each participant appreciate that without the plagues and Hashem s intervention, we and our children would still be enslaved to Pharaoh. The Seder is not solely about the events of yesteryear it is about the present day and about the future, contextualised by our reliving and retelling of the past. Eating the Hillel sandwich is our way of tying our observance with the words and deeds of a survivor of his era of recapturing and evoking his memory of a lost world, and of embracing his way of coping. As we move through our calendar into Yom HaShoah and then Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut, may we pay heed to the remaining survivors of the era and the pioneering builders of Israel. We should take every opportunity to listen to their voices and study their writings. For us, remembrance is incorporating our collective story into our personal memory. I congratulate Barry Colman on arranging another Survivor Dinner (next Shabbat) for the youth. Please do join our upcoming celebrations of Israel with the Yom HaAtzmaut evening service and the Zionist Visionaries course in May. Shabbat Shalom I put out a couple of table quiz sheets for your Sedarim. Herewith the answers: The first was the 10 Plagues a) Boils (Boyles), b) Pestilence (anagram of Pet License), c) Hail (Norman Hale), d) Death of Firstborn (Henry VIII had an elder brother who died), e) Frogs (Frogmen), f) Blood (Blood Orange), g) Locusts (Clue gives Low-cussed), h) Darkness (Quotation from Heart of darkness), i) Lice (Elements 3: Li and 58: Ce), j) Wild Animals (Wilder Niemals) The second were the 15 stages in Dayeynu a) Firstborn (First Bourne), b) Exit from Egypt, c) Manna (To the Manor Born), d) Shabbat (Black Sabbath), e) Supplied our needs, f) Given us Wealth, g) Split the Sea (Split C), h) Walked on Dry Land, i) Temple (station), k) Drowned oppressors, l) Judged our enemies, m) Torah, n) Judged Idols, o) Israel (Rugby player Israel Folau), p) Mount Sinai (Hospital Ambulance) Through Pesach I have started to put out a series of short videos on the 48 Modes of acquiring Torah Wisdom from the 6 th Chapter of Pirkei Avot, known as Perek Kinyanei HaTorah. All of the above, together with other recent Divrei Torah and materials are on the new and revamped Kinloss Website. My page is http://www.kinloss.org.uk/rabbi-lawrences-weeklymessages-and-divrei-torah
THIS WEEK S HAFTORAH BY RABBI ANDREWS This week s Haftorah (II Samuel 6:1-7:17) can be split into three distinct parts. First, there is the story of King David attempting to bring the returned Aron (Ark) to the capital, Ir David (the City of David). Upon Uza s demise as he reached to touch the Aron, David s initiative is temporarily halted and the Aron diverted to the home of Oved Edom. Only after reassurance does David bring the Aron to the Ir David with great celebration. The second part of the Haftorah records David s interaction with his wife Michal, who expresses horror at his undignified celebration. David replied that he would gladly be even less dignified when it comes to celebrating before God. Third, we have the discussion between David and Natan about building a more permanent structure to serve as a House of God. That night, Natan had a prophecy informing him that his enthusiastic endorsement of the project was in error. He returns the following morning to David to recant. The theme of the death of celebrants at dedicatory ceremonies offers the simplest connection between the haftarah and the Torah reading. Nadav and Avihu in the Torah die in the parsha while Uza shares their fate in the Haftorah. 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). SPECIAL FESTIVE BREAKFAST Thursday 19th April 2018 Shacharit, in the Main Shul, at 6.45am followed by the breakfast, which will conclude at approximately 8.15am. The breakfast is sponsored by ע ה the Elek Family to mark the Yahrzeit of Miriam Elek MONDAY 16TH APRIL 2018, 2:00PM FOR A 2:15PM START We will be screening CAST A GIANT SHADOW (1966) In this fact-based film, distinguished US Army Col. David Marcus (Kirk Douglas) is enlisted by the Israelis to perform the difficult task of preparing their fledgling nation for battle against the Arabs. Before long, he feuds with the local leaders, quits his post and goes back home to his pregnant wife (Angie Dickinson) in the United States. However, Marcus, who is Jewish himself, soon has a crisis of faith and decides to return to duty to help the untrained Israelis form an army. 3 members, 4 non-members. Refreshments provided.
SOPHIA ALEXANDER PASSE MAZELTOV TO SOPHIA ON HER BATMITZVAH SOPHIA ATTENDS HASMONEAN SECONDARY SCHOOL. SHE LOVES SPEAKING AND LEARNING SPANISH, AND ENJOYS DRAMA AND PLAYING THE PIANO. SHE ALSO PAINTS. SOPHIA ENJOYED HER RECENT BATMITZVAH GREAT TUBE CHALLENGE FOR UJIA RAISING OVER 3,500. * Gabriella Alexander Passe on her daughter Sophia s Batmitzvah. Mazeltov also to grandmother Anita Alexander-Passe. * Mazeltov to Tehilla Rome who is celebrating her Batmitzvah this weekend. Mazeltov also to her parents Rob and Lucy, sisters Tali and Deena, Grandparents Roz and John Rome, Jean Keenan and John Redding and to Great-grandparents Lewis Clein and Beryl Mordan. * Mazeltov to Ruth and Andrew Shestopal on the birth of a son, Zac. A brother for Jacob and Adam. Mazeltov to grandparents Susan and David Gradel and Hazel and Richard Shestopal. Photography by Daniel Morris and Production by Simon Cowen For all enquiries please contact Deborah on 020 8349 5268 banqueting@kinloss.org.uk www.kinlossevents.co.uk
After last year s success, Mizrachi UK & Kinloss invite you to join top scholars from Israel, for the most inspiring and uplifting event of 2018... Sunday 29 April 2018, Kinloss Synagogue The full programme will run from 09:15-22:30* Rav Reuven Taragin Yeshivat Hakotel Rav David Aaron Yeshivat Orayta Rabbanit Shani Taragin Matan Rav Ari Kahn Bar Ilan University Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel Nishmat Eli Beer World Hatzala Rav Menachem Leibtag Yeshivat Har Etzion Dr Tova Ganzel Bar Ilan University Rav Yehoshua Grunstein Amiel/Strauss Rav David Ebner Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi Rav Yechiel Wasserman World Zionist Organisation Rav Alex Israel Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi Naomi Kahn Regavim Rav David Milston Midreshet Harova Rabbanit Pescha Fisher Midreshet Amit Rav Doron Perez Mizrachi Olami Rav Moshe Gold Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi Rabbi Andrew Shaw CEO Mizrachi UK Rabbi Joseph Dweck Senior Rabbi of S&P Rav Yehuda Peles Mizrachi Manchester Rav Eliyahu Silverman Mizrachi Mechanech Rav Aharon & Rabbanit Shira Hirshkovitz Shaliach for Mizrachi UK and BAUK 10 for one session or all (food available for purchase) To sign-up, please go to www.mizrachi.org.uk/events/doi18 On Shabbat 27/28 April, these educators will be speaking across 40 communities around the UK. Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence Kinloss Synagogue *There will be morning, afternoon and evening sessions. For 10 everyone is welcome to come & go for keynote addresses or shiurim that they wish to attend.
KINLOSS YOUTH Kinloss Youth Express Yourself! Shabbat Shemini Breakfast Banter 9.15am in Benchers Café Breakfast and Parsha Schmooze Youth Minyan 9.45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash. Learn2Volunteer Tuesday 17th April, 7.30 9pm For youth in years 9 & 10, Alternate Tuesday nights Working with Project Impact we have put together a programme designed to teach the importance and need of volunteering in the local, wider and international communities Learn2Lead continues Tuesday 24th April Daf Yummy Thursdays during term time Join us every Thursday evening from 7.45 9pm in the Liora Graham Beit HaMidrash as we tuck into fresh Pizza and learn the Daf in Gemara Succah and topical Jewish subjects Girls and Boys years in school years 8-11 5 per person, includes Pizza, chips and drinks Yom Ha atzmaut and Yom Hazikaron with Bnei Akiva UK Wednesday 18th May at Kinloss Doors open 6.30pm, service commencing at 7pm Dinner and dancing for all madrichim and chanichim will follow the service Survivor Dinner Friday 20th April, Years 9-13 Join us for Friday night dinner with guest speaker Bergen-Belsen survivor Mala Tribich MBE Tickets must be booked in advance! www.kinloss.org.uk/survivordinner Summer Chill - Starts Shabbat 28th April 6.30pm Minchah followed by Seudah Shlishit with the community Board games, table tennis, friends, nosh and much more Rabbi s Monthly Munch Join Rabbi Lawrence for Davening, breakfast and a morning schmooze! Sunday 6th May - Second Shacharit 8.15am in the Liora Graham Beit HaMidrash Parents and boys & girls in years 7 & 8. Pre-Bar Mitzvah boys are encouraged to bring tefillin with them. Save the Date! Tikkun Leil Motsei Shabbat 19th May Keynote speaker: Debbie Stone, Associate Director of Education NCSY Save the Date! Tribe-a-side Sunday 8th July, 2pm @ Power League, Mill Hill 5-a-side football tournament Years 7&8 and Years 9&10 12 per player - Please contact youth@kinloss.org.uk if you would like to participate Shabbat Shalom Baz, Chaz, Micholi and Amalia youth@kinloss.org.uk 07792 460091
KINLOSS NOTICE BOARD 9:45am Games Room in the Newman Room with Rav Melachi 0-4 year olds with Jeremy Teacher in the Kinloss Suite Foyer Reception up to School Year 2 with Natalie Sommer in the Avram Nemetnejad Room (2nd Floor) School Years 3-4 - with Dina Sufrin 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: Tomer Velasquez-Ramirez (8) Aaron Goodman (4) Rachel Toffel (1) Raphael Silverberg (5) Lyla Jamieson (10) Shoshana Kennard (2) Tomer Brittan (11) Asher Sosnow (9) THANK YOU TO: * Security Team. If you have any queries, please speak to Martin Shiers on 07831 836 031, or email securekinloss@yahoo.co.uk * The Welcoming Committee * Kiddush Rota Team 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 will be taking place on Shabbat 21st April 2018 Please contact Rochelle on 020 8346 8551 SERVICES see front שבת) page) ROSH CHODESH IYAR Sun ROSH CHODESH IYAR Mon Tues Weds Thurs Yom Ha atzmaut Fri Shacharit 1 Shacharit 2 7:15am 6:50am 7:00am 7:00am 6:45am 7:00am 8:15am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am 8:00am Sephardi Shacharit 8:00am 6:45am 6:45am 6:45am 8:00am 6:45am Mincha & Ma ariv 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm SEE BNEI AKIVA FLYER 7:30pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30pm
NEXT WEEK AT KINLOSS: DAY: COMMUNITY LEARNING: COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES: SUNDAY 08:00am Daf Yomi (NR) 20:00pm Raid on Entebbe speaker (KS) MONDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am and Toddler Group (DH) 14:00pm Film Club (NR) 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) 10:30am Bridge Club (PS) 19:30pm Gemorah Shiur with R'Andrews (BM) 20:00pm Ulpan Ivrit (MN) 19:30pm Learn2 Volunteer (NR) WEDNESDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 08:30am Rambam with R'Lawrence (BM) 10:00am and Toddler Group (DH) 13:00pm Art Group (MN) 19:00pm Yom Ha'atzmaut evening (Main Shul) THURSDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am Hartbeeps (NR) 19:45pm Daf Yummy (BM) 18:00pm Table Tennis (Ladies Gallery) FRIDAY 07:40am Daf Yomi (NR) 10:00am and Toddler Group (DH) BC = Benchers Café BM = Liora Graham Beit Midrash KS = Kinloss Suite MN = Marilyn Newman Room NR = Nemetnejad Room DH = Nissan and Rifka Deal Hall PS = Persian Synagogue Rabbi Andrews weekly Gemorah Shiur will take place on Tuesday evenings following Maariv at 7:30pm in the Liora Graham Beit Hamedrash SISTER SQUAD will not be taking place this Shabbat Contact Rabbi Andrews for more information email : rabbi.andrews@kinloss.org.uk or call : 0208 349 5262
Shabbat 14 APRIL Stephen Barnett Marion Dubow Yvette Kamlish Beatrice Primhak Sunday 15 APRIL Elizabeth Azizoff Rochelle Bard Sidney Benjamin Helene Levene Howard Samuels Susan Sharp Michael Zabaroff Monday 16 APRIL Alan Bearman Wendy Ryb Tuesday 17 APRIL Arie Bleiberg Barbara Bleiberg Philip Elias Michael Goldman Richard Jaffa Cynthia Rothman Bernard Trent THE KEHILLA WISHES חיים ארוכים LONG LIFE TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YAHRZEIT Husband Son Brother Husband Son Son Wednesday 18 APRIL Jonathan Glasser Yvette Kamlish Thursday 19 APRIL Rami Kanzen Sylvia Kayman Friday 20 APRIL Sadie Bloom Josephine Cohen Gloria Gilchrist Janet Gold Geoffrey Graham Warren Levy Judith Newman Rosalind Shear Nedjat Toubian BEREAVEMENTS: * Helen Pope on the passing of her father Menachem Isaac Hanan Z L * David Weinberg on the passing of his mother Susan Weinberg Z L * Howard Markham on the passing of his mother Aileen Markham Z L * Stephen Landy on the passing of his father Brian Landy Z L * Sheila Forman on the passing of her husband Harold Forman Z L TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS: SUN 15 APRIL SUN 6 MAY TUES 15 MAY 10:00am in Bushey in memory of Alan Fox 11:00am in Bushey in memory of Seymour Kraft 10:30am in Bushey in memory of Philip Silverman FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence: 07501 895 124 Rabbi Nisan Andrews: 07407 764 854 Shimon Gillis, Director of Operations: 020 8349 5264 Shul Office: 020 8346 8551 Brother Seudah Season beginning 28th April If you would like to sponsor, or co-sponsor, a Seudah Shlishit, please call Dalia Hajioff on 07711 386 615, or email dalia@hajioff.com or contact Shimon in the Office. The Seudah Season is from 28th April 25th August (Exc 21st July). Cost to sponsor is 250.