במדבר שבועות בס”ד BEMIDBAR & SHAVUOT 23rd/24th/25th May ה׳ םיון תשע׳׳הVolume 19/Number 28 Shabbat commences at 8:42pm and terminates at 9:58pm. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm. Today’s Kiddush is sponsored by Nona Ozerianskaya on the Shloshim of her father, Chaim Ben Yosef Z”l WWW.KINLOSS.ORG.UK SHABBAT AT KINLOSS HASHKAMA 7:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, followed by Kiddush and a short shiur. MAIN SYNAGOGUE 9:15am SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS led by Eli Sufrin. Kriat Hatorah by Gideon Aminoff and Eli Sufrin. Shabbat Morning 8:30am: (Sephardi Synagogue) Rabbi Lawrence will speak Mishnah Masechet Shabbat before Kriat Hatorah. by Rabbi Heller. Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum’s shiur will not be taking place today. It will resume after Shavuot, on Shabbat 30th May. Shabbat Afternoon 7:45pm: Daf Yomi shiur by Jeffrey Sagal. 8:00pm Pre-Mincha shiur RABBI DORON PODLASHUK Mizrachi scholar-in-residence for Shavuot 5775 will speak on The forgotten mitzvah – that precedes Matan Torah. Mincha at 8:45pm. Followed by Ma’ariv and Yom Tov at 9:58pm. THE MINYAN 9:15am in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Carl White. Devar Torah by Elana Chesler. SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00am in the Sephardi Synagogue led by Rabbi Heller and Reuben Gorji. חג שמח YOUTH SERVICE 9:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, led by our Youth Directors, Barry and Chaya Colman. All the staff of Kinloss wish members Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach SHAVUOT AT KINLOSS 2015/5775 We are looking forward, with much anticipation, to the forthcoming two day Festival, over which we will be delighted to present the following wide-ranging and exciting programme. SHABBAT 23RD MAY Shabbat Minchah followed by Shiur - 8:45pm Maariv & Shabbat Ends - 9:58pm 10:20 - 11:30pm Pre-booked Dinner Hosted by Rabbi and Mandy Lawrence Tikkun Leil (see back page) Youth Tikkun Leil 12:15 - 3:00am, in Liora Graham Beit Midrash. 1ST DAY SHAVUOT - SUNDAY 24TH MAY 3:11am: 9:15am: First Shacharit Second Shacharit (Combined Service) For all Children: Reading of the Ten Commandments during Children’s Services and an ICE CREAM Kiddush The entire community is invited to Kiddush in the Kinloss Suite following the service. Women’s Tikkun 5:00 - 7:00pm kindly hosted by Sally and Scott Saunders at their home, 1 Chalgrove Gardens, N3 3PL with cheesecake and other refreshments. Speakers: Yael Unterman, Rabbi Lawrence & Elana Chesler Mincha and Maariv 7:30pm 2ND DAY SHAVUOT - MONDAY 25TH MAY 7:45am: Hashkama Minyan, in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash 9:00am: Combined Service with Yizkor Women’s Megillat Ruth Reading, immediately after Yizkor, in the Large Deal Hall. 9:45am: Youth Minyan in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, led by Barry and Chaya Colman The Honorary Officers and Board of Management of our Synagogue invite the entire community to attend a special celebratory YOM TOV KIDDUSH to honour this year’s recipients of our community’s EISHET CHAYIL AWARDS: CLARE LESSER SIMA ROSEN JENNY SOSNOW Presentations will be made to the recipients in the Synagogue immediately after the conclusion of our morning service. 1:00 - 3:00pm: Barbecue Lunch in the Youth Flat, for Years 11, 12 and 13. 8:00pm: Mincha 8:20pm: CHEESECAKE TEA in the Deal Hall followed by DESERT ISLAND DRASH with CHAYA COLMAN JO GREENAWAY MATTHEW WEINIGER YAEL UNTERMAN RABBI JEREMY LAWRENCE IS IN THE CHAIR 10:01pm: Ma’ariv and Yom Tov ends KINLOSS EISHET CHAYIL Our Eishet Chayil Awards are being presented to three truly wonderful ladies, who have given outstanding selfless service to our congregation over many years. Whether in the public eye or behind the scenes, they have always been there for others and have been a great inspiration to the entire community. Each one is a true and genuine Eishet Chayil. JENNY SOSNOW I am very grateful for being honoured as an Eishet Chayil. I have been involved in Kinloss since Jehuda and I together with our children Emma and Marc joined the Community over 36 years ago. During this time we have celebrated many smachot and have made life long friends. I was privileged to serve on the Board of Management as the Minyan’s representative as well as being an active member of Kadimah Kinloss for over 20 years. I was appointed as the first administrator for KLC and I continue to participate in a number of Shul activities including volunteering at the Yom Haatzmaut Breakfasts, Mitzvah Day and being involved in the kiddush rota. I really appreciate receiving this award and feel proud to be associated with Kinloss. Chag Samaech. SIMA ROSEN I was born in Tehran and spent my formative years in Iran. My parents and I moved to London in 1970 and settled in Hendon. We were members of Hendon synagogue. I married my husband Eric in 1976, and we moved to Iran with his job. We lived through the Revolution in Iran and left after Ayatollah Khomeini came in. We were posted to Papua New Guinea for 9 years and to Hong Kong for 1 year. Whilst in Papua New Guinea, we found as many Jews as we could to hold Seder nights at our home, where they could enjoy our Pesach food which we imported from Sydney, each year. We came back to London late in 1988. Eventually I followed in my father’s footsteps and started my own Persian carpets business. For the past 21 years I have been dealing in carpets from my warehouse in north London. I travel to Iran periodically to source my carpets. Kinloss has been our Shul since our return to the UK. We have three children, Kimberley, Sarah and Marc, who had his Barmitzvah in Kinloss, under the supervision of Rabbi Mirvis. Had my daughters married in England, their weddings would have been at Kinloss too, but one married in Los Angeles, and the other in Israel. We have 4 grandchildren and the 5th is due in July. I have been a member of the Persian shul at Kinloss since its inception. I was a member of the Persian Ladies Guild, under the leadership of Parry Ebrahimoff/Carol Yacobi, and when they retired I was honoured to be asked to be a member of the new Ladies Guild, under the leadership of Dalia Hakimian and Michelle Azizollahoff. I am proud to have been able to help raise funds for various charities over the years through our Ladies Guilds. I have been involved in our Persian Friendship Club since its inception. It runs twice a month, and we are very proud to see how very successful it has become.. I am honoured to be chosen to be an Eishet Chayil for 2015, and would like to thank the Persian community for giving me this honour, and hope to be able to help in any way I can for as long as I can. CLARE LESSER I am thrilled to be honoured by Kinloss in this way. It is a pleasure to attend a Synagogue with so many varied activities being offered on a weekly basis. I grew up at Norrice Lea where my family were regular attenders. David and I married in 1983 and we joined Kinloss. Having four children, Howard, Sonia, Yvette and Stuart over a period of seven years and with the absence of an eruv, I basically stayed at home for eight years. Once able to be an active member, I began to become involved. I have been a volunteer for the ladies security, a member of the Kadimah Kinloss committee, a member of a kiddush team, welcoming and the Shabbat luncheon club. Greater responsibility came when weekly kiddushim were introduced. For countless years, I organised both the food and kiddush teams. Also, Tuesday, Friendship Club day, has been a huge part of my life for so many years now. I am a regular driver, a hands-on helper during the Tuesday meetings, and an organiser for the extra activities for our more able members. As a family we have had the pleasure to celebrate two bar mitzvahs, 2 aufrufs and a wedding at Kinloss, as well as David being honoured as Chatan Torah. Working in the Shul office gave me the opportunity to see at first-hand how important it is for a community to support all its members. One highlight was organising and leading a day trip to Liverpool which included visits to the magnificent Princes Road Synagogue and the Tate for a Chagall exhibition. I still have the pleasure of being one of the marriage registrars. I would encourage every member of our community to become more involved. The rewards from volunteering far outweigh the time invested. SHAVUOT MESSAGE 5775 by Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence Amongst the many Midrashim which discuss God creating the world and the Torah for Israel, there are those which see Hashem locked in debate with the Angels. They contend that humankind is destructive and irresponsible; not to be entrusted with God’s most perfect gift. What would be the honour in entrusting a code of good conduct to people who would ignore it and defile themselves? Surely the Torah belongs in Heaven with the higher, spiritual and celestial forces. Moshe argues for Israel. What point could there be in leaving the Torah with the Angels? Do beings which don’t eat need laws of Kashrut? Do those who don’t travail need Shabbat? Shmitta and Yovel belong with those who work the land. Do those who are never tempted need to be warned off dishonesty, jealousy and all manner of vice? Clearly the Torah belongs with human beings. It is precisely our imperfection and our potential to overcome temptation that qualify us. If everything in the Torah seemed easy or came naturally, we would not have been made its guardians. We, particularly, are entrusted with the Torah through the merits of our ancestors and Shavuot is the anniversary of that God/Israel relationship being consecrated. On Seder night we celebrate the Exodus by eating and acting in the spirit of freedom. We share the narrative with our families. On Erev Shavuot we should conduct ourselves in the spirit of those beholden to God. We should take special care with our brachot over food (and depending on the style of cheesecake it might be mezonot or might be shehkol!) And we should act the part of those who receive and pass on the Torah – by being both students and teachers. Over the Tikkun Leil on Saturday night (and in several other occasions over the Chag) there will be plenty of opportunity to indulge in blessing, eating, learning and teaching. Na’aseh – let us do as Hashem commands – observing, learning and passing on the mitzvoth. Ve-Nishma – let us come over time to understand why it is that what God wants of our lives isn’t always straightforward. For in that challenge is born faith. And in faith do we come to reach out to God, inviting Hashem’s support and blessings over our lives. Wishing all members, friends, family and Klal Yisrael a Chag Sameach. R’ Jeremy Lawrence Flowers in Shul - by Rabbi Michael Laitner ............................ by Rabbi Michael Laitner One of the most striking customs of Shavuot is placing flowers in shul, a custom which some communities perhaps this year see as a chance to continue the Chelsea Flower Show, closer to home! The codification of this practice appears relatively recent and predominantly, at least initially, of Ashkenazi origin. Rabbi Moshe Iserlis (known as ‘Rema’, d. 1572) in Orach Chayim (494:2) proposed the well-known suggestion that the flowers in shul represent the joy of the giving of the Torah, as flowers adorned Mount Sinai at the time (see Mishnah Berurah ibid, 10). Since we try in shul on Shavuot, as best we can, to recreate the atmosphere at Mount Sinai through reading the relevant passages for the keriat HaTorah, the flowers are a worthy decoration to amplify this message. Rabbi Avraham Gombiner (d. 1683) made a different suggestion. The Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 1:2), notes that Shavuot is the time when trees are ‘judged’ for whether they will produce a good crop of fruits in the year ahead. This led to a custom of placing trees in shul to focus us on praying for a bountiful year ahead. Trees are not the same as flowers and may have led to opposition by Rabbi Eliyahu Kramer, the renowned ‘Vilna Gaon’ (d. 1797) to placing trees in shul, to avoid violating the prohibition of not copying non-Jewish practices, (chukat hagoy), given the significance of trees for Christians. Perhaps flowers are a neat way of covering all bases. Chag Sameach! “Till death us do part” - Kate and Wills both said it, but who were they quoting? - by Rabbi Leibish Heller Three reasons are given for why we read the book of Ruth on Shavuot: .......................... by Rabbi Daniel Roselaar 1. Shavuot occurs in the barley season in which the story of Ruth unfolds. 2. The book of Ruth recounts the ancestry of King David whose birthday and Yahrzeit are on Shavuot. 3. Ruth’s conversion is reminiscent of the Jewish people accepting the Torah and entering the Covenant. Here’s a possible fourth reason: Shavuot is a holiday of nostalgia; nostalgia for that singular moment when a People stood at the foot of a mountain and, with soaring hearts, made a pledge of allegiance to the G-d of Israel. I know of no other quote in all of our literature which captures this sentiment as powerfully as those timeless words of Ruth: “Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people are my people and your G-d is my G-d. Where you die, I will die and that is where I will be buried. May the L-rd come upon me evermore if anything but death us do part! If only we would uncover within ourselves a fraction of Ruth’s faithfulness. The Ten Commandments - By Rabbi Daniel Roselaar If you look at the Ten Commandments as they appear in a printed Chumash you will notice that the musical notation (“trope”) is very crowded. This is because two sets of notes are superimposed one on top of the other. One set follows the regular division of the verses, with the pausal etnachta in the middle and the sof pasuk at the conclusion of each verse. The other, more elaborate, set divides the entire passage into ten separate commandments and thus, for example, the four verses which make up the commandment of Shabbat are combined to make one long sentence. Different traditions exist about which set of notes should be used when the Ten Commandments are read in shul. Most communities always utilize the more elaborate notation, whereas the Vilna Gaon maintained that on the Shabbatot of Yitro and Va’etchanan the regular notation should be used. The reason why for this distinction is because on a regular Shabbat the Torah is read as an exercise in Torah Study and each verse must be read individually. But on Shavuot we are reenacting the experiences of the Jewish People as they stood at the foot of Mt Sinai and on that occasion the Ten Commandments were communicated as ten distinct utterances, rather than as a collection of sentences. When we stand in shul this Yomtov and listen to the reading of the Ten Commandments we should try to feel as if we are standing at Sinai and we should commit ourselves to the mitzvot of the Torah just as our ancestors did more than three-thousand years ago. The Legacy of an Ambitious Thunderstorm - by Lauren Levin In many ways the Mount Sinai experience defines us as a nation, and thus in its narrative, the Torah is extremely precise about its description. After the tenth command we are told, “And all the people saw the voices and the torches, the sound of the shofar, and the smoking mountain, and the people saw and trembled; so they stood from afar.” (20:14) It says that the people saw the voices: how is this possible? There are those commentators who try to solve the difficulties by suggesting what the people actually saw. Rashbam (1085-1158) says that the voices refer to the noises of the thunderstorm, and it was the hail etc. of the storm that they saw! The Rasag (882-942) also views the description quite literally. He says they saw the actual letters of the words being uttered inside a flame, rendering the whole experience as quite spectacular indeed. Rashi (1040-1105) offers a more abstract explanation. The revelation was so great that at this time the Jewish people heard what could normally only be seen. The Mt. Sinai experience was an ‘out of your senses’ experience. At this climax of their religious journey, they were freed from their normal physical limitations. We are all too aware of our limitations: those that are inherent within us and those that society imposes upon us. On Shavuot we aspire to ‘see the voices’ – to reach beyond the limitations we thought we had, and to become individuals and a community that we never believed we were capable of becoming. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SPACE ON YOUR DOORSTEP – MAKE IT YOUR OWN. CALL DEBORAH ON 0208 349 5268 EAST END RADICALS 17th June, 11.00am With Rachel Kolsky Whitechapel still evokes memories of the radicals and revolutionaries who worked tirelessly to improve the working and living conditions of the predominately Jewish community. The Sidney Street Siege, Rudolph Rocker, anarchists, the doss-house that was home temporarily to Stalin and Jack London and the tailors’s strike of 1912 all feature on Rachel’s tour. Cost: £15 Kinloss members £18 non-members For more information or to book, please email [email protected] or call us on 020 8349 5269. To book online, please visit www.kinloss.org.uk/events 0 - 4 year olds with Sara Keen in the foyer of the Kinloss Suite. Reception up to School Year 2 with Natalie Sommer in the Avram Nemetnejad Room (2nd Floor). School Years 3 - 6 with Yehonatan Malachi on Shabbat and First Day Shavuot, and Jason Marantz, on Second Day Shavuot, in the 1st Floor Classrooms. Children’s Services from 0-School Year 4 will start at 10:45am. School Years 3 - 6 will start at 10:30am. All Services to be followed by a kiddush. Mazaltov to the children in our community Zachery Book (2) Lianna Goldman (7) Chloe Hamilton (5) Gabriel Hannuna (8) Arieh Joseph (3) Katie Lappin (1) Lilia Rose (2) Yoni Rosenthal (6) Nathan Southern (6) Please note that the shul office will be closed on Sunday 24th May and Monday 25th May. It will reopen on Tuesday 26th May at 9:00am. In an emergency, please contact the Burial Society SECURITY NOTICE Urgent Request for Male and Female Security Volunteers (aged 18-65) Shul members, PLEASE join our security rotas. You would only be required for one hour every eight weeks. For more information, please email [email protected] or speak to Martin Shiers on 07831 836 031. בס”ד RAV ASHER WEISS AT KINLOSS ON SUNDAY 7TH JUNE, FROM 11:00AM - 1:00PM, IN THE DEAL HALLS Rav Weiss is a world leading Posek heavily involved in answering some of the most complex halachic sheilot. His opinion is sought after by Doctors and Rabbanim throughout the world. Dilemmas in Modern Medicine: Past and Present followed by a Q and A Session by HaRav HaGaon Asher Weiss Entrance free, all welcome. If you would like to submit a question in advance, please email [email protected] THE KEHILLA WISHES “ חיים ארוכיםLONG LIFE” TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YAHRZEIT Saturday 23 May Wednesday 27 May Irene Aharoni Brother Farzaneh Amini Husband Darren Cooper Mother Jack FisherFather Louise Mendlesohn Father Madeleine Rubins Father Rodney Geminder Father Robert Gradel Father Gloria Greenman Father Gwendoline Greenwood Father Gloria Howard Mother Eleanor Mansfield Father Stuart NashFather Sunday 24 May Gilda BraffHusband Harry CassBrother Monday 25 May Anthony Gross Sylvia Schryber Alexa Tapper Regina Woolman Mother Brother Husband Father Thursday 28 May Amir Bassalian Mother Alick GlassMother Hooshang Hakimi-SefatMother David Isaacs Brother Brian LeeMother Derek LewisMother Michael Wacks Mother Tuesday 26 May Friday 29 May June Brookes Father Philip Caplan Father Jack FisherWife Jeffrey Fisher Mother Michael Fisher Mother Susan Goldberg Mother Cheryl Spelman Father Jacqueline Weisbard Father Ronald Dvorkin Jacob Golchewski Mandy Staszewski BRING AND BUY COFFEE MORNING in aid of Kadimah Kinloss TUESDAY 2ND JUNE, FROM 10:00AM - 1:00PM at the home of Irene and Mordechai Aharoni, 38 North Crescent, N3 Brand new goods only. Donation £2. Father Mother Father SAVE THE DATE: Sacks Morasha School Annual Dinner - A night of music and art on Tuesday 16th June in the Kinloss Suite. Cost: £100 per person. Featuring ‘Jerusalem Hassadna Conservatory Jazz Quartet’: http://www.jerusalemconservatory. org/ Further details from Sacks Morasha School: 020 3115 1900, or email [email protected] THANK YOU TO: * Security Team 6. Sunday 24th May (1st Day Shavuot) Team 7. Monday 25th May, (2nd Day Shavuot) Team 8. If you have any queries, please email [email protected] or speak to Martin Shiers on 07831 836 031. * May Sinclair’s Kiddush Team on Shabbat. The Minyan’s Kiddush Team for Shavuot Day 1 Adrienne Sussman’s Kiddush Team for Shavuot Day 2. Looking for Shammas volunteers for a Shabbat rota. Contact Clive Onnie - [email protected] BOARD MEMBERS 2015-2016 Deborah Clements Susan Conroy Darren Cooper Barry Frankfurt David Garbacz Dalia Hajioff Michael Hakimian Stephen Harrison Mark Hurst Jonathan Joseph Sara Levene Fleurise Lewis Darren Lewis Jeremy Mindell Clive Onnie Elaine Renshaw Scott Saunders Suzanne Weiniger Carl White Board of Deputies Representatives: Darren Lewis Linda Sharpe KINLOSS NOTICE BOARD MAZALTOV TO * Fay Yare on the engagement of her granddaughter, Sarah Herskine to Dovi Greenman. Mazaltov to Frances and David Herskine and to Susan and Stephen Greenman. * Charlene and Edward Lewin on the birth of a son, Brody Alf Jack Lewin. A brother for Archie and Kiva. Mazaltov to grandparents, Rolanda and Tony Hyams, Susan and Stephen Fenton, Josephine and Bruce Lewin and to great-grandmothers, Ann Apfel and Julia Jackson. * Angela and Mike Abrahams on the birth of a grandson, a son for Estie and Gaby Bergin and family, and to Gwen and Simon Bergin and the whole family. * Angela and Mike Abrahams on the birth of a granddaughter, a daughter for Adam and Daphne Abrahams and family, and to Ellen and Mordechai Saks and the whole family * Angela and Mike Abrahams on the birth of a granddaughter, a daughter for Jonathan and Andi Abrahams, and to Miriam and Moshe Siderson and the whole family. SEPHARDI SERVICE TIMES OVER SHAVUOT Friday 22nd May: Sunday 24th May: Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00pm Shabbat 23rd May: Shabbat Mincha: 9:00pm Mincha/Arvit: 8:15pm Tikkun Leil Shavuot: 12:00am First Shacharit: 4:10am Shacharit: 9:00am Mincha/Arvit: 8:00pm Monday 25th May: Shacharit: 9:00am Mincha: 8:00pm Arvit: 10:00pm TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS SUN 31 MAY SUN 7 JUNE TUES 9 JUNE SUN 14 JUNE SUN 21 JUNE 1:00pm at Bushey in memory of Eileen Shoolman ע׳׳ה 5:00pm at Bushey in memory of Elaine Stone ע׳׳ה 11:00am at Bushey in memory of Sally Ann Doffman ע׳׳ה 12 noon at Bushey in memory of Gladys Keidan ע׳׳ה 3:30pm at Bushey in memory of Frida Faith ע׳׳ה SERVICES ( שבתsee front page) Shacharit 1 Shacharit 2 Sephardi Shacharit Mincha followed by Ma’ariv Tues - Thurs Fri 7:00am 8:00am 6:45am 7:00am 8:00am 6:45am 7:30pm Next Shabbat Mincha/ Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30pm TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT 11:30pm-12:15am: OPENING SHIUR Yael Unterman (Deal Hall) What No-One Told You About Na’aseh V’Nishma 12:15-1:00am: Rabbi Michael Laitner (Deal Hall) Chava Wulwick (Deal Hall) The ‘Shabbos Switch’: How can Shabbat relate to an electronic world? Decoding the Decalogue Youth (Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash) Barry Colman Rafi Joseph 1:15-2:00am Dayan Gelley (Deal Hall) Elana Chesler (Main Synagogue) Matan Torah, Ruth & Conversions Not the Ten Commandments Rafi Joseph (Deal Hall) Youth (Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash) Why did the Avot Rabbi Laitner not receive the Rabbi Lawrence Torah? 2:15-3:00am Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence (Deal Hall) Ruth, Moshiach and a Measure of Chutzpah Yael Unterman (Deal Hall) Fleeing Famine to Foreign Lands: A “Modern Midrash” (Bibliodrama) Session on Ruth I 3:11am: SHACHARIT Youth (Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash) Panel Debate Barry Colman Rafi Joseph Shimon Gillis Youth Members
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