20 / 21 JULY 2018 ד ׳׳ בסKOL KINLOSS NEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE SHABBAT AT KINLOSS WWW.KINLOSS.ORG.UK Shabbat commences at 8:52pm and terminates at 10:05pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm HASHKAMA 7:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, followed by Kiddush and a short shiur. THE MINYAN 9:30am in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Neil Nachshen. Rabbi Andrews will speak. SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00am in the Sephardi Synagogue, led by Rabbi Heller and Reuben Gorji. MAIN SYNAGOGUE 9:15am led by Chazan Eli Sufrin. Kriat Hatorah by Leslie Rotenberg. Rabbi Lawrence will speak. 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 10:30 - 10:50am in the Rabbi’s Office Study Group with Rabbi Laitner titled “The Prayers of Friday night” Shabbat Afternoon 5:00pm: Daf Yomi Shiur in the Newman Room 5:30pm: Pre-Mincha Shiur by Rabbi Nisan Andrews 6:00pm Mincha 9:05pm Tisha B’Av Fast comes in 10:05pm: Shabbat Ends 10:15pm Ma’ariv and Eicha in the Large Deal Hall There will be a Kiddush in the Kinloss Suite this week following the services THE KIDS’ MINYAN 10:45am in the Newman Room, Yrs 5 and 6 תשע״ח ט׳ באבYOUTH SERVICE 9:45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, under the direction of our Youth Director, Barry Colman. דבריםDevarim
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20 / 21 JULY 2018
KOL KINLOSSבס׳׳דNEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE
SHABBAT AT KINLOSS
WWW.KINLOSS.ORG.UKShabbat commences at 8:52pm and terminates at 10:05pm Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm
HASHKAMA 7:45amin the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, followed by Kiddush and a short shiur.
THE MINYAN 9:30amin the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Neil Nachshen. Rabbi Andrews will speak.
SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00amin the Sephardi Synagogue, led by Rabbi Heller and Reuben Gorji.
MAIN SYNAGOGUE 9:15amled by Chazan Eli Sufrin. Kriat Hatorah by Leslie Rotenberg. Rabbi Lawrence will speak.
SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS
Friday night7:30pm: Mincha followed by Kabbalat Shabbat
Shabbat Morning8:30am: Sephardi Synagogue
Talmud Tractate Berachot by Rabbi Heller
8:45am: Deal HallRambam: The Laws of Yom Tov
by Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum
8:45am: Youth Breakfast Banter Breakfast and Parasha Shiur
Benchers Cafe with Barry Colman
10:30 - 10:50am in the Rabbi’s OfficeStudy Group with Rabbi Laitner titled
“The Prayers of Friday night”
Shabbat Afternoon5:00pm: Daf Yomi Shiur in the Newman Room
5:30pm: Pre-Mincha Shiur by Rabbi Nisan Andrews
6:00pm Mincha
9:05pm Tisha B’Av Fast comes in
10:05pm: Shabbat Ends
10:15pm Ma’ariv and Eichain the Large Deal Hall
There will be a Kiddush in the Kinloss Suite this week following the services
THE KIDS’ MINYAN 10:45amin the Newman Room, Yrs 5 and 6
ט׳ באב תשע״ח
YOUTH SERVICE 9:45amin the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash, under the direction of our Youth Director, Barry Colman.
דבריםDevarim
Some Thoughts on the Sidra By Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence
Devarim Statistics Mitzvot: 2 of the 613 mitzvot, both prohibitionsLetters: 5972 (24th longest) Verses: 105 (32nd longest of the 54 Sidrot)Words: 1548 (26th longest) Haftarah: 27 verses (18th shortest of the 80 Haftarot)
Page No. SONCINO HERTZ ARTSCROLL
Sidra 989 735 938
Haftarah 1004 750 1195
Righteous Leadership is No Digression Parshat Devarim begins Moshe’s final addresses and exhortations to the generation of Israelites who will enter Israel. Their parents, who had left Egypt and been present at Har Sinai perished in the wilderness for listening to the disheartening report of the spies. Yehoshua and Kalev will be the old generation’s sole survivors. The bulk of the Parasha is a reminder of their sin and a description of their wanderings.
We learn that they are at the very threshold of the Promised Land. After the year at Sinai, Hashem had instructed, “See, I have given the Land before you; come and possess…” (Devarim 1:8). This thought leads directly into verse 19, which details their onwards journey.
Our commentators note the nine verse hiatus, (verses 9 - 18) where Moshe reflects on his inability to lead so numerous a people by himself. He records that Hashem had commanded the appointment of leaders of the thousands, hundreds and tens, righteous judges of integrity.
Though the passage which follows is reminiscent of Yitro’s advice in Shemot 18:17, it seems out of place here. Why the apparent digression?
Rashi (to verse 14, quoting Sifrei) suggests that this reference to the judges is the first stage of Moshe’s admonition, which continues with the episode of the spies. At Sinai, Bnei Yisrael should have had confidence in Moshe as leader, teacher and judge; just as later they should have had confidence in Moshe, Yehoshua and Kalev. The appointment of the judges was a concession to the Israelites, who time and again refused to accept Hashem’s rule through Moshe directly. The subsequent enumeration of judges’ qualities is similarly a warning. “You might imagine that with so
many officers, they will be prone to bribery and corruption by friends… but no!”
According to Ramban, the reference to judges is part of the mise en scene. Even as we were ready to leave Sinai, the mechanisms for authority in Israel were set up. Once we were dispersed in the Land, there would obviously be a need for local officers. That framework would not be an afterthought. Our judiciary, and also all the infrastructure necessary to function in Israel, derive from Sinai.
Shimshon Rafael Hirsch notes that these verses suggest a push into the land led by the Torah and officers of justice rather than conquest with military officers and generals at the fore. “One thing, and one thing only, was to concern you; to know the most faithful and most conscientious realisation of Hashem’s Torah… keeping the Divine laws of morality suffices to conquer the world.”
The passage on leadership is no digression. While we want leaders to address the needs of our people, we should not cheapen them nor demean ourselves by accepting any standard short of complete integrity. Our inheritance, our constitution and national right all derive from our covenant at Sinai.
Core to Moshe’s message then and no less true today; a foundation of godliness and justice must underpin all our conduct, all our aspirations and direct our progress.
Shabbat Shalom
R’ Jeremy Lawrence
Guidelines for Tisha B’Av on Shabbat (5778) Unlike Yom Kippur which is solemn, but not mournful, Tisha B’Av is a day of public mourning and we do not mourn in public on Shabbat. Therefore, whereas Yom Kippur is observed on Shabbat, when Tisha B’Av falls on Shabbat the commemoration is deferred.
Shabbat is brought in and honoured as normal, with no prohibitions on meat or wine. Indeed, the Shulchan Aruch (OC 552) states that one may “enjoy the banquet of King Solomon”. In deference to the day itself, some refrain from wearing their finest clothing, and unless it is mikveh night, abstain from marital relations.
We do commence the fast at sunset (9.05pm) rather than at the nightfall. Accordingly, Seuda Shelishit, which is the meal going into the fast, needs to be commenced early enough to be completed by then. There is no restriction on what may be eaten; one need not eat alone or bench without a zimmun; nor is there the requirement to eat bread and ash or sit on the ground. Zemirot may be sung as normal.
When Tisha B’Av falls on a weekday, we are restricted to learn only the sad passages permitted for the day itself (such as the Book of Job and the Talmud on fasting) from the preceding afternoon. On Shabbat afternoon according to the Mishnah Berura we have no such restriction. Nonetheless, some do have the minhag of only learning the passages appropriate to Tisha B’Av and we do not recite Pirkei Avot at Mincha.
Once Shabbat is out (10.05pm) one should say “Baruch Hamavdil bein Kodesh leChol” before commencing any regular activity. The blessing “Borei M’oray HaEsh” should also be recited over a havdallah candle. (No wine and no spices.)
Only after Shabbat (and Hamavdil) should one put on the non-leather shoes for Tisha B’Av. It is also appropriate not to be wearing full Shabbat clothing for shul. Maariv in Kinloss
has been set for 10:15pm to enable people to get in.
The prohibitions on Tisha B’Av are the same as on Yom Kippur. No eating or drinking; no marital relations; no anointing, no washing, no wearing leather shoes. Please be in touch with me if there are any specific health issues or concerns. The fact that the fast is pushed off does create some additional leniencies for those who are even slightly ill or who are pregnant.
As with a regular Tisha B’Av, there is a demarcation at halachic midday (1.06pm) after which one may sit on a normal chair, work as necessary and prepare food.
In the event that someone needs to break the fast for health reasons, they should make Havdalla (not on grape juice or wine) before eating.
On Sunday night after the fast is ended (9.57pm) we make Havdalla (no flame, no spices). Wine may be used for Havdalla. In regular years, most of the prohibitions carry through until noon of the following day as the Temple kept burning through 10th Av (SA OC 558:1). When the fast is deferred, it is preferable to refrain from eating meat or drinking wine (with the exception of Havdalla) till midnight. However, the other mourning observances such as washing, laundry & music end with the termination of the fast.
The Talmud Yerushalmi records (Taanit 4:6) that Rav Avin used to fast on both the 9th and 10th of Av! Unlike Yom Kippur, where we end our fast elated at our redemption, we come out of Tisha B’Av, still saddened at our loss. May we be blessed to see Jerusalem rebuilt in our days.
Shabbat Shalom
R’ Jeremy Lawrence
THIS WEEK’S HAFTORAH BY RABBI ANDREWS Shabbat Chazon, the Saturday before Tisha B’Av, always coincides with Parashat Devarim. The Haftorah read in the synagogue comes from the very beginning of the Book of Yishayahu (Isaiah). The opening word in the Haftorah, Chazon (vision), gives this special Shabbat its unique name.
Unlike other Nevi’im (prophets) such as Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) and Yichezkel (Ezekiel), Yishayahu does not describe vivid visions initiating him into his prophetic office. Instead, he begins by admonishing the Jewish people for their poor conduct.
In the reading, the Navi rebukes the Jewish people that Hashem has been like a father to them, and rather than remaining appreciative, they continue to resist and reject God’s authority. Even after sinning and receiving punishment, the Jews continue to do evil.
While Yishayahu lived 150 years before the destruction of the Bait Hamikdash and is better known as the prophet of consolation, the Midrash notes that he, like Yirmiyahu, was active during the reign of four successive kings. This parallel between the two prophets might suggest some connection between one’s prophecy of consolation and the other’s of destruction.
The Northern Kingdom was exiled by Assyria in Yishayahu ’s time, and it looked like the Southern Kingdom would likewise fall. The Assyrian defeat around the walls of Jerusalem was a dramatic miracle. Thus, the Jewish people should have received this as a message from God and a call to repent, yet they did not. As such, the destruction of the Temple was the conclusion of over one hundred years of the Jews ignoring their prophets and neglecting to adhere to Torah observance. This underlines the fact that the list of failures found in the Haftorah was not just God’s nitpicking. Hashem was lamenting the Jews’ capacity to see themselves as righteous despite apparent and conspicuous flaws.
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* Elliott and Leah Shear on the birth of their grandson. Son to Sara and Mendy Shollar. Mazeltov also to Great Grandparents Rosalind and Maurice Shear.
* Lynne and Stephen Goldwyn on the engagement of their eldest daughter Debra to Ryan Saban, eldest son of Tracie and Dan Saban. Mazeltov to Grandparents Gillian Burr and Shirley and Ralph Hart.
* Sylvia and Irving Schryber on the engagement of their son Philip to Ruth Solomons.
Sponsor a Children’s Siddur We are purchasing new Siddurim and offering all members the
opportunity to donate a Siddur.
£10 per Siddur
www.kinloss.org.uk/siddur
KINLOSS YOUTH
Kinloss Youth Express Yourself! Shabbat Devarim
Breakfast Banter 9.15am in Benchers Café – Breakfast and Parsha Schmooze
Youth Minyan 9.45am in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash
Year 12 Shabbat Lunch, 12.30 – 3pm in the Youth Flat
Summer ChillThere will be no Summer Chill this Shabbat
It will conclude next week, 28th July
Tisha B’Av Youth programmeThis 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, 6 – 7.30pmClub 78 – Years 7 & 8, 7.30 – 9pm
Includes pizza and chipsLimited Places!
www.kinloss.org.uk/rollerdisco £15 Kinloss members
£17.50 non-Kinloss members
Daf YummyConcludes this coming Thursday
Join us every Thursday evening from 7.45 – 9pm in the Liora Graham Beit HaMidrashas we tuck into fresh Pizza and learn the ‘Daf’ in Gemara Succah and topical Jewish
subjectsGirls and Boys years in school years 8 - 11
Mazeltov to the children in our community celebrating their birthdays this week:
9:45am Games Room in the Newman Room with Rav Melachi0 - 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 3 - 4 - with Dina Ellis in the First Floor ClassroomsThe Kids’ Minyan - with Rav Melachi in the Newman RoomAll Children’s Services will start at 10:45am followed by Kiddush
TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS:SUN 29 JULY 12:30pm in Bushey in memory of Michele Tager WED 8 AUG 14:30pm in Waltham Abbey in memory of Sefton LevySUN 12 AUG 16:30pm in Bushey in memory of Judith RothsteinSUN 26 AUG 12:30pm in Bushey in memory of Rose WiseSUN 26 AUG 13:30pm in Bushey in memory of David Jack Maurice MBE
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