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KOL KINLOSS
‫בס”ד‬
‫אמור‬
NEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE
Emor
8/9 May 2015
Volume 19/Number 26
‫כ׳ אייר תשע׳׳ה‬
Shabbat commences at 8:21pm and terminates at 9:33pm.
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm.
WWW.KINLOSS.ORG.UK
Today is Jascha Selby’s Barmitzvah. We extend a warm welcome to his family and guests.
This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by
The Selby Family
on the occasion of Jascha’s Barmitzvah.
SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS
Shabbat Morning
8:30am: (Sephardi Synagogue)
Mishnah Masechet Shabbat by Rabbi Heller.
8:45am (Deal Hall)
Rambam: The Laws of Shabbat
By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum.
Shabbat Afternoon
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 Eli Sufrin. Kriat Hatorah by
Eli Sufrin and the Barmitzvah boy,
Jascha Selby. Rabbi Lawrence will
address Jascha at the end of the
service.
7:05pm: Daf Yomi shiur by Jeffrey Sagal.
7:30pm Pre-Mincha shiur
MANDY LAWRENCE
will speak on
Ruth, following in Avraham’s footsteps.
Mincha at 8:05pm, followed by
Seudah Shlishit.
DAVID FREI
Registrar of the London Beth Din and
External and Legal Services Director
of the United Synagogue
will speak.
Followed by Ma’ariv at 9:33pm.
All welcome.
THE MINYAN 9:15am
in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall.
Kriat Hatorah by Elliot Renton.
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,
led by our Youth Directors, Barry
and Chaya Colman.
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 - 4 with Yehonatan Malachi in the 1st Floor Classrooms.
School Years 5 - 6 with Jason Marantz in the 1st Floor Classrooms.
Children’s Services from 0-School Year 4 will start at 10:45am. School Years 5 - 6 will start
at 10:30am.
All Services to be followed by a kiddush.
ANIM ZEMIROT CLUB
SPONSORS NEEDED
Come and learn to sing
If you would like to sponsor a
Anim Zemirot. Our Club meets every
Kiddush or Kol Kinloss to mark a
Shabbat at 10.15am in the Robing Room. special occasion, or a yahrzeit, please
Boys of 6 and over welcome. Led by Alan
call the Shul Office on 8346 8551,
Rubenstein. Please just come along.
and we will be happy to assist you.
BNEI AKIVA
Bnei Akiva, takes
place today, from
4:00 -5:30pm.
KINLOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE AND FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence (through the Shul Office): 020 8346 8551
Shimon Gillis, Community Manager: 020 8349 5264
Shul Office: 020 8346 8551
Kinloss Welfare: 020 8349 5263
Kinloss Community Educator and Yoetzet Halacha, Lauren Levin: 07540 461 557
Mazaltov to the children in our
community celebrating
their birthdays this week:
Liron Aboody (7)
Emily Fenton (4)
Rafi Gershon (6)
Sam Goldschmidt (3)
Isaac Levene (3)
Archie Lewin (5)
Kiva Lewin (3)
Raphael Marks (7)
Ora Martin (6)
Jojo Nemetnejad (10)
Sophie Permutt (5)
Maya Rodney (1)
Orli Ruback (11)
Dena Stock (6)
If you require help or support,
please call Jennifer 020 8349 5263
on Mondays or Wednesdays,
from 9:00am – 5:00pm, or email
jennifer.morris@kinloss.org.uk.
All messages treated in the strictest confidence.
Come along to
meet and greet at
the
Meet & Greet table
at the Kiddush this
Shabbat.
KCC IVRIT DISCUSSION GROUP
The next meeting of our Ivrit Discussion
Group will take place on Monday, 11th
May at 8:00pm, in the Avram Nemetnejad
Room. Suitable for Intermediate speakers.
For further information, please speak to
Tony Korn on 07958 334 665.
KINLOSS SHABBAT LUNCHEON CLUB
Our next Shabbat Luncheon Club will take place next Shabbat, 16th May.
Organised monthly by a team of Finchley Synagogue host families and attended by our Rabbis.
Offering a warm, friendly atmosphere and a delicious meal for individuals and couples wanting
some extra companionship on Shabbat.
To be included on the list, please call the shul office on 020 8346 8551,
or speak to Jennifer Morris on 020 8349 5263.
KINLOSS YOUTH
Dear All,
Youth Minyan at 9.45am - Shacharit and Musaph, followed by Kiddush
in the Liora Graham Beit Hamidrash.
Thank you to Asher Renton, who will be leining.
Youth Tikkun Leil
Saturday 23rd May, 11:30pm - 3:00am, followed by Shacharit and Musaph.
Shavuot BBQ
Years 11, 12 & 13
Lunch @ the Youth Flat,
Monday 25th May.
Save the Date - Thursday 25th June - End of Year Party.
Wishing you all Shabbat Shalom,
Chaz & Baz
07792 460091
youth@kinloss.org.uk
KLC SUMMER TERM SERIES ON
TENSION SEEKING
From the ashes
of the Temple
through
the ashes of
Auschwitz.
Should we
focus on the
grim,
or give a
positive spin?
Wednesday 13th May
Survivors
Rabbi Lawrence
addresses the
issues.
Doors open
7:30pm,
programme
begins at
8:00pm.
How does looking back guide our journey forwards?
Cost: £8 Kinloss members,
£10 non-members, payable on the door.
Includes a light supper.
Some Thoughts on the Sidra
BY RABBI DANIEL ROSELAAR
EMOR
It is an interesting coincidence that every year the sidra of Emor, which contains
the mitzvah of counting the Omer, is read during the period of Sefirat HaOmer.
The Torah states that seven complete weeks must be counted. According to
some early halachic authorities this means that if one misses counting any of
the days of the Omer period the mitzvah has been disqualified and they cannot
carry on counting the subsequent days. The Shulchan Aruch says they should
carry on counting, but without a bracha.
The requirement to count all forty-nine days of the Omer raises several interesting
halachic conundrums. One relates to someone who becomes barmitzvah (or
batmitzvah) during this period. Even though they may have counted the days
prior to becoming barmitzvah, there is a debate about whether or not those
days have any halachic validity. If they do not have any validity it is as if they
have not been counted and when the person becomes barmitzvah he cannot
continue to count the Omer with a bracha. Though there are dissenting opinions,
the general consensus is that in such cases the barmitzvah boy should continue
counting with a bracha.
A further conundrum relates to someone who crosses the international date
line during the Omer period. What happens if he goes westbound and repeats a
calendar day? It would be somewhat bizarre for him to count a particular day
twice since the act of counting implies that there should always be an incremental
progression. But it would also be bizarre for him to continue counting according
to his previous model – he would be out-of-sync with everyone around him and
would either end up celebrating Shavuot a day ahead of the local community,
or on the fifty-first day of the Omer. It is only the increased frequency of air
travel in recent decades that has made this question a live issue and no clear
halachic consensus has yet been reached. The issue is further confused by
rabbinic debate regarding the halachic status of the international date line.
Emor Statistics
Mitzvot: 63 of the 613 mitzvot, 24 positive and 39 prohibitions
Verses: 124 (15th longest of the 54 Sidrot)
Words: 1614 (22nd longest)
Letters: 6106 (23rd longest)
Today’s Haftarah: 17 verses (joint 15th shortest of the 80 Haftarot)
Page No.
SONCINO
HERTZ
ARTSCROLL
Sidra
740
513
672
Haftarah
761
528
1176
SHAVUOT 2015 AT KINLOSS
First Night Shavuot - Saturday 23rd May
Shabbat Minchah followed by Shiur - 8:45pm
Maariv & Shabbat Ends - 9:58pm
10:20 - 11:30pm Dinner - Hosted by Rabbi and Mandy Lawrence
£10 per person. Tickets can be purchased through the following link:
https://myus.theus.org.uk/events/19404/shavuot-dinner/
Tikkun Leil
11:30pm - 3:00am
Keynote Speaker - Yael Unterman
Yael Unterman was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up in Manchester, England, and returned to Israel
at the age of 18. In addition to spending several years on advanced Torah studies, she earned a BA in
Psychology and Talmud from Bar Ilan University, an MA in Jewish History from Touro College, and an MA
in Creative Writing from Bar Ilan University.
The many hats she wears include: Poet, Author, Actress, Life Coach, Teacher & Lecturer, Translator & Editor,
Bibliodrama Facilitator, Coordinator - Cardozo Academy Think Tank.
Speakers include: Rabbi Lawrence, Rabbi Laitner, Dayan Gelley,
Rabbi Roselaar, Elana Chesler, Chava Wulwick, Chaya Colman & Rafi Joseph
Youth Tikkun
12:15 - 3:00am, in Liora Graham Beit Midrash, after the Keynote address.
Shacharit 3:11am
1st Day Shavuot, Sunday 24th May
Shacharit and Musaph, followed by Kiddush - 9:15am
Women’s Tikkun 5:00 - 6:30pm
at the home of Scott & Sally Saunders
1 Chalgrove Gardens, N3 3PL
Speakers: Yael Unterman, Rabbi Lawrence & Elana Chesler
Minchah and Maariv 7:30pm
2nd Day Shavuot, Monday 25th May
Shacharit and Musaph, followed by Kiddush 9:00am
Women’s Megillah - 10:45am
Minchah - 8:00pm
Cheesecake Tea - 8:20pm
Followed by “Desert Island Pesukim”
Maariv and Yom Tov Ends - 10:01pm
*
THANK YOU TO:
Security Team 4. If you have any queries, please email securekinloss@yahoo.co.uk
or speak to Martin Shiers on 07831 836 031.
*
Eugenie Melnick’s Kiddush Team.
*
Nicole Greenwold and Richard Reingold of our Welcoming Committee.
SHARED READING GROUP
The next
Shared
Reading Group
will take place
on
Monday 18th
May,
at 1:30pm,
in Benchers
Cafe.
For more information, please email
kathrynfulton@hotmail.com,
or call her on 07801 911 481.
KCC FILM CLUB
Monday 11th May
Doors open 2:00pm, film commences 2:15pm.
We will be screening
The Merchant of Venice
(2004)
starring Al Pacino, Jermy
Irons, Joseph Fiennes and
Lynn Collins in this adaptation
of Shakespeare’s classic tale.
Runtime: 138 minutes.
Cost: £3 Kinloss members,
£4 non-members,
including refreshments.
US Women's Annual Dinner
Wednesday 13th May
The Shul AGM will take place on
Time: Reception 7:15pm
Sunday, 17th May,
Dinner 7:45pm
at 7:30pm in the Deal Halls.
AGM & ELECTIONS
Elections for the position of
warden will take place prior
to the AGM in the Small Deal
Hall on Sunday 17th May, from
9:30am to 12:00 noon and from
5:30pm to 7:00pm.
There will be a service at Rubens House on 16th May,
25th May (2nd day Shavuot) & 13th June.
Please reply by email to lawrence@susser.co.uk
to let him know if you can attend.
Lunch & Learn on Wednesday May 6th
12:15 - 1:00pm Rabbi Roselaar - Discovering the
Commentators.
1:00 - 2:00pm -Guest speaker, Lauren Levin.
Rabbi Roselaar’s weekly shiurim on Monday and Thursday
mornings.
On Monday - Mishna - Massechet Sanhedrin.
On Thursday - Rishon with Rashi.
For more information, or to book Kollel events,
please call Emma on 020 8349 5267, or email ket@kinloss.org.uk
Venue: Hampstead Garden Suburb
United Synagogue, Norrice Lea,
N2 0RE. Cost: £30 per person.
The guest speaker will be the
Rt. Hon. Lady Hazel Cosgrove,
Scotland’s first legal lady.
Lady Cosgrove was born in
Glasgow, is a graduate in law from
the University of Glasgow and was
the first woman to be appointed to
a permanent seat as a judge in the
Court of Session. She is a patron of
JNF, the Alyn Hospital in Jerusalem,
Stand With us, a member of
Edinburgh friends of Israel and a
board member of St Johns Wood
Synagogue.
To book, please use this link: https://
myus.theus.org.uk/events/19214/
us-women-annual-dinner/
THE KEHILLA WISHES ‫“ חיים ארוכים‬LONG LIFE”
TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YAHRZEIT
Saturday 9 May
Susan BarnesFather
Iris GladstoneHusband
Alan RubensteinFather
Aviva VynerMother
Stephen PincusMother
Mark PopeFather
John SimonsSon
David WatsonFather
Shirley WatsonHusband
Sunday 10 May
Wednesday 13 May
Lillian MayerFather
Michael MontyFather
Sidney DavidsonSister
Sylvia FisherMother
Louis LewisSister
Monday 11 May
Thursday 14 May
Barbara FrankMother
Monica SimonsMother
Lilian WilliamsHusband
Marian BirnhakFather
Frances CohenFather
Aubrey GilchristBrother
Judith JacksonSister
Judith JacksonMother
Dorothy ModlynHusband
Beilah MorrisMother
Tuesday 12 May
Benita BrownMother
Elena CharltonFather
Mia LyonsMother
KINLOSS MEMORIAL BOARDS
We are now offering, for a short time,
the opportunity to add your loved ones’
names and Yahrzeits to the beautiful
Memorial Boards in the Main Synagogue
Foyer. All names will be in perpituity.
For more information, please
contact the Shul Office on
020 8346 8551.
THE RABBIKE SEFER TORAH
Rabbi Lawrence holding the Rabbike Sefer Torah,
Dedicated to the Memory of the Children of the Holocaust.
Kinloss was honoured to host the Sefer Torah last Shabbat,
as it visits various Shuls throughout the country.
KINLOSS NOTICE BOARD
MAZALTOV TO:
* Ronit and Daniel Selby on the occasion of Jascha’s Barmitzvah. Mazaltov to
sister, Gemma. Mazaltov also to grandparents, Siona and Sion Kakshouri and
Yaffa and Geoffrey Selby.
* Gila and Eli Hakimian on the Barmitzvah of their son, Ariel. Mazaltov to
sisters Orly, Shira and Moriah and to grandparents Mehdi and Mahin Hakimian
and Rachamim and Rivka Bezaleli, from Israel.
DICKENS TO DIAMONDS: HATTON GARDEN
WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY AT 11:00AM
Blue Badge guide, Rachel Kolsky, will lead
a tour discovering the original Fagin’s
Den, the diamonds of Hatton Garden and
Elizabeth I’s favourite courtier whose name is
commemorated as London’s jewellery quarter.
Cost: £13 Kinloss members, £18 non-members.
For further information, or to book, please
email ket@kinloss.org.uk or call 020 8349 5269.
WOMEN FOR WOMEN
READING OF MEGILLAT RUTH
The ladies of the community
are invited to join us for a
Women for Women Reading
of the Book of Ruth, Megillat Rut,
on 2nd Day Shavuot,
26th May, at 10.45am, in the Deal Hall.
CONDOLENCES TO:
• Michael Kamlish and Maxine Zeltser on the loss of their mother, Debra Kamlish ‫ע”ה‬
TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS
SUN 10 MAY
SUN 10 MAY
SUN 17 MAY
SUN 31 MAY
10:00am at Bushey in memory of Emmanuel Carter ‫ע׳׳ה‬
(father of Karen Waters)
12:30pm at Bushey in memory of Henry Chern ‫ע׳׳ה‬
2:30pm at East Ham in memory of Amelia Kenner ‫ע׳׳ה‬
1:00pm at Bushey in memory of Eileen Shoolman ‫ע׳׳ה‬
SERVICES
(‫ שבת‬see front
page)
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Shacharit 1
7:30am
Shacharit 2
8:15am
Sephardi Shacharit 8:00am
7:00am
8:00am
6:45am
7:00am
8:00am
6:45am
7:00am
8:00am
6:45am
7:00am
8:00am
6:45am
Mincha,
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:00am
8:00am
6:45am
Next Shabbat
Mincha/
Kabbalat
Shabbat 7:30pm
followed by Ma’ariv
Sun
7:30pm