Shabbat Parshat
Shelach Lecha
17th June 2017
23rd Sivan 5777
Hertz
Soncino
Artscroll
Hirsch
Sidra
Numbers
13 – 15
623
860
798
560
‫שבת פרשת‬
‫שלך לך‬
‫כ״ג סיון תשע״ז‬
Haftarah
Joshua
2, 1 - 24
635
875
1184
893
On the 23rd Sivan in Jewish History…
 Mordechai issued a royal decree calling upon
the Jews of the kingdom to defend themselves
against attack.
 Fast day of the Jewish community of Pesaro,
Italy, to mark the murder of Jews following
retreat of Napoleon's army, 1798.
Sedra Stats
 37th of the 54 sidrot; 4th of 10 in
Bemidbar
 Written on 198 lines in a Sefer
Torah (rank: 25th)
 10 paragraphs; 7 open, 3
closed
 119 verses, ranks 21st, (6th)
 1540 words, ranks 27th (5th)
 5820 letters, ranks 27th (4th)
 Shelach Lecha has shorter
than average verses, which
explains the drop in ranking
for words and letters, yet the
rise in rank within Bemidbar
indicates that there are sidrot
with even shorter verses.
 3 of 613 mitzvot (2 pos. 1
prohibition)

Weekly Devar Torah
“…and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so
we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33)
The Kotzker Rebbe and others define two components of the Sin of the Spies
from this part of the pasuk. First, that we saw ourselves as small and
insignificant, compared with the nations in Eretz Yisrael. Second, that we
were concerned about how others perceived us. With God obviously on our
side (we know what happened to Egypt and we witnessed so many miracles
performed on our behalf), we should not have viewed ourselves that way.
And, how others perceive us is their problem, not ours.
We are delighted to welcome all members and visitors to our beautiful and historic synagogue.
Please join us for Kiddush after the service when we look forward to meeting you.
St. Petersburgh Place | Bayswater | London W2 4JT
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Minister Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman | Beadle Eli Ballon
Administrator Mesod Wahnon
Serving the Jewish communities of Bayswater, Notting Hill, Kensington,
Hammersmith and West London
The Week Ahead
Dates for Your Diary
Mincha will take place in the Beth Hamedrash at 9.15pm
and will be followed by Seudah. Ma’ariv will be held when
Shabbat ends at 10.27pm.
Sunday 25th June
NWES Summer Barbecue. Details overleaf.
This week’s Service will be led by our chorister Jack Ferro
Today’s Haftarah will be read by Tony Dinkin
Wednesday 28th June
Fundamentals of Judaism with Rabbi Freedman.
Shabbat 1st July
Kiddush to celebrate Eli Kohn’s 70th birthday
Birthday Shabbat. Celebrating all those with a birthday in July
Derry and Tony Dinkin take great pleasure in inviting the
congregation to Kiddush to celebrate Derry’s 70th birthday
Shacharit services will take place in the Beth Hamedrash as
follows:
Sunday
Monday – Friday
8.30am
7.00am
On Friday Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma’ariv will be
read in the Beth Hamedrash at 7.15pm. Shabbat
commences when the community brings it in at 7.40pm.
Sunday
Fundamentals of Hebrew with Rabbi Freedman. Beth
Hamedrash, 10.30am
Friday
Friday Night Sushi. To include challah, so that you can make
a meal of it. Please let us know that you will be coming.
Next Shabbat
Tildy Paisner’s Bat Mitzvah
Wednesday 5th July
Friendship Club. 60s Afternoon with the wonderful Lynda Steyn - a
themed afternoon with waitresses in 60s costumes and 60s style food.
Golda Cohen Room, 1.15pm.
Shabbat 8th July
Cholent, Chill and Chat.
Monday 17th July
Book Club. Golda Cohen Room. 8pm.
Mazal Tov to the following congregants who are celebrating their
birthday this week:
Shabbat Mr. Zac Skry, Mr. Jonathan Paisner
Sunday Dr. David Slovick
Monday Dr. Stuart Carne CBE
Tuesday Mr. Stephen Rubens
Wednesday Mrs. Madeleine Whiteson, Miss Tildy Paisner
Thursday Mr. Douglas Woolf, Mrs. Susan Katz, Mr. David Melman, Mr.
Boris Gofman
Friday Mr. Michael Rosenfeld
We wish ‫ – חיים ארוכים‬Long Life to the following congregants who are
commemorating a Yahrzeit this week:
Sunday Ms. Ruth Mayorcas
Monday Mr. Martin Zulberg, Ms. Sandra Blackman
Tuesday Mr. Ivan Paul, Mr. Simon Rose
Wednesday Mr. David Najar
Thursday Mr. Gerald Levine, Mrs. Annette Waldman