KOL KINLOSS
NEWSLETTER OF FINCHLEY SYNAGOGUE
‫נשא‬
‫בס”ד‬
Naso
2nd June 2012 ‫ י”ב באייר תשע”ב‬Volume 16/Number 29
Shabbat commences at 7:30pm and terminates at 10:13pm.
Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 7:30pm
Kadimah Kinloss is delighted to invite the
entire community to Kiddush
in the Kinloss Suite after the services.
This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by
Nyla and Martin Shiers
on the occasion of the Batmitzvah
of their daughter, Chloe Jet.
SHABBAT LEARNING AT KINLOSS
Shabbat morning
8:30am in the Sephardi Synagogue.
Shiur by Rabbi Heller.
9:00am in the Nissan and Rifca Deal Hall.
“Rambam: Laws of Repentance (how to say
sorry & mean it)” by Dr Raphael Zarum.
Shabbat afternoon
7:50pm Daf Yomi shiur by Jeffrey Sagal.
8:25pm in the Main Synagogue
PIRKEI AVOT
by Rabbi Laitner
This week: “Making a great name”
Please join us for a SEUDAH SHLISHIT today
after Mincha.
This week Jacqueline Soussan will talk on:
“Why and how I left Morooco in a hurry”.
This week’s Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by
Kadimah Kinloss in honour of our
Eshet Chayil Award recipients:
Cimmie Frankfurt, Edit Elek and Lisa Harrison.
All welcome.
Mincha 8:50pm followed by the Seudah.
Ma’arviv: 10:13pm
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SHABBAT AT KINLOSS
HASHKAMA 7:45am
in the Manuel Rabstein Room,
followed by kiddush and a
short shiur.
MAIN SYNAGOGUE 9:15am
led by Eli Sufrin. Kriat
Hatorah by Robert Gross. At
the end of the service, the
Batmitzvah, Chloe Jet Shiers,
will deliver a Devar Torah and
Rabbi Laitner will address her.
THE MINYAN 9:30am
in the Nissan and Rifca Deal
Hall. Kriat Hatorah by Leslie
Rotenberg. Devar Torah by
Dr Rapahel Zarum.
SEPHARDI SERVICE 9:00am
in the Sephardi Synagogue,
led by Reuben Gorji and
Rabbi Heller.
EXPLANATORY SERVICE 10:20am
in a corner of the Kinloss
Suite led by Rabbi Laitner. This
week’s topic is The Second
Paragraph of The Shema.
YOUTH SERVICE 9:45am
in the Manuel Rabstein Room
under the direction of our
Youth Directors, Chaya and
Barry Colman.
This week's Newsletter is sponsored by Arlette Gotkine
in memory of her parents, Elise and Daniel Cohen ‫ע”ה‬.
0 - 4 years (Eilat) with Sara Keen in the Lobby of the Kinloss Suite.
Children in Reception and up to School Year 2 (Tel Aviv) with Natalie Sommer in
the Avram Nemetnejad Room.
Children in School YearS 3 – 6 (Jerusalem) with Jason Marantz in the 1st Morasha
Classroom.
All services commence at 10:45am and will be followed by kiddush.
Exciting outing with Kadimah Kinloss to Bicester Village
on Wednesday 4th July. Return coach £25 per person,
inclusive of refreshments. Lunch not included. Coach
leaving Kinloss 9:30am and returning to Kinloss at
approximately 4:30/5:00pm. Book early by calling
Rebecca on 020 8349 5268 Reservations will only be
held on full payment.
KINLOSS COOKS
Just had a baby? Kinloss Cooks would love to provide a
nutritious, freshly-cooked meal for you. Do you know
of someone who would benefit from this free service?
Please don’t be shy, as we really want to help.
Contact the Shul Office on 8346 8551.
Shalom Kinloss! We hope you all had a
meaningful and
enjoyable Shavuot.
Bnei Akiva resumes this week from
3.30pm-5.30pm. All those in years 6-10
who have not yet signed up for
Summer Camp be sure to do so soon as
the deadline fast approaches!
Shabbat Shalom!
Mazaltov to those
celebrating their
birthdays this
week:
Emanuel Bor (8)
Toby Grunwald (8)
Coral Harding (11)
Chloe Monty (12)
Chloe Shiers (12)
Ella Slipman (2)
ANIM ZEMIROT CLUB
Come and learn to
sing Anim Zemirot.
Our Club meets every
Shabbat at 10.15am
in the Rabbi's Robing
Room.
Boys of 6 and over
welcome.
Led by
Alan Rubenstein.
Please just come
along.
Our next
Kinloss Shabbat Luncheon Club
takes place next Shabbat,
9th June. For more information
please speak to Rabbi Mirvis.
YOUTH
Dear All,
Hope everyone is revovering after what was a fantastic Tikkun Leil with over 70 Youth
participating in our learning extravaganza. A huge thank you must go to Toby Weiniger,
Jacob Greenhouse and James Mindell for their leining and davening over Shavuot.
There are still some tickets available for paintball on Sunday 12th June. Please contact us if
you’re interested. Years 7 & up only. £23 including 300 paintballs.
Wishing you all Shabbat Shalom,
Chaz ‘n Baz 07792 460 091 [email protected]
Shabbat Seudot
If you would like to sponsor a Seudah, at a cost of £250, to celebrate or commemorate an
event or occasion, please be in touch with Dalia Hajioff by calling 07711 386615,
or emailing [email protected]
WALKING CLUB
Our next walk, to Woodside Park and back, will take place on Sunday 3rd June.
Meeting at Kinloss Gardens at 10:00am. The walk wil be for 4-5 miles at a good
pace, ending at 12 noon. Please bring your own drinks and snacks and an Oyster
card, or equivalent, in case of needing the underground.
Please note: All walkers take part at their own risk.
SUMMER TERM BRIDGE
is now supervised practice led by Harold Schogger from 8:00-10:00pm in the
Avram Nemetnejad Room. Dates are June 6th, 13th & 20th, 27th and July
4th. For more information, or to book, please call the Shul office on
8346 8551 and ask for Jennie.
RABBI RELAY RIDE
At the end of June, Rabbi Michael Laitner is participating
in the 'Rabbi Relay Ride', a ride for charity which goes
from Lands End to Jon O'Groats. (Each rabbi only does
part of the ride, not the whole thing!).
Rabbi Laitner will be raising money for the new Kinloss Education Trust as well as for
the United Synagogue Living, Learning and Chesed programmes.
If anyone would like to sponsor Rabbi Laitner, please could they visit his
sponsorship page which is at http://www.rabbirelayride.org/profiles/michael-laitner
NASO
BY ONE OF OUR KOLLEL FELLOWS, JONATHAN ROSS
In Shulchan Arukh O”C ch.128 we learn the laws of how the Kohanim should
bless the people. These laws include what they should say (s.13) and how and
they should say it (s.45). The source for these laws is our parsha (Bamidbar
6:23-27) where Hashem says to Moshe “speak to Aharon and his sons saying:
so shall you bless the children of Israel, saying to them”.
Rashi comments on this verse that the Hebrew word “saying” is written with
the extra letter “Vav”. This Vav teaches us that Kohanim should say the words
slowly and with a complete heart. This would imply that if they can’t say it
slowly then they shouldn’t bless the people. Indeed, the Rema (128:44) writes
that for this reason it is the custom amongst Ashkenazim for Kohanim only to
bless on Yom Tov when they are free from the pressures of work.
The Gemaro (Sotah 38a) observes that since the verse says “Saying to them”
the blessings must be said in the same way as a person speaks to his friend,
i.e. face to face. The Sforno understands that doing so elevates a prayer to a
blessing. This can be proven by Bilam who looked at Bnei Yisrael before he
tried to curse them (Bamidbar 23:13) and Moshe who looked at the land of
Israel before he blessed it (Devarim 32:49). Without looking face to face the
words would just have the lower status and effect of a prayer.
This explains why congregants should be careful to face the Kohanim without
looking at them and not turn their back on them and why the blessing doesn’t
reach people who stand behind their back (128:23-24). Interestingly, R’ Yaakov
Emden holds by a minority view that Kohanim shouldn’t cover their hands or
face with their prayer shawl because if they did it wouldn’t be face to face.
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KLC SUMMER TERM
TUESDAYS 12TH JUNE – 3RD JULY
KLC is proud to present our Summer Term, during which
Rabbi Mirvis will interview four remarkable people.
The term will commence on Tuesday 12th June at 8:00pm with
an appearance by Nicky Larkin, the artist and filmmaker whose
views about Israel and the Middle-East took a dramatic U-turn
whilst filming in the region. Larkin’s eye-opening article in the
Irish Independent (11th March 2012) has sparked
unprecedented interest and uproar.
At this special event we will be screening a clip of Larkin’s film,
Forty Shades of Grey after which Rabbi Mirvis will interview
him. This will be followed by Q & A from the audience.
AN EYE-OPENING EVENT – NOT TO BE MISSED!
Doors open at 7:30pm. Event to commence at 8:00pm.
Cost: £12 on the door.
For more information or to book for the term, please contact
Shoshi on 020 8346 8551 or [email protected].
Cost for the term: £35 Kinloss members. £40 non-members.
Jews, Jubilee and Monarchy
by Jeremy Mindell
Three British monarchs have managed to celebrate their Diamond Jubilee, King
George III, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. Each reign saw an improvement in the position of Jews in the country. The Napoleonic wars cemented the
financial standing of the community, in financing the Government. The reign
of Queen Victoria saw the remaining restrictions on Jews abolished and they
were able to sit in parliament. Elizabeth II’s reign has seen Jews consistently at
the top of the British establishment in industry, commerce and the judiciary.
The links between the Jews and the monarchy have generally been very strong.
The first recorded presence of Jews in England was at the time of William the
Conqueror in 1066 (although some believe that tin was extracted by Jews from
Cornwall to support the building of the first temple). Generally Jews in the medieval period had a mutually beneficial relationship with the monarch. Jews were
an important source of funding for the King in terms of both taxes and loans, in
return the monarch normally afforded protection to Jews against their powerful
enemies the barons and the church. It is noteworthy that the monarch punished
those involved in the massacre at Clifford’s tower as well as the constable who
failed to protect the Jews. This close relationship helped medieval Jewry to thrive
until the civil war in the reign of Henry III and the activity of Simon de Montfort
who was well known for being an enemy. Jews were expelled in 1290 by Edward I.
Many people associate the recall of the Jews with Oliver Cromwell; however this is only part of the story. The conference called by the lord protector
only determined there was no barrier to Jewish re-admittance to England.
It was actually Cromwell’s royalist opponent, Charles II who regularised the status
of Jews in 1662 exactly 350 years ago. The Conventicle Act had been passed which
was directed at assemblies of Catholics and dissenters. The Jewish community
then asked the royal authority if they were able to assemble in synagogues.
The royal response was that as long as they kept the peace they could continue to
assemble and meet undisturbed. Since then the position of Jews in British society
has steadily improved.
The idea of the Jubilee comes from the Torah and in particular the passages in Devarim
(Shoftim). Specifically the references to amnesties and cancellations of debts have
been followed by many monarchs either at their coronation or as part of a celebration.
However, no society to my knowledge has tried to recreate the return of land to
original owners.
Has there been a special tie between monarchs and the Jewish people? Monarchs’ themselves have often looked to the Jewish kings, notably King David and
Solomon for inspiration how to act. It is also the case that Tanach provides
interesting advocacy for a limited monarchy. First of all the monarch was not the
only source of authority; there was also the authority of the Prophets and Judges.
Secondly the Torah prescribes limits on what the monarch can do; for instance
ownership of horses, wives and accumulation of wealth. These types of restrictions were unknown outside Israel at the time, but certainly provided inspiration to those who drew up the Magna Charta and subsequent attempts to limit
the powers of the monarch. It was also in stories such as Naboth’s vineyard and
David’s association with Bathsheba, which were clearly protests against the abuse
of royal power. The punishments handed out underlined that there were some
fundamental rights which monarchs needed to respect. There was also the precedent of King Saul being removed from office because of his failures of leadership.
Set against this there have been strong bonds between monarchs and their Jewish
subjects in many lands. These have been re enforced by loyal prayers for the welfare of the monarch which are a widespread custom since the days of the Babylonian exile. Why have, on the whole, Jews remained Monarchists? This is partly, as
indicated before, because Jews look to monarchs to protect them against other enemies. In addition to this they were less likely to be attracted by separatist or nationalist movements and indeed a number of monarchs such as the Hapsburg Joseph II
and Prussia’s Great Elector were often ahead of their people in emancipating Jews.
But also the recreation of a form of Government associated with the heyday of
Judaism-the Davidic Monarchy, gives a strong link between past and present Kingship.
So we can celebrate at this Jubilee the links between Monarchy and Jews which go
back centuries.
Circus workshop
For children of all ages
Come and join the Bezerkaz Circus for a fun and exciting morning on
Friday 8th June (half-term) from 9.00am – 1.00pm.
Experienced performers will teach the thrills and skills of the circus
such as twirling and plate spinning as well as making and playing with
elephant sized giant bubbles.
You will also have the opportunity of juggling and playing
non-competitive circus games.
At the end of the morning, all the children will come together to perform
their own fantastic 20 minute show.
Numbers are restricted so please book soon!
Cost: Members
Non Members
£20
£25
Special family rates are available for more than one
child, just call Jennie on 020 8349 5264 or email
[email protected] to book now.
Jubilee Party in Kinloss next Monday 4th June
from 11:00am - 4:00pm
Highlights include
• Games for all ages
• Bouncy castle
• Face painting
• Giant cake making and old fashioned tea
• Fancy dress making
• Knitting squares for eastern European Jewry in red white and blue
• Jubilee falafel
• Dancing
• And many other activities
We look forward to seeing you there!!!
THANK YOU TO:
* Security Team 3. If you are unsure of when you are on duty please email
[email protected] or speak to Simon Gold on 07956 388097.
* Deborah Clements’s Kiddush Team.
* Scott Saunders and Clare Lesser of our Welcoming Committee.
There will be no Lunch & Learn Shiur
on Wednesday 6th June
Lunch & Learn will resume on Wednesday 13th June with
RABBI NISSON LISS of Highgate Synagogue
who will speak on “Should we be allowed to porge the hindquarters?”.
All welcome. Sandwich Lunch Served. Cost £5.00 per person.
Please note that
the Shul office
will be open on
Sunday, 3rd June
but not on
Monday 4th or
Tuesday 5th due
to the extended
Bank Holiday.
The office will
re-open on
Wednesday
6th June.
In the event of
an emergency,
please call:
07725 039 770.
For the Bushey
Burial Office
please call:
020 8950 7767.
THE KEHILLA WISHES ‫“ חיים ארוכים‬LONG LIFE”
TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE YAHRZEIT
Saturday 2 June
Ena Bloom
David Breslaw
David Collins
Leah Feigenbaum
A Freedman
Elliot Renton
Father
Sister
Mother
Mother
Wife
Father
Sunday 3 June
Sylvia Levy
Pamela Lewis
Pauline Lewis
Anthony Morris
Freda Morris
Rosalind Reece
Susan Sharp
Eileen Shoolman
Michael Shoolman
Husband
Mother
Mother
Father
Husband
Husband
Sister
Husband
Father
Monday 4 June
Leila Dein
Philip Goldberg
Anthony Krais
Brian Lee
Father
Mother
Sister
Sister
Tuesday 5 June
Richard Beenstock
Martin Braham
Sylvia Carter
Vera Faiman
Mother
Father
Sister
Brother
Michael Goldman
Alex Hajioff
Father
Father
Wednesday 6 June
Amos Azizoff
Irene Botsman
Leila Dein
Zelda Fassbender
Pamela Kaye
Joseph Khavari
John Quint
Jacob Shabathai
Sidney Standig
Brother
Father
Husband
Brother
Father
Father
Son
Father
Mother
Thursday 7 June
Harriet Goldhill
Lilian Perlow
Mother
Brother
Friday 8 June
Mordechai Aharoni
Avraham Ambalo
Elaine Gold
Arlette Gotkine
Daniel Granat
Samuel Margolin
Henry Miller
Stephen Stock
Brother
Father
Mother
Father
Mother
Brother
Wife
Brother
KCC NEW ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE
We are delighted to offer another photography course for more advanced participants, who have more
experience and knowledge of photography. The course will include 6 weekly sessions and will take place
on either Mondays or Wednesdays between 8:00 - 10:00pm.
We hope to run the course on either Wednesday 13th June or the week beginning 25th June (after we
complete the Beginners’ Course). In order to open this new course, a minimum of 5 participants is
required. Therefore, we will need to know as soon as possible how many of you would consider enrolling.
Please let us know also your preferred time for the starting the Course. The location and plan of the
session will be emailed to you in due course. For more information please call Jennie on 8346 8551.
KINLOSS NOTICE BOARD
MAZALTOV TO
* Nyla and Martin Shiers on the occasion of Chloe Jet’s Batmitzvah. Mazaltov to
sisters, Lauren Amber and Georgia Jade. Mazaltov also to Nana Raisin, grand
parents, Estelle and Lionel Shiers, great-auntie Monica and great-uncle Abe
Sawitz and great Nana Muriel.
* Julia, Jonathan and Noah Joseph on the birth of a baby son and brother.
Mazaltov to grandparents, Pat and Neil Joseph and Vicki and Alex Harris.
* Jodie and Michael Soussan on the birth of their baby boy, Jacob Louie. Mazaltov
to grandparents, Jacqueline Soussan and Averill and Michael Moore of
Manchester.
CONDOLENCES TO
•
Darren Cooper, Jeff Cohen, Edmund Ross and Leslie Ross on the loss of their
mother, wife and sister, Beverley Cohen ‫ע”ה‬
•
Jack, Jeffrey, Michael Fisher and Susan Goldberg, on the loss of their wife and
mother, Sylvia Fisher ‫ע”ה‬
•
Brian Lee on the loss of his mother, Fay Lee ‫ע”ה‬
TOMBSTONE CONSECRATIONS
SUN 17 JUNE
SUN24 JUNE
SUN24 JUNE
THURS 5 JULY
4.30pm at Bushey in memory of Manny Manning ‫ע”ה‬
10:30am at Bushey in memory of Hazel Dewinter ‫ע”ה‬
1:30pm at Willesden in memory of Leslie Sussman MBE ‫ע”ה‬
11:00am at Bushey in memory of Tobias (Teddy) Woolfe ‫ע”ה‬
SERVICES
(‫ שבת‬see front page)
Sun
Mon
Tues
(Bank Holiday) (Bank Holiday)
Weds- Thurs
Fri
Shacharit 1 (Main Shul)
7:30am
7:30am
7:30am
7:00am
7:00am
Shacharit 2 (Main Shul)
8:15am
8:15am
8:15am
8:00am
8:00am
Sephardi Shacharit
8:00am
8:00am
8:00am
6:45am
6:45am
Mincha followed by
Ma’ariv (Sephardi Shul)
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
7:30pm
Next Shabbat
Mincha/
Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30pm
Ma’ariv 2 (Sephardi Shul)
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10:00pm
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