WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
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WELCOMES YOU
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SHABBAT SHALOM
DRAFT
14-15 April 2017
19 Nisan 5777
SHABBAT SHALOM AND WELCOME TO
WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
FRIDAY
6.00pm:
Wardens:
Beadle:
Erev Shabbat Service
Led by Rabbi Sybil
Sermon by Rabbi Sybil
Micky Nathanson
SATURDAY
10.30am:
Coffee Morning
10.30am:
ShabbaTots Service
Led by Avivit & Rabbi Helen
11.00am:
Shabbat Morning Service
Led by Rabbi Helen & David
Sermon by Rabbi David
Wardens:
Beadle:
Micky Nathanson
Torah:
Haftarah:
Exodus 13:3-10
Song of Songs 2:1-17
Please join us in the Stern Hall for kiddush after the service.
The mitzvah of derech eretz-consideration for other people is really important for us at
West London Synagogue, so we would ask you to make sure that your mobile phone is
turned off before the service and to leave cameras in your bags. As this is a religious
place, we would also ask you to avoid inappropriate clothing or chewing gum during the
service. Many thanks for your consideration in following our communal minhag-traditions.
The Rabbis and Wardens
Doctor or fully trained first aider? If you are a doctor or trained first
aider please make yourself known to the wardens and beadle.
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SHABBAT CHOL HA-MO’ED PESACH
On the Shabbat during Passover, we are reminded of the age-old desire to
know the Eternal One. Moses implores the Eternal One to let him see God.
While the Eternal One will not allow Moses to see Adonai’s face, the
Eternal One tells Moses, “I will make My goodness pass before you…"
Perhaps we experience the divine presence through the goodness we
create in the world. The Torah then sets forth the thirteen attributes of
God, among them that the Eternal One is compassionate, gracious, slow
to anger and abounding in kindness. By emulating these very attributes,
we create the goodness which allows us to know the Eternal One.
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EXODUS 13:3-10
And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you went
free from Egypt, the house of bondage, how Adonai freed you from it with
a mighty hand: no leavened bread shall be eaten. 4You go free on this
day, in the month of Abib. 5So, when Adonai has brought you into the land
of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which God swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing
with milk and honey, you shall observe in this month the following
practice: 6“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the
seventh day there shall be a festival of God. 7Throughout the seven days
unleavened bread shall be eaten; no leavened bread shall be found with
you, and no leaven shall be found in all your territory. 8And you shall
explain to your son on that day, ‘It is because of what Adonai did for me
when I went free from Egypt.’ 9“And this shall serve you as a sign on your
hand and as a reminder on your forehead —in order that the Teaching of
Adonai may be in your mouth—that with a mighty hand Adonai freed you
from Egypt. 10You shall keep this institution at its set time from year to
year.
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SONG OF SONGS 2:1-17
I am the rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns, so
is my love among the maidens. Like the apple tree among the trees of the
wood, so is my beloved among young men. I sat down under his shadow
with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to
the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Sustain me with
raisins, comfort me with apples; for I am sick with love. His left hand is
under my head, and his right hand embraces me. I adjure you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that
you stir not up, nor awake my love, until it please. The voice of my
beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the
hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; Behold, he stands
behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. My
beloved speaks and says to me, Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and
come away. For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The
flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing bird has come, and
the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; the fig tree puts forth her
green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their scent. Arise, my love,
my beautiful one, and come away. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in
the secret places of the cliff, let me see your countenance, let me hear
your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is comely.
Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our
vineyards are in blossom. My beloved is mine, and I am his; he pastures
his flock among the lilies. Until the day cools, and the shadows flee away,
turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the
mountains of Bether.
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SAVE THE DATE
Sundy 23 April
Erev Yom HaShoah Film Screening and Reflective Service at
Westminster Synagogue
4.00pm: 'Screening of Keep Quiet'
5:30pm: Q&A's with producer Alex Holder
6:00pm: Refreshments
6:45pm: Reflective Memorial Service
Rabbi Dr Thomas Salamon together with Rabbi David Mitchell invite the
communities of West London Synagogue and Westminster Synagogue to
commemorate with a film screening and reflective service.
Keep Quiet: A riveting documentary about a young Hungarian neo-Nazi
leader whose life is upended when he discovers his Jewish roots, Joseph
Martin and Sam Blair’s “Keep Quiet” would be valuable and important if it
only told of one man’s journey from bigotry to repentance. But this
expertly made, highly dramatic film achieves must-see status for the
inevitable light it sheds on the persistence of toxic racial hatreds not just
in Hungary but worldwide.
To let us know you are coming, please register online via
http://bit.ly/WS_WLS
Sunday 7 May
3.00pm: Memorial Service for the Loss of a Child or the Loss of the
Prospect of a Child
At The Liberal Jewish Synagogue. 28 St John’s Wood Road, London NW8
7HA
If you would like to mark the loss of a child, or the loss of the prospect of
a child, a recent loss, or one that has stayed with you for many years,
please do join us in this communal memorial service, under the joint
auspices of The LJS and WLS, with violinist Alan Parmenter.
Friends and family welcome. For more details or if you would like a
confidential conversation you can contact: Rabbi Alexandra Wright
or Rabbi Helen Freeman
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