13th August 2016 - 9th Av 5776

SOCIAL & PERSONAL
13TH AUGUST 2016
MAZEL TOV
Mazel Tov to Ruth and Lionel Curry on the birth of a grandson
Mazel Tov to Nadia and Brian Glenville on the birth of a granddaughter
9TH AV 5776
CONDOLENCES
Chaim aruchim, long life to Dr Spencer Phillips on the passing of his mother Anita Phillips
Chaim aruchim, long life to Patricia Tibber on the passing of her husband, and Richard Tibber and
‫דברים‬
Katy Wiseman on the passing of their father, Stuart Tibber
DEVARIM
Chaim aruchim, long life to the family on the passing of Lily Goodkind
SHABBAT CHAZON - EREV TISHA B’AV
CONSECRATIONS
21/08/2016
01/09/2016
04/09/2016
18/09/2016
18/09/2016
Late Stanley Isidore Zeffertt
Late Eric Linton
Late Ronald Marks
Late Anne Saphir
Late Harold Tucker
1.30 pm
10.00 am
4.30 pm
11.00 am
2.15 pm
Bushey Cemetery
Bushey Cemetery
Bushey Cemetery
Willesden Cemetery
Willesden Cemetery
PARTICIPATE IN YOUR SHUL SERVICES
Would you like to learn to read a Sidra or Haftarah?
Please speak to Dayan Binstock
or the Honorary Officers for more information.
THOUGHTS ON THE SIDRA
FATHER OF MERCY
This coming Shabbat we will be reciting an extra prayer before Ashrei called Av Harachamim
“Father of Mercy.” Its origins lie in the wake of the First Crusade. Many Jewish communities in
Germany were decimated as mobs found an outlet for their religious zeal in killing Jews before
making their way to the Holy Land to wrest it from the Muslims. Thousands of men, women
and children lost their lives in the communities of the Rhineland. Mainz, Worms, Speyer were
ravaged over the course of a few weeks as the Crusaders made their way down Europe.
Most of the killing of the First Crusade took place during the spring, corresponding to the
Jewish months of Nissan, Iyar and Sivan. The martyrs were commemorated in volumes known
as a Memorbuch (Book of Remembrance). An anonymous author composed a communal
memorial prayer, Av Harachamim, to be said in association with the recital of the names in the
Memorbuch. The prayer was originally said on the Sabbaths between Pesach and Shavuot,
when the massacres occurred. The prayer reflects the request to avenge the blood of those who
had been killed. But as the late Chief Rabbi Hertz points out in his commentary: “Vengeance
was prayed for – and left to G-d.”
As the black plague swept across Europe during the mid-fourteenth century, annihilating nearly
half the population, Jews were taken as the scapegoat and were accused of having brought
about the plague and were persecuted and killed. Many hundreds of Jewish communities were
destroyed during this period. As a result many more names were added to the martyrs’ lists and
Av Harachamim was recited on other Sabbaths as well.
Two main customs arose: to recite Av Harachamim on most Sabbaths of the year, unless it was
a Shabbat of heightened festivity, or to recite it on just two Sabbaths of the year: the Shabbat
before Shavuot representing the culmination of the First Crusade persecutions and the Shabbat
before Tisha B’Av, representing the culmination of the persecutions associated with the Black
Death. It is the second custom that is practiced in the United Synagogue and after the personal
memorial prayers Av Harachamim (NS 426) will be said.
This prayer becomes particularly poignant as we reflect on what is happening in parts of the
world today. Islamic State is targeting the killing of innocent people and radicalizing and
terrorizing the lives of others. As yet, there is no effective concerted strategy to confront this
hydra of the twenty-first century. Our synagogue prayers encompass our concerns for all
innocent people, whoever, and wherever they may be. As we mourn the tragic loss of life of
our martyrs centuries ago, we look forward, in the concluding words of Av Harachamim, to a
time of “Al Ken Yarim Rosh - he will hold his head up high”, when all peoples will be able to
enjoy peace and security.
Dayan Ivan Binstock
HERTZ 736/750 - STONE 938/1195
Dayan Ivan Binstock will give a Chumash Shiur before the service at 9.00 am
Jonny Fishel will lead the services
Howard Turner will lein
Dayan Binstock will read the haftarah
Dayan Binstock will deliver the sermon
Elijah Summer will sing anim zemirot
Dayan Binstock will give a shiur from 9.00 pm until maariv
This week Shabbat begins 8.15 pm. Earliest candle lighting time 6.57 pm.
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 7.00 pm. Shabbat is brought-in in shul at 7.30 pm.
Shabbat ends at 9.20 pm. Next Shabbat begins 20.01 pm
See joint Tisha B’Av Programme for more details
Service Times
Shabbat
Shacharit
Mincha
5.30 pm
Ma’ariv
Erev Tisha B’Av
9.15 am
Tisha B’Av
8.30 am
1.45 pm & 7.00 pm
Follows 2nd Mincha
Monday
7.15 am
7.30 pm
Follows Mincha
Tuesday
7.25 am
7.30 pm
Follows Mincha
Wednesday
7.25 am
7.30 pm
Follows Mincha
Thursday
7.15 am
7.30 pm
Follows Mincha
Friday
7.25 am
7.00 pm
Follows Mincha
Next Shabbat
9.15 am
7.30 pm
9.04 pm
Sunday
9.30 pm
fast starts 8.27 pm
Fast ends 9.12 pm
The Honorary Officers invite the congregation to Kiddush
in the Moritz Gertler Hall after the service
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS LEAFLET FROM THE SHUL ON SHABBAT AS THERE IS NOT YET AN ERUV!
For information on our eruv planning application please contact [email protected]
PARSHA PUZZLE
QUOTATION
This week’s sidra, Eileh HaDevarim, begins
with the letter, Aleph. Five other sidrot begin
with Aleph. Can you find them?
Last Week’s question:
“If your sins are like scarlet, they shall be
whitened like snow; should they be as red as
crimson, they shall become like wool
[Bible, Isaiah 1:18 – from today’s Haftarah]
Which metal is missing: gold, silver, copper,
tin, and lead?
Answer: Iron
Winners: Lionel
Zachary Loftus
Kopelowitz,
Joseph
and
SUPER SIDDUR SLEUTH
There are a few occasions when a chapter or
passage from the bible is quoted in the siddur
and the last verse is repeated for emphasis.
How many examples can you find?
Last week’s question:
A number of Psalms, quoted in the siddur, are
introduced as being dedicated to David, like
Mizmor LeDavid or a number of other such
superscripts,…LeDavid. How many examples
can you find?
Answer: These are some examples : Mizmor
Shir Chanukat Habayit LeDavid NS 36; Tehila
LeDavid NS 46; Lamnatzeiach Mizmor
LeDavid NS 134; Michtam LeDavid NS 160;
Mizmor LeDavid NS 264; Shir HaMaalot
LeDavid NS 510; Lamnatzeich LeDavid
Mizmor NS 822. shir hamaalot, Zechor
HaShem LeDavid (psalm 131, p 516)
Winner: Lionel Kopelowitz
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY
Please follow the instructions of the security
officer in charge. Stewards should wear yellow
vests. Unless otherwise advised, the
evacuation point is at the American School
(entrance opposite 3-5 Loudoun Road).
Children should be under the supervision of a
responsible adult at all times in the building.
Our defibrillator can now be found adjacent to
the Shul noticeboard in the Foyer.
BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
Contact Susan Kosky
[email protected] or 020 3441 9476
THANK YOU
to the Security Team and Kiddush Rota
for this Shabbat.
REGULAR EVENTS
THEATRE CLUB
Details from Richard Mernane
020 7289 9173 or
[email protected]
BRIDGE CLUB
ON THIS DAY
THE 9TH AV
The Mishna lists five tragedies that befell
our ancestors on the 9th Av
1) The spies brought back their bad report.
2) Nebuzraden set fire to the first Temple.
(586BC)
3) The Romans destroyed the second
Temple (70CE).
4) The Romans ploughed over the site of
the Temple to convert to a Roman
colony.
5) Betar, the last independent outpost
under Bar Kochba, fell to the Romans
(135CE)
Duplicate Bridge, Mondays from
1.00 to 4.00pm.
Supervised Bridge 1.15 to 3.45pm.
Donation £8 a session including tea.
Director: Mike Eden.
Contact: Sandra Stecker on 020 7586 2532
or Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156
BOOK CLUB.
The next meeting is on Tuesday 30th August
at 8.30 at the home of Valerie Garston.
The book being discussed is ‘Vinegar Girl’
by Anne Tyler.
For details contact Valerie Garston on
020 7435 7507
KEEP FIT FOR WOMEN - WEEKDAYS
with Stevie Sillers on 07836 784823
Don’t miss this opportunity to join
ST JOHN’S WOOD SYNAGOGUE
for a visit to the
in Nottingham
on Sunday 11th September 2016.
A coach will be leaving SJWS
at 9.30am and return around 8.00pm.
Price: £43 Members
£49 Non-Members
Places limited
Please contact Gillian Burr on 0207 586 0156
or e-mail [email protected]
LADIES GUILD
23rd August - Visit to ‘Painters’ Paintings’ at The
National Gallery at 11.00 am. Members £12,
guests £14
1st September - Visit to Nuffield Place at 2.00pm.
Coach leaving SJWS at 10.30am. Members £28,
guests £30
11th September - Visit to ‘ The Beth Shalom
Nottingham HOLOCAUST CENTRE at 9.30am.
Members £43, guests £49
15th September - Visit to ‘Records & Rebels1966/70’ at the V & A Museum at 11.30 am.
Private Talk. Members £25, guests £28
Gentlemen welcome to all events
Contact Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156
HEBREW CLASSES
St John’s Wood Synagogue Cheder
Sundays 9.45am – 12.45pm
Contact Rabbi Ronen Broder
0794 108 7701 or
[email protected]
Re-starts on 11th September
KINDERGARTEN
St John’s Wood Synagogue Kindergarten
Daily, from 2 years old.
Monday to Thursday 8.45am-12.15pm
Friday 8.45am-12noon
Contact Estelle Brown 020 7286 3859 or
[email protected]
Re-starts 8th September
BABES IN THE WOOD
Join us for play, coffee & our fun Shabbat table!
High-energy Israeli songs with Einav, every other
week. Contact Sara Elias 07957 697769 or
[email protected] Re-starts in September
WEEKLY SHIURIM
‘Talmud Shiur’ with Alex Grunfeld
Shabbat afternoon before mincha
Tuesday Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Fine at
10.30 am
Wednesday Ladies Shiur
with Maureen Kendler at 10.30 am
Re-starts 7th September
Contact Anne Godfrey
[email protected]
COMMUNAL LUNCH
Next lunch date: Tuesday 16th August
Drinks 12.30pm. Home cooked lunch
1.00pm. £7.00 for Synagogue members,
£8.00 non-members.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL!!!
Contact Gillian Burr on 020 7586 0156 or
Melody Salem on 020 7286 9810
HELP AVAILABLE
If you are housebound and would like a
visitor or a regular phone call, if you need
advice or information on local services and
activities or if you would like a lift to the
Shul's Communal Lunches, please get in
touch.
Please contact Gillian or Melody
THE LADIES SHIUR
Unfortunately Rabbi Jacobs is still not well enough to continue teaching us. We wish him a
refuah shlemah. In the meantime we are happy to announce new arrangements for the
continuation of the shiur from Wednesday, 7th September. We invite you to join us. All
welcome . No previous knowledge required.
Our new teacher will be
MAUREEN KENDLER
and her subject will be
Why does God Love David?
Maureen is a Teaching Fellow at the London School of Jewish Studies. She has degrees in
English Literature and Jewish Education, and works as an adult educator in the Jewish
community in the UK and internationally. She broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 2 Pause
For Thought, writes for the Jewish Chronicle and has a passion for teaching texts.
The Shiur takes place in the Beth Hamedrash at St John’s Wood Synagogue.
on Wednesday’s from 10.30-11.30 am.
Charge £10 - including coffee and biscuits.
For further information contact [email protected]
ST JOHN’S WOOD SYNAGOGUE
LADIES GUILD
SUPPORT OUR ERUV!
Our St John’s Wood Eruv planning application has now been live for a number of
weeks.
We now await the deliberations of Camden and Brent in relation to the poles within
their Boroughs.
Currently in Westminster we have a good number of supporting comments but there is
still a need for more.
In order to establish that the Eruv will be utilised by as many people as possible, we
need you to register your support NOW for our Westminster planning application, if you
have not already done so.
Please also remember that comments on planning applications are recorded per
individual and so each adult member of your household should register their comments
separately and ideally NOT as a family unit.
The Westminster application can be found here:
http://idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?
activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=O7N0RARPGR700
For more information please email [email protected]
INVITES YOU TO A
CARD LUNCH
at St John’s Wood Synagogue
37-41 Grove End Road, NW8 9NG
on
Tuesday, 27th September 2016
in aid of
Marie Curie Hospice
And
Camp Simcha
Coffee 10.30 am
Bridge 10.45 am - 3.15 pm
Donation £55
For further information please phone
Gillian on 020 7586 0156 or
Sandra on 020 7586 2532
Meet other parents and their little ones on Monday mornings 10.30-11.20am
Suitable for children from 3 months to 3 years - Donation: £6 per child.
EMERGENCY DRILL
We will be undertaking a security evacuation drill in compliance with our legal
obligations in the coming weeks. Please ensure you know the whereabouts of
your children and follow the instructions of the stewards or security personnel
on the day.
SECURITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The need to increase the number of volunteers assisting with the security of
St John’s Wood Synagogue on Shabbat and the forthcoming High Holydays is
urgent!
As Europe has seen an increase in terrorist incidents, we must increase our
security visibility.
An additional 20 people per month will ensure YOUR SHUL has a high security
visibility profile. Each volunteer is needed once a month for 45 minutes.
To join the security team and for more information please contact
David Marks at [email protected]
THIS SHABBAT
Shabbat 12/13th August, Shabbat Chazon, is also the eve of the fast
of Tisha B’Av, deferred because of Shabbat.
We will be davening Mincha at the earlier time of 5.30pm to allow people to go
home and eat before the fast. Dayan Binstock will give a shiur from 9.00pm but
Maariv will start 10 minutes after Shabbat ends to enable people to travel to
shul. Those who are attending the 9.00pm shiur may wish to bring non-leather
shoes and kinnot to shul before Shabbat.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Shabbat 27th August
Barmitzvah of Marshall Gould
Shabbat 10th September
Barmitzvah of Zachary Potel
Shabbat 17th September
Barmitzvah of Sam Olins
Shabbat 24th September
Youth Takeover Service followed by Family
Shabbat Lunch
SHABBAT 3RD SEPTEMBER
Visit by Emeritus Chief Rabbi Lord and Lady Sacks
Lord Sacks will deliver the sermon and speak over Seudah Shlishit.
Community Lunch
with special Guest Speaker
Please book via www.shulinthewood.com
SIDDUR SHMOOZE - NEW DATE!
SHABBAT 10TH SEPTEMBER
Topic:
Place:
Time:
Alenu - a Prayer for all Seasons
Dora Freedman Hall
10.00am - Schmooze
10.15 - 10.35am - Shiur