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6th February 2021 / 24th Shevat 5781
Yitro / Mevarachim HaChodesh

Dear Member,

 

Please see below for our weekly e-newsletter.

 

The Shul is now closed for all services and all other events until further notice.

 

The Shul office will remain open for phone calls only. Please do not visit the Shul office for any reason. If you are due to make a payment, this can be done by debit/credit card by ringing Michelle on 020 8629 2783 or by cheque through the post.

 

If you know of anyone that needs our help please contact the Shul office.

This week’s Cranbrook News is kindly sponsored by the
Abrahams and Chessis families in loving memory of
Dennis Abrahams, Dovid ben Reuven z”l.

Details of our Weekday Zoom services are detailed below.

 

Shabbat Shalom

 

Cranbrook US

News and Views
 

The Torah tells us: “Now if you listen to My voice, and keep My covenant, you will be a G-d’s treasure.” These are the words that G-d tells the Jewish people - a promise of their stature if they keep the Torah which He is about to give to the Jewish people.

 

I would have thought that the intention of the words “Listen to my voice” relate to the study and observance of Torah. If that is the case, keeping my covenant - USHEMARTEM ES BRISI is a complete repetition of the same concept - keeping my covenant surely relates to the observance of the Torah! What then does God mean when he tells us to listen to his voice?

 

The Rebbe from Slonim provides the following beautiful insight. He says that there is something that is needed before Torah can be given to each and every Jew, and that is that a Jew should always hear the voice of Hashem which is speaking to Him. G-d sends us messages every single day, in so many different way, and we need to be open to hearing the full message that G-d is giving us, to be awake to the ways in which He is guiding us through our lives.

 

A story is told of Rabbi Moshe Leib from Sassov, the father of the Sassov dynasty,a venerable sage that illustrates this point.  He was asked by a gentile wagon driver to lift an object off the floor and to put it into his wagon. Rabbi Moshe was known for his piety and and his sagacity replied: I can’t. The driver replied to him - you can, but you don’t want to. Rabbi Moshe Leib heard these words, but not in the way the wagon driver meant. He told his students : I understood that this was a message for me from the Almighty. I have thought that I can’t be a better Jew, and he is telling me through this wagon driver - you can - you just don’t want to. 

 

This is what it means to listen to the messages which are given to us.  G-d sends us messages every day - it could be through a weather forecast, through milk that goes sour, through a letter which goes to the wrong address, or money found on the street.  Each one is a message. The question is: are we prepared to listen?

 

I wish you all a very good Shabbos.

 

Rabbi Steven, Siobhan, Maya and Talia Dansky.

There are occasions that we need men to help make a minyan at a levoya, this is a great mitzvah. We appreciate that during this difficult time men do not want to go out, perhaps some of our younger members would like to help out.

If you are interested please give Harold a call on 07434 580885.

Sponsorship

 

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Sponsorship is available for the on-line version of Cranbrook News on the following dates: March 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th;
April 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th.

 

To book any of these dates please call the synagogue office on: 020-8629 2780 or e-mail admin@cranbrooksynagogue.org.uk

If members go into hospital at Queens, King George or Whipps Cross or any other hospital could they please inform the Shul office so that we can keep up to date as to how they are.

 

“MY LORDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN”
 

Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, 9th February at 3.30pm, in the company of Professional Toastmaster, Howard Robbins.

Howard has nearly 50 years’ experience as a Toastmaster and has also personally trained many others in the profession.

Howard will tell us all about the origins of the Toastmaster and how he started his career as a Toastmaster. He will also share some stories of the many people that he has met and the thousands of Weddings, Barmitzvahs and Corporate and Business events that he has officiated at, over those years.

We wish Long Life to everyone who is observing a Yahrzeit this week:  

Barrie Abrahams, Robin Abrahams, Daniel Abrahams,
Stephen Aidelkoff, David Baars, Gabriel Barzilai, Bryan Besbrode,
Sharon Bick, Michael Bien, Kenneth Black, Lilian Black,
Marian Conway, Constance Conway, Maurice Conway,
Suzanne Coulton, Marian Dennehey, Bruria Eisen, Jeffrey Faber, Stephanie Field, Melvin Forman, Vanessa Freedman, Sidney Frenkel, Sinclair Frydland, Ezekiel Gillis, Morris Gillis,
Hermione Gloston, Alfred Godfrey, Barbara Goldman,
Valerie Goldsmith, Lester Harris, Derek Hooker, Irene Hyams,
Victoria Joffe, Doris Kaizer, Deanna Karp, Freda Katz,
Sheila Keizner, Sherrill Klein, Michael Kravitz, Allan Krist,
Leonard Krist, Suzanne Leigh, Ivor Lethbridge,
Gloria Levene, Stephen Levy, Solomon Macatonia,
Anita Macatonia, Norma Maisner, Brian Marks, Esther Michaels,
Allan Osborne, Adele Pearl, Mandy Perez, Daniel Rose, Judith Rose,
Jacqueline Scott, Barbara Shamplina, Stella Shaw, Rita Shaw,
Simon Shaw, Carole Shine, Carol Silverman, Reeva Silverstein,
Anita Sluys, Rosalie Sobel, Paul Stein, Cyril Vancliff,
Doreen Wajchendler and Annette Waxman.

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