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24th October 2020 / 6th Cheshvan 5781
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Dear [FIRST_NAME],

 

Please see below our weekly e-newsletter.

 

All Members attending services at the Synagogue are required to wear their own face coverings. These must cover the mouth and nose at all times whilst in the Synagogue.  In line with the US Guidelines, if you are unable to wear a face covering for any reason, you will NOT be permitted into the Synagogue.

 

Kabbalat Shabbat - 30th October & 6th November - Book Here

 

Shabbat - 31st October book here, bookings close on Wed 28th Oct.

 

Shacharit:

Sunday 25th at 8.15am in Shul and via Zoom.
Monday 26th & Thursday 29th at 6.50am in Shul and via Zoom.
Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th, & Friday 30th in Shul and via Zoom at 7am.

Ma’ariv: Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th in Shul and on Zoom at 7.30pm.

Booking is available on line select Cranbrook United Synagogue from drop down and then tick Prayer Services.
 

In the following weeks please see the website for future times of services.

 

We appreciate that due to the lock-down those of you who have had a Yahrzeit and especially those who have suffered a bereavement have not had the opportunity of saying Kaddish.

 

Members with internet access should be booking in on-line for all services via the United Synagogue Website using the following link: https://myus.theus.org.uk/events. select Cranbrook United Synagogue from drop down and then tick Prayer Services.

 

This week’s Cranbrook News has been kindly sponsored by
Philippa Land in memory of her late husband Jeffrey Land (z’l) – Beloved husband on the 26th anniversary of his yahrzeit.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

 

Cranbrook US

News and Views

 

This week’s parasha, Parasha Noach deals with Noach’s building of the ark to prepare for the rains that were about to flood the earth. In the middle of building his ark, Noah is told to make for himself a “TZOAR” in his ark. The sages are in disagreement as to what the word means. One opinion is that the TZOAR being mentioned refers to a huge Jewel, while the other opinion tells us that the Tzoar being mentioned here is a window. This piece of information seems to be completely superfluous,  What difference does it make to us here and now what sort of covering Noah had? 

 

According to the opinion that it was a jewel, Noah was being rewarded for his faith, and saying that while things were dark and dreary, at least he had something beautiful to gaze upon. Noah believed in God by making this ark and the result of that belief was God showed him the reward which only he and his family could enjoy. 

 

The opinion on the other hand provides a far more grizzly view as to what Noah had to build. He had to build an Ark with a window, and it wasn’t certainly wasn’t to look at the scenery - it was a deluge of water and stormy seas that he saw. What was he supposed to see?

 

Noah was supposed to reap the fruits of what he had done.  He was supposed to look for the first time upon his generation, after having been blind to them for so many hundreds of years.  He was supposed to look for the first time at his generation as they battled against waters that they could never defeat. He was supposed to look for the first time at what he had done - that he was responsible on a certain level for his generation, and that he had let them down.

 

The generation that Noah lived in was completely degenerate. They had no respect for one another’s possessions, wives. They served idols. Noah is then told to build the ark, because the deeds of his fellow men had sunk so low.

 

Noah hears this, and starts building the ark. He doesn’t bother praying for his extended family. After all he is the holy one; the righteous one in his generation - he is the one and only one to whom G-d speaks. Noah separates himself for his society simply because he is so different. He didn’t cause their downfall - they caused their own downfall.

 

God therefore tells Noah - build a window - realise that although people may have done things that are shockingly bad, but that you Noah should have exhibited some sympathy for the rest of humanity.   This idea is saying something incredible - we don’t have the right not to care for everyone - no matter who they are. No matter what they have done. No one is beyond redemption.

 

I wish you all a good Shabbos

Rabbi Steven, Siobhan, Maya, and Talia Dansky.

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If you would like to mark a birthday or Simcha, or want to commemorate a Yahrzeit, this can be done by sponsoring Cranbrook News. In the forthcoming weeks, there are many dates that are available. The cost of sponsoring Cranbrook News is £15.

 

Sponsorship is available for the on-line version of Cranbrook News on the following dates:
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To book any of these dates please call the synagogue office on: 020-8629 2780 or e-mail admin@cranbrooksynagogue.org.uk

Condolences to:

 

To Maureen Summers on the loss of her husband Tony Summers.

To Mitchell Summers and Perry Summers on the loss of their father.

 

To Gaynor Persell on the loss of her husband Andrew Persell.

To Max, Oliver & Charles Persell on the loss of their father.

 
To Robert Persell on the loss of his brother.

 

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

Arnold Abrahams, Samuel Agasee, Audrey Allen, Helen Bannister,
Sidney Berman, Samuel Blitz, Renee Bravo, Rafi Caplin,
Ruth Clifford, Lois Cohen, Sandra Coren, Stephen Coren,
Joan Dobin, Jeffrey Faber, Suzanne Finger, Michael Finger,
Muriel Franklyn, Sinclair Frydland, Sylvia Frydland, Shirley Gold,
Lionel Goldberg, Joseph Gordon, Barbara Grossman, Shelley Hart,
Myrtle Holman, Roma Ingram, Marvin Karp, Joseph Kaye,
Lillian Kirsch, Bernard Klinger, Michael Kravitz, Philippa Land,
Ivor Lethbridge, Lionel Levine, Amelia Levy, Maureen Lewis,
Alan Lipman, Sylvia Lixenberg, Mildred Luton, Sadie Martin,
Stephen Mendel, Ivor Miller, Rhona Morris, Brenda Moss,
Rose Nathan, Maureen Nieberg, Marilyn Nieman, Stuart Nieman,
Ida Pieters, Jeffrey Pinkus, David Pinner, Glenn Portnoy,
Sharon Portnoy, Sarah Roat, Frances Robin, Adele Rose,
Juliet Rose, Simon Rose, Lilian Rosenberg, Shirley Rosenthal,
Lee Russell, Patricia Russell, Jean Sanett, Tracey Sanett,
Vivienne Seigar, Jack Selner, Barbara Shamplina, Stuart Sherman,
Linda Sherman, Julian Silver, Yvonne Silverberg, Rita Stevens,
Murray Symons, Susan Wells, Joyce White and Debra Yarlett.

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