24th April 2021 / 12th Iyar 5781 Dear Member,
Please see below for our weekly e-newsletter.
Booking is now open for Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, 30th April at 7.15pm and for Shabbat on 1st May at 10am.
Bookings will close at 6pm on Wednesday, 28th April.
We are now open for regular Shacharit services, Monday and Thursday at 7.15am, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7.30am, Sunday and Bank Holidays at 8.15am, booking is now open.
Bookings will close at 6pm on Thursday, 29th April.
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
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Acharei Mot / Kedoshim — Sedra Synopsis (From www.ohr.edu) G-d instructs the kohanim to exercise extreme care when they enter the Mishkan. On Yom Kippur, the Kohen Gadol is to approach the holiest part of the Mishkan after special preparations and wearing special clothing. He brings offerings unique to Yom Kippur, including two identical goats that are designated by lottery. One is "for G-d" and is offered in the Temple, while the other is "for Azazel" in the desert. The Torah states the individual's obligations on Yom Kippur: On the 10th day of the seventh month, one must afflict oneself. We abstain from eating and drinking, anointing, wearing leather footwear, washing, and marital relations.
Consumption of blood is prohibited. The blood of slaughtered birds and undomesticated beasts must be covered. The people are warned against engaging in the wicked practices that were common in Egypt. Incest is defined and prohibited. Marital relations are forbidden during a woman's monthly cycle. Homosexuality, bestiality and child sacrifice are prohibited.
The nation is enjoined to be holy. Many prohibitions and positive commandments are taught:
Prohibitions: Idolatry; eating offerings after their time-limit; theft and robbery; denial of theft; false oaths; retention of someone's property; delaying payment to an employee; hating or cursing a fellow Jew (especially one's parents); gossip; placing physical and spiritual stumbling blocks; perversion of justice; inaction when others are in danger; embarrassing; revenge; bearing a grudge; cross-breeding; wearing a garment of wool and linen; harvesting a tree during its first three years; gluttony and intoxication; witchcraft; shaving the beard and sideburns; tattooing.
Positive: Awe for parents and respect for the elderly; leaving part of the harvest for the poor; loving others (especially a convert); eating in Jerusalem the fruits from a tree's 4th year; awe for the Temple; respect for Torah scholars, the blind and the deaf.
Weekday Shacharit: In Shul and on Zoom Tues 27th, Wed 28th & Friday 30th at 7.30am.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84248315505?pwd=WTZDL0JndG1ZVWRiQjZtNms1Ny9SZz09
Meeting ID: 842 4831 5505 / Password: 013639 Mincha & Ma'ariv: On Zoom Monday 26th to Thursday 29th at 7:30pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81050022128?pwd=ZEpwZXkxVFgzNko1aGNSSDhZV2Ntdz09
Meeting ID: 810 5002 2128 / Password: 434484
Shabbat Times - Acharei Mot/Kedoshim
Kabbalat Shabbat at 7.15pm in Shul. Candle Lighting at 7.40pm (7.56pm).
Shacharit begins at 10am in Shul. Shabbat candle lighting (Emor) next week at 7.40pm (8.08pm).
Clarification regarding the Shabbat times during the summer months
This will allow our members to have their Friday night meal at a more convenient hour.
Kabbalat Shabbat will take place at 7.15pm throughout the summer.
COVID PRECAUTIONS
MEN TO ENTER THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS.
PROCEED STRAIGHT TO A SEAT WITHOUT STOPPING. AVOID GREETING AND TALKING IN FOYER
LADIES TO ENTER THROUGH SIDE DOORS AND PROCEED TO SEATS UPSTAIRS KEEPING TO THE LEFT
ALL CLOAKROOMS ARE CLOSED KEEP BELONGINGS WITH YOU
NO COMMUNAL SINGING OR CHANTING, RABBI / LEADERS ONLY
MEN TO EXIT ONLY THROUGH THE SIDE AND REAR FIRE EXITS
LADIES TO EXIT USING THE MAIN STAIRCASE, KEEPING LEFT AT ALL TIMES AND PROCEED SLOWLY DOWN THE STAIRS TO FRONT FORECOURT
PLEASE OBSERVE THE 2M SOCIAL DISTANCING RULE AT ALL TIMES
WASH HANDS REGULARLY
Please remember the Guidelines are there for your protection and safety.
The AGM for Cranbrook United Synagogue will be held on Tuesday, 4th May 2021 at 8pm via a Zoom Meeting (details to follow).
You should have all received the List of Candidates and voting instructions if you haven't received them please call the Shul Office.
The form to add birthdays, wedding anniversaries and yahrzeit insertions in the 2021/22 Cranbrook Synagogue Calendar were recently sent out in your Pesach mailing; if you have mislaid the form it can be downloaded from the synagogue website. Please return the completed form to Ruth Lyndon via the synagogue office; these need to be returned by May, 31 2021.
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.
Lunch and learn is an interactive, informal and inspiring discussion programme for women. Each time we learn a different topic based on Jewish concepts and find relevant, modern ideas that we can bring into our lives based on the wisdom of ancient texts.
No prior Hebrew or Jewish knowledge required.
Under non-Covid conditions, we used to meet in the shul and have lunch together. As it stands, feel free to bring your lunch to the table and eat while we learn!
Ivor Clements, Kay Demby, Susan Kalinsky,
Janet Lewis, Alan Linder, Stanley Lopata, Norma Manning, Jason Marco, Gloria Marks, Annette Phillips,, Carol Segal and Henry Waldman on their respective birthdays.
Sponsorship
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Sponsorship is available for the on-line version of Cranbrook News on the following dates: May 29th; June 5th, 12th & 19th; July 3rd, 10th, 17th & 31st.
To book any of these dates please call the synagogue office on: 020 8629 2780 or e-mail admin@cranbrooksynagogue.org.uk
We wish Long Life to everyone who is observing a Yahrzeit this week:
Barrie Abrahams, Robin Abrahams, Edward Adler, Jack Alter, David Baars, Bernice Bass, Malcolm Becker, Alan Becker, Betty Bernard, Maurice Bitton, Sheila Brand, Derek Brent, Valerie Caine, Estelle Carson, Freda Cowan, Zelma Cowan, Doreen Curtis, Maureen Diamond, Freda Fineberg, Elaine Gandz, Shirley Gold, Gloria Goldberg, Maureen Gruskin, Malcolm Halter, Victoria Joffe, Alan Kaizer, Graham Kaufman, Eva Kushin, Betty Kwintner, Sharon Lee, Roger Leigh, Elena Levene, Roy Levene, Lionel Levine, Elizabeth Levison, Ruth Lipman, Peter Mendel, Stephen Mendel, Frank Morris, Diana Neslen, Shirley Palmer, Lesley Pentol, Mavis Pinner, Arnold Rose, Mavis Sampson, Brett Sanders, Betty Saunders, Sheryl Saunders, Anne Schlesinger, Beverley Sennett, Aubrey Siteman, Hilary Stanton, Helen Van Loen and Loretta Zack.
Shul Office Opening Hours As the Shul office is not open currently please call Estelle on 020 8629 2780 or Michelle on 020 8629 2783.
Rabbi Dansky is available out of hours. You can contact him directly on his mobile 07780 236697 or by calling the Shul office and selecting option 3.
Reverend Newman is available out of hours. You can contact him directly on his mobile 07882 054321 or by calling the Shul office and selecting option 4.
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