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The ArchWestern Marble Arch Synagogue
Week commencing:23 July 2016/17 Tammuz 5776
Picture of the week: In this week’s sedra the Jewish nation receives a blessing from Billam: “How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel”(Numbers 24:5). Pictured is the entrance to the Tunisian Synagogue in Acco where this blessing has been inscribed.
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Parashat Balak
Shabbat begins: 8.49pm Shabbat ends: 10.01pm
ShabbatSedra Haftarah
Hertz 669 682
Cohen 915 929
Stone 856 1189
Gutnick 1014 1458
www.marblearch.org.ukWorld Jewry’s London Address Registered Charity Number 1154188
In Shul this ShabbatWe welcome those who are here for the Club 55+ Singles Friday Night Dinner. We thank Pam Harris for her hard work in organising this event and Robbie Sherman for being the guest speaker.
Bitesize Torah from Rabbi TaylorOur Parasha Balak opens with Balak, the King of Moav, asking the sorcerer Balaam to curse the Jewish People. Our ancestors had just conquered the mighty Emorites and Bashanites, and so Balak felt threatened and was very nervous that he would be the next leader to be overthrown.
The Chafetz Chaim asks a straightforward question. Surely Balak should have sought a blessing for his nation as opposed to a curse for the Jewish People. Especially after his original attempt failed, why did he not try then to get his nation blessed so that they would be safe from any danger instead of trying again to curse the Jews. The Chafetz Chaim explains that from this episode in the Torah we learn that whenever we are in danger, instead of cursing the perceived source of danger, we should look at ourselves and at own character to work out what can be done to turn around our fortunes.
Shabbat Shalom.
KiddushThis week’s kiddush has been sponsored anonymously in honour of Linda Sharpe for her wonderful years of kiddushim and catering which have been appreciated by so many.
Mazel TovWe wish mazel tov to Gaby and Howard Morris on the engagement of their son Josh to Emily Black.
In our parasha Balak, we read how the donkey speaks to Bilaam. Where else in the Torah does an animal speak to a human being?
Next WMA Sephardic Service: Shabbat 30 July
PUZZLE OF THE WEEK
WMA Lunch & Learn at HWMA Monday 1 August, 12.30-1.30pm 1st Floor, 3 Crawford Place,
London, W1H 4LBJoin WMA for our exciting Lunch & Learn programme in Central London with Rabbi Rosenfeld and Rabbi Taylor.Thanks to Geoff Melamet for hosting this event.
www.marblearch.org.ukWorld Jewry’s London Address Registered Charity Number 1154188
Week commencing:23 July 2016/17 Tammuz 5776
For more information please visit our website: www.marblearch.org.uk
The Week
What’s On
Breakfasts and Shiur Shiurim by: Alan Goldberg, Ervin Landau, Howard Morris, Rabbi Rosenfeld, Rabbi Taylor, Rabbi Mendy Vogel, Rabbi Yosef Vogel
Shacharit Sunday 8.15am Monday-Friday 7.30am
Mincha/Ma’ariv Sunday-Thursday 7.15pm
Friday 22 July Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 7.15pm Club 55+ Singles Friday Night 8.00pm
Shabbat 23 July Parashat Balak
Shiur 8.45am Shacharit 9.15am Pirkei Avot Shiur 8.00pm Mincha followed by Seudah Shlishit & D’var Torah 8.45pm Ma’ariv & Havdalah 10.01pm
ANNIVERSARIESDalya & Graham ShearSheilagh & Anthony Ross
CONDOLENCESWe wish Anthony Wagerman of the High Holiday Choir, long life following the passing of his father Peter Wagerman z”l.
Coming Up...Thursday 18 August Young Professionals Summer Rooftop BBQ
Sunday 4 September Rosh Chodesh Elul Community BBQ
Shabbat 10 September Shabbat with Rabbi Aubrey Hersh
Sunday 11 September Family Zone
Monday 12 September WMA Lunch & Learn at Princeton Investments PLC
Sunday 18 September Wine Tasting at The Montcalm
Tuesday 20 September Pre-High Holiday Shiur for women with Emma Wednesday 21 September CONNECT Human Rights
Tisha B’av at WMASaturday Evening 13 August – Sunday 14 August WMAJoin WMA this year as we commemorate Tisha B’Av, the most sombre day in the Jewish calendar remembering the destruction of the two Temples and all the suffering of exile since. Full schedule to follow.
Bagel Brunch with Rabbi Shalom MorrisSunday 7 August, 9.00am WMARabbi Morris is the Rabbi of Bevis Marks Synagogue as well as head teacher of the Shaare Tikva School. He is also an Early Modern Jewish History PhD candidate at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies.
STONE SETTINGSThe memorial stone in loving memory of Geraldine Mullally z”l mother of Roy Shaby will be consecrated 1.30pm Sunday 24 July at Waltham Abbey.
Sunday 24 July Fast of 17th Tammuz Fast begins 2.34am Shacharit & Selichot 8.15am Mincha followed by Ma’ariv 7.15am Fast ends 9.54pm
Monday 25 July Rabbi Rosenfeld’s Shiur for Ladies’ 10.30am (Cheder for Grown-Ups will recommence in September)
Tuesday 26 July Weekly Supervised Bridge 2.00pm Krav Maga 7.00pm Rabbi Taylor’s Gemara Shiur 8.00pm Friday 29 July Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat 7.15pm
