In loving memory of Simon Rothburn z”l Shimon Zvi ben Menachem Mendel z”l
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Parshat Bereshit
Shabbat (Mevarchim) Kabbalat Shabbat
17:25
(Candle Lighting)
17:25
Shacharit
09:00
Leining
10:00
Mincha followed by Seudah & Ma’ariv
17:20
Shabbat Ends
18:33
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Shacharit
Ma’ariv
Sun
09:00
19:30
Mon
07:00
19:30
Tues*
06:45
19:30
Wed*
06:45
19:30
Thurs
07:00
19:30
Fri
07:00
16:10
Studies tell us that spending too much
the other hand, is an awareness of one’s
16:10**
time on the internet can make you anti-
uniqueness.
social. We trust, of course, that our com-
A lonely person, even when surrounded by
munity e-letter has the opposite effect,
friends, feels that his unique experiences
inspiring you to increase your involvement
separate him from others. This existential
in the activities of our Kehilla.
loneliness is what forces us to commune
Candle Lighting
* Rosh Chodesh ** Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat
Chayim Arukim
to Steven Forster on the loss of his father, to Mark Mattison on the loss of his brother, Naomi Wright on the loss of her mother, and to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows
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Louise Kaye Kitty Joseph Andrea Flax Michelle Green
Mother Husband Father Father
Mark Davies Joy Polak
Father Father
1 November 30 Tishrei
Debbie Hilton
Father
Wed
Norman Luft Reuben Berg Stuart Marks Carol Marks
Father Father Father Husband
3 November 2 Cheshvan
Jill Silver
Father
Fri
Michael Rappaport Mother Gordon Rosenthal Father Eliott Cohen Mother
שבת
Ronald Polak Tessa Frieslander
Sun
30 October 28 Tishrei
Mon
31 October 29 Tishrei
Tues
2 November 1 Cheshvan
Thurs
4 November 3 Cheshvan
5 November 4 Cheshvan
Father Father
Thought For The Week It Takes Two
with our Creator by opening our hearts Jews need to connect themselves. Other
and praying to the One who truly under-
religions may encourage lone meditation
stands us.
and seclusion, but Judaism requires us to gather together to daven, to help one
Jewish life is about striking the bal-
another, and to build community. Many
ance between communing with Hashem
of our mitzvot are impossible to fulfil in
and playing our part in the community.
isolation. As Hashem said – in this week’s
Knowing when it is not appropriate to talk
parasha - before He created the second
in Shule, how best to comfort a mourner,
person, Eve, “It is not good for man to be
or who would appreciate a phone call or
alone”.
a Shabbat invitation – it’s a constant balancing act that I’m sure we in Hale can
In his essay “The Lonely Man of Faith”, Rav alone and being lonely. Aloneness means
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lacking love and friendship; this is an
12 November The Woolf Family
Rabbi Joel Portnoy
Soloveitchik distinguishes between being
Kiddushim 5 November Unsponsored
achieve.
entirely destructive feeling. Loneliness, on
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