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Parshat Devarim

Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat

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Shacharit

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Mincha followed by Seudah & Ma’ariv

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When we look at all the problems in the

Lamentations that we read on Tisha B’Av –

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world today, especially current events in

to describe his feelings of despair and lone-

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our beloved Eretz Yisrael, it is easy to

liness. Always read the week before this

understand the analysis of the Talmudic

most important fast day, this word should

Rabbis who pinpointed Sinat Chinam –

awaken us to the realisation that our world

baseless hatred - as the cause of the

needs fixing, fast. If we want to bring an

destruction of the second Temple, and our

end to the exile and despair of the Jewish

current exile and suffering. They also teach

people, we need to work on ourselves and

us that any generation in which the Temple

do as many good deeds as we can in the

is not rebuilt must be plagued by the same

coming days.

Candle Lighting

* Tisha B’av ** Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat

Chayim Arukim

to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows ‫שבת‬

29 July 6 Av

Sun

Amanda Kaye

Father

Thought For The Week Unconditional Love

Adam Wiseberg

Father

Howard Klass

Father

2 Aug 10 Av

Eddie Price

Mother

The antidote to Sinat Chinam is its oppo-

random acts of kindness, putting an end to

Thurs

Rose Menachem Malcolm Alexander

Mother Mother

site: Ahavat Chinam - unconditional love.

the senseless hatred which is locking us into

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Mark Mattison Ann Greibach Lynda Arron

Mother Father Father

We need to perform practical acts of

exile. Let us use the power of love and kind-

love and kindness towards anyone and

ness to turn Tisha B’Av - our saddest day of

‫שבת‬

Nina Lee Anne Cohen Pauline Ridgeway Wendy Herz Eve Woolf

Sister Mother Mother Father Father

everyone, whether or not we owe them

mourning for countless historical tragedies,

favours. Starting with family, friends and

as well as this current tragic period - into

community members, and reaching out to

a time of rejoicing and redemption.

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Tues 1 Aug 9 Av

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5 Aug 13 Av

Kiddushim 29 July Debbie & Anthony Horne 5 August Unsponsored 12 August Gillian & Stephen Cohen

senseless hatred.

Look around you and find opportunities for

colleagues and strangers, our challenge is

Rabbi Joel Portnoy

to overcome any feelings of hatred that we may harbour and turn them into feelings of love and respect.

In Parashat Devarim, Moshe uses the word ‘Eicha’ – the title and theme of the book of

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First Aliyah - 11 verses The Jews are on the verge of entering the Land, and Moses’ death is imminent. Moses’ delivers his final statements to the nation.

After a veiled rebuke for past misdeeds, Moses revisits the period, some 39 years earlier, before the Israelites left Mount Sinai, when he expressed his inability to bear the burden of leadership singlehandedly.

Second Aliyah - 10 verses After the Israelites consented to the idea, Moses appointed judges to preside over the nation. He then recounts how the Jews traveled through the desert and quickly reached Kadesh Barnea, on the southern border of the Holy Land.

Third Aliyah - 17 verses Moses describes the Israelites demand to send out spies to scout the land, and the tragic episode that followed. This caused G-d to bar that entire generation from entering the Promised Land.

Fourth Aliyah - 9 verses At that time G-d changed course and headed back to the desert.

A group of Israelites attempted to enter Israel, but lacking Divine protection, they were immediately attacked and massacred by the Emorites.

Fifth Aliyah - 29 verses 38 years later, a new generation were ready to enter Canaan. Three areas were off-limits for them: Seir (Edom), Moav and Amon. The Israelites circled these lands and requested passage through the land of Sichon. Sichon refused.

Sixth Aliyah - 21 verses The Jews were victorious and took possession of his land. When the Bashanites then attacked, they meet a similar fate. These lands were given to the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and half the tribe of Menashe.

Seventh Aliyah - 8 verses He repeats the instructions he gave to these tribes to settle only after they have fought with their brethren to claim the Land.

The whole book of Devarim takes place during the final 36 days of Moshe’s life!

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Why We Mourn Jeremiah, the author of the Book of Lamentations, was probably the most unpopular prophet in history. For forty years, during the First Temple era, he hammered away at the people of Israel and warned them of G-d’s impending retribution. He said everything in the marketplace, so that everyone could hear. He was scorned, hated, threatened and persecuted. But he was never intimidated or silenced, because he spoke the word of G-d - and the word of G-d must be heard. However, nobody listened.

This was Jeremiah’s sorrowful destiny. He saw the destruction looming closer and closer, yet he could do nothing to prevent it.

After the destruction of the Temple, Jeremiah resolved to follow the multitude of Jews who were led into captivity. When he found a blood-drenched trail, he knew he was in the right direction. All too soon, he came across dead bodies, severed limbs, and the pitiful corpses of the young.

This is the backdrop to the Book of Lamentations and the poems of eulogy - Kinnot - that we read on Tisha B’Av.

Delve into the deeper side of Judaism This week we discuss the background to mourning on Tisha B’Av

Rabbi Moshe Isserles wrote that when King Nebuchadnezzar came to destroy the First Temple, the Greek philosopher, Plato accompanied him. After the Destruction, Plato met Jeremiah near the Temple Mount, weeping and wailing bitterly over the Temple ruins. Plato asked him “How is it befitting of a man of you stature to cry over a building, which is really no more than a pile of

Nowadays, most people are out of touch with...the spiritual loss suffered with the destruction sticks and stones?”

Jeremiah responded by asking Plato to recite his long list of complicated problems that challenged his intellect, and proceeded to solve them all in a few brief sentences. Plato was dumbfounded. How could any mortal man be so wise!

Jeremiah pointed sadly to the Temple ruins and said, ‘All of this profound wisdom I derived from those ‘sticks and stones’, and

that is why I am crying.’

Real tears, meaningful tears that are shed out of deep and sincere feelings, are the most genuine expression of the essence of the human personality.

When people are honestly moved or agitated, they shed tears.

Although we have a modern, thriving city in Jerusalem, the absence of the Temple makes us like a person who has had a heart transplant, but now has a weaker heart. Sure, the person is alive and can move, but what kind of life will it be?

Nowadays, most people are out of touch with their inner soul which genuinely mourns and appreciates the spiritual loss suffered with the Temple’s destruction. But with the many translations and explanations of the Kinnot, one can explore the messages of Tisha B’Av, and begin to understand what we lost then, and subsequent tragedies since.

Based on words by Rabbi A.C. Feuer in his introduction to Kinnot, Artscroll

If you would like to share your words of wisdom, please submit your article of no more than 500 words to nick@hale-community.org.uk

Parsha Stats Devarim is the 43rd of 54 sedras 1st of 11 in Devarim Written on 196.5 lines in a Torah 105 verses - ranks 32nd (6th in Devarim) 1548 words - ranks 26th (6th in Devarim) 5972 letters - ranks 24th (5th in Devarim)

Did You Know Devarim contains 2 of the 613 mitzvot. Both of them are prohibitions.

The Book of Devarim can be split into three parts: The first three parshiyot review their brief history, and restate the principles of the Ten Commandments.

These are the foundations of the Judaism. The next three parshiyot contain 170 mitzvot, which contain the essence of day-to-day life. The final five parshiyot contain the basis of understanding what being a Jew means.

Tip #39 Baruch She’amar

TEFILLAH TIPS

Pesukei Dezimrah begins with the recital of Baruch She’amar. In recognition of its lofty status, one must say it standing.

The Kabbalists teach that one should hold his two front tzitzit and kiss them upon concluding the prayer.

The prayer begins with phrases which bless seven aspects of Hashem. The seven ideas are: 1) G-d is the Creator of the world Who maintains it with no more than his word. 2) G-d fulfills His promise

even when people do not deserve it. 3) He has mercy on all creatures, human or otherwise. 4) All good deeds are rewarded, either in this World or the next. 5) G-d’s existence is infinite and eternal, and He involves himself in the affairs of the universe. 6) He redeems people from moral decline and rescues them from physical danger. 7) Although we can never express His true essence, we can glimpse some of His properties and express them.

Devarim 1:12, which contains the word ‘eicha’, is leined in the same tune as the Book of Lamentations is read, in order to direct our thoughts to Tisha B’Av which occurs within the next few days.

Just For Fun

Question: How many Jewish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: Don’t worry, I’ll just sit here in the dark

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In The Spotlight

Anthony Horne

This week we celebrate Anthony’s 60th birthday.

Anthony was born at home in Sale, and was delivered by his late father, Edgar.

After studying at Manchester Grammar School where he took his O-Levels at the age of 14, he went on to study French and Russian at Cambridge, and then converted to law, and is now a specialist licensing solicitor. He was an extremely active rower in Cambridge (although not for Cambridge), and ran several marathons and up several mountains!

Anthony has many loves in his life; his son Guy, his wife Debbie, his two cats, Mazal and Shemesh, and quizzes, which he excels at due to his unmatched general knowledge! But the biggest place in Anthony’s heart is saved for Glen: Glenmorangie, Glenlivet & Glenfiddich!

We wish Mazaltov to his mother, Fanny Horne, as well as to Debbie and Anthony, and we thank them for their hospitality.

Mazaltov to Debbie & Anthony Horne on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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Sarah & Darren Massel on the birth of a daughter.

Mark Saperia on his granddaughter’s engagement.