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Parshat Noach

3 Cheshvan 5777 4 November 2016

Service Times Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat

16:10

(Candle Lighting)

16:10

Shacharit

09:15

Leining

10:15

Mincha follows Kiddush Shabbat Ends

17:20

Ma’ariv

17:35

Weekday

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Haftarah

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Thought For The Week Say It Like You Mean It

Shacharit

Ma’ariv

Sun

09:00

19:30

Mon

07:00

19:30

I still remember staring blankly in shock

In fact, Noach himself didn’t enter the

Tues

07:00

19:30

Wed

07:00

19:30

when I was around 18 years old, learn-

Ark until the water was rising around him.

Thurs

07:00

19:30

ing for the first time that seven pairs of

Even though he had worked for over a

Fri

07:00

16:00

each kosher animal entered the Ark. My

century, he wasn’t 100% convinced that

childhood collapsed around me, as one of

G-d meant it.

Candle Lighting

16:00*

my favourite nursery songs turned out to

* Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat

Chayim Arukim

to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows ‫שבת‬

Ronald Polak Tessa Frieslander

Father Father

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Stephen Lee

Father

Mon

Behjat Sarir Ruth Abisgold

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be false (or at least inaccurate!) Equally

This teaches us a vitally important lesson.

mindboggling, was the revelation that it

We only stand a chance of transmitting a

took Noach 120 years to build the Ark!

lesson or a way of life, if we are convinced of it too. Working with youth, I often hear

Why did it take so long? Rashi mentions

that parents want their kids to be more

the Midrash, which tells us that G-d

‘involved’ with the tradition, but they

Mother Mother

wanted Noach’s corrupt neighbours to

complain that their parents don’t have the

take interest in his bizarre construction

same willingness. Noach was unable to

Barbara Rosen

Daughter

project and ask him about it. This would

inspire others to repent, because He could

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Charles Lewis

Father

give Noach the opportunity to explain

not teach the lesson convincingly. If he

Thurs

that G-d would be destroying the world

really meant what he said, then Mankind

10 November 9 Cheshvan

Elaine Adlestone Estelle Glyn

Father Husband

by flood, and spur them on to repent, and

could have saved themselves.

Fri

Mark Hamburger

Father

correct their wicked ways.

Sun

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Tues

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Wed

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‫שבת‬

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Jonathan Hamburger Father

Barbara Hamburger Husband Layla Goldstone Mother Annaliese Gordon Marian Dobkin Philip Science Victor Brim

Mother Sister Mother Sister

Rabbi Nick Kett As we know, this tactic was ineffective, and even with a further warning of 40 days of rain, the people did nothing to change (they didn’t die immediately).

Shabbat Weather AM Partly Cloudy 7o High 1o Overnight Low

Parsha

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First Aliyah - 14 verses While the rest of society descended into anarchy and corruption, Noach is told he will be saved for his righteousness, and must build an ark which will provide refuge for every species of animal and bird.

Second Aliyah - 16 verses Noach is commanded to take seven pairs of any kosher species, as opposed to one pair of other species. Noach and his family board the ark, and the flood commences.

Third Aliyah - 22 verses The rains continue for 40 days and nights. After 150 days the waters start to subside, and Noach sends out a raven (unsuccessfully), and latterly a dove, which did not return on the second attempt, indicating that the earth was once again habitable. After one full year in the ark, the earth had dried.

Fourth Aliyah - 15 verses G-d commands Noach to leave the ark. Noach builds an altar and offers sacrifices. G-d promises to never again curse the earth as He had just done. G-d then blesses Noach and his sons to “Be fruitful and multiply”. G-d allows mankind to eat meat, but prohibits murder, suicide, and consuming limbs ripped from living animals.

Fifth Aliyah - 10 verses G-d tells Noach that he will never bring a flood to destroy the world again, and He designates the rainbow as the sign of this covenant.

Sixth Aliyah - 44 verses Noach plants a vineyard and becomes drunk, resulting in a bad situation with his son, Ham, who is later cursed. His other two sons are blessed for coming to Noach’s aid. Noach’s 70 descendants are named.

Seventh Aliyah - 32 verses The story of the Tower of Babel.

This leads to a great dispersion.

The Parsha concludes with the ten generations from Noach to Avraham.

U J F O

This week we explore what was lost when the Flood came to the world

Life Before The Flood Although mankind no longer lived in the Garden of Eden, their lifestyle before the flood still resembled that of the Garden.

Life was good. It was a life of uninterrupted serenity and enjoyment.

For example, children were conceived and born on the same day. A newborn child was immediately able to stand and walk, and also had the ability to speak.

Furthermore, no child would ever die during his parent’s lifetime - infact, all parents would live to see not only their children but also their grandchildren.

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 The generation before the Flood possessed enormous physical strength, as the verse says (6:14) “There were giants on earth in those days”. They were able to uproot whole cedar trees and considered lions and panthers as harmless as fleas. Their strength did not diminish in old age, but, on the contrary, it grew with age.

This strength only disappeared after the Flood.

They lived very long lives, spanning hundreds

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of years. Only when they sinned did Hashem say (6:5) “And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years”.

need no rain. We get an abundant supply of water from different sources; we have the streams and wells of the earth!”

They knew no suffering of any kind.

Since they rebelled against G-d with the very goodness that He bestowed upon the world, He punished them with that same substance; rain water.

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 They sowed once every forty years and the earth produced a sufficient amount for the following forty years.

G-d would have continued to show patience...if not for the additional crime of robbery

 They did not have to endure excessive heat or cold since there were no changing seasons, but the weather was a continuous, enjoyable and mild spring climate. It was only after the Flood that G-d changed this.

As a result of having these benefits, they cast off G-d’s authority, saying, “For what purpose do we still need Him? We do not even require His help to obtain water, since we

What were the crimes of those generations?

They were guilty of worshipping idols, bloodshed and immorality.

They were punished because they chose to ignore G-d’s commandments. Nevertheless G-d would have continued to show patience and restraint if not for the additional crime of robbery. This was deemed more serious because robbery undermines the basis of all civilisation, as it is common sense that one may not steal another’s property.

Based on ‘The Midrash Says’

by Rabbi M. Weissman

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

SHABBAT

Parsha Stats

Next week, Jews from all around the world will join together for one memorable Shabbat Here is a taster of what is happening in Hale that weekend

Noach is the 2nd of 54 sedras 2nd of 12 in Bereshit Written on 230 lines in a Torah (ranks 15th) 153 verses - ranks 4th (Joint 1st in Bereshit) 1861 words - ranks 11th (6th in Bereshit) 6907 letters - ranks 13th (6th in Bereshit)

Did You Know Noach has the shortest verses in the whole book of Bereshit.

The mitzvah of ‘P’ru U’rvu’ is mentioned three times in this week’s parsha, whereas it was only mentioned once last week.

The seventh portion of this week’s Torah reading is the longest in the Torah.

Tip #2 Pace Yourself

TEFILLAH TIPS

Another essential technique to help improve your concentration is very simple: Daven. More. Slowly. No matter what speed you currently daven, if you slow down the pace, you will find more time to think about what you’re saying. The Talmud reports that some individuals would take an hour to pray their private Amidah. (R’ Aryeh Kaplan

calculated that they would spend seven seconds on each word!)

It is not easy to maintain that pace for the duration of a service, but the lesson is understood - a slower davening can motivate a more meaningful davening.

The arithmetic of Noach’s years (600 before+ 300 after = 950) seems to not take the year of the flood into account.

Some look at the Flood as a period of ‘suspended animation’, where the laws of nature, and perhaps time, were not in effect.

Just For Fun Question: Did all the animals on the ark come in pairs?

Answer: No, the worms came in apples!

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KING AHEAD

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In The Spotlight Rafi Lewis & Leoni Steinberg

EDUCATION

This week’s Kiddush is sponsored in honour of Leoni’s recent marriage to Rafi in Israel last Sunday.

Leoni, 23, grew up in Hale, and is now working as a nutritional assistant. Her husband, Rafi, also 23, is originally from North Manchester, and works as an investment consultant.

They will be starting married life in Hale, and we wish them many happy and healthy years here.

We wish Mazaltov to grandparents Lady Beryl Steinberg, to Alain de Botton, and to Evi Rosenblatt, as well as to Ginni and Jonathan, and we thank them for their hospitality.

Kiddushim 5 November Ginni & Jonathan Steinberg 12 November Fraser Wolff 19 November Unsponsored

Mazaltov to Ginni & Jonathan Steinberg, Lady Beryl Steinberg, and Alain de Botton on the occcasion of Leoni’s recent marriage to Rafi Lewis.

Marilyn & Alan Segal on the birth of a granddaughter, a daughter to Amy & David.

If you would like to sponsor an edition of ‘Something For Everyone’, in honour of a simcha or for a yahrzeit, or for any reason, please contact the Shule office on 0161 980 8846 or admin@hale-community.org.uk

Rabbi & Ruthie on the occasion of their grandson’s barmitzvah.