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Parshat Shemot 22 Tevet 5777 20 January 2017

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Thought For The Week Listen To The Cries When Pharoah’s daughter Batya finds the

exposure to the televised suffering of oth-

baby Moshe crying in his basket in the

ers can sometimes make us numb to their

* Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat

bulrushes, she identifies him as a ‘naar’ - a

paiin. We must struggle to maintain our

Chayim Arukim

boy - rather than a baby, and as one of the

own sensitivity and to help our children to

children of the Hebrews. Our commentator

care about the plight of other people.

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to all those who have Yahrzeit this week as follows ‫שבת‬

2123 January Tevet

Tony Woolf Peter Woolf

Father Father

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Pat Alex

Father

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Jacqueline Mond David Marsh Mavis Marsh Denise Marsh Simon Margolis

Father Father Husband Father Mother

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Rashi interprets these strange words to mean that on some level she recognised

We must all learn to feel both the pain

Moshe’s unusual maturity and sensitivity.

and joy of our people, Klal Yisrael, and of all humanity around the world through

When a baby cries he usually communicates

the ravages of war, poverty and starvation

his own need for food and comfort. Only as

as well as on a more local level, attuning

we mature do we become attuned to the

ourselves to the needs of those in our own

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Harvey Rosenfield Mother Ben Solomons Brother

suffering of other people. Rashi teaches us

community who are unwell or in need of

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Raymond Taube Shirley Horwich Sara Crammer

Father Husband Father

that Moshe Rabbeinu was an unusual child

other types of chesed.

who felt and communicated the suffering

Joanne Feldman

Father

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‫שבת‬

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Kiddushim

of his people. We see this again later when intervenes in a fight between a Jew and an Egyptian, and between two Jewish men, and

21 January Linda & Philip Braunstein

is forced to flee for his life.

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First Aliyah - 17 verses Pharoah starts to afflict the Israelites and impose slave labour upon them, thus preventing them from multiplying. When that doesn’t work, he instructs the midwives to kill all Hebrew sons.

However, they were righteous, and they defy Pharoah’s order.

Second Aliyah - 15 verses Pharoah then commands the Egyptians to cast all newborn males into the Nile. Moses is born. His mother hids him in a waterproof basket and floats him down the Nile. Pharoah’s daughter takes the child as her own, but his mother ends up nursing him.

Third Aliyah - 15 verses Moses is raised in Pharoah’s palace. One day he sees an Egyptian striking a Hebrew. Moses kills the Egyptian. As a result, Moses is compelled to flee. He escapes to Midian and marries Zipporah, the daughter of Yitro. They give birth to a son, Gershom. Back in Egypt, the plight of the Israelite slaves worsens.

Fourth Aliyah - 15 verses While working as a shepherd, Moses encounters Hashem at the Burning Bush. Hashem tells him He has seen the Israelites’ afflictions, and has decided to bring them out of Egypt.

Fifth Aliyah - 24 verses Hashem informs Moses that he will be His messenger to bring about the redemption, even with Pharoah’s refusal. He gives Moses three miracles to perform to prove that he was sent by Hashem.

Moses protests that he is not suited for the role, and Aaron is assigned to be his spokesperson.

Sixth Aliyah - 14 verses Moses returns to Egypt with his wife and two sons. He meets Aaron and the Elders, and performs the miracless for them.

Seventh Aliyah - 6 verses Moses approaches Pharoah to present Hashem’s demands, but he mocks him, and increases the workload in response. This paves the way for the 10 plagues.

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Delve into the deeper side of Judaism This week we take a look at our forefather’s outlook on life

What Is There To Lose?

An emperor’s daughter was banished to a foreign country, and there she married a peasant. Since she was in low spirits, the good-hearted young husband decided to try every possible means of cheering her up. When she was about to enter their new home in the village for the first time, he had matters carefully pre-arranged. He furnished their cottage neatly, he filled the chests and cupboards with blouses, scarves and trinkets for her, and he arranged that a meal of sausages, potato saladd, and beer be brought there.

He even paid the village musician to play just outside their window.

with the beer? And don’t you enjoy the heavenly music?

The husband introduced his wife to the cottage, and they sat down to the meal. The husband contentedly chewed his food while listening to the music. He did not immediately realise that his wife was not sharing his bliss. On the contrary, she seemed depressed. The husband asked her, “What is the matter? Is the sausage not sufficiently spicy, or are you not satisfied

prise her with new and sophisticated delicacies, where the tables would boast the rarest, most exotic fruits? In comparison, even the best of the coarse peasant food was repulsive to her. What did he know about elegant robes? About the beautiful palace chambers, where servants would hasten to do her bidding? She could still hear the music the royal orchestra would

At these words, the wife almost burst into tears, but she refused to reply.

She did not tell him her thoughts. How could he understand the delights of her youth, never having experienced himself the royal lifestyle, or even seeing her palace? How could he envision the daily banquets in her father’s palace where the cooks would continually sur-

How can a Jew yearn for the Redemption if he is unaware of the glory of his past?

play on festive occasions, while the music of this village musician insulted her trained ears.

A Jew who is content and comfortable in exile resembles the peasant described above. He thinks that life has no greater joy than potato salad and beer. How can a Jew yearn for the Redemption if he is unaware of the greatness and glory once enjoyed by, and subsequently lost to our people? Only by studying Torah are we able to visualise the great splendour and nobility of our past.

The Temple was termed ‘the joy of the entire earth’.

The sight of the open miracles which occurred there would infuse a Jew with a sense of closeness to Hashem A Jew who does not learn Torah cannot mentally recapture our past and is thus unaware of the ultimate ideal state of existence of the Jewish people.

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

Parsha Stats Shemot is the 13th of 54 sedras 1st of 11 in Shemot Written on 215.2 lines in a Torah (ranks 18th) 124 verses - ranks 15th (2nd in Shemot) 1763 words - ranks 14th 2nd in Shemot) 6762 letters - ranks 16th (2nd in Shemot)

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TEFILLAH TIPS

One of the primary purposes of prayer today is to take the place of the sacrifices performed in the Temple. Back then, we would transgress one of Hashem’s mitzvot, and instead of Hashem removing us from the world, He would accept an animal in our place, along with our resolve to not repeat our mistakes going forward.

Nowadays, we do not have the Holy Temple. However, Hashem assured us that our prayers would be considered as sacrifices, and through sincere prayer, one can mend the relationship between an individual and Hashem that was fractured when we went against His Will. Try and have this in mind when you pray today.

Did You Know The parsha starts with the letter ‘vav’, (meaning and), to emphasise that the birth of the Jewish nation in the book of Shemot, is linked to foundations laid by the Avot in the book of Bereshit..

Moses’ parents wished to separate rather than kill a potential male child. Miriam insisted they stayed together, as they would otherwise be preventing the birth of future daughters too.

The Egyptians knew when Moses was due, but he was born three months earlier, which meant his mother could hide him at home for the first 3 months.

Just For Fun Question: Who was the greatest businesswoman in the Torah?

Answer: Pharoah’s daughter.

She went down to the Nile, and returned with a prophet.

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In The Spotlight

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Philip Braunstein

EDUCATION

This week marks 50 years since Philip’s Barmitzvah, and in recognition of this, he invites the community to Kiddush, and will be reading his haftorah for the first time since 1966!

(His Barmitzvah was 31st December!)

At the time, Philip was living in Whitefield, and remembers the Shul before it was rebuilt, with Rabbi Solomon in charge, and Chazan Mendel Feingold.

Since then, Philip had always intended to repeat his haftorah, but never got round to it. Five decades on, much has changed, but Philip will be reading from the same Chumash that he read from back then.

Philip moved to Hale in 1982, and remained here when he married Linda in 1987. During that time, they have seen the community grow and flourish, and love being a part of it.

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Two special events to mark our 40/30 celebrations: Sunday Afternoon 23rd July 2017 Celebratory Civic Service & Reception with guest of honour Chief Rabbi Mirvis (and Dignitaries).

Sunday Evening 10th September 2017 40/30 Anniversary Gala Dinner at Mere Golf & Country Club Formal invitations will follow. We look forward to sharing these landmark occasions with you.

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

Linda’s mother, Evelyn Levy, will be joining from Leeds, as well as friends and family from London, and around Manchester. Their children, Alex and Charles, will be joining them for the weekend; Alex has flown in from New York, sacrificing her seat at the Presidential Inauguration. Charles is coming from London, and will be taking part in the service as well.

We wish Mazaltov to Linda and Philip, and we thank them for their hospitality.