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The eyes of the world will be on Westmin ster Abbey for the State funeral of Her Maj esty Queen Elizabeth II on Monday.

Yet just an hour after we sent the paper to the printers, official news came out that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had died.

Shethem.truly set an example of what it means to be an icon in today’s world in a modest way, and she should be rightly applauded.

BY DAVID SAFFER

He is a man who has had his challenges over the years, some of his own making. Yet he has been to Israel and attended many Jewish events over the years, he even has his own Yamulke with his crest upon it. Whilst it was certainly strange listening to the updated prayer for the royal family, we

Her Majesty was an exceptional woman who dedicated herself to her people for 70 years. She was an extraordinary character who interacted on many occasions with Jews including bestowing honours on some of

Police and the army will ensure an esti mated two million people lining the streets can watch the funeral procession safely. Some 10,000 officers will be on duty.

Metropolitan Police have begun the biggest security operation in the country’s history to ensure safety as the nation bids a final farewell to its former monarch.

of sympathy from the public as the King travelled to Scotland and Northern Ireland. He visits Wales tomorrow.

With regards to human rulers we must wish King Charles III all the very best as he begins his rule.

Camilla, the Queen Consort, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex travelled by car to Westminster.

Thousands lined the streets for the pro cession in an impeccably solemn atmos phere. Silence greeted the procession with occasional moments of applause to the lateTheQueen.Queen’s coffin is on a raised plat form draped in the Royal Standard with the Orb and Sceptre on top. Each corner of the platform is guarded around the clock by units from the Sovereign’s Bodyguard, the Household Division, or Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London.

Last Thursday was a unique day to say theIt’sleast.always busy on deadline day but this was a new scenario- as our paper was al most ready to go to print, news came out that the Queen had taken very ill and her family had all raced to her bedside.

Some one thousand members of the armed forces took part in ceremonial dress as bandsmen played sombre music. Guns were fired in Hyde Park and Big Ben tolled each minute of the walk.

Imagine the reaction when Mashiach arrives? If this is what the Queen of England gets we should drool with excitement over the prospects of the end of days, when our people are all reunited in Israel once more. Our rabbis of old said that it’s good to see royalty to compare not just with Mashiach but also with Hashem. If people are pre pared to camp out for 10 days on the Mall for a human ruler, we should take to heart as we approach the days of Rosh Hashanah how Hashem is always close, always listen ing if we simply reach out and talk to him! We can pray in any language at any point of the day.

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I strongly suspected she had already passed away as her family were scrambling to her bedside. After long discussions the team collectively eventually made the de cision to do a front page wishing Her Maj esty a heartfelt refuah shalema with quotes from around the world from world leaders.

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They will fly to the United Kingdom on Sunday to express condolences to Charles

In a panic I called the printers who said they had not printed yet and we had an other 20 minutes.

King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward followed by Prince William and Prince Harry, walked behind the Queen’s coffin carried on a gun carriage, which was used by her parents, during the 38-minute walk from Bucking ham Palace to Westminster Hall yesterday.

She brought honour and majesty to this country in her life and it is only appropri ate that she gets the same in her death, as this Monday’s funeral will show and all the build up has proven.

King Charles III will head the Royal family in mourning. World leaders will be among 2,200 people at the ceremony in the heart of London which will be woven into the rich tapestry of British history.

It’s amazing what you can do in that time and full credit to my team for redoing the front page so quickly, enabling us to be the first printed newspaper in the UK with news of the Queen’s death on our front page.

A few things have struck me the last few days. The reaction to her death from the vast amount of people across the world is prob ably unparalleled in history. I doubt any other King or Queen or even an American President would get the sheer amount of column inches and airtime, the huge vol ume of people talking about them, travelling to see the funeral procession or camping out for days just to get a glimpse of the coffin.

An estimated one million people are ex pected to pay their respects in the coming days to Queen Elizabeth who is Lying-inState at the historic site.

I met the Queen once, at a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. It was striking how petite she was in real life yet she walked with tremendous purpose and speed and had a real presence about her as I recited the customary blessing made on royalty.

The Princess Royal’s husband Vice-Ad miral Sir Tim Laurence, her son Peter Phillips, the Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester and nephew the Earl of Snow don also participated.

The end of the Elizabethan era came about so suddenly, despite the fact that she was 96. Many people simply assumed she would go on and on so it indeed came as a huge shock to everyone that Her Majesty had passed away.

III, the Royal Family and British people. During the two-day visit, President Her zog will attend a reception hosted by King Charles for heads of state and royal families attending the funeral. The President will file past her coffin Lying-in-State.

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funeral. Yesterday’s image signalled unity.

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog will represent the State of Israel at the funeral alongside other world leaders, paying respects to the Royal Family and the British people.

The public can pay their respects until Monday, 6.30am. Strict guidelines are in place.Recent days have seen an outpouring

must take all the world reaction to heart as we approach this Rosh Hashanah and remember this was all decided last Rosh Hashanah. We will certainly have more meaning over Rosh Hashanah in shul when we say in our prayers Long Live the King!

For millions watching on television and other platforms seeing the king’s son’s side by side was reminiscent of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales’ funeral 25 years ago. Last year, the brothers were separated at Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh’s

Israel stands in solidarity with the British people and offers its deepest sym pathies to the people of the Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and the entire Commonwealth at this very sad time.

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It is with immense sorrow that we mourn the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The late Queen will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers, and those of the whole of Israel, are with the entire Royal Family and the United Kingdom for your loss. May her memory forever be a blessing.

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Our thoughts are also with His Majesty King Charles III, as we wish him every strength and guidance upon his accession to the throne.

The late Queen was a beacon of hope and a symbol of unity to many. Adored and respected the world over, she was kind hearted and showed great warmth and charm. Having met her, I know that she also possessed remarkable wisdom, bolstered by her astonishing seventy years on the throne. As Britain’s long est-reigning monarch, she was the embodiment of true majesty. She showed unique leadership and will be missed all around the world.

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A friend of the Jewish community, the late Queen championed lessons of the past, notably through her private dialogues with Holocaust survivors. She also did much to commemorate the Shoah publicly, such as opening Britain’s first Holocaust memorial.

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"It is my sad duty to inform you that her most gracious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away on Thursday 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle," she said.

The new Prince of Wales said he would "grieve" the loss of the Queen and felt "in credibly grateful" to "have had the benefit of The Queen's wisdom and reassurance" his whole life.

All of the sadness we will feel in the coming weeks will be testament to the love we felt for our extraordinary Queen."

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“I know that I shall be upheld by the af fection and loyalty of the peoples whose sovereign I have been called upon to be, and that in the discharge of these duties I will be guided by the counsel of their elect ed parliaments,” the King said.

Shortly after, it was announced the Queen's state funeral will take place on Monday, 19 September, at Westminster Abbey. The King has approved the day of the funeral to be a Bank Holiday.

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Tilbrook read the Proclamation, declaring, "King, head of the Commonwealth, defend er of the faith", before declaring "G-d save theFollowingKing". the ceremony, the garter kings of arms read the proclamation of the new King’s reign from a balcony above Friary Court in St James's Palace.

Privy counsellors including the six living Prime Ministers standing shoulder along with senior politicians, judges and officials stood silently to hear the declaration before acting as witnesses.

others to sign the Proclamation.

Gun salutes followed in Hyde Park and Tower of London. A second Proclamation was read out aloud at the Royal Exchange in the City of London before a crowd of thousands.ThePrince and Princess of Wales, Wil liam and Catherine, together with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, viewed tributes to the Queen and spoke to well-wishers outside Windsor Castle. Other Royal family members had spoken to crowds earlier in the day as thousands of people gathered to pay respect.

Saturday. He said, "On Thursday, the world lost an extraordinary leader, whose com mitment to the country, the realms and the Commonwealth was absolute. So much will be said in the days ahead about the mean ing of her historic reign. I, however, have lost a grandmother." He continued, "She was by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life. I knew this day would come, but it will be some time before the reality of life without Grannie will truly feel real."

Prince William issued a statement on

Charles III was proclaimed King by the Accession Council at St James's Palace on Saturday morning.

"My three children have got to spend holi days with her and create memories that will last their whole lives," he added. Conclud ing, he noted, “My grandmother famously said that grief was the price we pay for love.

Split into two parts, Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Com mons Penny Mordaunt MP, pronounced the death of the Queen.

The ink pot used to sign the Accession Proclamation was given to Charles III by his heir, who was the first to witness the document before the Queen’s Consort, and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex.

Prime Minister Liz Truss was among

Charles III held his first audiences at Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon, with the Prime Minister, Cabinet members and opposition leaders, as well as the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

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Clerk of the Privy Council Richard

Further Proclomation ceremonies took place around the UK, New Zealand, Aus tralia and Canada to recognise the King as head of state.

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G-d Save the King was sung before ‘three cheers for the King”.

BY DAVID SAFFER

The centuries-old Proclamation cere mony was televised live in a remarkable transmission.TheKing,watched by William, Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Queen’s Consort, said that his mother's reign was “une qualled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion”. And he vowed to follow the “inspiring example” of the late Queen to constitutional government.

1936: King Edward VIII abdicates. Princess Elizabeth heiress to throne. Jesse Owens strikes gold at Berlin Olympics. BBC first broadcast. Billboard Magazine pop chart. ‘Hindenburg’ first public flight.

1930: Birth of Princess Margaret. Betty Boop debut. US Great Depression. Frozen foods sold to public. Mahatma Gandhi 200-mile march to Jalalpur.

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1945: Princess Elizabeth joins Auxiliary Territorial Service. Concentration camps liberated. President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Josef Stalin sign Yalta agreement. V.E. Day. V.J. Day. Presi dent Roosevelt death. UN charter created. US navy flight disappears over Bermuda Triangle.

1947: Princess Elizabeth 21st birthday speech. Her life will be dedicated to service of Commonwealth. Engagement to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten and marriage at Westminster Abbey. Phil ip becomes Duke of Edinburgh. UFO Roswell incident. Start of Cold War. Afri can-American Jackie Robinson (Brooklyn Dodgers) plays Major League baseball. India and Pakistan independent of GB.

1929: Wall Street crash. Graf Zeppelin completes round-the-world-flight. First Monaco Grand Prix. Influenza epidemic. First Academy Awards.

1948: Birth of Prince Charles. The Queen is first reigning monarch to give birth since Queen Victoria. State of Israel de clared. First Polaroid camera. NHS Act. WHO formed. Mahatma Gandhi mur dered. London Olympics. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea founded.

1937: Coronation of George VI. J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ published. ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ premiers. San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opens.

Elizabeth II in 1943 Credit: Yousuf Karsh

1940: Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minis ter. Princess Elizabeth public speech to children of Empire at Windsor Castle. Battle of Dunkirk. Food ra tioning. Captain Amer ica comic published.

1951: US nuclear test sight, Nevada. Birth Control pill developed. Disney’s Alice in Wonderland premiers. Festival of Britain at Royal Festival Hall. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister.

1932: Mahatma Gandhi fast to death. Buck Rogers 25th Century debut. Amelia Earhart solo Atlantic Ocean flight.

1943: Warsaw Jewish ghetto uprising. Al lied forces triumph in North Africa and It aly. Dambuster success on German dams. The US Pentagon building completed.

1934: Loch Ness monster spotted. Donald Duck debut. FBI ambush bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde. Princess Elizabeth meets Prince Philip of Greece at Princess Marina and Duke of Kent’s wedding.

1931: Empire State Building opens. Horror film Dracula released. Charlie Chaplin

Convention agreed.

1954: Roger Bannister runs first four-min ute mile. First atomic submarine, Food rationing ends in Great Britain. Elvis debut single That’s All Righty (Mama). Indo-China war ends.

1933: Albert Einstein emigrates to US from Germany. Wiley Post first solo flight around world. First drive-in movie opens in New Jersey.

1950: Birth of Prin cess Anne. North Korea invades South Korea. Great Brinks Robbery, US. Diner’s Club issues credit card.

1938: Nazi Germany Jewish persecution. Orson Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ radio broadcast. Seabiscuit triumphs over War Admiral. Superman comic No.1 published.

film premiers. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty complete round-the-world flight.

Winston Churchill with Queen Elizabeth in 1953

1941: Japanese Navy bombs Pearl Harbour. German Bismarck sinks

1927: The Jazz Singer opens as a silent film. Work begins on Mount Rushmore. Great Mississippi flood. Henry Ford Motor Company launches Model A vehicle.

1955: Commercial TV first UK broadcast. Israel discovers Dead Sea scrolls. Anthony Eden becomes Prime Minister. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine. Warsaw Pact. Guin ness Book of Records published.

1953: Record 20m TV audience watch Queen Elizabeth II Coronation at West minster Abbey. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Everest. DNA dis covered. Blackpool win FA Cup in ‘Mat thews’ final. Queen tour to West Indies, Australasia, Asia and Africa, the longest in her reign. Korean War ends.

1926: Japan Emperor Hirohito crowned. General coal strike. Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle is first woman to swim English Channel. Escapologist Harry Houdini death. Gangster Al Capone ‘turf wars’.

1939: Princess Elizabeth meets Cadet Cap tain Philip of Greece at Royal Dartmouth Naval College. Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind premiers. Germany attacks Poland.

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HMS Hood. Enigma Code is broken. RAF aircraft receive radar. Glenn Miller releas es Chattanooga Choo Choo.

The Queen’s glorious reign will go down in history

DAVID SAFFER looks back at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s extraordinary life. Britain’s longest serving monarch witnessed the discovery of penicillin, Wall Street crash, four-minute mile, Boys of ’66, space race, first heart transplant, terror attacks, Beatlemania, birth of the Internet, Covid-19 pandemic and innumerable family milestones as the world population grew from 2 to 7.7 billion.

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born at 2.40am at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, April 26, 1926, home of her maternal grandfather, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Just say the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. UK Equal Franchise Act makes voting age same for men and women. First Trans-Pacific flight. Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie.

1935: Sir Donald Campbell 300mph land speed record. First technicolour Mickey Mouse short film. Boulder Dam completed.

1946: Philip asks George VI for Princess Elizabeth’s hand in marriage. Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. UNICEF estab lished. First Cannes film festival. Mensa Society created.

1942: Princess Elizabeth becomes Colonel of the Grenadier Guards. US success in Battle of Midway. US car makers make war materials. Bing Crosby sings White Christmas in Holiday Inn movie.

1949: First non-stop circumnavigation flight. George Orwell’s 1984 published. Communist People’s Republic of China under Mao Tse Tung. Geneva

Princess Elizabeth of York, later Queen Elizabeth II, circa 1927

1957: Queen gives Duke title of Prince. Queen addresses UN general assembly. Soviet Union Sputnik 1. Chuck Berry tops pop chart. Queen wins Epsom Oaks with Carrozza. Asian flu pandemic. EEC

1944: Princess Elizabeth gets first corgi, Susan, on 18th birthday. Operation Over lord, D-Day Normandy landings. V1 & V2 rockets strike London. Paris liberated. Glenn Miller reported missing.

1952: King George VI death announced. Princess Elizabeth returns from Kenya and proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II. Queen’s first Christmas Day broadcast. Hydrogen bomb test. London ‘killer fog’. Queen attends first Royal Variety Perfor mance at London Palladium. Singin’ in the Rain premiers.

1956: Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Mona co. US "In G-d We Trust" motto. Queen’s horse Devon Lock falls in Grand National. Rocky Marciano retires undefeated. Suez Canal Crisis.

Jewish Care’s Life President, President, Honorary Presidents, Chairman, Trustees, staff and volunteers are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

May her memory be a blessing.

We will always remember the joy and leadership that Her Majesty brought to so many people. Her affection for the Jewish people ran deep and we celebrate her remarkable life and reign.

In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

Together with our residents, tenants, members and clients, we mourn her loss and convey our most profound condolences to King Charles III, and the entire Royal Family.

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Queen Elizabeth II at Wimbledon, 1957 Credit: Associated Press

1959: Hovercraft trip across English Channel. Fidel Castro takes power Cuba. Hawaii US 50th state. Ben Hur premiers.

1967: Cunard cruise liner QE2. Israel-Arab Six Day War. Celtic win European Cup. First heart transplant. Colour TV on BBC2. Beatles Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

1980: Steve Ovett vs Sebastian Coe, Mos cow Olympics. John McEnroe vs Bjorn Borg Wimbledon final. US diplomats escape Iran in Canadian rescue. John Lennon murdered in New York.

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh, Credit: Nationaal Archief

1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated. Bea tlemania. John Profumo misleads House of Commons and resigns. Jack Ruby murders Oswald. Alec Douglas-Home becomes Prime Minister.

1994: Amazon.com. Rudy Giuliani is Mayor of NYC. UK Lottery. Racing Driver Aryton Senna dies in San Marino Grand Prix. Sunday trading laws.

1982: Prince William birth. CDs commercial ly sold. Unemployment in Britain post-war record. Falklands War. Satellite TV. ET premiers. The Mary Rose is raised in Solent.

1975: Apollo-Soyuz space dock. Arthur

1993: Beenie babies. Jurassic Park premiers. Israel and Vatican diplomatic relations. Microsoft Windows NT. Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat peace deal. Ben Johnson Olympics scandal.

1969: BBC Royal Family documentary. Neil Armstrong walks on moon. Prince of Wales investiture. John Lennon and Yoko Ono recors Give Peace a Chance. Wood stock festival.

1965: Queen visits West Germany, first monarch since World War 1. Aleksei

1961: The Duke is President of World Wildlife Fund, UK. Yuri Gagarin orbital space flight. John F. Kennedy elected US President. President Kennedy vows to put a man on moon by end of ‘60s.

1968: Dr Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassinated. Apollo 8 moon orbit. Bob Beamon long jump, Mexico Olympics. US Civil Rights Act. Manchester United win European Cup.

1974: Watergate scandal. President Richard Nixon resigns. Ali vs Foreman ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. Queen wins 1000 Guineas and French Oaks. President Gerald Ford par dons Nixon. IRA bomb mainland Britain. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister.

1976: Concorde supersonic flight. Israel’s Operation Entebbe. Apple Computer formed. Rocky movie released. Gymnast Nadia Comaneci 10s at Olympics. James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister.

1958: US first satellite. Manchester United ‘Busby babes’ Munich air disaster. Micro chip co-invented. Peace symbol created. My Fair Lady opens in West End.

1962: Cuban missile crisis. British spy Kim Philby defects to Soviet Union. John Glenn orbits Earth. Israel hang Adolf Eichmann. Nelson Mandela jailed. Mar ilyn Monroe serenades President John F. Kennedy. Marilyn Monroe death.

1977: First Star Wars movie. Queen’s 25th Jubilee celebrations, Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon. Queen is first Monarch to fly Concorde. Star Wars movie opens.

1979: Margaret Thatcher is first female Prime Minister. China institutes one child per family law. Pink Floyd releases The Wall. Trivial Pursuit game launched. Lord Mountbatten assassinated by IRA.

1981: Shots fired at Queen in Trooping the Colour. Prince of Wales marries Lady Diana Spencer. NASA Space Shuttle programme. Botham’s Ashes. US President Ronald Reagan. Raiders of the Lost Ark released. London marathon. IBM launch PC.

1973: Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Philips. Israel-Arab Yom Kippur War. Sky lab I. Motorola mobile phone. Britain and Ireland join EEC. UK ‘three-day’ week. Sydney Opera House opens.

1984: Prince Harry birth. Apple Macintosh. Coal miner’s strike. Hong Kong reverts to China. Band Aid Do They Know It’s Christmas record. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi assassinated.

1966: Queen visits Aberfan disaster. England win World Cup. First hand held pocket cal culator. Barbados achieves independence from Britain. Batman debuts in America. Actor Ronald Reagan enters politics.

1964: Birth of Prince Edward. Beatles wow America. Dr Martin Luther wins King No bel Peace Prize. Cassius Clay Heavyweight champion. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister.

1972: Munich Olympics, Israel delegation murdered by Black September terrorists. UK miner’s strike. Bloody Friday, Belfast. NASA Space Shuttle launched.

1987: Black Monday crash. Terry Waite kidnapped in Beirut. Klaus Barbie tried for WW2 crimes. Nazi Rudolf Hess suicide in jail. Simpsons debuts. Zeebrugge ferry disaster. Storm hits Britain.

1988: Grease breaks records. George H.W Bush wins US presidency. Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie disaster. Stephen Hawk ing’s A Brief History of Time. Piper Alpha, North Sea destroyed.

1989: Cold War ends. Berlin Wall falls, World Wide Web created. Emperor Hirohito and Ayatollah Khomeini deaths. Poland free elections. Hillsborough disas ter. Tiananmen Square Protests.

1991: Queen addresses US Congress. Ukraine independence. President Gor bachev resigns from Communist Party. Soviet Union ceases to exist. Robert Maxwell death. Cartoon Network.

1992: Queen festive ‘Annus horribilis’ mes sage. Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips divorce and marriage to Timothy Lawrence. Windsor Castle fire. Maastricht Treaty. Euro Disney opens.

1970: Beatles disband. Apollo 13 disaster. Chelsea vs Leeds United FA Cup final 28m TV audience. Boeing 747 first commercial flight. Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister.

1985: President Ronald Reagan meets Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Nel son Mandela refuses President Botha's release offer. Live Aid raises £50m. Israel Operation Moses airlift of Ethiopian Jews. Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior sinks. Nintendo releases in US.

1960: Birth of Prince Andrew. First kidney transplant in the UK. Cassius Clay wins Olympic Gold in Rome. Coronation Street first broadcast. OPEC formed.

Leonov spacewalk. Civil Rights march, Selma, Alabama. Winston Churchill state funeral. Malcom X murdered in NY.

1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Fergu son. Chernobyl disaster. Challenger space shuttle explodes. Halley Comet nears

1990: President F.W. de Klerk releases Nelson Mandela from prison. Lech Walesa elected Poland resident. Poll Tax introduced. John Major becomes Prime Minister.

1978: Israel and Egypt Camp David accord. UK first test tube baby born. First Garfield comic strip. United Nations forms World Health Organisation.

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1995: Channel Tunnel opens. Nelson Man dela inaugurated South Africa President. O.J Simpson murder trial. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated. South Africa win Rugby World Cup.

1996: Duke and Duchess of York divorce. ‘Dolly’ the sheep. Bibi Netanyahu is Prime Minister. IRA bomb blast in Manchester. Barings Bank collapses.

1997: Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister. Princess Diana car accident. Queen pays tribute, Diana was “exceptional and gifted human being”. Scotland devolution vote. Britain's 99-year lease on Hong Kong ends. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ published.

1998: John Glenn, 77, on Shuttle Discov ery. Google. President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal. Britain ends death penalty. Good Friday Agreement.

1999: Prince Edward marries Sophie RhysJones. NATO air strikes against Yugosla via. Libyan Lockerbie suspects handed to Scottish authorities. Euro established.

2000: New Millennium. International

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Earth. Phantom of the Opera West End debut. Mad Cow disease.

Ashe wins Wimbledon. Apple Two, Com modore Pet and Atari 400/800 launched. Vietnam War ends. Jaws movie released. Suez Canal reopens.

formed. Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister.

1983: Sally Ride is first US woman in space. Israel withdrawal from Lebanon. Brinks Mat robbery. IRA bomb outside Harrods. ‘Mario Bros.’ released. Cabbage Patch dolls. M.A.S.H final episode.

1971: UK and Ireland decimalisation. House of Commons voted to join EEC. Recordable 8-track system. Disneyworld Theme Park opens in Florida. Ibrox foot ball stadium disaster in Glasgow.

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2011: The Queen gives Duke of Edinburgh a new title, Lord High Admiral, titular head of the Royal Navy. Northern Ireland peace deal. Queen is first monarch to visit Ireland since its independence in 1921. Atlantis is final space shuttle mission. Al Queda leader Osama bin Laden assas sinated. Prince William and Catherine Middleton Royal wedding.

2013: Prince George birth. Oscar Pistorius murder trial. Boston marathon terror tragedy. Nelson Mandela death. Duke of Edinburgh presents Queen with Gold Cup after Estimate win at Royal Ascot.

2015: Queen becomes longest-reigning monarch. Princess Charlotte birth. NASA flies past Pluto. Climate agreement. Queen makes final overseas trip for Com monwealth meeting in Malta.

2014: Russia annexes Crimea. Gangnam Style hits 2 billion YouTube views. West Africa Ebola virus.

2019: Boris Johnson is Prime Minister. Covid-19 pandemic. Prince Andrew BBC Newsnight interview. Queen suspends Prince Andrew over publicity. Prince Charles visits Israel for 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. England win Cricket World Cup.

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2006: Saddam Hussein executed. Hezbol lah attack Israel. Whale spotted in River

2016: Queen turns 90, longest reigning global monarch after death of Thai king. Andy Murray wins Wimbledon. Russian hacking scandal. Brexit. Theresa May becomes Prime Minister.

2021: Buckingham Palace announce death of Prince Philip. US Capitol violence. Eng land runners up Euro 2020. US President Joe Biden inaugurated. COP 26 in Glasgow.

2009: Duke of Edinburgh is longest-serv ing British royal consort. Barack Obama becomes first African American US Pres ident. Michael Jackson dies. World ‘swine flu’. Usain Bolt smashes 100m and 200m world records. Australian wild fires.

2012: Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Flotilla of 1,000 boats on Thames. Queen opens Lon don Olympics. Iconic skit with James Bond (Daniel Craig) parachuting into London Stadium. Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises movies. Encyclopaedia Britannica print version ends. Queen filmed in 3D.

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2017: Serena Williams 23rd tennis grand slam title, Australia Open. Donald Trump inaugurated US President. Hurricanes damage in Florida and Caribbean. Queen and Duke of Edinburgh 70th wedding anniversary.

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Thames. Mumbai train bombings. Google purchases YouTube for $1.65 billion.

2008: Global financial crisis. Mamma Mia movie breaks box office records. Lehman Brothers bankrupt. Cuba’s Fidel Castro resigns after 49 years.

2010: Haiti and Chili earthquake. Chili trapped miners rescued. India legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar hits first ODI double century. David Cameron becomes Prime Minister.

2018: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex mar riage Meghan Markel, Duchess of Sussex. Prince Louie birth. Tsunami in Indonesia.

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2003: Scientists map human DNA. Shuttle Columbia explodes. Saddam Hussein top pled. Israel accept US ‘road map’ to peace. Bob Hope dies aged 100. Iraq War. Libya accepts blame for Lockerbie air disaster. England win Rugby Union World Cup.

2020: COVID-19 global pandemic. Queen and Prince Philip move to Windsor Castle. Televised address, “better days will return”. Duke and Duchess of Sussex step down as senior royals. NASA launches Mars 2020 rover mission.

2004: Facebook founded. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agrees Gaza Strip withdraw al. Yasar Arafat death. Spain terror attacks.

2007: Queen and Duke celebrate Diamond Wedding. Queen passes Queen Victoria as UK’s oldest reigning monarch. Apple iPhone. Smoking ban in England. Luciano Pavarotti death. Gordon Brown is Prime Minister. Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein) and Rev Ian Paisley (DUP) power-sharing deal.

2005: Prince Charles marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans. England win Ashes vs Australia, first since 1987. PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas succeeds Yasser Arafat as PA President. London terror attacks, 52 killed.

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Space Station opens. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Concorde crash. Tate Modern opens. UK fuel protests. Pope John Paul visits Israel. Tiger Woods grand slam.

2002: Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Tour to Jamaica, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Nigeria. Princess Margaret and Queen Mother deaths. Britain ban tobacco advertising. Slobodan Milosevic trial at The Hague.

2001: US President George W Bush inauguration. 9/11 attack on World Trade Centre. Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years. Eden Project in Cornwall.

2022: Queen’s Platinum celebrations, iconic film with Paddington Bear. Russia invades Ukraine. England Lionesses win Euro 22. Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister. Buck ingham Palace announce Queen Elizabeth II death. King Charles III accedes throne. World population 7.7 billion.

As Prince of Wales, he attended the fu nerals of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Shimon Peres but had not participated in an official visit.

Andrew of Greece in 1903 and had five children including Prince Philip.

The paintings were shown at the Queen's Gallery then Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.“Asthenumber of Holocaust survivors sadly, but inevitably, declines, my abiding hope is that this special collection will act as a further guiding light for our society, reminding us not only of history’s darkest days, but of humanity’s interconnectedness as we strive to create a better world for our children, grandchildren and generations as yet unborn; one where hope is victorious over despair and love triumphs over hate,” heKingsaid.Charles’ efforts to commemorate the Shoah are well documented.

“It is a reflection of the passion you have to work with the faith communities in this country,” The Chief noted. “It is an expres sion of your desire to bring unity and to promote all the good things that we stand for. Your input and your inspiration go a longBoardway.”of Deputies president, Marie van der Zyl, has spoken of a strong connection to the Crown and that King Charles will con tinue the legacy enhanced by the Queen.

King Charles III spoke of the many cul tures and faiths in British society during his broadcast to the nation after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Only last January, he commissioned sev en portraits of Holocaust survivors to be displayed at Buckingham Palace. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day seven artists participated in the historic initiative that featured in a BBC Two documentary ‘Sur vivors: Portraits of the Holocaust’.

The Royal Box included Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and the future King.

After the heir was guest of honour at the Board’s 250th anniversary dinner at the Guildhall, she noted, “He has engaged closely with our community as patron of a number of key Jewish charities and has made a consid erable effort over many years to form a strong connection with British Jews.”

suffering of which it was comprised. That is why places like Yad Vashem and events like this are so vitally important.”

Princess Alice was a great granddaugh ter of Queen Victoria, she married Prince

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Helen Aronson was painted by Paul Benney, Lily Ebert by Ishbel Myerscough, Manfred Goldberg by Clara Drummond, Arek Hersh by Massimiliano Pironti, Anita Lasker Wallfisch by Peter Kuhfeld, Rachel Levy by Stuart Pearson Wright and Zigi Shipper by Jenny Saville.

King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, with President Reuven Rivlin and Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

When Gestapo officers knocked on her door, Princess Alice used her deafness to avoid answering questions, Yad Vashem noted.The future king planted an English Oak tree in the residence's garden as a tribute to a tree planted in the Avenue of the Right eous Among the Nations by President Ezer Weizman and Duke of Edinburgh in hon our of his mother.

Charles III has often reflected on his “im mense pride” in his grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, who saved three members of a Jewish family in 1943 by hiding them in her Athens home.

Noting that it had been a “singular privi lege” to meet UK Holocaust survivors who made “immeasurable” contributions, the Queen’s heir added, “We must commit our selves to ensuring that their stories live on.”

The King has visited many Jewish institu tions in Britain and is patron of World Jew ish Relief, The Jewish Museum, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and Jewish Lads’ and Girls’AndBrigade.heledtributes to Rabbi Lord Jona than Sacks after his passing in 2020.

Expressing his “profound personal sor row”, Charles III said that the Jewish com munity, nation and entire world had lost a leader whose “wisdom, scholarship and humanity were without equal”.

In 2018, some 2,500 party-goers celebrat ed Israel’s 70th Independence Day at the Royal Albert Hall.

He told delegates, “The scale of the evil was so great, the impact so profound, that it threatens to obscure the countless indi vidual, human stories of tragedy, loss and

Of Lord Sacks, he added, “His immense learning spanned the sacred and the sec ular, and his prophetic voice spoke to our greatest challenges with unfailing insight and boundless compassion. His wise coun sel was sought and appreciated by those of all faiths and none, and he will be missed more than words can say.”

Charles III committed to Shoah remembrance

In 2013, he attended the installation of Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis at St John’s WoodChiefSynagogue.RabbiMirvis, congratulated him on the birth of his first grandchild Prince George, now heir to the throne, and said his presence was an honour for the “entire” Jewish community.

The UK Jewish community has a deep respect for the King. A patron of Jewish organisations, he expressed “profound sorrow” following the death of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and spoke of his “singular privilege” meeting Holocaust survivors during a first official visit to Israel less than two years Charlesago.IIIhas long been involved in Holocaust education and remembrance.

And in January 2020, he attended the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

After visiting his grandmother’s resting place at the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Ol ives in Jerusalem's Old City, Archimandrite Roman Krassovsky, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, showed him around the 19th-century church.

Twelve months ago, he wrote the fore word to Lily’s memoir and great-grandson, Dov Forman, Lily’s Promise: How I Sur vived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live (Pan Macmillan).

Calling for a “lasting peace" in the Middle East, he told Israel’s then President, Reuven Rivlin, “This is a very significant experi ence. Many of my teachers at school were Holocaust survivors and we are all deeply committed to combating anti-Semitism.”

In a deeply moving address the new monarch vowed to uphold constitution al principles at the heart of the United Kingdom.“Whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect and love, as I have through out my life,” he said.

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Lord Polak at the House of Lords recalled that a fleeting moment meeting the Queen lived with people forever.

Theresa May, said the Queen was “im mensely knowledgeable” and “quite simply the most remarkable person I have ever met,” adding, “There was often that twinkle in the eye, and that magnificent smile that would break out and that made so many feel at ease.”

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In her life of service, we saw that abiding love of tradition, together with that fearless embrace of progress, which make us great as Nations. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her Creatingreign.”his

The CFI honorary President recalled a fundraising dinner at the Princess Royal’s home. Lord Polak said he had a discussion with Princess Anne on how the Royal Family were “prohibited from visiting Israel by the Foreign Office” and lamented the Queen had not visited Israel.

Nicola Sturgeon, First Min ister of Scotland said, “Her life was one of extraordinary dedication and service.” Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales, noted, “She firmly held the values and traditions of the British monarchy.” Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein, was grate ful for Queen Elizabeth's de termined efforts to “advance peace and reconciliation”,

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He told Peers, “We agreed that as someone who was deeply religious and G-d-fearing it was sad, it is sad, that she never walked down the Via Dolorosa into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. She never walked and visited the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem or experience the peace and tranquillity on the shores of the Sea ofLordGalilee.”Polak recited parts of the Prayer for The Royal Family and Psalm 116.

“Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived,” the new King in his first live televised speech said, “Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never wavered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebra tion, and through times of sadness and loss.

He added, “For 70 years, she was a model of decency and stability, and an icon around theOppositionworld.” leader Benjamin Netanyahu added, “She was a legendary sovereign, a beacon of integrity and a steward of a second Elizabethan age which will be remembered down the centuries." Defence Minister Benny Gantz, noted, “The Queen served the interna tional community over 70 years, and under her reign, UK-Israel relations flourished.”

Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the Queen’s visit to Dublin in 2011 was a "cathartic moment in the history of British-Irish relations". And Irish President Michael D Higgins said she did not shy away from “shadows of the past”. Irish Taoiseach Mi cheal Martin described a state visit to Ireland as a “crucial step” in normalisation of relations.

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Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the Queen left behind an "unparalleled legacy".

“Queen Elizabeth was a historic figure. She lived history, she made history and with her passing she leaves a magnificent, inspiration al legacy.” He added, “Throughout her long and momentous reign, the world changed dramatically, while the Queen remained an icon of stable, responsible leadership, and a beacon of morality, humanity and patriotism. In her life and in her service to her people, the Queen embodied a spirit of integrity, duty and ancient tradition.”

Heir, William, Prince of Wales, he said, “With Catherine beside him, our new Prince and Princess of Wales will, I know, continue to inspire and lead our national conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the centre ground where vital help can be given,” he said.

In Israel, President Isaac Herzog led the tributes to the Queen.

And Speaker of the Knesset, Mickey Levy, commented, “The Queen became the most recognisable political figure in the world, a role model for women from all around the globe and symbol of endless devotion to the unity of the British nation.”

longevity, humour, work ethic and sense of history made her ‘Elizabeth the Great’.

David Cameron described the Queen as “the world's most experienced diplomat", Gordon Brown said the Queen “served this country to the last” and Sir John Major described her as “selfless and wise with a wonderful generosity of spirit". Sir Tony Blair noted, “We have lost not just our monarch but the matriarch of our nation, the figure who more than any other brought our coun try together, kept us in touch with our better nature, personified everything which makes us proud to be British.”

In the first King’s speech since 1952, Charles III vowed to give “lifelong service” as Princess Elizabeth pledged in a broadcast from Cape Town to the Commonwealth on her 21st birthday in 1947.

He noted, “She was the first female mem ber of the Royal family in 1,000 years to serve full-time in the Armed Services. And that im pulse to do her duty carried her through right into her 10th decade, to the very moment in Balmoral, as my Right Honourable Friend has said, only three days ago, when she saw off her 14th prime minister and welcomed her 15th. And I can tell you that in that audi ence, she was as radiant and as knowledge able and as fascinated by politics as ever I can remember. And as wise in her advice as anyone I know, if not wiser. And over that extraordinary span of public service, with her naturally retentive and inquiring mind, I think and doubtless many of that 15 would agree she became the greatest statesman and diplomat of all.”

flourished”. Noting his “deeply rooted” faith, he vowed to “uphold the Constitutional prin ciples at the heart of the nation”.

There were glowing tributes to the Queen in the House of Commons and Lords.

King leads tributes to “darling Mama”

The second Elizabethan age saw the Queen celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, 70 years of service, after acceding the throne on 6 Feb ruary 1952. She passed away peacefully, aged 96, at Balmoral Castle.

Israel's Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Ho tovely, noted, “As Britain’s longest reigning monarch she was admired around the world as an inspirational and beloved stateswom an. Israel stands with the Royal family and the British people in mourning the loss of The Queen.”

“The British people, the Commonwealth, and all of us in this House, will support him as he takes our country forward to a new era of hope and progress, our New Carolean Age,” she said. “The Crown endures. Our nation endures.”

King Charles III paid tribute to his “darling Mama” in a moving broadcast to the nation last Friday evening.

Global tributes

Queen was “rock” to modern Britain

King Charles said that his wife, Camilla, of 17 years, would become Queen Consort. He expressed his love for Harry and Meghan as they build their lives overseas. And the new King thanked his “darling Mama” and “dear late Papa” for their devotion to his family and family of Charlesnations.IIIrecalled that when the Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were in the aftermath of the Second World War. While society and institutions of State had changed over 70 years, the nation and wider family of Realms, had “prospered and

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said, “The loss of our Queen robs our country of its still est point, its greatest comfort, at a time when we need those things most. Our Queen's commitment to us, her life of public service, was underpinned by one crucial understand ing, that the country she came to symbolise is bigger than any one individual or any one institution.”FormerPrime Ministers offered trib utes. Boris Johnson said that the Queen’s

Prime Minister Liz Truss said the Queen was “the rock on which modern Britain was“Herbuilt”.legacy will endure through the countless people she met, the global his tory she witnessed and the lives that she touched. She re-invented the monarchy for the modern Addressingage.”the King, Truss said that Brit ons owed him our “loyalty and devotion".

during her 70-year reign.”

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Wel by, will officiate at the Queen’s funeral on Monday and offered his “profound sad ness” at her passing.

Nation heads illustrated the impact made over seven Australia'sdecades.Prime Minister Anthony Al banese said, “Her Majesty was a rare and reassuring constant amidst rapid change. Through the noise and tumult of the years, she embodied and exhibited a timeless de cency and an enduring calm.”

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern noted the Queen defined notions of “service, charity and consistency” whilst a strong memory was her is laughter which wasCanadianextraordinary.head, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “In a complicated world her steady grace and resolve brought comfort to us all.” Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “Elizabeth II rightfully enjoyed the love and respect of her subjects, as well as authority on the world stage.”

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape recalled 'Mama Queen' as the “ma triarch” of his country.

The Board of Deputies led communal trib utes in the UK.

Presidents issued heartfelt statements.BarackObama said, “She wore her lofty titles with a light touch. We were struck by her warmth, the way she put people at ease, and how she brought her considerable humour and charm to moments of great pomp and

“No words can fully describe the extent of our nation's loss,” said BoD President Marie van dse Zyl. “Her Majesty's wisdom, benev olence and dedication to duty served as an inspiration to generations of British citizens, including our community.”

Elizabeth II was “epitome of nobility”

And Composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber said the Queen had been “constant anchor” of Britain and the Commonwealth.

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Biden added, “Queen Elizabeth II led al ways with grace, an unwavering commit ment to duty and the incomparable power of her example. She endured the dangers and deprivations of a world war alongside the British people and rallied them during the devastation of a global pandemic to look to better days ahead. Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history and story of our Formerworld.”USA

The Queen met 13 US presidents during a 70-yearPresidentreign.Joe Biden said the Queen was “more than a monarch”.

In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the Queen’s commitment was a “noble and virtuous example to the entire world”, Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo, com mented that the Queen kept the Common wealth “sturdy and true” while Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama spoke of the Queen’s “grace, courage, and wisdom”.

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The Beatles icon Paul McCartney stated, “May she rest in peace.” Ringo Starr said, “Peace and love to all the family.” And Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger wrote, "In my childhood I can recall watching her wedding highlights on TV. I remember her as a beautiful young lady, to the much beloved grandmother of the nation.”

He noted, “In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her. The seven decades of her history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity. She was the first British monarch to whom people all around the world could feel a personal and immediate connection, whether they heard her on the radio as a young princess speaking to the children of the United King dom or gathered around their televisions for her coronation or watched her final Christmas speech or her Platinum Jubilee on their phones. And she, in turn, dedicated her whole life to their service.”

Queen was British“inspiration”antocitizens

The Queen visited 117 countries and reigned over 32 sovereign countries during herAtlifetime.thetime of her death she was still Queen of 15 countries. Antigua and Barbuda, Aus tralia, the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guin ea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the UK.

President Arif Alvi noted that the Queen would be re membered in “golden words in the annals of world history”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the Queen’s commitment to German-British rec onciliation after the horrors of World War II will remain unforgotten.

“We have lost the person whose steadfast loyalty, service and humility has helped us make sense of who we are through decades of extraordinary change in our world, nation and society,” he said.

noted the Queen led Britain through “turbu lent times” and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said she performed her duties with “devotion, grace and humility”.

Michael Goldstein, United Synagogue, noted, “Her Majesty the Queen will be pro foundly missed but memories of her will live long in our hearts.”

Queen was “more than a monarch”

James Marlow, National Jewish Assembly, “Queen Elizabeth was a great friend of the Jewish community and admired as well as respected, traditional authentic Judaism. The Queen had a tremendous ability to make people feel at ease. She was funny, often had a beaming smile and her wisdom, knowledge and understanding of national and interna tional affairs was remarkable. She was truly the mother of the nation.”

World leaders illustrate global impact

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled Her Majesty personifying “dignity and decency in public life”. He also tweeted, “During one of the meetings she showed me the handkerchief Mahatma Gandhi gifted her on her wedding. I will always cherish thatNDgesture.”Pakistan

Jinping described the Queen’s passing as a “great loss” to the British people, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, said, “The Queen embodied the most noble values of British society. Throughout her extraordinary reign she conducted herself with grace, digni ty and humility, and was a global role model for distinguished leadership and selfless de votion to society. In an ever-changing world, she was a rock of stability and a champion of timeless values.” He added, “Her affection for the Jewish people ran deep, and her respect for our values was palpable. In life she was rightly admired and loved the word over, in death may her memory and legacy be for an everlasting blessing.”

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Actress Dame Helen Mirren won an Os car playing the monarch in the 2006 film The Queen.Shesaid that Elizabeth II was “the epitome of Damenobility”.Shirley Bassey commented, “Through triumph and adversity, her devotion to our country has spanned eras of unprecedented change. In all that time she remained stead fast, dignified, inspirational. Her courage was mighty, her example iconic.”

Spain's King Felipe VI spoke of the Queen's “sense of duty and commitment”, President Emmanuel Macron recalled a “kind-hearted queen who has left a lasting impression on her country and her century.”

circumstance.”GeorgeW.Bush recalled having tea with Her Majesty and corgis being among the “fondest memories” of his presidency. Don ald Trump spoke of the Queen's “endurance” and Bill Clinton said she was a source of “sta bility, serenity and strength”.

In Brazil, President Jair Bolsanaro commented, “When life seems diffi cult, the brave don't lie down and accept defeat, instead, they are even more determined to fight for a Chinesebetter.”President Xi

And Dan Fox, AJEX JMA, said, “HM The Queen was a unique public servant and an inspiration to her subjects throughout the world. We are particularly grateful at AJEX for her support for servicemen and women and veterans, including her annual message marking our own Annual Parade. Many Jewish veterans were honoured to meet her

Bishop of Manchester, Dr David Walker, said, “From wartime teenager to recent wid ow, she has shown resilience in adversity, and unremitting determination to face the most challenging times. We who have seen and paid attention to her example, have been better people for it.”

Regarding meeting the public, the Arch bishop noted, “She could go into a room full of people or walk down a crowded street. Every one felt that they were the only person there.”

Last year we launched our very successful Community Learning at College programme, which is now entering its second year. The courses run for 11 weeks and are aimed at those

healthy relationships and work readiness. Langdon College looks forward to welcoming a new cohort of learners later this Participantyear.

I was given the support to do my job well. Two years later I felt I was ready for further progression and was successful in my application as Registered Manager. Langdon are a great support in terms of my continued professional development”.

Elissa said “I really enjoyed the programme and loved the meditation classes and learning about bullying. I would love to go back if there was an opportunity to”.

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Proud Members give their newly refurbished homes the thumbs up!

With the generous support of the Leo Baeck Housing Association and KC Shasha Foundation, Langdon have embarked on an ambitious refurbishment programme in Manchester, to ensure Langdon Members feel pride in their homes and that they meet their needs, now and in the future. Members have been involved in the process, helping to choose paint colours and soft furnishings and so far the results have been phenomenal. Head of Manchester, Penny Toubkin said “It has a been a goal of ours to improve the quality of accommodation we provide for our Members for a while, but both the pandemic and lack of funding hampered our efforts. We are so grateful to the incredible generosity of the Leo Baeck Housing Association and KC Shasha Foundation for making our dreams a reality”. “It’s been wonderful to live through this experience with our Members who have been so excited throughout the process. They have been very brave with their colour choices, and the bright, sunny spaces really reflect their personalities”

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currently living in Langdon community, many of whom are graduates of Langdon College, who want to further develop their skills and learning. Participants explore a range of subjects with lots of practical involvement where skills can be learnt or developed. Course content includes introduction to computing, cyber-safety, healthy eating and lifestyle, maintaining

Claire Rayner, Registered Manager in Manchester said “Langdon gave me the opportunity to progress my career in a sector of work I love. I joined Langdon as a Service Manager 3 years ago and

Langdon’s staff survey triumph!

As part of this, Langdon commissioned an independent agency, Agenda Consulting to conduct a comprehensive survey of all staff in 2019. The results gave the charity the opportunity to work on a number of areas identified for improvement. Three years later, a second survey was conducted, asking the same questions as in 2019, so that results could be effectively Thecompared.results were overwhelmingly positive and showed significant improvement against 2019 in all areas surveyed. Most notably, 88% of staff surveyed would recommend Langdon as a good place to work. Highlights of the survey included the way staff felt trusted to do their jobs, their confidence in reporting and responding to safeguarding matters and believing their colleagues support Members’ wellbeing in a caring and meaningful way. In fact, the results were so positive, that this year, Langdon became an Agenda Employee Engagement Award winner!

In loving memory of Our thoughts and prayers are with The Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Langdon staff and Members thank Her Majesty for her dedication and service. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022 With your help this new year, together, we can continue to enable Livingness. For the last 30 years, Langdon has been working together in partnership with families, support workers, volunteers, trustees and donors to empower independence for hundreds of young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism across the UK. Please support our 36-hour crowdfunder campaign on Sunday 23rd to Monday 24th October when we can all come together to enable our Members to live their best lives and be their best true selves. Donate and find out more at langdonuk.org/30together Registered Charity no. 1142742

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The World Cup was the pinnacle, but do mestically the national sport’s biggest day was the FA Cup final at Wembley. It was an era before satellite television, indeed, the only live games were the cup final and England vs Scotland annual clash in the Home Internationals, a tournament last played in 1983/84. For footballers a Wem bley appearance was almost impossible so winning ‘the Cup’ had extra meaning. The whole country came to a standstill and if the Queen presented a winners’ medal, it was particularly special.

Her Majesty’s first FA Cup final came

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“I’m not really sure there’s anything to say, we are happy to make it through to the next round of the cup,” he commented.

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Lions could have scored in the opening minute of the clash but soon opened the scoring and led 9-0 by half time.

The Division Two title race also took a twist with league leaders Herstwood Vale going down to a 2-1 defeat at Temple Fortune.Faithfold B have played a game more than Vale but moved level with a 5-3 win at North London Raiders Masters.

Jamie Murray saw red early on but Galaxy rallied with goals from Josh Cohen and Jacob Leigh to record an important 2-1 away

Trautmann recalled: “I went for my medal and the Duke of Edinburgh asked if I was okay. I told him it was like going to the dentist with bad toothache! No doctor examined me before we headed off to the Cafe Royal. Back in Manchester I saw an osteopath. I had five vertebrae out of place. He tried to manipulate them back into po sition and told me four were back in. He had another try at the fifth, pushing my head back. It was very painful but couldn’t do it. He wanted me to return but there

Jacob Kalms struck twice for Fortune who scored through leading scorer James Milletwith his 17th goal of the season.

Jones told me, “I realised we’d won the Cup and wanted to receive my medal from the Queen. No injury was going to stop me. After they strapped up my arm I slowly got up and began to walk across the pitch. I had no idea Billy had collected the Cup and the lads had their medals. I was determined to climb the Royal Box steps and receive my medal from the Queen. I found out later I’d kept her waiting for 10 minutes! Mick Bates had my medal, but I wanted to meet the Queen so Norman Hunter helped me up the steps. Everyone was slinging their arms around me. I nearly collapsed at the top of the stairs but we got across the Royal Box. When I approached the Queen, she told me there was nothing to give me. It didn’t matter. She shook my hand and asked me how I was.

“We had a number of players out, Rebuck got injured, so I couldn’t have asked any more from the players. We wish Ben a speedy recovery.

He added, “This win marks 50 years as a football club and will be one Nigel Kyte and everyone associated with the club from day

Vale boss Jacob Emanuel was quick to wish Rebuck well following his injury.

The Division One team, though outclassed, battled away to the end.

Hendon United Sports ran out 3-1 victors against League One outfit North London Raiders.ThePremier side led early in the second half only for Raiders to equalise but struck two late goals to book a place in round three of the competition.

Whilst the Sport of Kings was her great passion and she had over 1,800 winners as a racehorse owner throughout her 70year reign the most iconic sporting images came when Sir Alf Ramsey’s England won the 1966 World Cup at Wembley Stadium.

“It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved to be the winner.”

He recalled, “The buzz, the atmosphere, that was the best I have ever heard. We met the Queen, which was a bit of a blur, but I seem to re call she was wearing all red. She backed the right horse that day! It’s all a blur after the game. We went up and got the medal. I couldn’t say anything to the Queen, I couldn’t say much to anyone. Then it was down the steps and off around the pitch for the lap of honour. Going back to the dressing rooms, “We’ve Won The Cup… We’ve Won The Cup… Ee-ayeaddio… We’ve Won The Cup” was ringing in our Billyears.”Bremner scored Leeds’ goal in 2-1 defeat against Bill Shankly’s Reds but got a winners’ medal when Leeds defeated Arsenal in the 1972 ‘Centenary’ final.

“We sat back and allowed Oakwood the ball, given the one-man advantage and looked to hit them on the counter attack with“Bothpace.goals came down the right-hand side. Leigh crossed the first one into Cohen to finish, before slotting home himself. Up to first we go.”

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“It was a fantastic performance in a

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“First and most importantly, everyone at Vale would like to wish the Fortune ‘keeper a quick recovery, we hope to see him back on the football pitch as soon as possible,” he

Lions boss was lost for words at full time such was the display from his team who gave every respect to the opposition.

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was no way I was going back. I eventually returned toAnotherfitness.”goalkeeper, Chick Thomson, helped Notting ham Forest win the Cup against Luton Town in 1959.

The result was all the more remarkable as Temple were down to 11 players with ‘keeper Ben Rebuck dislocating a shoulder in the warm up.

He told me, “There was elation and relief in equal quantities but the funny thing about the moment was something my wife said beforehand. We could not meet the Queen with out our teeth! There were four or five of us missing bits and bobs. I was going to leave mine in my sun hat, but someone said, if the ball strikes it we’d be in trouble. Tommy Graham had a handkerchief, which we used. Sorting the teeth out was comical!”

Ex German paratrooper Bert Trautmann was renowned for his goalkeeping and broke his neck making a brave save as City defeated Birmingham City in 1956.

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Liverpool’s Ian Callaghan made Ian St John’s winning goal against Leeds United for the club’s first FA Cup triumph in 1965.

Bremner told me for ‘Leeds United: Boys of ‘72’, "When I went up to receive the FA Cup, daft as it seems, I remember thinking about Bobby Moore wiping his hands before receiving the World Cup from the Queen. I thought, how could you

There was one further drama in ’72 as Leeds striker Mick Jones missed the medal presentation as he broke a collar bone in the final minute of action.

Fortunately, I was in enough control to give a polite reply! We walked to the end of the Royal Box and stood for the National Anthem. At the bot tom of the stairs the ambu lance men were waiting with a stretcher. Leeds fans were at the tunnel end, the recep tion was unbelievable. They were chanting ‘MI.. MIC.. MICK.. Mick Jones’. They are moments I’ll never forget.”

Hendon now turn their attentions to the league as they travel to Oakwood A for a crucial top of the table clash on Sunday

remember to do that after you've just won the World Cup. I thought he must have been so calm to think about something like that. So, I told myself don't be going crazy, take your time and don't be desperate to turn around with the tro phy. But you do, you turn around too quick, you're so keen to show the fans the trophy. However, it's a memory that will always live with me. I did think of handing it back and let the boys have a touch of it there and then. But at the time I thought, ‘nae man’s getting hold of this I'm away down the stairs with it! I'll give someone the base of the Cup."

Reiss Mogilner scored six goals as Maccabi London Lions thumped Scrabble A in the second round of the Cyril Anekstein Cup. The Premier League side racked up a 16-0 win with Daniel Green and Michael Kenley both bagging a hat-trick. Ed Brafman, David Dinkin, and Adam Hassanali completed the rout in a mismatch of a tie.

Elsewhere in the latest round of fixtures, 10-man North London Galaxy made it a three-way title race in the only Division One clash of the day after defeating Oakwood B.

On that famous day Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick, Jack Charlton sank to his knees before embracing brother Bobby and Bob by Moore wiped his hands prior to being presented with the Jules Rimet trophy by the monarch. Nobby Stiles then did a jig of delight on a glorious lap of honour. The Queen, resplendent in yellow, smiled throughout England’s finest hour.

must-win game,” commented Galaxy player-manager Luke Lewis.

circumstances,” said delighted Fortune boss Simon Linden.

“It was a proper old school performance, we battled and defended for the 90 minutes and took our chances. Experience proved to be the winner. It’s a big win, one we will enjoy and we hope to build on it in 2019.”

Daniel Kristall’s team stunned the league leaders last month when they won 2-0, a victory would move them to within a point

one will enjoy.”

during her coronation year of 1953. And it happened to be arguably the greatest as Blackpool defeated Bolton Wanderers 4-3 with Stanley Matthews, later knighted by the Queen, setting up Bill Perry for a last-minute winner. The match was dubbed the ‘Matthews’ final. The Queen present ed the famous old trophy to the winning captain on 11 occa sions, the last when Southamp ton shocked Manchester United inBut1976.what of the intervening years. Back in 2007, I inter viewed a member of every cup winning team from 1953-69 for a book titled ‘Match of My Life: FA Cup finals 1953-1969. Each former player recalled being presented with their memento. For a fortunate few the Queen, and Duke of Edinburgh, were present.

“This was a fantastic win given the

As for the defeat, Emanuel commented, “It doesn’t matter how big a squad you have, you can never account for unavailability or injury. Only five of today’s team played in our recent win over FC Team, a lack of togetherness and poor individual

Sixteen-goal Lions rout Scrabble in Cup

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Nobby’s jig, broken bones, classic songs… The Queen witnessed it all in cup finals

Israeli singer-songwriter Ehud Banai per formed “Canaanite Blues” and “Into the Light” in Rabbi Sacks’ memory in the Great Hall of the President’s Residence.

Lapid said, “My father survived, raised a family and they established a country. That country is proud to be here today.”

On the first an niversary of Rabbi Sacks’ passing, Her zog presented his posthumous Gene sis Lifetime Achieve ment Award to Lady Elaine Sacks in a cer emony in London.

Lapid meets Holocaust survivors as Wannsee Villa

“We will see Rabbi Sacks’ legacy grow ing from generation to generation, it will change the dialogue in the Jewish world,” said Herzog. “The real impact that Rabbi Sacks had on me is with the weekly reading of the Torah portion. I say so because I keep on reading his books, they are a fountain of strength, an unbelievable fountain of originality, of ideas, of understanding the content of the Bible, and of course with immense sources of wisdom, knowledge from all facets of humanity.”Askedto share his predictions about Israel in the 21st cen tury, Herzog said, “I truly believe that we should continue

The German chancellor listened to chill ing testimonies from the survivors.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and a delegation of Holocaust survivors met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Wannsee Villa.

striving to great heights. For this we have to make sure that we stay together. We can definitely argue. Rabbi Sacks writes that Judaism encourages debate and argument. We should strive forward, together, and if we do that, we will reach great heights and we will move to become one of the greatest places on earth.”

freeHepeople.”added, “Evil can be replaced by friendship. Brutality can be replaced by human kindness and the ability to cooper ate. I know Chancellor, that you are deeply committed to the right choice.

Scholz said Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons and European countries had made proposals. “We remain patient, but we also remain clear, Iran must be prevented from being able to deploy nuclear weapons,” he said.

Lapid thanked Scholz for attending. “It takes a fair amount of moral courage to do so,” he Addressingsaid. the survivors earlier in the day during a press briefing with Scholz, he said, “This is a moment of great victory for them. They survived, they established an independent and strong country. They return here with their heads held high as

Regarding the Iranian regime, he noted, “A nuclear Iran will destabilise the Middle East and create a nuclear arms race that will endanger the entire world. Returning to the nuclear agreement, under the cur rent conditions, would be a critical mistake. Removing sanctions and pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into Iran will bring waves of terrorism, not only to the Middle East, but also across Europe.

Lapid continued, “Some will certainly say that a military partnership between Germany and Israel is a historical irony. I consider it to be proof that we have drawn the necessary conclusions from the past. Talk does not stop evil. Liberal democra cies must be willing and able to defend themselves. Sometimes, freedom must be defended with force. Our partnership also requires us to act together against the grow ing threat of Iran becoming a nuclear state.”

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Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut, for mer Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and others paid tribute to Rabbi Sacks’ im pact in recorded video messages.

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“There is another way. A better way for ward for the Middle East. It is the path of the Abraham Accords and the Negev Fo rum. A path based on a shared vision for the region. A vision not of war, extremism and terrorism but of peace, tolerance and cooperation.“Ourhandis outstretched for peace, with all our neighbours. And it always will be.”

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The Sacks Conversation was established as an annual event following Rabbi Sacks’ passing in 2020. The inaugural conversa tion last year was held with former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair.

Israel’s leader was on a state visit and said he was convinced that under Scholz’ leadership Germany would fight antisem itism with zero tolerance.

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“This visit concludes the final details of a strategic partnership agreement between Israel and Germany. It follows the strategic dialogue between our teams in Jerusalem. This partnership has economic and secu rity benefits.”

The group of survivors expressed the importance of instilling the memory of the Holocaust in younger generations globally.Lapid, the son of a Holocaust survivor, recalled a story about his father, Yosef Lap id, when he first saw a German soldier at the age of just 13 at the family home in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia in 1944. Lapid’s great-grandmother, Hermina, who spoke German, pleaded to a soldier for his grandfather, Bela. Tragically, he died in a concentration camp.

President Isaac Herzog hosted the second annual Sacks Conversation at his residence inDuringJerusalem.the event in memory of the late former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Herzog held an open conversation about Rabbi Sacks’ values and legacy with Dr. Er ica Brown, Director of Yeshiva University’s Sacks-Herenstein Center.

Scholz praised the courage of Pnina Katzir, Avraham Roth, Shoshana Treister, Yisrael Mila and Zvi Gil and their families for meeting him at a place where Nazi leaders planned the infamous ‘final solu tion’ of the Jews.

Lapid also met German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Min ister Annalena Baerbock.

The Sacks family, including Lady Elaine and members of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust board of governors attended.

Why did this lady connect to many? Is is because modesty in our world is so im portant? Is it that she stood for continuity? Is it because she stood for truth? For keep ing strong when everything around you is crumbling in public?

Sometimes you hide behind living a fal sity called denial. They are immortal, they will never leave us. So when we heard the longest thunder in the middle of the night who was awake enough to link it to a tumult in the heavens to allow the Queen to let go of the Whenreigns?thereality came together I won dered what thunder is struck in the hearts of so many that felt safe and secure even though we never knew her?

only yesterday, what an eclipse of emotions when I went Friday.

Many people took it to be a comforting and colourful sign that the Queen has crossed the bridge and letting us know she made it.

May our late Queen’s legacy, going forward, inspire us all To strive to do our best in life and so be better people And as we go about our lives Like she did, try to recognise More of the good in others and so spread more goodwill

Dear Editor

Thank you Ma’am for setting boundaries and remaining Loyal to your role.

It was very poignant to see pictures of that beautiful rainbow over Buckingham Palace just before the sad news was an nounced yesterday.

We acknowledge your pure dedication and we learnt so much form you.

In a week which saw in a new female Prime Minister and the loss of our remarkable Queen E 11, our lovely community in St Anne’s joined a special Shabbaton con necting small Jewish communities around the UK. During the Friday night dinner I shared some thoughts...

It will be a time of change ahead, to get used to having a King as Head of State, with a Queen Consort, and we wish them both much blessings and success in this new era.

For me, personally, I took it as a message that as one human Monarch passes, our true enduring King of Kings is constantly present.Notonly that, but we are taught that every Jew is Ben or Bat Melech, a son or daughter of the King.

Kesivah V’Chasimah Tovah

At this momentous time, I wish everyone All the best and a Shabbat shalom

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Interestingly, we are exactly mid-way through the month of Elul - a month of renewal and returning to spiritual purity in time for Rosh Hashana.

Shulamis Levy

This lady expertly performed her Royal role for 70 years The late Queen was truly one of our modern-day seers One thing that I know is this She will be so sorely missed Once the immediate fog of her passing on slowly clears

It is a time to take a long hard and honest look at ourselves, to reflect on our actions andEverybehaviour.singleperson is created in the im age of Hashem, and therefore to upset or insult anybody, is insulting our Maker.

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I was at the Platinum Jubilee sleeping there to be part of the celebrations it seems

We may be simple commoners, we may find ourselves in difficult circumstances, but to align ourselves with Avinu Malkeinu, our Father, Our King means we have a duty and responsibility to live dignified lives serving Hashem, doing mitzvot, and being the best role models we can be to all those around us.

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evenThisunintentionally.isatimetomend broken relation ships, to commit to only speaking positive ly, to uplift and inspire others.

Last Friday the subway was packed with people going to Buckingham palace carry ing bouquets of flowers .. why?

Thunder that shook us in our beds, and then double rainbows!

We are Jewish, we are part of the UK. It very important that if you can to take yourselves out of your world and enter an other, to see history infold and to admit uncertainty and sadness again.

Firstly, I think it is most appropriate that of all weeks for the JSCN to hold this Shabbaton, it has by no coincidence, fall en at this raw time, just 24 hours after we all learnt the sad news, at a time when we need to gather together as a community. To share memories of a simply outstanding Queen who remained deeply committed to a life of service until the very end. She was, and always will be, an inspiration to us as a Jewish community and to the world.

How can we stand before Hashem in two weeks time and plead for forgiveness for our mistakes, pray for a good year, of health, prosperity etc if there may be some body you may have hurt intentionally or

Ironically, the sages teach us that in the month of Elul, ‘Melech B’Sodeh’ - the King is in the fields.

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My blessing to us all is that we wear our Jewish crowns with pride and humility, with honesty and sincerity and may Hashem bless us all with a peaceful, healthy and happy year to come.

On that note, let’s all hope and pray that our new King Charles III During her lifetime, internalised all that he had seen and heard Since he knew that sooner or later And Baruch Hashem, it was the latter He was in line and would be called upon one day to royally serve

Family and friends, as we continue to have 10 days of National mourning For the late Queen Elizabeth II, I just cannot help but continue thinking That we, the Jewish people, will very soon experience Our own, annual “10 Days of Awe,” or “of Penitence.” With the Chagim of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur fast approaching

RIP HM QUEEN ELIZABETH

During these times, may we be able to reflect upon major matters Such as life, death and our behaviour as to what is expected of us By Hashem and people in this post-Elizabethan era And in 5783, our New Year, and immediate future May the same criteria apply to the new government under Liz Truss

And to believe that the next stage in our living in the UK is about to begin and how what will that look like?

I took my children to the weddings and Royal Ascot to see a Royal modestly ad vertising the country we are part of and I was proud to show my children modesty does exist outside of Stamford Hill and its something to be proud of.

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Is it because she was predictable in the way she lived her role but didn’t do it for fame? Everything she did wasn’t fake news or hyped but from her heart and interest inThisothers.list is endless. The grief is real. I went up to Buckingham Palace to feel collective grief.To know I am not alone in sharing this emotion within my heart, as I saw endless people streaming by, of all ages, all types from all over. Reading the cards attached to beautiful bouquets.

This is a metaphor to be interstood as follows. During the year royal subjects would have to travel to the Palace to greet the King, but in the month of Elul, the King comes out of the palace, to the fields to be much closer and approachable to the people.Knowing Hashem is giving us this oppor tunity to seek him out during Elul prepares us for the Days of Judgement in just over two weeks.

We may not live in Palaces, or be driven around in horse drawn carriages, but to be a Jew means we too are born into royalty, we are infused with the Divine.

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Secondary school students are in some of their most formative years for building a connection to their Judaism. We aim to inspire and connect as many of them as possible before stepping into the profes sionalJosephworld.”will provide an informal setting for Jewish students to connect with their Jewish identity. He will develop the exist ing school’s provision, including the ‘NXT’ programme that offers opportunities for school students to hear from Jewish leaders in professional fields.

Firstly I would like to start by saying what a great article you published about HRH last week. As always giving over the current news in the clearest fashion!

Rabbi Rosenblatt will be working in Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School, Immanuel College Preparatory School and Rimon Jewish Primary School.

He studied at Sunderland Yeshiva, Heichal Hatorah Betzion (R Tzvi’s) and Jerusalem Kollel where he attained his semicha.RabbiRosenblatt is a graduate of the Rab binic Training Academy, a prestigious, UKbased, 18-month leadership programme that develops the skills of newly-qualified rabbinic couples with a strong focus on emotional and psychological wellbeing.

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The appointment demonstrates a com mitment to doubling existing programmes for the upcoming year under new CEO Rabbi Naftali Schiff.

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He said, “To connect young people to their Jewish identity in the modern day is an incredibly challenging endeavour. I welcome that challenge and hope we will be able to inspire every Jewish student to realise the inheritance assigned to us and embrace that privilege.”

Yes I may sound like a grump but I spoke to a business today who told me it’s costing him £14,000 in wages alone for that day. Surely at a financial time like now this has to be thought about.

Chief Rabbi of the U.A.E. Levi Duchman marries Lea Hadad in Dubai, joined by 1,500 guests.

very nice that all the staff get to gallivant around for a long weekend. But that has cost the employer a lot. From lost wages to lost production. And if you don’t give it off to your staff your the bad person.

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Your sincerely A small business owner

In a time of such financial uncertain ty for the government to have put 2 extra Bank Holidays in this year is just unfair on small, medium and large businesses. Its all

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Aish has run programmes in and out of Jewish and non-Jewish secondary schools for over 20 years. The appointment of Jo seph, who spent the last 18 years at JFS as a Jewish Studies teacher and sixth form Jewish Studies coordinator, gives invaluable school and pupil focused in sight into developing the department and programming.RabbiNaftali Schiff, Chief Executive of Aish UK said. “Rafael’s experience and commitment to the Jewish development

Secondly, the Bank Holiday that has been bestowed upon us is wrong. I understand there is a large part of the population that will be sad the Queen has passed and we definitely owe Her our gratitude especially for the way the Jews have been allowed to live freely in her country. But for the major ity of people will be using this as an extra free day off to go out wife family and friends and not even think about the Queen and what the day should mean.

This can lead to mentorships and a chance for students to see there is every possibility of being professionally suc cessful whilst maintaining a strong Jewish identity.Theschools programme offers an al ternative way for young Jews to connect with their Jewish identity, creating a safe space to explore being Jewish without fear of Josephjudgment.will broaden the team of Aish educators to show students the beauty of Torah and life that comes with it.

Rafael Joseph

It would be much more effective to the cause if employers were told to hold a 2 minute silence as well as a viewing of the ceremony. Then the employers don’t lose out, the respect to the Queen is there and its not just a free day at the park.

Seed has welcomed Rabbi Akiva Rosenblatt and Talya Abraham to the school’s team.

Hadley Wood Jewish Community senior rabbi. Married to Batya, they have three children.Talyahas completed a year at Midreshet Tehillah seminary in Jerusalem and will support the school programme whilst working part-time with young children in a playgroup in Golders Green.

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Bury and Whitefield Jewish primary school kids enjoy Rosh Hashana lessons as Rabbi Feldman blows the shofar.

Aish appoints Rafael

Aish UK has appointed Rafael Joseph as Head of Schools Division.

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He was previously Woodside Park United Synagogue assistant rabbi and is currently

of thousands of young Jews thus far, puts him and Aish in great stead for the future.

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The Queen was a great supporter and admirer of Jewish interests although it is a great shame she never managed to visit the State of Israel. However, she departed from Royal protocol to listen to Holocaust survivors. At an event at St James Palace to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks recounted that when it came for her to leave “she stayed and stayed.” The Queen gave each survivor her focused, unhurried attention.Hermother-in-law, Princess Alice, who saved Jews during the Holocaust, was a great example to her.

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She hired an orthodox Mohel, Rabbi Jacob Snowman, to circumcise her son, now King Charles. Coincidentally, he also circumcised me!We

British Jews show allegiance to the Crown and prayed for the Queen’s welfare and that of her family in shul every Shab bat. This tradition will continue with King Charles.Ihadthe privilege of meeting her, in par ticular, at Jewish charitable events at Buck ingham Palace, St James Palace and at Royal garden parties. Of course, you had to wait for her to speak to you first, but I do recall asking her on one occasion which football team she supported, her reply was “Queens Park Rangers”. She will be greatly missed.

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50 years ago 11 Israeli athletes were murdered during the 1972 Sum mer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian ter rorist group Black September. Two were murdered at the outset and after a period of negotiation West German police am bushed the terrorists, and killed five of the eight Black September members, but the rescue attempt failed and all of the hostages wereSincekilled.then we have seen the 1973 Yom Kippur War, various Intifadas, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and numerous at tempts to reach a peace settlement. Yet despite all these activities and what some might see as changes, we are pretty much in exactly the same place as we were 50 years ago. Only we are not. Israel is now a major economic power in the region and increasingly so on the world’s stage. With each Israeli election it has become clear that the intransigence of the Palestinian leadership has relegated the issue of peace talks low down the list of political promises.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II is so sad and brings the eventfilled Elizabethan era to an end.

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In other words, by their actions the Pal estinian leadership has created a scenario where their opponents see no purpose in engaging in talks which are going to be doomed to failure from the outset. Whilst this is a depressing prospect, it is none theless true. What is also true is that large numbers of those in the UK who describe themselves as left-wing either cannot see or refuse to see this and insist that Israel is at Andfault.therein lies the problem. Those who continue to blame Israel are simply giving support for the Palestinian leaders to continue with supporting terror and de manding the destruction of Israel. For as long as the left (both Jewish and non-Jew ish) ignore the reality of the Palestinian leadership and claim that the Palestinians are victims of Israel, the attacks against Israel and Jews will continue. Take away that support and isolate those responsible for these attacks, then the money will stop flowing and the incentive to promote terror will

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Event-filled Elizabethan era ends

It is poignant for me as her reign spanned nearly the whole of my life, as I was born inMy1949.first recollection of the Queen was the Coronation in 1953, which I watched at our family friends, the Manuels, in their lounge at Hendon, on an early Bush TV. It was the first time I had seen anything on television and my outstanding memories are of Queen Salote of Tonga travelling around the Vic toria memorial waving to the crowds in the rain, and the Scottish regiments playing bagpipes resplendent in their kilts.

It is said that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

As a little boy, I was regularly taken to the Changing of the Guards by my late father Cyril and carried on the tradition with my own children for Trooping the Colour with the Queen taking centre stage on her horse Burmese. I was an avid collector of British Colonial and Commonwealth stamps with the New Age stamp album having a space for every new stamp issued by a British colony or Commonwealth country, bearing the Queen’s head.

This is a unique opportunity to under stand how the future of Israel lies in the science of turning the Negev green. Explore the land from a new perspective. See a dif ferent side of Israel with a meaningful and fun day trip to the Negev. You will be meet ing and connecting with the extraordinary people who are making Ben Gurion’s vision

‘Followdiminish.the money’ is a well known phrase and it applies here. For as long as the anti-Israel groups support paying mon ey to Palestinian groups which promote terror, that terror will continue.

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In response to a 1958 letter from a Jewish hospital chaplain in Brooklyn regarding blowing the Shofar at Rosh Hashanah, the Rebbe explained that an aspect of the Sho far was to coronate G-d Almighty as king of the universe. All Jews should have the opportunity to hear the call of the Shofar.

“Strolling along a street in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, I saw a young man with a shy, fish-out-of-water look about him,” wrote Ellie Spielberg in The New York Times’s Metropolitan Diary in 1994. “He stopped and asked if I’d heard the Shofar being blown that day. I answered no. So, he opened his jacket, whisked out a small ram’s horn and gave me a private concert. With joyful abandon, he played and played, conjuring trills, stops and drones of a tune as old as the Bible. I closed my eyes. Then he stopped, tucked away the Shofar, said ‘Shona Tovah”, Happy New Year, and was gone. It was the best Rosh Hashanah I’ve had.”

Sadly, for any number of reasons, not everyone can be in a shul come the holiest days of the Jewish calendar so there are good-hearted individuals who ensure this is addressed. But I’m well aware ChabadLubavitch have a comprehensive program to ensure the Shofar is accessible to all.

I’ll be at Shenley’s synagogue this time around when Rabbi Alan Garber carries on the age-old tradition. It’s the first year since my father passed away so it will be particularly emotional.

Rebbe’s ‘Shofar campaign’ approaches seven decades

“The National Jewish Post & Opinion in October 1960 reported, “Farmers in the Lubavitcher cooperative ‘Kfar Chabad,’ are rich in … zeal. Starting on the Rosh Hashanah holidays, they, along with local Chassidim, trek to all hospitals within walk ing distance of their synagogue and blow the Shofar for bedridden patients.”

The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s ‘Shofar blowing’ campaign at Rosh Hashanah is almost 70 yearsTheold.background to blowing a Shofar in parks and a plethora of venues was influ enced by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M Schneerson, who launched his Rosh Hashanah program in 1953.

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“By the end of the day, my lips would be drooping, but for me, it was enjoyable and rewarding.”Chabadproved a hit throughout Califor nia during the swinging 60s. A decade on and emissaries took the Shofar campaign to hospitals in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Long Beach and Berkeley.

Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, founding director of Chabad California, told Bnai Brith Mes senger in 1971, “We have received hun dreds of letters from bedridden patients and their families thanking us for making available to them the Shofar blowing. The Shofar, which ushers in the New Year for the Jews, has historically brought hope and inspiration for brighter things to come in the future.” A message of positivity was growing.Before

The Rosh Hashanah Brooklyn initiative became a permanent fixture after the founding of the Lubavitch Youth Organ isation of New York in 1955 alongside a street ‘lulav ‘n’ etrog’ program.

The new decade saw visitors around the world, many from Israel, travel to New York to take in the Jewish holidays and hope to meet the Rebbe. Blowing the Shofar before prayers or in the afternoon became part of Rosh Hashanah in Brooklyn. The media soon took note.

RoshTheHashanah.Rebbestressed the healing it brought to patients in hospitals. And in 1978, he noted that blowing the Shofar for patients “literally revives souls”.

Nothing reminds a Jew of who they are like the sound of a Shofar. In a few days, Jews will be transfixed in shuls, public parks, hospitals, homes and streets around the world including Brooklyn where it all began 69 years ago.

Two years on, encouraged by Rabbi Hecht, Pinchot organised Shofar blowing in a hospital. He recalled, “It was quite an experience. People would break into tears.”

In 1991, visitors to New York for the High Holy Days to meet the Rebbe had increased exponentially. Eyewitnesses recall the Reb be observing huge crowds and stressing an expectation that those gathered participate.

The idea of bringing Jews to the streets was not really considered. You either heard the Shofar in shul or you didn’t. I’m too young to offer proof, but reports testify to this notion. However, it appears the cam paign was a Chabad pilot initiative, a fore runner of many mitzvah campaigns.

Goldberg was among volunteers who blew the Shofar for patients at a hospital and in people’s homes on Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah 1974, the Rebbe expanded his Shofar campaign to include the month of Elul, when by custom the Shofar is blown daily except for the eve of

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There is something uniquely special about hearing the Shofar notes “tekiah, shevarim and teruah”. When my children were young you could see the wonderment in their faces and I know it will be the same for my four grandsons in shul this month.

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Hecht, of Chabad Chicago, recruited Shofar-blowing volun teers, including his brothers-in-law Roy Pinchot and David Goldberg.

Rosh Hashanah is around the corner and for as long as I can remember hearing the Shofar blown was the highlight of High Holy Day services on Rosh Hashanah and YomGrowingKippur.up in Leeds, my late father, Har old Saffer, always made sure I was in shul along with my siblings when the Rabbi, Chazan or whoever had the honour took centre stage. One year, I recall at least three senior members taking part such was the pressure before a one thousand packed shul!On the whole though, it was an annual moment when you can hear a pin drop.

Chassidim travelled to more and more locations annually. Detailed reports would

Pinchot had prayed at Hecht’s Chica go synagogue in the ’60s, but in 1967, he moved to Skokie, one of the largest popula tions of Holocaust survivors in the world to help set up Congregation Or Torah.

The Rebbe highlighted the importance of taking the Shofar to isolated soldiers in the Israeli military.

be delivered to the Rebbe. The campaign escalated to kibbutzim in Israel.

And the coming years would see the Reb be develop the campaign to include Jews in prison and even more hospitals as the Chabad movement grew.

“I was amazed at how many would be eagerly hoping for us to come,” he said.

When Chabad students took to the streets of Brooklyn, New York with Shofarsin-hand a revolution quite literally started. No one had experienced anything like it before. The campaign was simple, blow the Shofar to anyone not able to hear it. The Rebbe’s campaign for all Jews to hear the Shofar was spiritually uplifting and has not changed over the ensuing decades.

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3 In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate soda, ginger, salt, cinnamon and mixed spice

The one question that I am often asked at this time of the year is which honey do I use?

1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

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Ideally, match the colour to the food: More delicate honeys, like clover, work well in salad dressing while more assertive varie ties (buckwheat) make great marinades.

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Cooking Time: 45 minutes

There are over 300 different types of honey produced around the world – some are best for cooking with, others are best to mix into drinks, drizzle over as a garnish or simply just have on toast.

1 Preheat oven to 170 C/ 325°F

Honey plays a major part in the Rosh Hashanah celebrations - representing a sweet and healthy forthcoming New Year. There are many reasons, one is that it symbolises our relationship with G-d: bees are known for the sweetness of their honey but if you annoy them, they can sting - reminiscent of the image of a stern but merciful creator.

4 Make a well in the centre, and add oil, honey, sugar, eggs, vanilla, coffee, apple juice and whiskey

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Raw honey is best described as honey as it exists in the beehive. It is extracted from the beehive, strained and poured straight

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5 Using an electric mixer, combine until the mixture is smooth

8 Let cake stand fifteen minutes before removing from tin

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9 To make the syrup place the sugar in a saucepan with 25ml of water, bring to the boil and gently simmer for 2 minutes Add the whisky and then pour over the cooked cake

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3 large eggs at room temperature

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7 Bake until the cake is done It will spring back when you gently touch the cake centre and when a skewer is inserted it comes out clean This will take about 50 to 55 minutes

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As time went on it was clear that the pre scriptions of most short-sighted children kept going up and up each time they came in. However, for long-sighted children, the prescription was typically staying quite stable.

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The lens that Essilor have brought out is called Stellest. This is a unique spectacle lens that can be put into most frames and can fit a high range of prescriptions.

The disadvantages of the prescription increasing each time are numerous. The higher the prescription the thicker the lenses; the cost of the lenses go up as they need to be thinned down and the choice of frame styles is more limited. Then there are the health issues. The more short-sight ed someone is the more they are at risk of certain eye conditions and the higher their prescription is the higher the risk becomes. We have massively invested in acquiring the highest standard of instruments in our practice, so we get to see the early signs of damage in people’s eyes due to having a high minus prescription. The most fre quent cause of this is a patient’s eye grow ing longer. This in turn causes the retina at the back of the eye to stretch and thin. The risks of retinal tears and detachments along with many other eye conditions are more prevalent as the retina thins out. The retina has millions of light-sensitive cells (rods and cones) and other nerve cells that receive and organise visual information. Your retina sends this information to your brain through your optic nerve, enabling you to see.

The average reduction of a myopic shift is 67%, so in simple terms, a child who might have ended up with a -10.00 prescription may have possibly only required a max imum of -4.50 if they had been wearing Stellest lenses from an early age. This is obviously a massive difference.

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not for a long time, but this is where they are wrong. Our community is particularly affected by high myopia and that has a lot to do with genetics. We see the same in a lot of Asian and Chinese communities where most of the studies have been done.

For those children who either could not or would not go for the contact lenses, we tried bifocals or progressive lenses to see if the power at the bottom of the lens would relax the child’s muscles when reading, thereby slowing down the changes in the child’sTheseprescription.methodshad negligible effect and as the year went by, we saw children’s pre scriptions going to levels that were alarm ing. We were, and still are, seeing families where all the children are around the -10.00 mark.Finally, a breakthrough. Halfway through last year Essilor, which is our main lens supplier, designed a new spectacle lens to help reduce the myopia (short sightedness) progression.Thiswasa great idea as there have been extensive studies and research into this are. The studies conclude that myopia and high myopia will show a significant increase globally, affecting an estimated five billion people, respectively by 2020.

So, when I was in my early years in prac tice, we tried all sorts of things based on different studies. At the time, the only accepted method to slow down myopia was specialised contact lenses. For some patients this was and still is a great solu tion. Cosmetically they are amazing, and they work to limit the short-sightedness to increasing at the original rate.

These lenses are designed for children from a young age until they are 21 years of age when the eye typically stops growing.

As a local optician we pride ourselves on getting to know our patients and their families and it was extremely interesting to see that there were certain families where nearly all their children were short-sighted to varying degrees. This was more likely if the parents were short-sighted as well.

This is a massive game changer for us as an optical practice and our community as a whole. For the first time we are now able to offer some young children who are start ing to go short-sighted a way of potentially managing it.

However, the option of contact lenses is not for everyone. They are not always suitable for young children who may not be able to look after them properly, and there are people who simply do not like the idea of putting something in their eye.

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In the last 12 months we have been trial ling these lenses with some children whose prescriptions were jumping up rapidly or who have a strong family history of high myopia. I am very pleased to say the vast majority have experienced a really positive effect on their prescriptions. Essilor are so confident that the product works, they offer a 12 month guarantee on their lenses. If the prescription goes up more than -0.50 in a 12-month period, then they will pay for the next pair of new lenses.

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Mr Greenberg, the owner of The Village Optician Ltd, is very forward thinking and was willing to try anything to slow down the prescriptions of these children.

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The test that we read about on Rosh HaShanah is called the test of Abraham, though it was Isaac who went through the physical ordeal of being bound, placed on the wood and almost killed.

Though the main theme of Rosh HaShan ah is spiritual (Penitence, Prayer and Charity) and not historical, it still has a commemorative flavour. It recalls the cre ation of the world and (on the sixth day of the first week) the creation of man.

The Jewish new years tell us what matters in a religious community such as Judaism – wise government (marked by the new year for kings), concern for Nature and the climate (the new year for trees), fairness to animals (the new year for animal tithes) and – above all – phys ical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual human health (the new year for years).

G-d was looking for a leader who could

(the parliamentary new year), the rule of law (the judicial new year), the economy (the financial new year).

Histories of Jewish preaching – begin ning even before the onset of the Midrash – indicate how discourses over the ages have tended to fit into one of these styles. What has really changed, however, is the content of the discourses.

In recent decades, the Modern Ortho dox movement has tended to return to halachic studies asking how contem porary themes can best be looked out through a halachic lens.

A quality society has its priorities right.

The Akedah is the test of Abraham, and through him the test of Israel.

Why then do we not speak about the Binding of Abraham? After all, the psychological and spiritual ordeal of Abraham was excruciating, regardless of the pain of Isaac!

Other events in the Biblical period which are said to have occurred on Rosh HaShanah are Cain and Abel bringing their offerings to G-d; the Binding of Isaac; Jacob’s dream of the ladder that joined earth and heaven; G-d hearing the prayers of three childless women – Sarah, Rachel and Hannah; Joseph’s release from prison; and the great assembly of the people convoked by Ezra and Nehemiah.

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Apart from the “new year for years”, which is the date we celebrate next week, the trees have a new year in the month of Sh’vat, Nisan has one for kings and festivals, and a new year for animal tithes is in TheEllul.secular

The Emancipation radically affected the rabbi, moving him away from Talmudic expositions to more contemporary themes. The more modern the rabbi, the more contemporary was the sermon. The more traditional the rabbi, the more attention he paid to traditional rabbinic sources.

G-d was not only looking for a leader. He was looking for a people… and the leader would personify the people. Leo Baeck said, “Every people is a question which G-d addresses to humanity and every people, from its place, with its special talents and possibilities, must answer for its own sake and for the sake of humanity.”

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calendar has a number of analogies – there are the academic, the parliamentary, judicial, the financial and taxation years, and others.

THREE TYPES OF SERMON

These new years are not just random and arbitrary. The secular new years reveal the ideal pattern of values and pri orities – quality education (marked by the academic new year), good government

The “sh’varim” sermon has three sections, makes (usually) three points and does not stray from its overall theme.

The Tenach asks, “Is it well with you? Is it well with your spouse? Is it well with the children?” (II Kings 4:26). As Rosh HaShanah looms ahead these are ques tions we should all be asking about our society and ourselves.

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The “t’ki’ah” sermon is clear, straight forward and often provocative. The “t’ru’ah” sermon is intricate and allusive.

be trusted to carry the people into the fu ture. If Abraham proved worthy, it would be he whose name would be attached to the people throughout history.

The Mishnah Rosh Hashanah opens by telling us that the Jewish calendar has four New Years.

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Isaac Abravanel applied the three shofar notes – “t’ki’ah”, “t’ru’ah” and “sh’varim” –to rabbinic discourses or sermons.

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Jews in the UK are well used to honour ing the Royal Family - in fact we do it on a weekly basis. For the past 70 years we have prayed for the wellbeing of the Queen. Last Shabbat was the first that we prayed for "Our Sovereign Lord King Charles" and asked "the Supreme King of Kings . . . to preserve the King in life, guard him and deliver him from all trouble and sorrow".

I was in attendance when Charles gave a speech to the World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, in 2020, in which he described the Shoah as "searingly relevant". I was fortunate enough to meet him at a reception at the British Embassy during that trip and he was, as ever, won derfully engaging and solicitous. As some one with huge respect for and dedication to his mother's memory we can expect the transition to his sovereignty to be smooth

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in 2012 when the Queen celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. Vivian was delighted to be able to personally present Her Majesty with a celebratory greeting.

Now is the time to get behind King Charles III and give him every support, encouragement and our prayers. May he have a peaceful reign and a successful one.

asked halachic questions to observant Jews. Indeed, many of her own personal customs, as a deeply religious Christian, come from Judaism.

She went on to rule during the time of fifteen British Prime Ministers, fourteen American Presidents and all fourteen Is raeli Prime Ministers.

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I was deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Eliza beth II and quite frankly, am still extremely upset. The events of last Thursday moved so fast after the Buckingham Palace an nouncement at 12.30pm that her doctors were “concerned” for her health.

Most of us have only known Queen Eliza beth II as the ruler of Britain and the Com monwealth, which probably explains why so many of us feel such a tremendous loss.

was an icon of tradition, stability, and a beacon of morality. Her passing is a huge loss to all of us.

On Monday, when Her Majesty the Queen's funeral takes place at Westminster Abbey, hundreds of thousands of people are ex pected to line the streets of London and the route of the cortège to Berkshire and her final resting place at Windsor Castle. This is just a reflection of the love for our longest serving monarch which has been manifested in so many different ways since we received the sad news that she had passed away peacefully on Thursday at the age of 96. We have had endless tributes from those who knew her and so many stories of her kindness. The thousand upon thousand of bouquets of flowers left for her respectfully at so many sites throughout the UK are testament to her legacy.

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When she arrived back in London and walked down the BOAC steps from the air craft, waiting to greet her was Prime Min ister Winston Churchill. Next to Churchill was former Prime Minister Clement Atlee. Alongside Atlee was Prime Minister to

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She took over as Queen whilst on a visit to Kenya after the sudden death of her father, King George VI. The Queen was a young 25-year-old woman. With two young chil dren. In a man’s world.

First, the Queen had a tremendous abil ity to make people feel at ease. She was funny, often with a beaming smile and her wisdom, knowledge and understanding of national and international affairs was remarkable. She visited more than 100 countries, carried out duties across Brit ain and the Commonwealth and yet still found time to be a mother, grandmother and great Second,mother.theQueen admired and respect ed, traditional authentic Judaism and often

I felt an almost overwhelming sense of loss when I heard the news of her death on Thursday. Like millions of us all over the country, there has only ever been one monarch in my lifetime and the Queen symbolised the stability and the solidity

Third, some have commented that the Queen believed her family were direct de scendants of King David, despite her being head of the Church of England.

Regrettably I never met the Queen face to face, although I was at the Albert Hall, Wembley Stadium and other venues when she was present. Once she waved back at me from her Rolls Royce Phantom IV State Landaulet, when her royal vehicle arrived at a school in Stanmore, as I waited outside theIngate.recent days I have spoken to many who did meet and speak with Her Majesty, and I have learnt the following:

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which is emblematic of our country's long history. Although she was old and frail and unable to travel to state events, she was still ever-present in our national life. We knew one day she would depart but some how when it happened the shock was still visceral.However, our national life must go on. Indeed, what makes our country so spe cial is that, whenever a monarch passes - whether that be after a long or short reign - tradition dictates that the succession will be seamless and steeped in history. This is something that we Jews can relate to well. The organisation I represent has existed for more than 250 years and was actually founded to honour a new king. The Board of Deputies of British Jews originated in 1760, when prominent dignitaries paid tribute to King George III upon his acces sion and, due to its longevity and influence, the Board of Deputies is considered a "priv ileged body" with the ability to petition Her Majesty for an audience. My predecessor, Vivian Wineman, had occasion to do this

May the Queen's memory be for a bless ing – and long live the King!

As close members of her family made their way to Balmoral, many of us knew that it was just a matter of time before a further dreaded announcement would be made, which came at 6.30pm.

Queen Elizabeth was a solid pillar of sta bility and a tall tower of strength. Indeed, she was a true inspiration to so many. Only Louis XIV of France remains a longer reign ing monarch in history with a 72-year and 110-day stint (1643 – 1715). Queen Elizabeth is now the second longest reigning monarch in world history (6 Feb 1952 – 8 Sep 2022).

She really will be sadly missed, as she was truly the mother of the nation. Her reign was momentous and historic. She

We know that King Charles will continue this wonderful legacy. We were honoured to have him as guest of honour at a dinner to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Board of Deputies. And in 2019, he called on the Board to help him in staging a re ception to honour the Jewish community at Buckingham Palace. It was a telling sign of the high regard with which the Jewish com munity is held by the entire Royal Family.

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be – Anthony Eden. Then came various cabinet ministers. Imagine the Queen’s nerves. She nevertheless held her head up high, pushed her shoulders back. She took a deep breath and said to herself, “I can do this.”

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and effortless. I fully expect King Charles to command the respect and affection of his subjects just as his mother did.

The recent report notes how it achieves this through a tailored, “broad and ambi tious” curriculum, offering Jewish and sec ular studies with opportunities to promote pupils’ personal, social and emotional skills woven through. The report also refers to high-quality care and schooling from a wide range of professional staff including learning support assistants, teachers, and therapists.Thereis recognition by Ofsted of the school’s communal atmosphere, and how staff know pupils and families extremely well, keeping parents and carers up to date with work and development.

Nationwide supermarket Morrisons’ Community Champion Rochelle Gard ner has begun an initiative of putting out packs for local shoppers to purchase for

Sophie Woolfstein told the new reporter, “If they want to keep Kosher and within guidelines it is really hard for them.”Whilst prices tend to be lower in a su permarket, these shops’ certified Kosher options remain slim.

Side by Side is the only DfE registered special school offering places for 2-19-yearolds in Stamford Hill’s Jewish community.

The initiative is facilitated by GIFT do nors and volunteers, together with their London branch, which supplies over 300 weekly meals to families in addition to sup port parcels for over 400 families.

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“That day had to be one of the most surreal of our lives and the memories will stay with us forever.”

Family, including Her Majesty,” she said.

Gifts are available from the Kisharon Gift and Homeware Store, Equal. They can be a bespoke gift in a selec tion of dishes and honey pots. Person alised honey can also be ordered. Large and small jars are available. Orders until 16th September (subject to availability).

“With the community’s large growth in recent times, we are proud to continue to serve this crucial need,” said Lebrett.

challenges to learning and celebrate unique achievements. They referenced the school changing pupils’ lives for the better.

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various charities and food banks. Author ised products including tuna and pasta for GIFT are gathered every month and a half to go straight to the Manchester food bank.

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With Kosher food prices on the rise GIFT Manchester’s food bank continues to sup port 140 individuals.

Preparing the food

Aviva Braunold led the project involving packing dried apple rings, Belgian choco late coated cranberries and almonds along with a variety of nuts with honey toppings. She said, “Everyone worked hard in teams to complete the job. After learning about food safety hygiene rules and wear ing full PPE, they weighed out quantities labelled each gift. It was great to see par ticipants in previous projects showing new attendees the process works. The enthusi asm was very infectious.”

The inspection body said parents speak highly of the school’s provision and care children receive.

Kisharon Day Opportu nities and tenants of Supported Living took part in a Rosh Hashanah project.

Families in the North London Jewish community have called the building pro ject a

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Ofsted described how Side by Side gives children and pupils the highest quality of care and support and provision for pupils’ personal development is excellent.

Ofsted has awarded Side by Side School in Stamford Hill a ‘good’ rating.

To add to the diverse initiatives, which have been taken on in recent years, GIFT is running a 36-hour matched fundrais ing campaign (October 2-3). Every dona tion will be doubled thanks to generous matchers.

GIFT would like to thank volunteer Jane Braslavsky who made this initiative happen.Another family, who wish to remain anonymous, has devoted a room outside their house with shelving, a refrigera tor and freezer to store Shabbat food for families currently not coping with infla tion. The family commits to deliver meals anonymously.Edandthese families are using their kindness and compassion, facilitated by GIFT, to cater for the increasing cost of living.

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Side by Side “good” Ofsted report

Feast by Ed Shaerf, an exclusive Kosher caterer based in Manchester, is also helping to expand the giving mission by providing Shabbat meals to over 20 families.

Ofsted said staff are dedicated to pu pils’ well-being, understand different

Ofsted’s inspection was the first routine inspection of the school since the pandem ic

To become an ambassador or assist fund raising to ease families increased cost of living email miri@jgift.org

In the report many features, including Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Devel opment, Leadership and Management and Early Years Provision were ‘outstanding’.

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Itbegan.comes a few months prior to the school’s move to a purpose-built premis es that will cater for 150 pupils and offer bespoke facilities designed to improve personal and individual care.

Natalie and William Susman attended one of The Queen’s last garden parties in MayThey2019.attended as William was the chair of Shenley Parish Council.

Since its founding, Side by Side has sought to give every student a place to feel at home, catering to the specific education al needs of each child.

GIFT’s Manchester branch explained their fully supplied food bank to BBC North West.Coordinator

Natalie, now a Hertsmere council lor, recalled how honoured they were to be“Whatinvited.stood out more than anything apart from the truly military organisation, including the supply of perfect weather and how close we actually were to the Royal gardenunforgettableQueen’sparty

Gerald Lebrett, Side by Side Headteach er, said, “We are absolutely delighted to have received Ofsted’s recent report which recognises all our staff’s dedication to pro viding the highest-quality education and support to our pupils.”

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The "Tochechah" (the Biblical curses) is said softly so as not to suggest that the Reader enjoys uttering the words. I recall a rabbi who couldn’t hold the anger back one Yom Kippur and shouted, "You’re allThehypocrites!"bestapproach is for the congre gation to know its own failings and not need a stinging rebuke, and for the Reader to avoid the shouting and condemnation… even if the audience deserves them, and to find a construc tive way to improve things in the future.

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her undivided attention as she stood with each until they had finished telling their personal story. As one survivor put it: “Sixty years ago I did not know if I would be alive tomorrow, and here I am today talking to the Queen.” That’s humility, kindness and leadership at its Itfinest.hasbeen said, if ever one is perplexed about the state of affairs within their own family, they should visit royalty for they will likely walk away saying, “we’re not really doing too badly after all.” But whatever the foibles, the House of Wind sor weathered the upheavals thanks largely to the anchoring role the Queen played. With her dignity and sense of duty, she rose above the tabloid head Thelines.ancient Rabbis instructed that we should pray for the wellbeing of royalty for it is they who bind a nation as one. Indeed, each week in Shul, we prayed for the wellbeing of the Queen and all the Royal family. In that prayer we asked that “she deal kindly and justly with all the House of Israel.” That she did, with a particular warmth towards the Jewish community and a commitment to interfaith relations and Holocaust memo rial. For that we must remain forever Finally,grateful.theTalmud states cate gorically that there is an obliga tion to recite a special blessing when seeing a monarch. Jewish law codifies this by stating the blessing, Baruch etc. she’noson mikvodo l’basar v’dam – “Who has bestowed from His glo ry upon mankind.” In other words, if you want to capture

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GATHERING THE PILGRIMS

We will all remember exactly where we were when receiving the sad news of the passing of her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. As she reigned for seventy years, longer than any mon arch, she was the only monarch most of us knew. She was a pivotal historic figure, a fixture in all our lives and the force that held the country together. Her extraordinary longevity lent her an air of permanence that makes her death, even at an advanced age, somehow Theshocking.Queen’s coronation in June 1953 was a great healing event for Great Britain and indeed the world, following the horrors of WW2. When she ascended the throne, Her Majesty stated: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service.” She was fortunate to live a long life. And throughout she remained utterly devoted to our service. She proved herself to be one of the rare public figures in such a prestigious position who can adapt to a changing world around her. She

Pomp and ceremony would turn the day into an experience of great

Chief Rabbi Sacks once recalled how on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Queen met some Holocaust survivors at St. James’s Palace. When the time came for her to leave, she stayed. And stayed. One of her attendants said that he had never known her to linger so long after her scheduled depar ture. She gave each survivor

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THE ARAMEAN & HIS THREATS

There is a colourful dramatic flavour to

the narrative (Deut.26) of the bringing of the first Accordingfruits.to Nachmanides, the pro cessions began miles away from Jerusa lem. As they passed through the settle ments and cities on the processional route, extra people would join on so that in the end there was a large contingent of pilgrims entering the Holy City.

In the first translation we see Jacob away from home and uncertain of the future; eventually his family settle in Israel and grow crops of which the first fruits were offered to G-d.

As Queen, she visited more than one hundred countries across six continents during her reign and was admired by people, politicians and religious leaders everywhere. This was reflected in the global response to her passing, including the lights of the Eiffel Tower in Par is being turned off, the Empire State Building in New York being illuminated in purple and silver, a moment of silence at the US Open semi-final, or flags flying at half-mast around the world. It all points to her global Beingimpact.the Queen could not have been easy; it is most likely the most arduous vocation on earth. Royalty demands bearing a standard that is greater than the individual, personifying an ideal that was bequeathed not for you to do as you like, but to protect for progeny. Not to live for the mo ment but to make the moment live suspended in a chain of succession of noble forebears and towards the promise of the Thefuture.late

an infinitesimal glimpse of the King of Kings, one ought to reflect on royalty and their regal bearing. The Queen certainly set an appropriate example in that regard. A timely message as we go into Rosh Hashanah and seek to coronate G-d anew, as it were.

In the second translation there was a dangerous threat but no destruction actually happened, though Rashi says that the intention was deemed to have been carried out. However, Jacob’s family eventually settled down, survived the threats of the enemy peoples, and made the land prosperous.

In the chapter about bringing the first fruits (Deut. 26) the farmer had to say a declara tion, "Arami Oved Avi", which has two quite fathertranslationsdifferent-"My(Jacob?)was

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We send sincerest condolences to all the royal family, and wish King Charles III much strength and success in his reign. May he draw the strength, splendour, grace and dignity of his mother to his thrown and to his crown. Long live the King!

a nomadic Aramean" or "An Aramean (Laban) destroyed my father".

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• Or, do we prefer to be part of the crowd, to find ourselves sewn within the fabric of the klal, to hide within that which is infinitely greater than ourselves?

OUR UNIQUE ROLE

We must determinedly search for our own uniqueness but then strive to fully devote that uniqueness to the klal, to that which transcends our limited selves. Our true greatness lies in finding our great ness within that which is greater than ourselves. We mustn’t think of ourselves as meaningless and hidden amongst the masses, an unimportant soul lost in the crowd. Each of us is unique, each of us important; but our true importance lies within the deep understanding of how we can fit into that which is greater than ourselves. The Mishnah says that we must each consider as if the world was created for us (Sanhedrin 37a.). The deep expla nation behind this is as follows: each of us plays a unique role in this cosmic sympho ny we call life. Just as every screw in the radio is fundamental, and a single missing screw renders the entire radio obsolete, so too, each of us is fundamental, and without us, the story of our world would not be complete. Each of us is a letter in the ultimate Sefer Torah, a word in the story of life. We must write our own story, with the recognition that our story is part of a bigger story, His-tory, our story.

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An identifying characteristic of this form of order is that when a single piece from the structure is missing, the entire structure is affected. This is because each piece is intrinsic and fundamental. If a single screw in the radio is missing, the entire radio won’t work; if a single note in the song is missing, the entire melody is affected. However, if any number of books are missing from the library, the rest of the library will be unaffected. This

The same principle applies to music. Anyone who plays an instrument knows that music is nothing other than a bunch of individual notes being played, one at a time. Each note by itself is not music; it’s just a sound. Music is when the notes are played in the correct sequence, at the perfect tempo, at the right pace; when the musician is able to string the notes together into a melodious oneness so that the listener no longer hears the notes, only the music. That is music.

components. This is the deep truth be hind physical and spiritual beauty.

When you look at a beautiful sunset on the beach, where exactly is the location of beauty? Is it the sunset? The reflection on the water? The contrast of the beach against the sunset? It’s none of them and all of them. Beauty is when sepa rate, seemingly contradictory compo nents somehow melt into a oneness, whereby they each bring out something transcendent from within all the other

Individuality and Community: Are these Fundamental Contradictions?

• Do we prefer to be unique, to focus on our individuality and uniqueness, to stand out from the crowd?

This brings us back to our original question, wherein we find a conflict between our own individual sense of uniqueness, and the fact that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. On the one hand, we each have a deep desire to be unique, to stand out. What is some times referred to as the “lone ranger” syndrome, we all have the desire to be the hero, the superstar, to have the spotlight shine solely on us as we unaidedly save the day. We have a sense of unique pur pose, we know that we were created for a specific reason, and we know that we have talents and gifts that no one else in the world possesses. We want to be seen, heard, and understood. We wish to be important, accepted, and cared about.

BY RABBI REICHMANSHMUEL

Countless To rah themes and halachos are cen tered around the value of the com munity (tzibbur/ klal) and how one must dedicate them selves to the greater good of the Jewish People. If everyone is unique and individ ually important, how can we understand the concept of unity and the need to work toward becoming part of something big ger than ourselves? Must we sacrifice our uniqueness and individuality for the sake of the “klal,” for the greater good of the community? What is the deeper Jewish approach to this struggle and conflict between individuality and community, between uniqueness and being part of a unified group?

idea is most potently clear in its applica tion to human genes and DNA. If a single chromosome is missing from an embryo, the child will unfortunately grow up with extremely severe defects. All of this from one missing chromosome.

On the other hand, we simultaneously understand that this world is not only about “me.” We are part of something infinitely greater than ourselves. Looking at the night sky, we can’t help but feel our selves shrink into nothingness, realizing just how small we truly are. We are part of a plan, a grand cosmic story, which expands far beyond the borders of our own individual life. And strangely enough, we actually enjoy experiences where we melt into the background of something infinitely bigger than ourselves. If you’ve ever been to a stirring kumzitz (group singing), with the lights off and the music playing, you know how spectacular it feels to be nothing, to neither be heard or seen as an individual, nor to see or hear anyone else. All you hear is the collective echoing of hundreds of voices pouring out their souls; all you see is shadows and oneness. Which one of these desires is truly impor tant; which one do we most strongly crave?

THE IDEAL: SYNTHESIS

This is the deep explanation behind a cryptic halachah regarding Sifrei Torah and mezuzos. If a single letter is missing from either, the Sefer Torah or mezuzah is rendered pasul (invalid). Many are confused by this; how can a single letter ruin an entire Sefer Torah? However, based on our discussion about the third level of order, the answer becomes clear. As the Ramban explains in the introduction to his commentary on Bereishis, the entire Torah is one interconnected sefer, one elongated shem Hashem (Name of G-d). In other words, it’s a single organic entity. People understand that a single missing chromo some can affect an entire human being; the same is true for a Sefer Torah. These are organic entities, shaped by the third level of order, so even a single missing letter renders the entire text pasul

In our last article, we discussed the high est form of order, as explained by R’ Dessler. In this level of order, pieces come together in such a way that they create something greater than the sum of their parts. It’s where the parts come together into a one ness in a way that creates something that transcends the parts themselves.

The ideal is to synthesize both. Klal Yisrael is a nation shaped by the third level of order. Each of us is completely unique and intrinsic, but only when we are connected to the rest of Klal Yisrael, living with a higher purpose. The ideal is to find your uniqueness within the klal, within that which is infinitely greater than yourself. To find your talent, your passion, your gift, and then wholeheartedly devote that to Klal Yisrael, to the world. We need to ask ourselves: how can my uniqueness contribute to the Jewish People and the world as a whole? Then, we must turn the focus of our life toward actualizing our unique potential, toward becoming the person we were meant to become.

EACH PART IS FUNDAMENTAL

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BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN

Doubt is contagious, and doubt in the public sector creeps into our private lives and infects our relationships. Instead of believing in people and affording them the benefit of the doubt, we assume the worst, and thereby, we corrupt our relationships. Sturdy relationships are built on trust and seeing the best in others. Even when we don’t understand people’s intentions, trust allows us to have faith in their motives. Trust provides confidence and enables dependance. When doubt sets into these relationships, they are quick to crumble.

In a broader sense, our confession of timhon leivav addresses more than just theological wandering. Sadly, we occupy a world with too much doubt and not enough belief, and, as a result we have all become chronic skeptics.

or will my true identity be revealed, expos ing me as a fraud? Unhealthy and extreme timhon leivav gnaws at our conscience, casting doubt over society, relationships, and even personal identity. For this we feel remorse and confess. Too much doubt and not enough conviction and belief.

Torah from Israel The season of doubt

A CULTURE OF DOUBT

SINS OF RELIGIOUS DOUBT

and prevails over our faith. Confessing the sins of timhon leivav, we apologize for the lingering doubt which vexes faith and thins our belief.

TOO LITTLE DOUBT?

It is also fair to ask: shouldn’t we also confess the sin of living without enough doubt. We all benefit from a little more doubt. Isn’t a healthy degree of doubt crucial for integrity and for honest self-examination? Can we possess, as my teacher Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein wrote, “ a passion for right that is insufficiently informed by introspection”? Without rea sonable doubt, we become too cocky and too self-confident in our own views, and too dismissive toward others with opposing views. Our politically polarized world has radicalized our tendency to discredit any opinion which doesn’t match our own, and to vilify those who possess differing views. Aside from being disrespectful to other human beings, brash confidence in our own exclusive truth invites simplicity and shallowness.Weliveinan

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We relentlessly suspect the accuracy of our news, because, in an internet age of un limited information flow, we are swamped with fake news. Institutional trust is at an all-time low, and we possess little faith in public institutions such as government, corporations and communal organizations. When trust in public institutions attenu ates, the fabric of society withers and, with out common rallying points society falls into disunity. Distrust and doubt corrode social harmony and diminish any shared sense of common endeavor.

Hashem, help us navigate the murky depths of timhon leivav.

Hashem gifted us with wisdom to discern right from wrong, true from false, and real ity from fantasy. He also endowed us with passion to deeply believe in values, in other people, and most of all, in ourselves. He doesn’t want us to live in a swirl of doubt, and when we slip into crippling timhon leivav we forfeit one of His greatest gifts. Our timhon leivav confession seeks teshuva and forgiveness for consenting to too much doubt and for ignoring conviction.

religious, political, and ethnic identity. We have become so ideologically self-assured that we don’t often turn the microscope in wards to probe our own values or to check their fitness. We are too busy incriminating alternate ideologies and too triumphant in taking ideological “victory laps”, that we have eliminated doubt from our inner dia logue- if any internal dialogue even exists.

IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

The tochacha section of parshat Ki Tavo depicts horrifying scenes of wretched hu man suffering. As divine retribution for our ongoing national infidelity, we plummet into a dark world of destruction and chaos. A gruesome apocalypse unleashes a wave of fear and panic, numbing and confusing it victims. This dazed condition is described with the suggestive phrase of timhon leivav. Our wounded hearts are blanked and bewildered.Inaddition to this condition of confusion and incomprehension, the term timhon leivav also portrays a syndrome of doubt and disbelief. Pain and suffering become so severe that we start to doubt: can this really be happening? Why is Hashem subjecting us to such nightmarish suffering? Will it ever end, or is this our new reality? Unman ageable suffering leads to incredulity and, regrettably, we lose certainty about our security, our future, and our very existence. Timhon leivav describes a muddled, Kaf kaesque world of upheaval, which envelops us with agonizing doubt. The foundations of our reality begin to crumble.

Faith is never perfect, and even devout believers experience passing moments of doubt and of religious uncertainty. We can forgive ourselves for these short-lived mo ments of religious qualms, but not for con suming doubt which grips our imagination

Every Yom Kippur, in our extensive viduy-confessional known as ‘al chet’, we acknowledge sins of “timhon leivav”. Evi dently, the disorder of timhon leivav isn’t limited to the tochacha nightmare of divine punishment, but afflicts our daily lives.

ideologically charged age in which we strongly identify with our

TAINTED RELATIONSHIPS

Healthy self-doubt leads to genuine introspection, and to the type of penetrat ing self-analysis which lays ourselves bare, but provides more authentic identity, more internalized values and most of all personal integrity.So,aswe

begin the season of repentance and improvement, we ask Hashem to remove doubt, but also to preserve it. In our search for Hashem and for belief, please help us remove doubt and darkness and provide clarity and contentment. Help us remove corrosive doubt and toxic skepti cism from our world. Help us build trustful relationships of confidence and commit ment. Help us believe in ourselves, our abilities and our accomplishments.

But also put doubt into our heart. Let this doubt soften us with intellectual humility and with respect for those who are different from us. Remove fake self-assurance and shallow certainty. Let us see clearly our authentic selves, even if that view is blurry. At least it is real.

In the narrow sense, the crime of tim hon leivav refer to sins of religious doubt. Often, when we grapple with the larger mysteries of life or with difficult personal struggles, we question Hashem’s motives, or we doubt His reasons. When we face indecipherable questions, we wonder about Hashem. Even when we don’t doubt His motives, we sometimes struggle to make Him relevant in our world. The world doesn’t always feel G-dly, and we are often uncertain about His impact in our lives.

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At some point, when we exhaust peo ple and institutions to doubt, we start to suspect the last possible target- ourselves. The modern world has introduced a new and harsh form of timhon leivav, referred to as “impostor syndrome”. Highly suc cessful people begin to doubt their talents, accomplishments, or ability to live up to other people’s expectations. Am I really that successful, or have my accomplishments been accidental or lucky? Can I continue to live up to internal or external expectations,

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That night, for the very first time, the baby slept soundly. After a few days of peace and quiet, the baby’s father reflect ed on the amazing turn of events and wondered aloud as to what had changed. His wife heard him and showed him the page under the baby’s pillow saying, “Is there any segulah in the world greater than words of Torah?” The husband grew pale as he scanned the page. Trembling

Blessings YISRAEL

Our parasha lays out the multitude of blessings inherent in living a life of fol lowing Hashem’s will, including health, happiness and peace of mind:

and, out of respect, quickly picked it up and cleaned it off.

With simple faith, thinking that perhaps Hashem was sending a healing message for her ailing son, the mother put the crumpled page under her crying baby’s pillow and spoke directly to Hashem: “Master of the World... You know very well that I can’t read or write. But I do know that this page is holy. In the merit of this holy page, may my son be healed from his suffering!”

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BY RABBI JUDAH MISCHEL

“And it will be, if you do not obey the L-rd, your G-d… that all these curses will come upon you and hisigucha (‘overtake you’).” (Devarim 28:15)

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In both passages there are two steps: first the blessings or curses “come upon you”, and then “hisigucha” (they ‘cleave to you’ or ‘overtake you’). The word hisigu cha is a construction of the verb l’hasig, meaning ‘to grasp’ or ‘understand’, and also ‘to reach’ or ‘acquire’. This alludes to our process of interpretation; first something comes upon us, and then we ‘acquire’ an experience of it according to our hasagah, our understanding. The way we ‘reach’ out to and interpret phenom ena is the same way we ‘acquire’ and experience them. Whether something is a curse or a blessing depends on our consciousness.Mayonlyblessings come upon us!

he shouted, “This is a page of the tocha cha, the rebukes and fearful punish ments… this is what you put under our child’sSmiling,head!”she responded, “My dear hus band, you know I can’t read… how could I possibly know what’s written there? All I know is that it is from the Torah – the sweetest gift that our Father in Heaven has given us as an expression of His love. And look! In the merit of the Torah, Hashem has sent a complete healing to ourWhenson!”the great maggid of Brooklyn Heights, Reb Yitzhak Buxbaum zy”a, shared this story of sincerity and simple faith, he added: “How great is the power of faith that turns Hashem’s judgment to mercy and turns curses into blessings!”

Rabbi Yaaqov Mutzafi zy”a, one of the last spiritual leaders of the ancient Jewish community of Iraq, became the leader of the Sefardic Edah Charedit in the Shemesh Sedaqah shul in Yerushalayim and was known for his fiery drashot on the importance of emunah. He once shared the following story of a family from hisAhometown:babybornto a sweet and righteous couple was suffering from an extreme case of colic and cried day and night in cessantly. Although the parents consulted with medical experts and spiritual heal ers the child continued to scream and his worn down parents became helpless. One day, the mother found a page of sacred writing laying in the dirt. Though illiterate and unable to identify what it was, she recognized it was a holy page

“And all these blessings will come upon you and hisigucha (‘cleave to you’), if you obey the L-rd, your G-d…” (Devarim 28:2)

It is interesting to note that parallel language frames the ramifications that will befall us in the tochacha if we turn

our backs on Hashem:

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This idea is expanded on further in the Sidra and, towards the end of it Moshe reminds them of how glorious their trip in the Midbar had been – free food, clothing that didn’t wear out, experiencing miracles and that the best way to keep the blessings coming is to keep the Mitzvot!

On the subject of blessings, the Torah then teaches how, when they arrive in the Holy Land, the tribes of Israel would split into two and each group go up one mountain and in between the mountains, the Levi’im would read out a list of blessings (and unfortunately the opposite too..) that fall upon people depending on whether of not they keep Mitzvot.

The person ends with a prayer - “Hashem, look down from your Holy abode and bless your people and the land”. Filled with joy and gratitude to Hashem, the farmer returns home, yearning for his next opportunity to witness all the grandeur and elevation in the Beit Hamikdash.

For Parshat Ki Tavo we have a very joyous opening to the Sidra - the Mitzva of Bikkurim! During the time of the Beit Hamikdash this Mitzvah was performed amidst great fanfare, music and all. A farmer would go down to his field and see that his produce was ready to be harvested (any one of the seven species with which the land of Israel is blessed. He ties a reed around it and prepares to ascend to our beloved Yerushalayim! Upon arrival, he is greeted with music and a warm welcome and presents his food gift to the Kohanim.

We are then taught of the ceremony that took place on Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival, where half the nation (Reuven, Gad, Asher, Zevulun, Dan and Naftali) ascended Mount Eival and the other half (Try to see if you can “Fill in the blanks”!) Mount Gerizim. In the valley between them, the Leviim would announce blessings for those who uphold the Torah and the opposite for those who intentionally transgress it. Many of the examples stated are relevant to us in daily life - not to shame someone behind their back, or offend one’s parents for example.

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Then, the Torah warns of what can go wrong and sadly, the warnings turned into prophecy. Throughout the ages, the Jewish people have found themselves at the hands of bitter enemies who have brought about much hunger, thirst and suffering and sometimes worse than that. Whilst one cannot specify why an individual suffers, the Torah reveals to us that as a nation, we will see patterns of following the Mitzvot bringing blessing and deviating from them bringing the opposite. Other prophetic words include the scattering of the Jews throughout the world - as we all know to be the case as well as the fact that we have constantly remained small in number.

The Parsha continues with the tremendous blessings that will meet the nation if they keep the Torah, describing how our fruit basket will be filled, how our nation will be blessed with children, finding blessings wherever they come or go.

If you want success in life, Moshe concludes in this parsha, “Guard the Torah!”.

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Parshat Ki Tavo opens with a most happy Mitzvah – bringing Bikkurim. Do you remember the seven special fruits and produce that the Land of Israel is blessed with? Well, when they have ripened, the farmer lovingly prepared them and with much joy, travelled to Jerusalem to the Beit Hamikdash and presented the food gift to the Kohanim! The farmer would also go once every four years to proclaim that he had given the correct food portions to the correct people and there too the Torah says one will be filled with happiness (when they think) about the blessing they were given by Hashem.

Towards the end of the Sidra Moshe tells the Jewish people - you saw all that Hashem did to Pharaoh and his nation and the miracles He has done for you. You have been led in the Midbar for 40 years living off the Manna - your clothes (miraculously) did not wear out, nor did your shoes. You had no bread nor wine to consume; instead you were taken care of by Hashem.

The Parsha continues with another Mitzvah: “Vidui Maasrot” - after the first three years of giving the different sets of Ma’aser, one comes to the Beit Hamikdash and declares that they have assigned their Ma’aser to the correct beneficiary and have not eaten it in the wrong manner.

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