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BIBI WARNS OF EXTENDED LOCKDOWN

BY DAVID SAFFER

Israel faces a nationwide lockdown beyond Simchat Torah in attempts to curb a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s three-week lockdown prediction before the High Holy Days is now set to extend beyond a month.

“It would not be less than a month, it could take longer,” Netanyahu told media outlets this week.

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echoed Netanyahu’s projection to compound Israelis’ worst fears.

During a tough few days for the under-fire coalition government Edelstein backed Israel’s leader while Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Chezy Levy noted Israel would not come out of lockdown after Succot as it was “almost at the point of no return”.

Netanyahu has warned hospitals will reach capacity to treat 1,500 seriously ill patients today.

The coronavirus cabinet met yesterday to discuss Israel’s next steps regarding the infection rate

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and eventual safety measures to come out of lockdown.

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WJC condemns anti-Semitic incidents on Halle anniversary

BY LEAH WAXLER World Jewish Congress has condemned anti-Semitic incidents on Yom Kippur.

The incidents came as WJC marked the 2019 terror attack at Halle synagogue that shocked the world.

Neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement targeted Jews in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland.

Actions included vandalism at Jewish institutions and distribution of anti-Semitic posters in Swedish cities and outside a synagogue in Norrköping.

Lauder pointed to the danger present for Jews in Europe and further afield.

“This Yom Kippur marks the second year in a row that anti-Semitism has reared its ugly head in Europe,” said Ronald S. Lauder. “Last year, we saw a murderous anti-Semitic attack targeting the synagogue in Halle and this year the modern-day successors of the Nazis of the 1930s and 1940s, known as the NRM, have mounted a vile and vicious campaign of hate against Jews in northern Europe.

“The NRM represents a violent, racist, anti-Semitic ideology and should be

outlawed. Perpetrators of this type of incitement against Jews, horrifically disseminated on the most solemn day of the Jewish year, must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

Lauder called on Nordic governments to follow Finland’s example and ban NRM and rid its violent propaganda.

“It is the responsibility of governments and law enforcement to ensure that Jewish religious and community institutions have suitable police protection, to enable Jews to practice freely, without intimidation or fear,” he added. “National parliaments must ensure that there is a suitable legal framework to address all expressions of hate and intolerance. Until the respective governments take these forceful steps, we cannot truly say that we are fighting the scourge of anti-Semitism.”

WJC held a socially distanced event at Halle synagogue this week.

The event comes in advance of the October 9 calendar anniversary of the attack.

Video messages were provided by Dr. Josef Schuster, president, Central Council of Jews in Germany and Raya Kalenova, European Jewish Congress.

Participants included Dr. Felix Klein, Jewish Life in Germany, Max Privorozki, Halle Jewish community, Michaela Fuhrmann, Frankfurt Jewish community, Dr. Maram Stern, WJC, Gila Baumoehl and Eugen Balin, Central Council of Jews in Germany.

Global condemnation followed the terror attack in Halle on Yom Kippur 12 months ago.

Neo-Nazi gunman, identified by local media as German, Stephan Balliet, failed to force his way into the shul building as 80 people prayed. In the aftermath, the 27-year-old from Saxony-Anhalt, who acted alone, killed a woman passer-by and a man inside a kebab restaurant close by.

Two people were also injured in the noon incident livestreamed by the gunman, carrying guns and explosive devices, who shouted in English, “The root of all problems are the Jews”.

Police arrested the assailant, a Holocaust denier who also denounced feminism.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed outrage and called for tougher action against anti-Semitic violence.

EU’s President, Jean Claude Juncker,

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condemned the attack noting his shock at the brutal attacks.

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the terror attack against the Jewish community of Halle was another manifestation of anti-Semitism in Europe.

President of Israel Reuven Rivlin called on the leaders of Germany and the free world to bring the full force of law against anti-Semitism.

Pompeo visits Greek Holocaust museum

BY ROBERT LEVY US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Jewish museum of Thessaloniki in Greece to mark Yom Kippur.

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt and US General Consul in Thessaloniki Elizabeth Lee accompanied Pompeo.

The Holocaust museum, which is under construction, will honour 46,000 Jewish residents deported then murdered at death camps during World War Two. David Saltiel, Central Board of Jewish Communities president welcomed Pompeo prior to a tour.

Saltiel, in a statement, paid tribute to Jewish Holocaust victims and said that Pompeo’s interest in Greek Jewish heritage and the Thessaloniki community, which lost the 96% of its population, gave strength to continue its work.

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“We are grateful for the expression of his support for the Holocaust museum project and his motivational message for the speedy completion of this project,” Saltiel added.

Local officials included current and former mayors of Thessaloniki.

Pompeo, was told about the city’s once-vibrant Jewish community.

“The US remains committed to fighting anti-Semitism and promoting religious tolerance and freedom,” he tweeted.

“The US stands against anti-Semitism in all forms, and we will continue to work with Greece to advocate for religious freedom,” Pyatt added in a tweet.

Pompeo told reporters the US would use diplomatic and military influence in the region to ease a volatile dispute between NATO allies Greece and Turkey over energy rights in the Mediterranean.

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Bibi slams Hezbollah’s missile factory at UN assembly

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah of hiding a missile factory in Beirut among civilians during a video address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

Pointing out the terror group’s actions in the city’s port that resulted in a devastating ammonium nitrate explosion last August, Netanyahu backed up his claims with graphics illustrating a weapons plant in the Jannah neighbourhood of the capital city.

Netanyahu added that the facility was next to a petrol station.

Israel’s leader called on the UN to help stop Hezbollah using Lebanese people as “human shields” before appealing to the Palestinian leadership to return to talks with Israel and negotiate on the basis of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan to end the conflict “once and for all”.

Speaking at the annual New York event, Netanyahu welcomed Israel’s growing acceptance among Arab nations in the Middle East and praised treaties Israel signed this month with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which he said would lead to

greater harmony and cooperation in the Middle East.

“More Arab countries will be joining the circle of peace soon,” noted Israel’s leader in a pre-recorded speech.

Netanyahu supported Bahrain and the UAE that recent accords can help end the conflict with the Palestinians. “(The) expanding circle of peace will not make peace between Israel and Palestinians less likely, it will make peace between Israel and Palestinians more likely,” he told delegates.

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan defended his country’s decision to sign an agreement with Israel and criticised interference by nations in Arab affairs.

“We hope this peace accord will provide the opportunity for the Palestinians and the Israelis to re-engage in negotiations to achieve peace,” Al Nahyan reportedly said.

Al Nahyan warned against “expansionist ambitions” of some countries in the region” and called on Iran to stop the developing ballistic missile programs.

The UAE have reportedly accused Iran, Turkey and Qatar of intruding beyond its borders.

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The Palestinians have lambasted Trump’s deal and labelled UAE and Bahrain accords with Israel as ‘acts of betrayal’.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated the position and called for an international conference next year to launch a “genuine peace process”.

Israel’s UN Ambassador, Gilad Erdan, responded with a statement calling Abbas’ speech a collection of “lies and incitement against Israel”. Erdan noted that the Palestinian leader was “desperate” because of Israel accords with Bahrain and the UAE. “All Abbas showed was continued Palestinian rejectionism,” Erdan reportedly said.

In related news, media reports have again suggested the notion of Sudan following the UAE and Bahrain to open ties with Israel.

The White House has not commented on the status of negotiations.

Israel and Sudan announced the prospect of normalising relations at a historic meeting in Entebbe last February when Netanyahu met Sovereignty Council leader Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al Burhan.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni organised the official visit.

Whilst the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic devastated mum of four young children Simma Bergman is being supported by the Neve Yaakov neighbourhood of Jerusalem following the tragic death of her husband Moshe who passed away on Rosh Hashonah of throat cancer.

Twelve months ago, doctors believed the 30-year-old’s case was not life threatening but within a few months the disease had spread. Simma left her job as a teacher whilst family and friends looked after the children as she attended hospital sessions with Moshe.

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The Health Ministry, meantime, released data illustrating one in six virus tests being positive yesterday. Worryingly tests were limited over Yom Kippur.

Since the start of the pandemic in Israel, 239,222 people have tested positive, 122,340 last month. The deadly virus has seen 1,547 fatalities, with 810 serious cases and 205 patients on ventilators.

Across Israel, 16 cities now have over 1,000 active cases. The worst affected areas among the top-10 are Jerusalem 7,188, Bnei Brak 4,052, Ashdod 2946, Tel Aviv-Yafo 2,184, Petah Tikva 1,795, Netanya 1,759, Modi’in Illit 1,695, Be’er Sheva 1,474, Rishon Lezion 1,335, Haifa 1,293.

In the statistics, a third of Israel’s coronavirus cases is among the ultra-Orthodox community, almost double the national average.

“One out of every three tests in the ultra-Orthodox communities come out positive, double that of the general public,” Health Ministry Director General Prof. Hezi Levi reportedly confirmed.

Despite over 20,000 yeshiva students participating in a ‘capsule learning’ social distance initiative, yeshivas have reported “enormous infection rates”.

Students are now on holiday until a week after Simchat Torah but fears have grown of another spike in cases despite a national lockdown being in place.

There has been talk of yeshivas reopening in the capsule outline but there are no plans to reopen the education system across Israel aside pupils in lower grades, pre-schools and kindergartens.

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Levi denied ‘herd immunity’ might be an option. “We do not want this and are not working towards it,” he said. “We have not seen any proof that herd immunity lowers the infection rate.”

“We, as a society, cannot withstand high infection and deaths. This is not the right treatment for the disease,” Levi added.

Netanyahu is under pressure across society, in particular from families regarding the education system. Netanyahu was hoping to instigate ‘capsule-learning’ in the classroom. But a huge issue is the speed of the virus spreading across communities despite health measures adopted by authorities.

“The number of patients is climbing fast,” Netanyahu reportedly explained. “There are more than 800 patients in serious condition.

Unfortunately, the number of deaths is also rising, and therefore I ask people to comply with the rules and with the police.” He added: “We are in this boat together.”

While an IDF report has been realistic about current data, a National Security Council advisory board has presented the government with a six-stage exit strategy, starting when cases reduce to under 2,000 a day. Restrictions would run for two weeks between stages to allow amendments.

Stage one centres on virus ‘hotspots’ with limited school openings when cases fall below 2,000 on a weekly average followed by high street shops and outdoor markets reopening when daily cases dip under 1,000.

Shopping centres would reopen followed by businesses and offices, older school pupils and social gatherings at 400 daily cases. Restaurants and cultural sites could return at under 100 cases. Public and cultural events would be the final area though doubtful

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In the statistics, a third of Israel’s coronavirus cases is among the ultra-Orthodox community, almost double the national average. before 2021.

In the build-up to Yom Kippur and Succot, Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett called on Israelis to avert a “catastrophe”, although he lambasted the government over public protests and handling of the pandemic.

“We are on the brink of disaster, stop blaming each other,” Bennett reportedly said. “We are all in the same boat, each one should be responsible, take care of his community.”

He added, “People know it (wearing masks) prevents infection, they do not know that wearing the mask, even if infected, can turn a terrible disease into a mild disease and be asymptomatic”.

Bennett stressed that the country had to pull together to defeat the pandemic.

“We are now at the height of the war, I am not getting into accusations, time is running out,” he explained. “I do not like many of the government’s decisions, the government

has made terrible mistakes, but this is the government we have at the moment. We will settle the score later.”

He added, “At the moment the public must act responsibly. The government must put everything aside, recruit epidemiological researchers, increase capacity in hospitals.”

With Succot days away he called on protesters to relent in the short term from its demonstrations.

“I am a great democrat, and I am also a man who wears a kippah,” he reportedly said. “And with all due respect to demonstrations and democracy, nothing bad will happen to democracy if there are no big demonstrations for two weeks.”

“As a person who wears a kippah, G-d told us to take care of our bodies. G-d does not want us to go into synagogues and die. Sanctity of life comes first. We are all in the same boat,” Bennett added.

Board concerns over Stamford Hill road closures The Board of Deputies has called on the Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, to reconsider proposed road closures during parts of the school day in Stamford Hill.

Marie van der Zyl, in correspondence with the Mayor, expressed “acute concern” from the local Jewish community regarding the plans.

Though sympathetic with aims of the scheme, which include creating safer streets for local schoolchildren and improving air quality in the area, the initiative creates numerous issues. Ms van der Zyl warned of access problems for Hatzola emergency vehicles and school transport for local residents of a large orthodox community. Among

other challenges is access to places of worship for the elderly and disabled members of the community.

Ms van de Zyl also noted particular concern at the speed with which proposals are being introduced, without due consideration to viable alternatives that might command the support of local residents.

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The Board’s chief noted local official suggestions that the scheme be imposed before considering the impact would be ‘recipe for chaos’ and urged the Council to engage in proper consultation before proposals go live.

Ms van de Zyl has called for a public meeting so the Mayor could hear resident concerns directly.

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Knesset passes bill to curb Bibi protests

BY ADAM MOSES The Knesset has passed a bill to limit protests as the government strives to control the spread of Covid-19.

The latest legislation, following an allnight debate by MKs, bans Israelis from holding demonstrations more than 1 km from their homes to help limit infections.

Critics, however, have implied a political move to suppress protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the state of the economy, his handling of the coronavirus crisis, lockdown of orthodox ‘hotspots’ and corruption trial.

Netanyahu denies the claims. Israel’s leader though has many detractors.

“What’s the next step? Banning the opposition leader from addressing parliament?”, Yair Lapid, opposition leader in parliament, tweeted prior to the vote.

Thousands of demonstrators across the religious divide have attended rallies outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem for months. Demonstrations have taken place elsewhere including in Tel Aviv.

With unemployment on the increase according to reports, Netanyahu’s popularity

has waned.

Covid cases are rising with social distancing measures, particularly during protests, being flouted, which backers of the legislation cite as the main reason for the hastily passed new bill.

Protesters have battled with police with many arrests occurring over the period.

Opinion polls reportedly illustrate around only a quarter of the electorate having confidence in Netanyahu’s handling of the pandemic.

Netanyahu has stressed that the government has adapted to the deadly virus. Earlier this week, he warned that the current lockdown, set to last three weeks, could be extended for longer than a month as Israel has passed 1,500 deaths.

Prior to ratification of the bill, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee voted nine to six for amendments to limit protests before it went to the final stages to enter legislation by the Knesset plenum.

Hundreds of Israeli drivers blocked streets around the Knesset calling for free speech on Tuesday.

A handful of arrests followed clashes with police during the incident.

The Knesset committee met on Tuesday

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after Likud backed away from calls for a six-month ban on protests. Coalition MKs from the Blue & White party had refused to support Likud’s proposal.

MKs gathered following latest disturbances as thousands protested outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence calling for his resignation on Saturday after Shabbat.

Netanyahu has threatened to declare a state of emergency to curb the protests, a stance rejected by Defence Minister and Blue & White leader Benny Gantz.

“The decision on a stringent lockdown was designed to stop the spread of the virus, not to block protests or communal

prayer,” he said in a statement.

“We will keep pushing the legislation within the rules of democratic process and will prevent using emergency regulations that are focused solely on protests, prayers, or any other specific target.”

Legislation might have been passed but burgeoning challenges are expected as protesters are unlikely to back away from their mission to oust Netanyahu from his post.

The coming days, whilst the country endures the latest lockdown, are set to be testing for not only Netanyahu but local police who have to administer the latest sanctions.

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Rivlin remembers Covid-19 victims at Yom Kippur Israel’s president asked forgiveness for not managing to save them as lives were lost and appealed to G-d to prevent the spread of the disease and give Israel’s leaders understanding and the strength to guide us to peace in our borders.

BY DAVID SAFFER President Reuven Rivlin on the eve of Yom Kippur remembered Covid-19 victims as Israel approached 1,500 deaths since the onset of the pandemic.

In a heartfelt address on Sunday, Rivlin said the “invisible angel of death” had taken lives in isolated emergency rooms without families present to offer a last touch, holding hands or stroking faces.

Dedicating a prayer and lighting a candle in their memory, he noted, “May G-d remember, and may the People of Israel remember the souls of those Israelis who have lost their lives this year because of the coronavirus. May we remember those pioneers and founders, Holocaust survivors, veteran immigrants, fighters and creators, students of Torah and worshippers of the Lord, Jews and Arabs, old and young.”

Rivlin added, “They were all loved, all, known, all had names and faces. Fathers and sons, grandmothers and grandfathers, friends and acquaintances, neighbours and colleagues. An inseparable part of the fabric of our lives.”

Israel’s president asked forgiveness for not managing to save them as lives were lost and appealed to G-d to prevent the spread of the disease and give Israel’s leaders understanding and the strength to guide us to peace in our borders.

Rivlin added, “May the souls of our brothers and sisters, the victims of the pandemic, be bound in the bond of life.”

Israel fell silent over Yom Kippur as the country endured a lockdown.

All non-essential businesses had shut and Israelis had to stay within 1,000 meters of homes throughout the High Holy Days.

Israelis could only pray in open areas close to home with gatherings limited to 20 people. Dispensation was given to synagogues to open for limited prayers with social distancing though health experts accepted further spikes in Covid cases could result.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and Rabbi David Lau before the fast came in, issuing a joint call to adhere to Health Ministry rules that prayers should, where possible, take place outdoors and

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should be short.

“I would like to reiterate what you have said to the public,” he noted. “To strictly follow the rules, wear masks, maintain social distancing and pray in open areas as much as possible. Whoever does enter a synagogue should be extra careful regarding the Health Ministry rules.”

Netanyahu appreciated the rabbis’ efforts to help prevent the spread of the deadly virus.

Israel’s leader called on Israelis to join forces to defeat the pandemic in a televised address as Israelis observed a lockdown to curb the morbidity rate.

“Lockdown measures are not easy, but saving lives trumps everything,” he noted.

“This is a state of national emergency. We are fighting a protracted war, fighting for our economy and our health, and our lives.”

Hagai Levine advises the government and accepted the risk of transmission was “much

higher” in closed spaces but there was a risk outdoors.

“If you go outside and you are very close to someone else, you speak with someone else, you shout, you eat together, clearly there is a risk,” he reportedly explained.

David Stav, Chief Rabbi of Shoham and head of Tzohar, backs tighter restrictions although lamented that synagogue’s closing over Yom Kippur was “very painful” for Israelis even those who rarely attend.

“Almost everybody goes at least once a year, and this once a year that was supposed to be on Sunday night will not happen this year,” he reportedly noted. “It’s quite dramatic for Israelis, for all types of Israelis, secular and observant.”

“In Israel it’s not only a religious day,” Stav added, referring to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. “It’s a kind of national Memorial Day for all the Jewish suffering throughout Jewish history.”

Debate has been intense in the build-up to the Day of Atonement. Of all days, for many it is the most sacred and Charedi communities now anticipate a surge in cases after Yom Kippur.

Most of Israel’s “red” cities and towns are an ultra-orthodox community. Ministry data illustrates many cases come from yeshivas and religious establishments.

Thousands of students start study break for Succot and return to “red” ultra-Orthodox communities this week. It is feared unauthorised Yom Kippur public prayer services may lead to a new outbreak. For weeks students have adhered to social distancing measures.

According to an IDF Military Intelligence Directorate report, a third of coronavirus tests conducted in Beitar-Illit, an ultra-orthodox settlement near Jerusalem, were positive. Ultra-orthodox communities El’ad had 31.5% positive tests, Bnei Brak 25%, Modi’in-Illit 24.5% and Beit Shemesh 22%.

Ultra-orthodox leaders are aware of this situation, and despite battling to keep synagogues open on Yom Kippur, called on worshippers to pray outdoors or in private homes.

Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri threatened to resign from the government if synagogues closed on Yom Kippur yet backed a campaign to follow health regulations.

Some Charedi communities however continue to ignore ministry guidelines. But Israel’s largest Chassidic dynasty, the Ger dynasty, called followers not to go to Jerusalem for Yom Kippur as they did Rosh Hashanah.

Yeshiva students were reportedly split into small study groups to prevent infections but the policy failed.

Concern among ultra-orthodox communities has intensified and large numbers packed test centres around Israel on Tuesday. Organisers were concerned at the crowds potentially spreading the virus.

Among facilities was one in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighbourhood named a ‘virus hotspot’.

Residents received a text message to attend for a free test without an appointment. Hundreds queued breaking public social distance guidelines. Many will enter quarantine.

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Davey backs IHRA definition in Online Harms Bill

BY ADAM MOSES Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey has backed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism for inclusion in the Online Harms Bill.

Davey was speaking at a Party conference fringe event organised by the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel and Board of Deputies after it emerged the leader’s speech would take place on Yom Kippur.

“We have long argued that Online Harms legislation should include clear definitions,” noted Davey, who won the Lib Dem leadership contest last month.

“If you’re taking clear definitions, to make sure people know what is acceptable and what isn’t, it makes sense for the IHRA

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definition to be part of that.

Davey added that there was “a huge amount of overlap in our views” on Online Harms.

His comments came days after Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, expressed support for measures the Board of Deputies had identified to ensure protection of Jews online.

Davey, in conversation with Gavin Stollar, LDFI Hon. Chair, spoke movingly about a trip to Auschwitz and was “furious” when it was discovered a potential Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London was found to have made anti-Semitic remarks.

“I am determined we don’t make that mistake again,” Davey told the audience. “It should never had got that far.”

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Geeta Sidhu-Robb was suspended from the Party “within hours”, Davey added.

Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Board welcomed the Lib Dems axing Sidhu-Robb after historic anti-Semitic comments came to light last month.

Both organisations backed the move after news broke of Sidhu-Robb’s actions during a 1997 election campaign earlier this month.

Footage shows Sidhu-Robb calling on Muslim voters not to vote for Labour opponent, Jack Straw, because they would be “voting for a Jew”. Sidhu-Robb did not appear on the ballot.

An investigation is underway in “accordance with due process”.

Sidhu-Robb was shortlisted with Lib Dem Councillor Luisa Porrit for the mayoral contest.

A CAA spokesperson said the party was “right to recognise” she could not stand.

Board President Marie van der Zyl described the anti-Semitic comments as “despicable”.

Sidhu-Robb profusely apologised for her comments after a media storm.

“My behaviour caused offence and hurt,” she noted. “There is no room for any form of racism or anti-Semitism in society and as such I very much regret my conduct at that time.”

Other topics of discussion at the fringe event included Israel and Zionism, the Iran Deal and American elections next month.

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The Board and LDGI welcomed Davey’s appearance.

“We couldn’t have hoped for more than to host the party’s new leader,” Ms van der Zyl, noted. “We were pleased to hear Ed back our call for social media companies to be compelled to use the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as a basis for tackling hate on their platforms.”

Stollar added, “It was a fascinating and wide ranging discussion on anti-Semitism, holocaust education, the meaning of Zionism and wider Middle East peace. We look forward to continuing to work with Ed and the Board on these issues and more.”

Last week, the Board held its first fringe event at Labour Party Conference, next week it holds one at the Conservative Party conference on the subject of Online Harms.

Panellists include Victoria Atkins, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Rob Halfon, the Jewish Conservative MP for Harlow.

The Board backs Online Harms ensuring any regulator appointed to oversee social media companies adopts the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism as the standard, social media companies appoint a UK moderating team to moderate UK users and the German model of heavy fines for social media companies for failure to comply with legislation be adopted.

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Anti-Semitic incidents in Europe hit High Holy Days

BY LEAH WAXLER A number of anti-Semitic incidents have been reported during the High Holidays across Europe.

Graffiti based episodes were identified in London, Rome and Moscow.

Hertsmere Borough Council leader Cllr Morris Bright lambasted two teens arrested after swastikas were spray painted on garages and a park bench in Borehamwood last week.

Hertfordshire Police responded to reports of two men acting suspiciously in Stapleton Road the day after Rosh Hashonah.

The teens face a racially aggravated criminal damage charge, among various offences.

Officers discovered graffiti on a garages and vehicles in the area. Both suspects have been bailed.

An example of the anti-Semitic graffiti in Borehamwood

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damage, interference with a motor vehicle and burglary (non-dwelling).

Police have opened an investigation in Rome, following Rosh Hashonah, after a swastika was daubed on walls of the Mamiani High School.

This is not the first time the school has been targeted with hate vandalism on school property.

A message, discovered by students, read “Rome is a Nazi!” surrounded by swastikas. The graffiti has been removed.

Headteacher Tiziana Sallust reported the incident, which follows a similar recent incident.

He reportedly noted, “It has already happened in the past. this is not an offence to the Mamiani, but to Rome and Italians.” A warning has been issued to students.

There have been calls for video equipment to be installed to protect the school and students.

Milan, 24 hours earlier, saw anti-Semitic posters reportedly claiming the conspiracy theory that Mossad was behind the 9/11 terrorist terror attack.

Meantime, in Moscow, police have arrested an individual who shouted anti-Semitic abuse and damaged Chabad’s Shamir Community Centre.

The accused pushed over a menorah and damaged a car.

Community leaders praised a quick response from police but noted that incidents had not taken place for many years.

Jewish organisations are monitoring the investigation.

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Cllr Bright commented, “It is shameful and abhorrent that there are still people who think it is acceptable to behave in this nasty way. But our Jewish communities in Hertsmere are strong and proud and will not be damaged by this latest racist attack. They have the respect and friendship of most good members of our Borough.”

He added, “We will have a happy New Year regardless of this behaviour because not to would be giving in to these mindless louts. And we will not lower ourselves to their level”.

Hertsmere Borough Labour Councillor Jeremy Newmark posted photos online.

Community Security Trust are aware of the graffiti incident and are liaising with police.

Looking towards upcoming festivals, Mark Gardener, CST chief executive, noted, “We ask members of community to remain vigilant but stress everyone lead Jewish lives as they see it,” Police confirmed an 18-year-old man and 16-year-old boy from Borehamwood have been arrested. Charges include suspicion of arson, aggravated criminal

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“When anti-Semites incite hatred against Jews, we will pursue them, including across borders if necessary.”

BY DAVID SAFFER Campaign Against Antisemitism is filing a criminal complaint abroad against anti-Semitic rapper Wiley as he was not in the UK during his anti-Semitic rant during the summer.

The Metropolitan Police gives priority to police in the area where Wiley was at the time under Home Office rules. CAA has appointed lawyers to pursue justice abroad.

“At this stage we are able to confirm that the Metropolitan Police Service has closed its investigation due to jurisdictional issues and that we have instructed lawyers abroad to pursue this matter,” confirmed Stephen Silverman, CAA Director of Investigations and Enforcement. “When anti-Semites incite hatred against Jews, we will pursue them, including across borders if necessary. We will provide further details at a later date.”

CAA, meantime, continue to liaise with Twitter, Facebook and Google to address anti-Semitism on their platforms. They are also working with the Cabinet Office’s Honours Forfeiture Committee to ensure

Wiley’s MBE is revoked and the music industry to remove Wiley’s accolades including an Inspiration Award from Ivors Academy in 2019.

The lobbyists have parliamentary petitions calling for racists to be stripped of honours and the government to bring forward an Online Harms Bill by the end of 2020.

Legislation would be in place by July 2021.

Over 2,500 people have backed the stripping of honours petition. Over 3,000 people support online legislation.

Wiley had over 940,000 followers on social media when he was banned from Facebook and Twitter after posting a torrent of unrelenting despicable anti-Semitic posts last July.

Facebook, who own Instagram, acted 24 hours into a 48-hour Twitter boycott by users including politicians, broadcasters, entrepreneurs and community leaders.

Twitter eventually relented after intense pressure, including CAA projecting anti-Semitic tweets onto its London headquarters.

Jewish organisations and its allies made clear their disgust at Wiley’s actions during an extraordinary few days.

Police investigated a plethora of posts on his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

Rantings saw Wiley liken Jews to the Ku Klax Klan, Jews cheated him, Jews controlled “the Law” and were “snakes”. Wiley recounted conspiracy theories that Jews were responsible for the slave trade. There were also claims about Israel “not being a Jewish country” and he targeted Jewish celebrities.

After Facebook banned the rapper, Jewish organisations slated the time it had taken and continued its calls for Twitter to apply a ban on Wiley for his anti-Semitic tirade.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said he echoed comments of Home Secretary Priti Patel that Wiley’s anti-Semitic posts were abhorrent.

Following anti-Semitic rantings, over 700 musicians, songwriters, producers, managers and publishers from the music industry signed a letter condemning racism.

Heads of EMI, Universal Music UK, Warner Music UK and Sony Music UK participated.

TikTok eventually followed the stand taken by Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

In other CAA news, two Labour councillors in Cumbria, Tom Higgins of Egremont ward and Graham Calvin of Moor Row and Bigrigg ward, are reportedly being investigated over alleged online anti-Semitic posts.

Cllr Higgins reportedly had a Facebook account referring to Israel and its

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“co-conspirators in the USA”. Cllr Calvin reportedly made a comment about Jewish donors to the Labour Party.

A Labour spokesman said, “The Labour Party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously and they are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures.”

Meantime, the Supreme Court of Finland has protected a decision to ban a branch of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM).

The appeals court in Turku closed the group due to neo-Nazi associations in 2018.

CAA noted that NRM has supporters in Norway, Denmark and Iceland.

World Jewish Congress has called on the Swedish government to ban NRM. Elsewhere, a French court has jailed Nazi sympathiser Herve Lalin, also known as Herve Ryssen, for 17 months over anti-Semitic posts between 2017 and 2020.

An eight-month term and 5,000 euros fine was handed out for passages from a book published in 2018, ‘Antisemitism without complex or taboo, Plea for freedom of expression’.

“Previous convictions had not dissuaded Lalin from committing new offenses, the court reportedly found.

In June 2018, a criminal court ruled a one-year term for anti-Semitic messages in a YouTube video entitled “Jews, incest and hysteria”.

Lalin was guilty of anti-Semitic posts on Twitter and Facebook in 2017.

In related news, the Archdiocese of Edmonton has censured Father Tadeusz Rydzyk who is head of Poland’s Radio Maryja.

B’nai Brith Alberta informed the Archdiocese that Rydzyk was set to visit the area.

The radio station was reportedly sanctioned for the broadcast in 2016 after alleging United State senators were critical of the Polish government due to a Jewish background.

Abe Silverman, B’nai Brith Alberta spokesperson, reportedly thanked Archbishop Richard Smith and his diocese for taking a principled view. Silverman noted that it was a “very important step” to avoid some people as they are “divisive and racist”.

Andrew Erhkamp, Archdiocese spokesperson, confirmed there had been no more requests to invite Rydzyk. Future ones would be denied to parishes.

Rydzyk has a long history of allegedly expressing anti-Semitic content.

Poland’s Jewish community criticised prosecutors for not charging Rydzyk over alleged anti-Semitic comments a decade ago due to a lack of evidence.

Rydzyk reportedly said the country’s president was subservient to Jewish lobbyists. A recording of the remarks was eventually discovered.

A year later, Rydzyk reportedly attended a conference on climate change and renewable energy at the European parliament.

He was invited by Polish MEPs from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).

British MEP TImothy Kirkhope, ECR deputy chairman a member of Conservative Friends of Israel, condemned the move.

The Vatician, former solidarity leader Lech Walesa and Jewish organisations have criticised his extreme views.

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Rabbi Benjy Simmonds Rav at Stenecourt Shul was out and about delivering Pots of Honey and a Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur book ‘Shana Tova!’ published by the United Synagogue and Koren.

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Chaya Rinkoff with her hair that she is donating to Zichron Menachem

Chaya Rinkoff, a 9 year old student at Beis Chinuch school in Edgware, has just donated 13 inches of her hair to Zichron Menachem, to make a wig for a child with cancer.

At the same time, she has also raised over £1200 so far from sponsorship, in just 48 hours, for Target Ovarian Cancer. The Rinkoffs chose this charity as their cousin, Mandy Barash, tragically died from this deadly, silent disease, last year, at just 56 years old.

Hairdresser Hayley Laiker, who provided her services free, said ‘Today was so special; Chaya is simply amazing. Thank you for asking me to be part of such a good cause’.

Chaya’s parents, Suzy and Simon Rinkoff, and her 5 siblings are very proud of her.

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The Sunshine came streaming through the Manchester King David Primary school Succah Friday afternoon as Year 6 Jewish Studies head pupils helped to decorate the Succah under the guidance of Mrs Rayna Glickman head of Kodesh.

Bill Browder, right, told Gordon Singer, equity partner and head of the London office of Elliott Management, why Norwood is a cause close to his heart

Norwood proves that virtual events are more than a match for reality On Thursday 24 September, Norwood hosted its first virtual corporate event; an online extravaganza attended by more than 200 professionals from the distressed investing community in London and New York. The event raised more than £200,000 for Norwood, which will use the money to support families facing crises and people with learning disabilities or autism. Once again, the event was generously sponsored by international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

One attendee, Nathaniel Meyohas, a partner at Blandford Capital, spoke for everyone when he said: “Wow! What a night. Dare I say that in spite of the event’s necessary limitations, the content this year was the best ever. We had the unforgettable pleasure of hearing Bill Browder talk about his experience of investing in Russia when it was the Wild West. And we also had the huge privilege of hearing Paul Singer and

Jeff Aronson, two industry titans, share their thoughts on the current economic environment. When people of this calibre agree to speak at a Norwood event, it shows what the distressed investing community and the Norwood committee can do by pulling together in these tough times.”

Browder – the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management – told attendees that he had a deeply personal reason for wishing to appear at a Norwood event. “My first wife was an orphan who was taken in by Norwood about 55 years ago. She was taken care of and eventually adopted by a nice Jewish family so, for me, Norwood has a real personal significance because it saved the life of someone who was very close to me.”

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Torah Wild Tour - Chol HaMoed virtual adventure in South Africa With lockdown restrictions looming, Chol HaMoed outings might seem like a distant memory. However, LSJS are going to bring the outing to you!

LSJS have teamed up with nature conservationist Ilana Stein to create a tour of South Africa with a difference. This LIVE outing will be taking you to explore the grasslands of South Africa through the lens of the Torah. You will observe some of the wildlife that lives in Johannesburg and Pretoria, and combine it with the natural wisdom of the Torah – together we’ll learn about the Earth, its beauty and splendour and how the Torah views it all.

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Bnos Chayil Post 16 moves to new premises The Post 16 seminary/college division of Aim Habonim special school in Manchester, has moved to new premises on Knoll Street, due to its rapid expansion. Last week, Rav Horowitz, Shlita, the school Rov and a staunch supporter of Bnos Chayils’ vision to transform potential into success, visited to fix the mezzuzahs. He gave a berocha, that the College should have continued siyata dishmaya and be matzliach in their ‘holy work.’

Bnos Chayil was started 4 years ago by Aim Habonim whose Governors responded to the need within the community for post high school education and training for differently abled young ladies, in a culturally sensitive environment. Under the expert direction of Mrs Yehudis Stern, SEN education Specialist and Head of Education and Curriculum, Bnos Chayil has grown from humble beginnings. “Our vision for our young adults, is to experience the joy of learning, be creative, confident and empowered, and feel that they truly belong.” This is achieved through tailor made timetables, with a broad and enriching ‫ חול‬and ‫ קודש‬curriculum, in a professional, warm and caring setting. Learning and activities are designed to enhance the students’ individual strengths and skills, with a view towards independence and future employability. According to Mrs Zara Newman, Head of Development & Organisation “At the heart of what we do is to transform potential into success,

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Rav Horowitz shlita, fixing the mezuzah, with Governors of Aim Habonim Mr Y Levin and Rabbi Roitenbarg

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Thousands shielding on Rosh Hashana benefit from GIFT’s Shofar blowing & card writing initiatives

GIFT’s Card of Care initiative which involved thousands of volunteers writing and decorating Rosh Hashana cards for those isolating and in care homes

“Thank you so much GIFT for sending someone to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashana outside my father’s house. My father is 85 and was devastated he couldn’t go to shul this Yom Tov. You have no idea what an amazing Mitzva you did.”

Just one of many messages flooding in to GIFT after Rosh Hashana. This Yom Tov, as thousands of people found themselves unable to get to shul, Charity GIFT stepped in to arrange over 50 shofar blowing stations across North West London, carefully adhering, in each location, to the latest government rules. Over 1000 people in total came to the various different locations which were publicised on local street WhatsApp groups. One elderly lady, with underlying conditions, who had remained home over the past six months, said the shofar blowing was for her, the highlight of this period.

Elliot Benjamin who blew the shofar in a number of the locations noted “ It was amazing to be involved in such a

cross-communal activity, ashkenazim, sefardim, orthodox, reform all gathered (socially distant) in gardens, on the pavement and on the street to hear the shofar!”

Another GIFT initiative involved hundreds of children making Rosh Hashana cards for those isolating and in care homes.

Nicci Menashe who spearheaded this initiative told us “When I heard that residents at my local care home couldn’t have family visit them on Rosh Hashana; I contacted family and friends and we set about writing and decorating cards. The fact that the elderly and isolating individuals received these beautifully personalized and decorated cards from a stranger meant the world to them and helped them feel that they were being thought about this Rosh Hashanah.” Nicci is already planning her ‘cards of care’ initiative for Chanukah.

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Esther Collins 104 not out Esther Collins of Edgware says, “when I’m gone, they’ll say – ‘well she had a good innings’.”

This is her positive attitude and philosophy of life.

“Age is just a number” She & her husband moved to Edgware in 1960 – 60 years ago and “was my best decision coming from the other side of London, Stamford Hill near Hackney. I wanted to be nearer to my family and close to the shops and transport and this house is right opposite the Edgware bus & train station”.

She lives in her own house, still on her own, with her bedroom upstairs, without a fuss about the stairs – “like lots of normal people do”. She has 2 sons, 5 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren [10th is on the way] – between whom, she has constant support, including staying at one of her sons because of Covid for several weeks but she wanted to go back home.

Esther on her visit to the Shard Do I have a secret to 104 years ?

No not really. I was very active at school, sports and gym – especially exercises, and He often telephones her and leaves a I suppose that kept me in good stead, ag- message if she is out. She will then call ile and kept that up a bit, by getting out me back in the evening, frustrated and socially and going to the shops. I can still annoyed asking “Why do you call me in touch my toes, which most people can’t.” the afternoons ? You know I am always She only gave up doing clothes altera- out !!” He replies, “Aunty Esther, I just love tions a few years ago because of her sight, to hear you say that !!” having been a He often jokes with her, seamstress [alterasking to see her passport ations hand] all of as he says he does not beher life. lieve she has her date of She is forever birth correct – considering youthful, talkative, how she acts and lives [28th social, fun loving, September 1916]. talkative, outgoAdmittedly, pandeming, caring and has ic times have slowed her a zest for life – oh down a bit [who hasn’t it] and so talkative. and not so many visitors, Her nephew and that she sorely misses. her spend time A fall recently led to being together and have in hospital for a while but celebrated some is now back at home – with birthdays by takvisits from her family keeping her out someing an eye out for her and where unusual, just out of the enjoyment of like at 96 taking in chatting with her – and carthe views of Loners’ visits now helping on a don from the top Letter from Spurs on Esther’s 101st birthday daily basis. of The Shard [see She has lived through photograph attached]. both World Wars, economic recessions, Also for her 100th by going to a Spurs the London Blitz, but says ‘nothing com[Tottenham Hotspur] match (having been pares to this Covid pandemic by far – but given a parking space in the directors car there are a lot of people worse off.’ park) and allowed to use the staff elevator.

She watches TV [especially cookery proShe is a long time Spurs supporter [a fam- grammes] and listens to some music on ily trait] and disappointed that they lost, CD’s, especially ‘the good old music’ like but said “what’s wrong with them – typi- the 50’s crooner Robert Earl and the latest cal, I blame the manager and also they’re from Vera Lynn and of course her favourgetting paid far too much money.” ite Andre Rieu. She can be seen dancing Also, of course, and not to mention in the front room, when Shameen her ‘daibirthday celebrations spent with family ly’ and like a friend, gets her up from her and friends – very often at her favourite comfortable seat for some fun & exercise. restaurant - The Blue Check in Bushey.

“Going to the shops and the bank every He best describes her by two stories he few days is on hold” she says “but only for tells. the moment” … and she means it!!!

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JWed.com surpasses 3,500 married, averaging 8 marriages a month JWed.com (formerly Frumster.com) recently passed the celebratory milestone of 3,500 members married.

The Co-founder and CMO Derek Saker recently moved from New York to London, where he is now married and settled and manages what is an international operation and service.

Despite the months of Covid-19, membership has actually grown and Derek Saker says, “In distressing times like the current world situation, the challenges of being alone are compounded for many and really only further motivates those who are marriage-minded, to find their soulmate.”

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Rabbinic Training Academy welcomes its next generation of communal leaders The Rabbinic Training Academy this week launched its latest leadership programme to develop the next generation of rabbinical leadership for the Jewish community across the UK. A project of the Better World Charity and led by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt, the Rabbinic Training Academy (RTA) is a unique initiative which enables its students to not only be Torah scholars, but also to provide spiritual guidance and support in today’s fast-changing and complex society.

The new cohort comprises fifteen men and women. They are Mena and Tami Reisner, Chaim Shaul and Brochi Cohen, Benjamin and Esther Nassimi, Dovie and Jessica Schochet, Daniel and Laura Gigi, Nati and Jen- Graduates from the Rabbinic Training Academy nifer Cohen-Arazi, Yanky and Chaya Heimann, and David Hazan. and interpersonal skills they will need During the 18-month programme they throughout their careers. Participants are are taught about a range of halachic and so- encouraged to learn family counselling cietal issues which they will face as rabbinic techniques, visit hospices, psychiatric wards leaders, as well as the different professional and prisons and hear from people with a

range of life experiences including divorce, drugs, eating disorders and mental health challenges.

The first cohort of six rabbinic couples has been a great success and they are now

serving communities including Borehamwood East, Hadley Wood, Hatfield, Sutton, Watford and Welwyn Garden City, as well as working in a number of schools and educational organisations.

Rabbi Rosenblatt noted, “In this day and age it has never been more important for our Rabbis and Rebbetzins to provide religious and spiritual guidance combined with an appreciation of modern life and its challenges. We’re proud and excited to watch our first cohort take on their new positions in the community and we look forward to training another fantastic group of young leaders.”

Shmully and Tamara Aronson are the senior rabbinic team at Sutton & District Synagogue, and Shmully said, “The RTA has given me the confidence, knowledge and understanding that is vital for a modern communal rabbi and leader. It is a truly unique programme and its value to British Jewry is immeasurable.”

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Food hugs for forgotten workers When lockdown forced many schools to close their doors to pupils earlier this year, a start-up manufacturer of children’s meals decided to change the focus of their business to react to the crisis. Hendon-based, Georgia’s Kiddie Deli, usually deliver nutritious food to local nurseries & schools, but changed their focus and began delivering directly to family homes and elderly people who were in isolation from the start of the pandemic.

When they discovered many transport workers were finding it difficult to get proper meals and time to eat due to the fact that many of their break rooms had been closed to comply with social distancing rules, they wanted to do something to help.

The family-run business owned by Georgia Harari, a key-worker nurse and mother of 3, decided to make meals to help support these forgotten workers who were doing so much for the public during uncertain times. As she explains: ‘’Our kitchen is an all-inclusive zone so what better offering could we make than to prepare meals that absolutely everybody can eat, just in bigger sizes.”

The range of meals offered by Georgia’s Kiddie Deli are not only Glatt Kosher, but are certified Halal as well as being free

of all of the UK’s 14 known allergens, so they felt that they would be suitable for everyone no matter what their dietary requirements. As she points out, “There is a strange comparison between what we are doing and the pandemic in that as we do not discriminate, Covid-19 doesn’t discriminate either showing that it is something that can potentially affect anyone no matter what their background, and we all have to pull together in these unusual times.’’

A social media campaign was launched to fund non-profit meals for the families of transport workers, which they dubbed ‘Food Hugs’. This caught not only the attention of private donors such as Tim Shaw of Modus Analytics, but also local Chris Luff of Watford Chamber of Commerce, and Cllr Karen Collett; Deputy Mayor of Watford who all fully supported the initiative and attended an event in August when Georgia’s Deli team delivered 100 meals to staff at the Watford Met Line depot.

Derrick Grant, TfL Train Manager for the Metropolitan Line at Watford received the gift wrapped meals on behalf of the team.

He thanked Georgia and her team for masterminding the campaign and recognising the work of TFL staff during the pandemic.

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The team also delivered food to Edgware Bus Depot and Councillor Caroline Stock, Mayor of the London Borough of Barnet was there to thank the drivers for all their hard work.

“It really is only with the dedication and selfless commitment of the people at transport hubs such as Edgware Bus Depot that we are able to keep our essential services running in Barnet.” She went on to credit Georgia and her team for starting the initative adding, “it was fantastic to see how ‘Georgia’s Kiddie Deli’ who normally provide meals for nurseries, have turned their hand to feeding adults during the lockdown, when key workers found it difficult to

access food. Barnet is now one of London’s largest boroughs, together and give so generously with donations and time, it makes a real difference to the whole community.”

Georgia and her team plan to continue to show their appreciation to transport workers through delivering more ‘food hugs’, and further drops to other depots are currently being planned. Georgia’s husband, James adds: “We don’t want the sacrifices they have made to help so many to go unnoticed and nothing says ‘thank you and we care’ more than offering a chance for a healthy and nutritious meal. They have done so much for all of us, we felt this is the least we could do.”

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However there is an alternative method which is frequently over looked and one which can be highly tax efficient. That is leaving your pension to your beneficiaries.

In some cases it may even make sense to sell down other assets which will be subject to inheritance tax and then run down the proceeds rather than using your pension for income needs.

We are now four years into the pension freedoms regime. Strangely I continue to come across many people who have failed to review their pensions in good time only to find out at retirement that their pensions are not in a state which allows them to take advantage of either flexible access drawdown or beneficiary flexible access drawdown – the two major benefits of pension freedoms.

I am often reluctant to put estate planning issues above lifetime income issues but they are part and parcel of the new regime.

In general, prior to the new flexi-access drawdown rules, the ability to carry on with income drawdown on the death of the original pension holder was restricted to a ‘dependant’ (in this context ‘dependant’ is a defined term covering the spouse or civil partner of the member, a child under age 23, or a person who was financially dependent, mutually financially dependent or otherwise reliant on the member due to physical or mental impairment). Alternatively, a lump sum could be paid to a trust, charity or other nominated beneficiary.

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From the front line…

BY JACQUELINE CURZON The government's prediction of 50,000 Covid cases a day is likely to be wrong, as it is impossible to predict such a path for the virus.

So says Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University, in direct contradiction to the data presented to the public

by Sir Patrick Vallance, who showed us Vallance Surge graphs of what would happen if cases were to double every 7 days till mid-October. If however, cases were to double every 20 days, it would mean around 8,000 new cases daily. I’m not a massive believer in this ‘one vaccine fits all’ business, for not only are we going Jacqueline Curzon to spend billions on it, but it could then become obsolete if the virus PHOTO: LARA MINSKY PHOTOGRAPHY were to mutate or a brand new virus would pop up. I assume we’re going to lock the country down, in part or in whole, and then spend the foreseeable future developing new vaccines. Researchers at Houston Methodist, one of the largest hospitals in Texas, have been sequencing the genomes of coronavirus since March, and from the 5000 documented, have found that most people are infected with the strain D614G, now the most dominant strain in America, accounting for cheque comes in. It comes as no surprise 99% of cases. It is therefore presumed that we are being encouraged to sign up to COVID-19 may have become more conthe vaccine when it becomes available. I tagious as it has mutated, and scientists personally think the politicians should be warn it could be adapting to interventions vaccinated first. such as mask wearing and distancing.

Despite the WHO repeatedly stressing that Vaccines are likely a no-win game, unless no one is safe from Covid 19, countries - of course - you happen to be Sir Patrick have been scrambling to be first in the and you have a significant shareholding in GlaxoSmithKline, the drugs company con- queue for vaccines. According to Oxfam, tracted to develop the covid vaccine for the Britain has already secured around five doses per person, whilst Bangladesh government. GSK are the leaders in manhas just one dose for every nine people. ufacturing it, along with Sanofi, if clinical The richest countries including Britain, trials go to plan. Records show Vallance US, Japan and Israel [13% of the world's held 404,000 shares when he left GSK, population] have now earmarked 51% of worth 6.1 million at current values, and he also chairs the Advisory Panel on Vaccines, the world’s supply. We know there is the burning matter of economics to consider, where he holds a deferred bonus of 43,000 but surely this is the ONE vaccine which shares. It has been revealed he has cashed should be marketed at little or no profit, or in more than £5 million worth of these else the underdeveloped world is simply shares, received when he was President of GSK. Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman going to die off. For many of these people, living in areas of war, conflict or under of the Standards in Public Life Committee, corrupt regimes, poverty is their negative said officials should declare any financial legacy, but absolutely not their fault. interest publicly when speaking on any Skipping neatly across to another conflict relevant government policy. Even more corner, last week I mentioned Belarus. embarrassingly, Matt Hancock admitted Corruption, such as that of Lukashenko, on LBC radio, he did not know that the erodes trust in every sector, be it comchief scientific advisor still held shares mercial, financial, political, educational worth £600,000. I am sure [Matt] was or communal. Whilst people often salute thanking his lucky stars that it wasn’t televisible ‘success,’ they fail to realise that vised, for Hancock's Half Hour of Humilithe people in power, those they trusted, ation would have likely proved too much. are actually wearing a mask of deceit, GSK and Sanofi have made a similar deal and working against them. There will with the US government for providing an initial 100 million doses as part of Trump's be those with long memories and sharp Operation Warp Speed. If the vaccine trials teeth, patiently waiting for an expedient moment to remove their mask. I'm sure run to plan, Sir Patrick can look forward one day a reckoning for the corrupt will to a Vallance S(pl)urge, when his ship

The richest countries have earmarked 51% of the world’s Covid vaccines. Surely this is the ONE vaccine which should be marketed at little or no profit to benefit everyone?

come, as it will surely do now for Mr Lukashenko, who's had his delusional moment of glory, when he naively thought Belarus was his oyster. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has joined with the EU in refusing to recognise Lukashenko as a new leader, adding the ‘rigged election was a fraud on the Belarusian people.’ Raab further added the UK Government was preparing sanctions for those responsible for violations.

At home, we are kicking up a storm with further Covid restrictions, particularly with the return of students to university. Bristol became the first university to enforce students to wear visors during ‘face-to-face’ classes, where they cannot socially distance; Aberystwyth has become the latest to suspend face-to-face teaching; at Manchester Metropolitan University 1700 students are now self isolating, and all classes for first year and foundation students have been moved online.

It was obvious that students weren’t going to happily conform to social restrictions, but for the universities to place them effectively under house arrest, will open huge questions of legality, and human rights, aside from the financial hardships they are certainly suffering. There have been calls for students to have their fees refunded, not entirely unreasonable, as young people are anyhow going to have a lifetime of accrued debt, exacerbated by the fiscal disasters of Covid 19. Scottish universities in particular are experiencing a warp speed rise in coronavirus cases since their Freshers Week started in September. Following an outbreak of more than 100 cases at the University of Glasgow, 600 students were then told to self-isolate, not easy if you’re confined to a room the size of a matchbox. Life is further unbearable by being tied to non-refundable accommodation agreements, being told that the teaching will be online, that they can only mix with those in their flat, and that if they break any rules they may be expelled. Such draconian rules have brought mixed responses, as an example Duncan Page (21), a final year physics & astronomy student at Glasgow University, saying he could just have stayed [in Canada] and done his lectures online. Exactly!

The workforce were told to ‘get back to work,’ pupils and teachers were told to ‘get back to school,’ so it wasn’t unreasonable to try and find a solution for those who were going to go (back) to university.

It might have been more sensible for universities to offer a 50% rebate, and deliver the first term lectures online. The University College Union wrote to the PM this week, warning that many universities were resisting the move to go ‘online,’ as the government had refused to underwrite their losses, specifically on student rents.

Hmm, I’m guessing the government purse

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is already empty. Nicola Dandridge CBE, for the Office for Students, the universities watchdog, said it ‘will investigate any institution that fails to uphold standards,’ adding, “students make a significant investment, and have rights as consumers…”. but added that, “a blanket policy on refunds was something that had to be left to the government.” In the absence of a rainbow, it's just another fine mess Gavin and Rishi will have to solve.

On another topic of financial disaster, President Trump has run into a massive spot of bother for not declaring his taxes, something which will not go down well with the voting public, although to be honest, the same flag of dishonesty was waved during the 2016 election, and still he won!

In another personal blow, his niece Mary Trump, is suing him, for cheating her out of an inheritance worth tens of millions.

He has hinted he will not go willingly, should he lose in the November election.

One wonders with so many troubles brewing stateside, he might want to consider a saga holiday in his retirement, and maybe rediscover his golf handicap over in Trump Turnberry.

Now, a much more serious topic to conclude. Following my comments last week on cancer, it is worth noting that researcher Professor Marc Bardou, from the Clinical Investigation Centre in Dijon, has surfed through published clinical trials, and deduced that dairy products can lower one's risk of Bowel cancer by up to 19%.

It is well known that consuming red and/ or processed meat, or drinking one or two alcoholic drinks a day, would increase the risk up to 20%, but eating plenty of fruit, fibre and vegetables is still the best way to reduce your risk by around 50%. Professor Badu observed that - as it takes more than 15 years for bowel cancer to develop - a healthy lifestyle is key in helping to halt or stop its progress.

A very recent obituary is that of Pat Smullen (43), one of the outstanding flat racing jockeys of the millennium. He was a several times winner at Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby, and had ridden over 1800 winners in Ireland, and almost 50 in Britain.

In March 2018, only several days after riding his last winner, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and following whipple surgery and chemotherapy, was deemed in remission. In 2019, Pat Smullen raised over £2.3 million for Cancer Trials Ireland, remarking that he had been in the ‘very fortunate position of having health cover and insurance.’ Unfortunately many cancer sufferers have no private provision for this and essentially our treatments become a lottery.

Wishing you all a dry and cheery Sukkot.

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Overcoming social anxiety

BY ARYEH SAMPSON Surveys have shown that one of people’s greatest fears is that of public speaking, which ranks higher than fears of illness, flying, and terrorism. This is one form of ‘social anxiety’. Others include shyness in one to one encounters, or nervousness when trying to initiate a conversation in a social setting, calling a stranger on the telephone or perform before a group. Social anxiety can be defined as a grossly exaggerated fear of being the focus of attention and receiving negative evaluation from others. A person may be worried about being considered weak, inferior, or inept; this in turn creates a feeling of shame and humiliation.

Avoiding difficult social situations is a common way of protecting oneself from the negative feelings associated with them. One of the paradoxical features of avoidance is that it creates a self fulfilling prophesy which brings on that which is feared most. This occurs because the apprehension of a negative outcome causes physiological changes such as tension, increased pulse rate, sweating and impedes clear thinking, recall and speech.

These sensations in turn increase the negative apprehension, creating a vicious cycle that increases the anxiety rather than

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A person who feels a sense of inadequacy projects this out to the world and presumes that the world perceives him/her in the same way. This is often a complete misinterpretation of the truth, just as paranoid people project their own fears outwardly. A cartoon I once saw showed a person speaking to his therapist. The client said “I think there are 6 billion people who hate me,” to which the therapist replied “I think it could be more accurate to say that 5.99 billion don’t really care either way.”

2) CHANGE BEHAVIOURS.

A person who is uncomfortable in social situations should confront the anxiety provoking situation, as our imagined fears are generally worse than the reality. This is done by taking small steps forward, starting with the least difficult situation and gradually leading to the most trying. Albert Ellis, the originator of cognitive therapy, was very shy as a youth and trained himself to become

more outgoing by striking up conversations with strangers in the local zoo.

3) IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS.

There are often practical steps that a person can take which will help overcome feelings of shyness or fear of public speaking, such as assertiveness training, learning relaxing techniques and building social skills. Improving one’s self esteem in other areas of ones life can also create greater confidence in a social context.

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Often, shyness or lack of confidence arises from feelings of inferiority experienced in childhood. This belief that one is not adequate can follow a person into adult

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Realising this can alleviate one’s negative self perception and make one less fearful of social rejection.

Applying any one or a combination of these approaches can be highly effective in alleviating the anxiety that plagues the lives of so many people.

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Successful meal times; is it an oxymoron?

BY DINA SPIELMAN There’s enough chaos with paper chains falling in the soup and real or imagined rain drops invading the meal, you don’t need the added stress of children moaning.

Whatever kind of eaters your children are, there is hope for a happy yom tov table!

What’s more important than the actual food your child eats, is the environment.

A calm stress free meal fosters a positive association with mealtimes. Many children prefer snacks because they are care free, pressure free eating occasions. A calm, happy meal enables a child to eat well from whats available, according to their unique needs.

Take Avi with a predisposed fear of meals. He’s used to being forced to eat what he doesn’t like and told to stop eating the food that he’s enjoying!

He tenses up while washing his hands, as he’s already anticipating the negotiations .... and shame. But, take the pressure off and he can learn to relax enough to choose new foods willingly. He also knows how to stop when he feels full or ask for more. At the very least, by leaving him alone, you won’t have the stress!

First of all, know your role! This means you provide the food, time and place. But, your child chooses how much to eat or whether to eat at all. This means absolutely

zero pressure on the child.

Simply, this enables children to feel assured to eat according to their needs.

They can bravely try new foods or explore different combinations because they know that it’s ok not to like it.

Additionally, they feel safe to ask for more, as you will simply provide. They can also stop eating when they feel full, knowing their body is trustworthy. You don’t

make them eat another single bite. You can truly stop worrying as you now know your child is well equiped to feed themselves adequately.

Second of all, serve family style. Serve the foods from their dishes or placed in the centre of the table. Any which way is fine, as long as the child gets to choose what to put on their plate. There are myriad benefits

here such as encouraging manners (please can I have more kugel), independence, the assurance of knowing they can take more or none at all, and of course fostering that trust between the child and their unique body. It goes without saying that they dont have to finish their plate although children can be encouraged to start by taking small helpings so as not to waste.

Thirdly, provide one safe food. This is a food that you know the child will usually eat e.g. bread. This way they will be able fill their belly but have the opportunity to try other foods too.

Next is table talk. Since there are no instructions “eat 1 more pea”, “that’s enough honey.” What can you talk about? Plenty!! You can discuss taste and texture. “This apple is crunchy, sweet and juicy. What does your potato taste like? Oh its smooth and creamy, interesting!”

You can also discuss where the food comes from or how it’s made.

Dont worry you can gently and curiously ask, “would you like some more?”, “do you want to try this carrot?” “Is your tummy getting full now?” The difference is, you are letting your child decide for themselves as you are applying no force!

You can talk about anything under the sun just don’t tell them what to eat!

Here goes the controversial one. Dessert

is not a reward. By putting dessert foods on a pedestal is teaches that these are foods to be earned and dessert must be eaten at all costs, regardless of fullness or satisfaction.

Lastly, you are the role model. This is an important, often overlooked point. Children learn most by watching adults. You can lecture on and on about the health benefits of vegetables but if you provide them at meals, this says way more!

If you say yuck, they say yuck. If you say no thank you then they learn to decline politely.

So sit back, relax. The planning, shopping and cooking is done. Now it’s time to enjoy the food and the company. Good yom tov!

(These guidelines follow DOR outlined by Ellyn Satter. This is general advice, not for serious feeding issues).

Dina Spielman is a qualified nutritionist (BSc Hons) and intuitive eating counselor helping people heal their relationship with food by tuning in to their innate cues of hunger, fullness and satisfaction. She also helps parents regarding childhood feeding such as fussy eating, stressful meal times, encouraging a healthy relationship with food for life and more. She can be reached on Dinaspielman1@gmail.com

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Antique Judaica collectors and dealers in England and around the Jewish world are impatiently looking forward to another auction of interesting and rare sefarim, letters and Jewish historical documents from the London Treasures auction house.

The relatively new auctioneers, operated by antique Judaica expert Reb Naftali Knobloch of London, enjoys a growing reputation for quality and reliability, and this third public auction presents a

record 348 interesting lots.

Genuine antique Judaica continues to grow in popularity. Life in our current world of evermore disposable possessions seems to make many people crave owning lasting links with the great Torah world of the past, with its holy tzadikim, great historic Jewish figures and fascinating events.

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Nothing can replace a full perusal of the auction catalogue, but the following selection may whet your appetite and encourage you to investigate further, and hopefully be the winning bidder of the items of your choice:

• Letters by great chassidic leaders including: Rav Yitzchak Eisek Eichenstein of Zydaczow, Rav Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz – the Tzemach Tzadik, Rav Baruch Hager of Vizhnitz – the Imrei Baruch, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam – the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rav Yisrael Friedman of Czortkow, Rav Alter Yisrael Shimon Perlow of Novominsk, Rav Shalom Moskowitz of Shotz and Rav Itzikel Gewirtzman of Przeworsk – Antwerp.

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events or items connected to ancestral hometowns or personalities.

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It is always difficult to highlight select items from an auction catalogue, as every buyer has their own personal preferences in antique collecting, and each one of the 348 lots has something special and even unique about it.

• Rare and interesting letters by Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzenski, Rav Menachem Zemba, the Chazon Ish, Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, fascinating letters from Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky - the Steipler, and a rare and unique collection of personal long letters written by yblcht Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlita - with very interesting content.

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owning Torah works learnt in by talmidei chachamim hundreds of years ago. Many old sefarim reflect the difficulties and wanderings endured by their authors, whilst some also show the harsh European censorship laws of previous centuries with words or lines of text deleted by the censor’s ink. Other collectors take pleasure in owning letters penned by Gedolei Yisroel, sefarim that they owned and used, or documents associated with historic

• Several letters and manuscripts related to the Sighet – Satmar chassidic dynasty, including a full manuscript page of Vayoel Moshe in the handwriting of its illustrious author Rav Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar.

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• A unique Heter Meah Rabbanim document – signed in 1900 by Gedolei Yisrael and prominent rebbes and rabbanim in Poland and Eretz Yisrael. Signatories include Rav Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov, Rav Shmuel Engel of Radomishl, Rav Avraham Shalom Halberstam of Stropkov, Rav Leibish Halberstam of Tarnow, Rav Yechiel Horowitz of Pokshownitz, Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and many others.

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Dried Cranberry & Chick pea fried Rice A tasty side dish that is perfect with meat or fish or just enjoy this vegan as it is. Use cooked rice immediately or refrigerate.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time 20 minutes Serves: 4-5

Four delicious recipes for Succot and Simchat Torah from Denise Phillips For more recipes and inspiration visit my website: www.jewishcookery.com

Ingredients 250g cooked basmati rice 4 teaspoons black onion or nigella seeds 2 tablespoon coriander seeds -crushed ~ 4 tablespoons desiccated coconut - roasted 100g flaked almonds – roasted ~ 75g dried cranberries – soaked in boiling water and drained 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large red onion – peeled and thinly sliced 4 garlic cloves – peeled and finely chopped 400g tin chick peas – drained and rinsed Small bunch each of parsley, dill and coriander Garnish: 2 lemons – cut into wedges Method 1) Combine the black onion seeds and coriander seeds together and crush either with a rolling pin or pestle and mortar.

2) Preheat the oven to 200C/400 F/ gas mark 6.

3) Place the desiccated coconut, almonds and spices on a baking tray and toast until golden. This takes about 5 minutes so do put a timer on!

4) Remove and set aside.

5) Heat a frying pan with the olive oil and sauté the onions until crisp. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the left over/ cooked rice, chick peas and dried cranberries.

6) Heat thoroughly, mixing well and stir in the spices, almonds and coconut.

7) Stir in the chopped herbs and garnish with lemon wedges.

Creamy Celeriac Soup with Hazelnut Topping This is a delicious vegetable soup with a nutty topping. Over Pesach a filling savoury recipe is always welcome when the regular carbohydrates are missing.

Celeriac is a knobbly celery flavoured root vegetable that is available from September to late April. It does oxidize quickly so if you are using it as a salad do seal with lemon juice or vinegar. Celeriac is high in fibre and a good source of vitamins B6, C and K. It also contains important minerals, such as phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time 40 minutes Serves: 6-8 Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 500g celeriac – peeled and roughly chopped 2 white onions – peeled and roughly chopped 2 leeks – trimmed and roughly chopped 100g blanched hazelnuts 1 litre vegetable stock 200ml hazelnut milk or coconut milk Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper For Hazelnut & Sage Topping 75g blanched toasted hazelnuts 3 tablespoons fresh sage – leaves only – finely chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil Method 1) Heat the olive oil in a deep saucepan. Add the celeriac, onions, leeks and hazelnuts. Sauté for about 10 minutes.

2) Add the stock, hazelnut milk or coconut milk, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes.

3) For the topping, toast the hazelnuts by placing on an oven tray. Roast for 10 minutes or until golden at 200C. Remove and set aside.

4) Finely chop the hazelnuts, add the sage and mix with the olive oil. Season and set aside.

5) Liquidise the soup or use a stick blender to puree. Return the soup to the saucepan and reheat.

To serve: Ladle the soup into warmed bowls and complete with a drizzle of hazelnut topping.

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Stuffed Harlequin Squash with Coconut and Mushrooms This makes a tasty individual vegetarian main course or serve as part of a buffet especially during these autumn months when they are plentiful.

Harlequin squash is a winter acorn squash. Inside it has a large cavity packed with seeds and fibre with not a lot of squash to eat so it is ideal for stuffing.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time 45 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients 4 baby harlequin squash, about the size of a grapefruit 300ml coconut milk 2cm fresh ginger – peeled and finely chopped 1 red chilli – finely chopped 1 garlic clove – peeled and finely chopped 8 brown cap mushrooms – thinly sliced 50g pumpkin seeds 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut – lightly toasted 2 large eggs Garnish: Sprigs of fresh thyme Method 1) Preheat the oven to 180C/ Gas mark 4.

2) Cut the top third off each squash to create a lid. Scoop out the seeds and stringy fibres from the inside.

3) Line a baking tray with baking parchment paper. Place the prepared squash on the tray with the lids beside them.

4) Put the coconut milk in a saucepan with the ginger, chilli and garlic. Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Take off the heat and mix in the mushrooms, pumpkin seeds, salt and coconut.

5) Lightly beat the eggs and stir into the coconut mixture. Spoon this mixture into the prepared squash.

6) Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer can be inserted through the squash flesh easily.

Serve hot or at room temperature and garnish with sprigs of fresh thyme.

Whisky Honey Cake Yom Tov is not the same without honey cake but this one has a slight alcoholic kick which gives an extra warming flavour and dimension. It makes sufficient for 2 loaf tins but if you wish to make just one large cake just increase the cooking the temperature by another 15- 20 minutes.

Moist, delicious and more to the point it does not SINK! Preparation Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time 45 minutes Makes: 1 large cake or 2 loaf cakes Ingredients 450g plain flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda ½ teaspoon dried ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon mixed spice ~ 200ml vegetable oil 340g clear honey 200g brown sugar 3 large eggs at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 125ml warm coffee 120 ml apple juice 60ml whisky Whisky Syrup: 100g caster sugar, 1 tablespoon whisky, 25ml water Method 2. Line and grease the cake tins with baking parchment paper.

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

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

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

6. Transfer batter into prepared cake tin and place on a baking tray to ensure even heat.

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.

8. Let cake stand fifteen minutes before removing from tin.

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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Looking for answers? Send your question to Rabbi@RabbiSchochet.com Dear Rabbi Well we made it through the High Holy Days. But I couldn’t help feeling despondent throughout Yom Kippur. I mean I kept thinking back to last year’s High Holy Days and who would have imagined where we are at now.

So rather than being my usual positive self I spent the day thinking about how vulnerable we are, and wondering what’s in store next? My wife says I have a wrong attitude and need to stop worrying so much. What say you?

Winston Dear Winston I say do what all wise men do, and listen to your wife. Here’s a little Sukot perspective. It’s quite paradoxical that the Sukah itself is essentially a flimsy structure.

Even as the walls are made of canvass, or wood or even concrete, the Sukah is not kosher without the schach - a roof that is open, exposed to the elements. On the one hand a fragile structure, on the other hand a permanent dwelling. On the one hand a makeshift structure, on the other hand a fixed abode.

So which one is it? Is it flimsy or is it solid? Is it permanent or is it transitory? Strong or fragile?

The real question is, “which one are you?” The paradox of the Sukah focusses our mind to consider, “What sort of Sukkah do we dwell in? What is our frame of mind?

A Chassid from Kharkov, a famous Chassidic city in Ukraine, travelled a great distance to visit his teacher, the Rebbe Rashab. The Rebbe greeted him and asked: vos hert zich in Kharkov? - “So how are

things in Kharkov?” “Things are wonderful in Kharkov,” said the Chassid. “The Jewish community is thriving, everyone gets along, the schools are full, people are happy and generous, the synagogues are busy - things are great.” The Rebbe was overjoyed to hear this report, and took out a golden rouble and gave it to the man to express his happiness.

Later that same day, another Chassid from Kharkov had a meeting with the Rebbe. The Rebbe greeted him and again asked: vos hert zich in Kharkov? “So how are things over in Kharkov?” “Things are terrible in Kharkov,” said the man. “Everyone is fighting, the schools are mediocre, people are self-centred, the Shuls are uninspiring, Torah study is dead.” The Rebbe thanked him for the report but did not give him a gold rouble.

That evening, the two Chassidim happened to be sitting together. When the first one told over his encounter of that morning and the gold rouble he got, the second one was incensed. He rushed back to the Rebbe: “Why was I punished for telling the truth? The other fellow sold you a bill of goods, fake news, and you gave him a gold rouble for it? I told you the truth and I got nothing!” The Rebbe looked at him with a sparkle in his eye: “You think I don’t know what’s going on in Kharkov? I know very well what’s going on in Kharkov. I just wanted to know: which Kharkov do you live in?”

The weak-strong; flimsy-solid Sukkah that we sit in – that we dwell in begs us to ask that same important question of ourselves at this juncture. It doesn’t matter where we were up to before. But

which Kharkov are we living in right now? There are two Kharkov’s in all our lives. A choice point we encounter on a regular basis. And only we can provide the answer.

A wonderful story I heard recently about two very saintly men who were tasked with a mission to go to a certain town in Russia of old. The younger of the men was reluctant: “You know if we go the people there will harass us for blessings. I don’t feel comfortable about that.” The holy Rabbi, pious though he was, was also very humble and didn’t want to be faced with the prospect of others gathering around according them that reverence of giving blessings. The other, senior Rabbi reassured him: “We go in for the purpose of our task and we leave. No blessings, no miracles etc.” In they went, ignoring the many who may have come up to them, laying low as it were.

They finish their mission and get ready to leave when one woman parks herself right in front of their wagon. “I’m not moving until you give me a blessing. I am married many years and I want a bracha for a child.” The men were resistant. Please leave us alone. We don’t give blessings.

We are but mere mortal men.

We came here for a purpose and now we must leave. So insistent was the woman that she lodged herself somehow in the wheel of the wagon, such that it couldn’t move. At which point the senior Rabbi turned to her and shouted in Russian: “Go eat a bagel.”

Apparently the Russian way of saying, “get lost, get out of here.”

The woman released herself and off she went. A year later she had cause to visit the town where

these two Rabbis lived and she went to thank them for their blessing, with her baby in tow.

The younger Rabbi was incredulous: “I don’t understand; when did you give her a blessing? We agreed no blessings!?!” To which the older Rabbi replied, upon hearing her story: “I simply told her to go eat a bagel” i.e. to get lost. She interpreted that as a blessing and directive that if she wants to fall pregnant she must eat a bagel, and that’s what she did!”

The story highlights the beauty of pure faith and positive mindset. Yes, this past year 5780 was

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Pirkei Avot Last week we were introduced to the rabbinical pair Shmaya and Avtalyon. This week we hear eternal words from Avtalyon who warns Rabbis and teachers: take care with your words (of Torah) lest you are exiled and your successors or students distort your words and there will be a chilul Hashem.

The commentaries explain that Torah is comparable to wine and explanatory words to water that dilutes the wine. If the explanations of Torah are genuine, it makes the Torah digestible and accurate.

If bad quality water is added to the wine

the year in which you thought you would get everything you want. Turns out it was the year in which, hopefully, you learnt to appreciate everything you have! Now it’s time to engage in a paradigm shift. Make your Sukah your permanent abode.

Regardless of exposure to whatever harsh elements and the cautionary winds blowing through our lives right now, be strong, be forthright, be determined. Think positive. Go eat a bagel! When we get that mind-set it’ll indeed be a year full of fulfilled dreams and lots of blessings.

Mishna 11 it can make it turn sour. If however one is succeeded by students who misinterpret the teachings of their rabbi, a complete distortion can arise and G-ds Name profaned.

The famous Saducees and Baysous cults came from a teaching that was misunderstood by two students Tzadok and Baysous. All the terrible undermining of the oral Torah perpetrated by these cults is the result of a genuine effort to teach Torah but without the requisite caution to ensure that one’s words are not subject to potential misunderstanding.

One can also explain the Mishna simply: Rabbis and teachers should be careful with their words. Although one should encourage optimal performance of their students, one must exercise caution to appreciate the position of the student. In particular nowadays when many will have emotional issues with which they must contend.

As we celebrate on Simchat Torah we are particularly appreciative of the “pikudei Hashem yesharim mesamchei Lev” - if and when the Torah we learn is smooth and not crooked then it brings the greatest joy to Rabbi, student and successive generations.

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Corona Diary #16: Succot of Innocence and of Experience

BY RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN Humans often forget G-d and allow Him to slide out of consciousness. For some, the desires of this world are too powerful and G-d must be sidelined so that these pleasures can be pursued guilt-free. For others, the presence of G-d is either too invisible, too illogical, or too camouflaged by evil and suffering. Often though, pride and hubris feed human ego, create a sense of human invincibility and displace G-d within the human imagination. Success often breeds arrogance, and excess pride in human achievement deposes G-d. As Eric Hoffer an American writer commented “Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains there is no need for the faith that moves mountains”.

Exiting the comfort of our homes and spending a week in a bare Succah, should restore our sense of human vulnerability.

Despite all our success and triumphs, we remain susceptible to the natural world, its overwhelming power and its unpredictable forces. Ultimately, frail humans remain dependent upon Divine protection. Year-round we inhabit a perpetual but “invisible” Succah; for one week a year we craft an actual Succah to illustrate this dependence.

The original Succah-huts in the desert provided the first appreciation of human vulnerability. Two hundred years of back breaking persecution in Egypt had already showcased how vulnerable we are to the cruelty of ruthless aggressors.

Having been liberated from Egyptian harassment, the Jews now faced a harsh and unforgiving desert, absent of water but lined with danger. Their man-made huts provided partial refuge but, ultimately, only Divine clouds provided full shelter, comfort and security. At the genesis of our peoplehood, as we marched through a blank desert, appreciation of human vulnerability was programmed into our national identity. This poor band of slaves had absolutely no reason to believe in themselves and in their abilities; their only hope was to look through the cracks in their wonky huts toward the supernatural clouds which enveloped them.

Living with a sense of vulnerability is vital for a religiously meaningful life.

Obviously, this awareness underscores our dependency upon G-d. The crisis of prayer in the modern world is due, in part, to prayer being pitched upon human need and our petitioning G-d to brace our wobbly experience. When our experience feels too sturdy we are less drawn to

prayer. “G-d supports the fallen (someich Hashem l’chol ha’noflim)– if we don’t feel fallen we may not seek Divine support.

Beyond reinforcing dependence upon G-d, awareness of human vulnerability lends greater purpose and resolution to life. If we live forever and are forever steady, it is more difficult to sense mission or urgency. However, if we realize that our time on this planet is limited as well as rickety, we feel more compelled to maximize our limited and delicate resources constructively. This is part of Shlomo’s message in Kohelet: if human’s will fade to dust we best build before we begin to fade. Finally, sensing our own dependency allows us to be more sensitive the dependency of others The Maharal traces the moral degeneration of the residents of Sedom to their culture of affluence. As a self-sufficient society of abundance they had little need for acts of charity; each household was financially solvent and the community didn’t require a gemach!

Once the need for chesed vanished, they spiraled into a moral free-fall, transforming into an abusive and immoral society.

Gracious people are humble, compassionate and generous as experience has taught them about how brittle life is. Juan Vazquez Gabriel a Columbian writer commented “Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather the learned sympathy towards the pain of others”. Our week in a Succah allows us to relive this ‘innocent vulnerability’ of the desert and recall an era in which our frailty was obvious.

However, society has advanced beyond the Spartan conditions of the desert. We aren’t innocent slaves battling an unforgiving desert. We have tamed our world and upholstered it with comfort, stability and predictability. Can we imagine ourselves living in a windswept desert?

Sitting in a modern Succah, it may be difficult to recall those innocent desert shelters but may be easier to imagine future Messianic Succah-enclosures. The prophets portray a Messianic era in which the wicked suffer Divine revenge while the righteous are shielded in Succot from apocalyptic fury. At the end of human history – after the world has evolved and progressed– G-d once again dismantles human ego and disassembles human achievement to remind us of our basic vulnerability. This Messianic experience shatters the vanity and self-confidence which centuries of human development has fostered. These Messianic Succot don’t protect innocent desert slaves but safeguard progressive and sophisticated

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At the genesis of our peoplehood, as we marched through a blank desert, appreciation of human vulnerability was programmed into our national identity. societies reminding us about the frailty of human life. Modern Succot challenge us to recall the Succot of Innocence but also to consider the Succot of Historical Experience.

This year, our Succot more powerfully model those future apocalyptic huts. The steep price we have paid for the rapid development of the past three hundred years is the abdication of our sense of vulnerability. This year an apocalyptic virus has brought civilization to its knees and restored that loss sense of vulnerability.

Sitting under the nighttime sky, enclosed in our Succah, we can once again sense how vulnerable the human condition remains.

This past Rosh Hashanah I looked out at the masked students davening in walledin compartments in the Beit Midrash. It struck me that human beings are incredibly adaptive; facing an indomitable virus, we have pivoted, restructured our reality and preserved some degree of normalcy.

As proud as I am of human flexibility I ask myself: Are we fully absorbing the current lessons about human vulnerability? As we hunt for vaccines, maintain social distancing, and celebrate the buoyant stock market have we properly heeded the larger lessons about how brittle humans are?

Are we too “adaptive” to fully appreciate our core vulnerability and mentally “sit”

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in the Succah of G-d? The Egyptians also were adaptive and they also pivoted after the initial calamities. Facing a bloodied Nile, they dug fresh water sources so that life could continue. Facing a countryside of dead reptiles, they gathered the carcasses and utilized the skins; the price of ‘frog skin futures” on the Egyptian market skyrocketed. Unwilling to face their own vulnerability, they couldn’t free their victims. Ultimately, G-d had to impose more severe disasters, for which they had no recovery methods, so that, reminded of their vulnerability and undressed of their pride, they could release the Jewish slaves.

I thought of the Egyptians this past Rosh Hashana. Are our masks and compartments merely distracting us from the larger message of human vulnerability? Succot provides an important moment to pause from Corona adaptations and absorb the larger message of this pandemic. No longer innocent slaves who inherently understand human frailty, we are now advanced moderns living through an apocalyptic event sheltered only by Divine providence. Sitting in our modern Succot during this pandemic should restore this core aspect of human identity.

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The Most Beautiful Succah

BY RABBI JUDAH MISCHEL “Reb Motteleh”, Rebbe Mordechai Twersky of Rachmastrivka, was a descendant of the Meor Einayim, also known as the Chernobyler Maggid, a student of the Baal Shem Tov. Reb Motteleh was an Oheiv Yisrael, a lover of the Jewish People. He had the soul of an artist, and was a master coppersmith and woodworker. The Rebbe’s prized possession was a uniquely beautiful wooden Succah that he had inherited from his ancestors, and that he himself had adorned with exquisite engravings of the Shivat haMinim / ‘seven species’, various Pesukim, and Tzeirufei Sheimos, mystical formulas and hidden Kabbalistic names of G-d.

In 1906, when the Rebbe embarked on the long, strenuous journey to Eretz Yisrael from Ukraine, he insisted on shlepping the heavy boards. Once he had arrived, Jews from all over would come to bask in the holiness of the Rebbe’s Succah, to marvel at the beautiful wood carvings and enjoy the palpable Simchas HaChag in the Rebbe’s presence. One year, however, the Succah

inexplicably disappeared, and in its place stood simple, thin boards and scraps of wood. The Rebbe said nothing, and no one dared inquire.

In the Spring of 1920, while on the way back from Kotel, the Rebbe was attacked by an Arab mob and died shortly after from his wounds — he was murdered al Kiddush Hashem. Thousands attended his Levaya on Har haZeitim where he was eulogized by both Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook and Rav Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld.

After the funeral, a man from a Moshav in the North stepped forward to share his story. A few years earlier his son fell deathly ill. Doctors were at a loss, and the only relief for the boy’s excruciating pain was soaking in hot salt baths. At the time, during World

War I, the Land of Israel was under Turkish rule. Firewood in the Holy Land was already scarce, but the Turkish government then confiscated all lumber and stray wood for fuel in the war effort. Barely a stick could be found in all of Jerusalem.

The man came to the Rachmastrivka Rebbe for a Bracha for his ailing son. Without a moment’s hesitation, the Rebbe instructed his Gabba’im to chop his cherished Succah to pieces, and to be burnt to heat the bathwater for the boy. Later, the boy merited a full recovery.

The Chasidim would say that it was not the heat of the fire that saved the boy, but the warmth of the Rebbe’s Ahavas Yisrael, his love and sacrifice for a fellow Jew. Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov, the

“The most beautiful Succah decoration, is the joy of knowing we have done our utmost to ensure that those who are lacking have all their Yom Tov needs met.”

Bnei Yisaschar, said in the name of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz: the word “Succah” is an acronym for Somech V’ozer Kol Hanoflim, a reference to Hashem as the “Supporter and Helper of All who have Fallen”. A most appropriate way for us to express the sense of being in Divine embrace of the Succah, sheltered in Ananei haKavod, the clouds of Glory, is to emulate Hashem’s ways: to be sensitive “supporters” of our brothers and sisters, and to “help” them fulfil their needs.

There was a Minhag in Galitzia of beautifying the Succah with lavish and elaborate ornaments. Rebbe Chaim of Tzanz, the Divrei Chaim zy’a, was opposed to this custom on the grounds that it was wasteful and distracted from the real joy of Yom Tov. “The best Noi Succah,” he said, “the most beautiful Succah decoration, is the joy of knowing we have done our utmost to ensure that those who are lacking have all their Yom Tov needs met.”

May Hashem bless all of Am Yisrael with a joyous Yom Tov, and the fulfilment of all our needs b’Gashmiyus u-v’Ruchniyus!

Rav Judah Mischel is Executive Director of Camp HASC, and Mashpiah of OU-NCSY. He lives with his wife Ora and eight children in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

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Simchat Torah: Not Just Another Subject RABBI GOODMAN Torah study is the first of the three pillars upon which the world rests and a fundamental component of being an observant Jew. “And you shall toil in it day and night” is not merely a suggestion or good advice; it is a non-negotiable obligation incumbent upon each one of us.

However, despite its centrality to Jewish life, the Mitzvah to learn Torah has probably generated more excuses and “opinions” than any of the other 613 Mitzvot. Statements such as, “I am not cut out to learn all day,” “If we all just sat and learned, there wouldn’t be any doctors,” or “I’m more of a Chessed person than a learning person,” comprise a tiny sample of these deeply philosophical views.

Yet the Torah, which neither demands of us the impossible nor speaks in airy-fairy terms, fails to make any such exceptions or allowances and, on the contrary, expects all Jews to immerse

themselves in the infinite depths of Hashem’s wisdom, regardless of their academic limitations or life challenges.

Unlike higher secular learning, A-levels (UK), SATs (USA), the BAC (France), Matric (South Africa), and the SSCE (Nigeria), are not prerequisites for Torah learning.

Rabbi Yaakov Culi (1689-1732), in his outstanding work of Ladino literature, the Me’am Loez, writes that the explanation for this bizarre phenomena lies in the verse taught to every Jewish child from a young age and found in the final Parsha of the Torah: “The Torah that Moses commanded us is the inheritance of the Congregation of Jacob.”

The Me’am Loez explains that the Torah is not just another subject waiting to be learned, accessible only to those blessed with the intellectual prowess to grasp its meaning, rather it is a national inheritance of which every single Jewish person is a beneficiary. Just as differences in age, character, and ability among

family heirs are insignificant, the same is true of Torah heirs too.

The significance of this lesson – that the Torah is our inheritance - is life changing. The Torah is not a “subject” waiting to be learned, rather a treasure waiting to be claimed. Hashem has allocated to each one of us our personal share of Torah, making it available and accessible according to our ability and aptitude. Although one may not be cut out for learning science, art, or geometry, everyone is cut out for learning Torah, without exception. Torah learning is our birthright and passport to eternity, and no manner of excuse or justification can change that.

The Simcha of Simchat Torah is not only that Hashem has given us the Torah, but that he has bequeathed to us the Torah. He hasn’t just placed it on our doorstep, leaving it up to us to either comprehend it or abandon it, rather, He has bestowed to each one of us our share, already making it an intrinsic part

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THE FRESH LULAV

The law of the lulav begins, “You shall take... on the first day...” (Lev. 23:39-40).

The Torah is talking about the first day of the Succot festival, which falls in the middle of the month and is never on a Sunday (though sometimes, like this year, it is a Shabbat).

From a homiletical point of view, the Torah is telling us that even though half the month is over, we can start a new thought symbolised by taking a fresh lulav in mid-month. The same idea works with Pesach, which falls on the 15th of the month of Nisan.

It has an application to Jewish history: though we are not a new people starting its journey, nor a redeemed people at the culmination of history’s course, we can always find something new to think and do.

Similarly with human beings as a whole, who even in mid-career can be invigorated with new ideas, new challenges, new opportunities and new energy.

SWAPPING CHAIRS

Where do you sit in the Succah?

The Shabbat table is not the best precedent, partly because the dining room is generally big enough to fit everyone in.

Families usually have their Shabbat table places worked out. It is more or less taken for granted that everyone has a set place.

The Succah, in comparison, is relatively small, the conditions are often cramped, and there are rules about which members of the family need to be accommodated.

Family dynamics need to be re-addressed, and hardly anyone remembers where they sat last year.

A Swedish-American thinker called Milton Erikson has a remarkable idea. He says that even if you know where you sat in the past it’s good to alter things around.

You get a fresh perspective. You reconsider your outlook and everybody’s place in

the family.

Erikson was often consulted about human problems and had the revolutionary idea of telling people to change chairs.

Maybe that’s why Pir’kei Avot (2:4) tells us not to judge our neighbour unless we have stood in their place.

THE SANCTITY OF SILENCE

Not everything in Rav Kook’s poetic philosophy is easy to understand. But some ideas immediately grip you. An example is his phrase, “the sanctity of silence”, in his Arpilei Tohar. He says that this is the highest degree of sanctity.

We might borrow the phrase and suggest that though being in company is a moment of sanctity, as is speaking to each other, the supreme sanctity is just being there and looking around physically or metaphorically and grasping the greatness of everything in Creation.

The festival of Succot is an example. It takes us away from the noise and bustle of ordinary civilisation into the quietness of Nature in which every tree, every flower, every plant and every branch is unspoken testimony to the existence of the Eternal.

A CULTURE OF CELEBRATION

It’s strange that a culture of celebration is intrinsic to Judaism but almost unknown in Christianity. Christians don’t have yom-tovs.

In a work called “Theology of Play”, Christian Reformed theologian Jürgen Moltmann says it is because Christianity inclines to asceticism.

There is a highly regrettable and unhistorical Christian antagonism to the Pharisees, but the truth about the Pharisees is that they had ten words for joy and stood for the “simchah shel mitzvah” that gave every Jewish family the yom-tov joy that brought G-d into the humblest house and family.

LET’S NOT LOSE OUR HEADS

The Mishnah says that whoever has not

Hilchot Yom Tov The laws of cooking on Yom tov differ from those of Shabbat. The Torah allows for food preparation on Yom Tov, the Sages of the Talmud however, taught of precautions and explained what exactly is permitted and what not.

We present a summary of some the pertinent laws. If in doubt consult a local competent rabbi.

Only activity that is required for food needed for the day is permitted. One cannot cook a meal for the following night or day.

Similarly, one cannot harvest crop or hunt an animal for example as those are activities that are done for the long term not immediate benefit.

Lighting a fire is permitted but only if one

uses an existing flame. One therefore lights a 48-hour candle before the onset of the Chag and uses that to kindle a gas flame on yom tov or the candles the following evening. It is also only permitted if one will have some use for it.

(If one has a gas stove that is usually run on electric power, it must be switched off prior to yom tov and one can then light the gas in the “old-fashioned” way with the help of a (long) match taken from an existing flame.)

One must consult a Rabbi regarding whether someone not a member of the faith (either by birth or for one who doesn’t adhere to the laws of the Torah) may be invited for a meal as it is very problematic to

seen the festive water drawing in ancient Israel has never experienced real joy (Succah 5:1).

Unfortunately our generation, like all our forebears since the destruction of the Temple, have been deprived of that privilege.

But one thing we do have – the wonderment on the face of a Jewish child who enters the Succah for the first time and is transfixed by the beauty and the aroma of the moment.

We never forget our first childhood impression of Succot, as we never forget our first Friday night, our first Seder, our first Chanukah, the moment we first heard the shofar, the time we were at our first Kol Nidrei. The poetry, the magic of Judaism are unbelievable.

But as the name “Succah” implies – deriving from “s’chach”, covering – what makes a Succah is not what is in it but what is on it.

What makes a Succah is its head. Like a human being, a Succah without a head has neither life nor being.

Jewish experience as a whole is both emotional – the heart – and intellectual – the head. Sometimes there is too much emphasis on the heart, and the result is a headache.

Let us consider two pictures: 1. This is the best educated Jewish generation in history.

Jews always had a feeling for education, a determination that their children had to be properly educated and preferably become doctors, lawyers or some other variety of professional. So wherever Jews live, a disproportionately high percentage are university graduates, and there are more Jewish Nobel Prize winners than our small numbers would suggest.

saving grace of Jewish learning” – and he may have had other communities in mind too.

Which picture is correct? They both are.

The problem is that so many people are highly educated in everything else but primitive in their Jewish equipment.

Their heart is certainly in the right place, and usually it is a good Jewish heart that responds properly when Jewish loyalty is required.

But they left their Jewish education behind when they were Bar- or Bat-Mitzvah, at precisely the moment when Judaism as a sophisticated, challenging adventure of the mind could have opened up before them.

The amazing thing is that those who begin searching for an adult Judaism find the experience incredibly stimulating.

So do some growing this year. Certainly, let your heart grow in pride in and deep feeling for being Jewish. But don’t lose your head.

Fortunately, the electronic age is a tremendous boon. Digital media offer so much Jewish intellectual excitement that it is worth acquiring a computer simply in order to be a better read Jew!

2. This is the most Jewishly uncultured generation in history.

SJ Goldsmith said that Anglo-Jewry was “an anti-cultural community without the

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do Melacha on their behalf on Yom Tov. If a Melacha could just as easily have been done prior to the Chag, and one now discovers a need to do it, they may do so, but only in a manner different from the ordinary one. So, grating a potato on yom tov is generally forbidden as it is possible to do prior, so if one discovers a need to do so on Yom Tov, they may only do so at an unusual angle or not have the grated food fall into a usual place such as a bowl but instead use a napkin or table surface.

Doing a food preparation activity on Yom Tov for the benefit of an animal is forbidden so one may not dissect food to very small pieces (unless it is to be eaten immediately) nor may one transport food in an area not enclosed by an Eruv.

Another important principle regarding Melacha on Yom Tov is that only the types of activity done for most people may be done. Cooking is a good example of that.

Heating water for a bath or shower is less obvious as most people do not carry out this activity daily. Smoking is a huge controversy as it is (thankfully) far less common today than it was one hundred or even fifty years ago so questionable if permitted on Yom Tov (even if one uses an existing flame).

It is important to note that turning on (or off ) a hot tap on Yom Tov is only permitted if one has an old gas boiler.

Most boilers today involve electricity and therefore are forbidden to activate.

In a place with no Eruv, one may only carry items in the street If they need the item for the same day.

Most laws of Muktza apply to Yom Tov as they do to Shabbat, however, many kitchen utensils that are usually forbidden to move on Shabbat such as pots and pans, greater and rolling pins, are not Muktza on Yom Tov.

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From taking the honey into the Sukka all the way through to having a blast in Shul on Simchat Torah, this time of the year brings loads of fun.

For good reason, as Sukkot is also called “zman simchaseinu” the time of our rejoicing and we sit with our family or friends and enjoy being in G-d’s company the Sukka.

We eat in it, some of us may even sleep in it and even just hang around in it. Its all a mitzva and we love Mitzvot!

Our daddy’s buy the four types of plant - Lulav, Esrog, Hadassim and Aravot and shakes them during prayers in shul.

Towards the end of the chag, we pray for rain and then on the last day, we celebrate finishing the Torah...and immediately starting again!

Yes, on Simchat Torah we finish Vezot Habracha and begin Bereishit!

Dancing, singing and lots of overall celebration! Hope you enjoy!

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In a nutshell Wow! It’s that time of the year again! The delightful sights and smells (and noises) of this time of the year! The 4 species – Lulav, Etrog, Hadassim and Aravot. We have gone through the wonderful High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and we now raise our flag of success with the 4 species.

There are so many wonderful Mitzvot associated with the festival – sitting at the Sukkah being a primary one.

For seven full days (some also sit on the 8th day) we sit in what is described as the “shadow of faith” – basking in the company of G-d. As we look at the S’chach and remember the clouds of glory that accompanied our ancestors in the wilderness for 40 years. We also remember the huts that the Jewish people built for themselves on their journeys.

We beautify the Sukkah with festive decorations and try to make it a comfortable place to be as many people sleep there too!

We try to eat what we can in the Sukkah, thereby fulfilling a positive Mitzvah each and every day of the festival.

Each day in Shul (besides Shabbat) we take the Lulav and Etrog, Hadassim and Aravot and circle the Bimah, to remind us of how it was done in the Beit Hamikdash, where the nation would circle the Mizbeiach. We say special prayers on the theme of “Hosha Na” – Save us please! A request that we all know is so much more crucial this year.

Towards the end of Yom Tov, we have a jolt back to the Yom Kippur atmosphere as we spend extra time praying for a bountiful new year.

Then we have two final days of Yom Tov, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. On Shemini (meaning 8th [day]) we pray for rain. In some parts of England, we have plenty of rain, but we nonetheless pray for it for many reasons and especially that the water should bring blessing, not flooding etc. We may also have in mind the lands that need rain such as Israel.

Finally, on Simchat Torah, we celebrate the conclusion of our cycle of reading the Torah and dance with the Sifrei

Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel.

Each word must contain at least three letters. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel.

Torah. However you celebrate it this year, even if you are doing so in your own company in your house, you can take a Chumash and dance around your dining room table, thanking G-d for the wonderful gift of life He gave us with His Torah and Mizvot.

The final Sidra, Vezot Habrachah is as its name suggests, full of the blessings which our beloved leader Moshe gave the Jewish people and tells how he died immediately thereafter. No leader ever arose as great as he and the Jewish people mourned his death for 30 days. However, in many ways, Moshe lives on, through the Torah we all learn which all came through him.

Immediately upon completion of Vezot Habracha we begin Bereishis. Further cause for celebration – we are beginning another round of the Torah! Another opportunity for further insights and gaining new appreciation for everything that is written in it.

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Vardy hat-trick stuns Pep’s City Sixteen-goal Lions rout Scrabble in Cup

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Leicester City head the Premier League on goal difference after sharpshooter Jamie Vardy stunned Manchester City with a hattrick in a sensational 5-2 win at the Etihad Stadium.

The Foxes third win on the bounce was the standout result of the weekend. RiBY DAVID SAFFER yad Mahrez opened the scoring for Pep Guradiola’s team onlysixfor Vardy to level Reiss Mogilner scored goals as Maccabi from the spot before half time then London Lions thumped Scrabble A inedge the his teamround in front with an Anekstein outrageousCup. close second of the Cyril range flick before slotting a third, The Premier League side in racked up aagain 16-0 from the spot. win with Daniel Green and Michael Kenley James Maddison addedEd hisBrafman, name to Dathe both bagging a hat-trick. scorers withand a superb strike, Nathan Ake vid Dinkin, Adam Hassanali completpulled a goal but Brendon ed the rout in a back mismatch of a tie. Rogers’ side had the final say when Youri TieleLions could have scored in the opening mans slotted home a third penalty. minute of the clash but soon opened the The result showed scoring and led 9-0 bythe halfdefensive time. frailties inTh Guradiola’s whooutane Divisionstar-studded One team,outfit though nouncedbattled shortlyaway afterto the defeat classed, the end. the arrival ofLions Benfica stopper Ruben Dias for £62m. boss was lost for words at full time Leicester are the first team to such was the display from his teamscore who threeevery penalties in to a the Premier fixture, they gave respect opposition. sit“I’m alongside Liverpool and Everton at the not really sure there’s anything to top. we are happy to make it through to the say, Jurgen Klopp’s Reds overpowered Arsenext round of the cup, ” he commented. nalHendon as theyUnited continued their title defence Sports ran out 3-1 victors with an League impressive Lacaagainst Onewin. outfiAlexandre t North London zette opened the scoring for the Gunners Raiders. but to hold Mane Thfailed e Premier sidethe ledlead earlyasinSadio the second equalised then Andrew Roberston, who half only for Raiders to equalise but struck was at fault for the opener, tuckedininround Trent two late goals to book a place Alexander-Arnold’s cross just after the half three of the competition. hour.

Hendon now turn their attentions to the New as signing Jota sealed the wina league they Diogo travel to Oakwood A for late after missing an earlier opportunity. crucial top of the table clash on Sunday Everton made it three wins with a 2-1 (10am). victory Crystal Palace and these Danielagainst Kristall’s team stunned the league are exciting times for Carlo Ancelotti’s leaders last month when they won 2-0, a team. would move them to within a point victory the goals in the first half. Domof All Hendon withcame a match in hand. inic Calvert-Lewin opening the Elsewhere in the latest round of scoring, fixtures, Cheikhou Kouyate equalised before 10-man North London Galaxy madeRichit a arlison settled the match fromDivision a 40th minthree-way title race in the only One ute penalty. clash of the day after defeating Oakwood B. Everton celebrated but on Palace’s Roy Jamie Murray saw red early but Galaxy Hodgson rued the penalty award, a theme rallied with goals from Josh Cohen and Jaechoed by to Brighton Graham Potter afcob Leigh record boss an important 2-1 away ter Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes win. slotted an ice-cool lastJewish kick penalty Galaxyinhead Redbridge Care A in in the 10th minute of injury time to an the table by just one point after 10 pinch matches, astonishing 3-2 triumph. third place Fairlop FC areThe fivewinner points was beall the more remarkable as referee Chris hind with two games in hand.

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Leicester are the first team to score three penalties in a Premier fixture, they sit alongside Liverpool and Everton at the top.

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to correctly award a spot kick after a VAR check on Neal Maupay’s handball. must-win game, ” commented Galaxy playSolly March had just deservedly made er-manager Luke Lewis. the score forward “We sat 2-2 backwhen and United alloweddrove Oakwood the to win a corner kick which skipper ball, given the one-man advantageHarry and Maguiretoheaded goalwards.

The ball was looked hit them on the counter attack headed off the line but had flicked Mauwith pace. pay’s hand.

Fernandes wasthe coolness per“Both goals came down right-hand sonified as crossed he fired the home. side.

Leigh first one into Cohen Gunnar team showed toOle finish, before Solksjaer’s slotting home himself.

Up character to come from behind but Potter to first we go.” must be wondering teamtook let The still Division Two titlehow racehisalso slip a game when they hit the woodwork a twist with league leaders Herstwood on five occasions, Vale going down tothree a 2-1times defeatbyatLeandro Temple Trossard, and had a VAR penalty harshly Fortune. turned down.

Faithfold B have played a game more In a see-saw encounter Maupay’s openthan Vale but moved level with a 5-3 win at er was cancelled out by a Lewis Dunk North London Raiders Masters. own goal before Marcus scored Jacob Kalms struck twiceRashford for Fortune who ascored stunning solo effort approaching the through leading scorer James Milhour. David de goal Gea of made a stunning save letwith his 17th the season. from could scored The Trossard, result was who all the morehave remarkable four goals on another day, prior to the lastas Temple were down to 11 players with ditch drama. ‘keeper Ben Rebuck dislocating a shoulder Lampard’s Chelsea demonstrated inFrank the warm up. resilience to earn a share win of thegiven spoilsthe at “This was a fantastic

West Brom with a Tammy Abraham 93rd minute goal in a game of two halves. The Baggies will have nightmares how they let a 3-0 lead by the 27th minute slip but the Blues bossed the second half and deserved a point, although a livid Lampard knows it was two points dropped from his expensively assembled team.

Callum Robinson pounced on mistakes

by Marcos Alonso and Thiago Silva, making his Chelsea debut, to score past Willy Caballero, starting for axed £71m keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. circumstances, ” said delighted Fortune Kyle Bartley tapped in from close range boss Simon Linden. but what “We hadappeared a numberaofwinning players position out, Relooked flaky when Mason fired buck got injured, so I couldn’tMount have asked home from long range on 55 minutes. any more from the players. We wish Ben a Callumrecovery.

Hudson-Odoi pulled another goal speedy back before Abraham was onperformance, hand to tap “It was a proper old school home after Mount’s shot was saved. we battled and defended for the 90 minutes West Slaven Bilic, sent off and and tookBrom’s our chances.

Experience proved fined for ‘improper conduct’ last week at to be the winner. It’s a big win, one we will Everton, bemoaned Abraham’s last gasp enjoy and we hope to build on it in 2019.” equaliser due“Th to is a Kai handball He added, winHavertz marks 50 years asina the build-up to the goal. football club and will be one Nigel Kyte and Sheffield United went down tofrom an 88th everyone associated with the club day

minute Patrick Bamford header from a pinpoint Jack Harrison cross as Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United won a hard-fought Yorkshire derby at Bramall Lane.

Leeds dominated possession and earned the win according to Bielsa, but both teams were indebted to their goalkeepers for a string of fine saves. Blades keeper Aaron Ramsdale denied Luke Ayling and Stuart Dallas in the first half followed by Helder Costa and Bamford after the break. Leeds’ French stopper Illan Meslier though was man of the match, a first half close range effort to deny John Lundstram in particular, then George Baldock, the pick of his saves.

Bielsa’s Leeds hold a share of fourth place but will be severely tested this weekend when they take on Guardiola’s City who will be looking to bounce back from a heavy defeat.

Guardiola has been fulsome in his praise for Bielsa. It promises to be an intriguing contest.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho refused to comment on Newcastle United’s last gasp Callum Wilson equaliser from a penalty after VAR adjudged Andy Carroll’s close-range header had struck Eric Dier’s arm. Referee Peter Bankes pointed to the spot after reviewing footage.

PHOTO: DAVID SAFFER Harry Kane set up Lucas Moura before Karl Darlow made numerous, including two from Kane. Son Heung-min also struck the woodwork twice. But the only talking point was the late spot kick award.

Newcastle’s Steve Bruce accepted his team had been extremely lucky to get a point from the game.

West Ham, meantime, silenced their critics with a resounding 4-0 rout against Wolves for a first league win. The result was a surprise against a fine Wolves team but one the willvictory enjoy.” was deserved. Jarrod BowenVale bagged brace.

Thomaswas Soucek boss aJacob Emanuel quick hit to the Hammers goal before substitute wishthird Rebuck well following his injury.

Sebastien Haller a fourth in injury “First and mostnodded importantly, everyone at time.

Vale would like to wish the Fortune ‘keeper Astonrecovery, Villa ran out comfortable 3-0 back wina quick we hope to see him ners at bottom club Fulham.

Jack Grealish on the football pitch as soon as possible,” he and said. Conor Hourihane all but settled the match thedefeat, 15th minute.

Mings As forbythe EmanuelTyrone commented, made sure in the second half.

“It doesn’t matter how big a squad you Southampton sharpshooter Danny Inhave, you can never account for unavailge’s fifth minute strike saw off Burnley, ability or injury. Only five of today’s team who areinamong threewin teams stillFC toTeam, registera played our recent over alack point alongside Sheffield and Fulham. of togetherness and poor individual

“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.”

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HMH and Maccabi continue perfect Premier campaign

Josh Morris taps home for FC Team but the goal is disallowed

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BY DAVID SAFFER HMH and Maccabi London FC are early pacesetters in the Premier Division following a third consecutive victory.

Avi Goldberg’s title contenders followed up a memorable 5-0 win over defending champions Hendon United, who slipped up at North London Raiders, by thumping Faithfold Blue 7-0 at the Hive. Ariel Rahamim hit a hat-trick, Oscar Wagner grabbed a brace, Sam Monjack and Dom Feldman were also on target.

“It was one-way traffic from word go,” said Goldberg. “We scored inside two minutes and went on the rampage. We now have three wins including two clean sheets.”

Faithfold’s Ray Abrahams noted the performance of HMH’s Monjack in particular.

“He was outstanding, dictating play all over the pitch, we couldn’t handle him,” he said.

“Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say we were beaten by a quality side who just had too much for us,” added Abrahams. “But it didn’t help conceding in the first minute as we had to chase the game from that moment.”

As for his own team, he noted. “Against most sides in this division we would have taken something out of the game. The fixtures have been tough to begin the season, it’s been a challenging start but if we keep

Salmon go close to striking against Scrabble

playing with confidence results will come.

Three points from as many games is a solid start.”

Maccabi have also enjoyed a blistering start and defeated Fairlop 2-1 in a hardfought encounter at Rowley Lane.

Charlie Ezra and Charlie Dryer opened

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up a two-goal lead before a well-organised Fairlop got back into the game 15 minutes from time to set up a tense finish.

“Fairlop always cause us problems,” noted Maccabi’s Max Kyte. “We knew we had to battle for the 90 minutes to get a result.

The last 10 minutes we had to fight off lots

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of pressure but the boys stood up in big moments to see the game out.”

Hendon’s Simon Peterman opened the scoring against Raiders but Liron Mannie scored in the 90th minute to stun the visitors at Ark Academy. Raiders have impressed in their debut top flight season. but Hendon need to bounce back swiftly from an indifferent start.

“It was a well contested game and a fair result with both teams missing a series of good chances,” said Raiders boss Gideon Gale.

Hendon’s Gabe John commented, “A disappointing result given some of our opportunities at the end of the game. But if you don’t score your chances then you’re always susceptible to a sucker punch and that’s what happened. But a clear foul on the goalkeeper led to their very late equaliser.

He added, “We live to fight another day and that’s what we will do. Congrats to NLR on a well fought point with their players.”

Jewdinese defeated Faithfold White 4-0 to pick up a first league win of the campaign. Scott Oldstein bagged a brace, Zack Collins and Reiss Mogilner also hit the target in a welcome victory.

“It was a great win,” said Darren Lawrence. “We dominated, scored four brilliant goals and could’ve had a few more. A really solid performance from every player.”

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Stoke and Scrabble battle for possession

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League One leaders Borussia Barnet claimed a third successive win after a 2-1 victory against Club de Chigwell. FC Team

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though are only two points adrift after a 3-0 win against Paris Saint Jewmain in a feisty encounter that saw the visitors end

the match with 10 players after a first half sending off.

Richard Salmon, with a brace, and Jonny Haik who scored earned a deserved triumph.

“It was a tough game against a determined team, but our experience shone through and our game plan worked well,” said FC’s Johnny Pearl. “We are pleased with the points and credit to the referee who had a great game under big pressure from both sides.”

Faithfold Green and London Bears drew 3-3 in a six-goal thriller. Gabriel Soul, Avi Garson and James Jacob scored for the hosts.

Faithfold’s Ben Kfir noted, “It was a good match, but we should have capitalised on some of our chances and critical decisions didn’t go our way.”

Mill Hill Dons and Hertswood Vale shared the spoils in a 2-2 draw. Dons’ Zach Cohen and Vale’s James Millet notched two goals apiece in a tough encounter.

Stoke Salmon head Division Two after a third win on the bounce as they routed Scrabble 6-1 in a dominant display. Jamie Smaje was the standout player for the victors.

Alex Bleetman (2), Scott Gurvitz, with his first goal for the club, Daniel Braun, Nick Barnett and Nathan Schindler struck the goals for the league leaders who are blazing a trail in their debut season.

Alex Bource got Scrabble back into the match at 2-0 down but Stoke proved too strong.

“It was a dominant performance, the score line could’ve been heftier,” said Stoke’s Jamie Weiner.

“We matched Scrabble physically and dominated with the ball. We’re going to get better but it’s amazing in this early period to have maximum points, scoring goals and not conceding many.”

Sharpshooter Aron Gale hit a hat-trick for NWL Azzurri in a 5-0 rout against SPEC. Ben Rosen and Oscar Green also scored as Azzuri moved into second place, three points back from the leaders.

“We were happy at half time having matched Azzuri however their quality and fitness showed in the second half,” said Spec’s Ricky Lawrence.

Hampstead Ducks picked up a 2-0 away win at FC East London Bees courtesy of goals from Joe Metliss and Jono Gaon.

“We dominated and never looked like coming away with anything less than three points,” said Jacob Summerfield. “Max Prais was our ‘super sub’ in the second half and Jack Wagner held the defence brilliantly. It was also a stellar performance from our newest signing, Yoav Kestenbaum.”

West Hendon Wallabies drew 6-6 against Straw Hat Pirates in an astonishing goal fest that saw both teams pick up a first point of the season.

Adam Hilsenwrath (2), Anthony Chern, Eli Cohen, Ben Mandell and Tom Doron hit the target for the Wallabies.

MJSL news Broughton Park Rangers drew 1-1 with Manchester Maccabi 3rd. Yoni Greene opened the scoring for Rangers and had a player advantage after Maccabi’s Morgan

Moshe Hasid races for the ball

Yardley was dismissed.

BPR dominated the game but rued missed chances when Moishe Hasid equalised late on.

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A clash for the ball

CORRECTION:

Two weeks ago the photos from the MJSL were incorrectly credited. All photos from the MJSL are credited to Lawrence Purcell.

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