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Hello, I cannot believe how time has flown since Rosh Hashanah - and even with an extra Adar! Now that Purim is a distant memory and our kitchens look like something from a Science Fiction epic, I hope you can take a few moments to enjoy this new look edition of Hamaor. If you have never read Hamaor before, or you know someone who hasn't, I would like to recommend taking a look at what is on offer. I am sure there is something for everyone. As well as Torah insights from Dayan Lichtenstein and Rabbi Hamer, we have a few people to meet - the Federation's new Chief Executive, Dr Eli Kienwald, a new face in the Burial Society, Dovid Zelmanovits and an interview with Loughton's Rebbetzin, Gitty Aronovitz. If you like food there is a review of a new Federation supervised Pizza restaurant (read it when your kitchen looks normal again!) and you can also catch up with all the community news from the past six months. I would like to personally thank everyone behind the scenes for helping to put this magazine together, especially to Roberta Rubenstein who has shown incredible dedication, as ever, to making sure we made it to press on time! Thanks also go to everyone for sending in your letters and emails about our last edition. Wishing you all a Chag Kasher VeSameach, Eva

Contents Diary

Shabbat Spice

Is Kitniyos ever permissable on Pesach

Respect

Meet the New Chief Executive Dr Eli Kienwald

Pesach - The four other questions

Obituary - Mrs H. D. Winegarten

Family Hamaor Pizaza - Restaurant Review

Meet the Rebbetzin Gitty Aronovitz

Pesach Recipes

Personal

Federation of Synagogues Contact Details

Sale of Chometz form

List of Synagogues

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Head Office Fond Farewell to Moishe Leib Stuart

religious conviction or in expectation of a weekly moving cantorial experience. Moishe Leib had become the face of The Federation Burial Society by the sympathetic way that he dealt with all who came into contact with him. The Federation received many letters of appreciation for the excellent way that a funeral or stone-setting had been conducted, and that was in large part due to the way that Moishe Leib ran the department. The President, Alan Finlay made a presentation to Mr and Mrs Stuart of a suitably inscribed Kiddush Cup. He too, added words of thanks to Moishe Leib for his dedicated and loyal service.

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Bidding a good friend farewell is something akin to the festival of Shemini Atzeres. So said Dayan Lichtenstein in his address to Moishe Leib Stuart. The venue was Sami's Restaurant in Hendon and the occasion was the tribute dinner given in honour of one of the Federation's longest serving members of staff. Although tacked on to the end of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeres has no real connection with that chag. "It is os if", said Dayan Lichtenstein "despite having had a wonderful and fulfilling time with Sukkot, we don't want to let go, but rather we want to cling on th a t little b it longer." And so it is with Moishe Leib Stuart. Having served as the Federation Burial Society's Administrator for some eighteen years, he and his wife Ruth decided to emigrate to Miami in order to live closer to their children and grandchildren, and presumably also to enjoy somewhat better weather than here. The Dayan paid fulsome tribute to MoisheLeib for the way he had conducted himself as Burial Society Administrator and had always paid great heed to the Halachic requirements of the office as well as dealing sympathetically with the public. In his tribute to the outgoing Administrator, Henry Dony who, as Joint Honorary Treasurer of the Burial Society for 15 years, had worked very closely with Moishe Leib, highlighted the fact that many people belonged to a Burial Society simply because they wanted a Jewish funeral rather than out of a feeling of Hamaor / April 2008

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen, one of the jo in t Honorary Treasurers noted how appropriate it was that that Moishe Leib had served the Burial Society for 18 years. The gematria for 18 was chai meaning life and there was certainly a message for everyone here. The head groundsman at Rainham Mark Stonely's praise of Moishe Leib was probably the most moving. He said that Moishe Leib had taught him many things , but chief amongst them was loyalty; loyalty to one's employer and loyalty to staff. In a very emotional few words, Mark Stonely encapsulated the feelings of everyone present - that Moishe Leib would be sorely missed. The evening was rounded o ff by a Moishe Leib which was both touching He thanked everyone who had helped past 18 years and looked forward to a in Miami.

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New Administrator at the Burial Society Dovid Zelmanovits was born in Budapest, Hungary and came to England as a refugee in 1956 after the uprising. He spent most of his career in senior management and more recently spent six years with the United Synagogue as Superintendent looking after Bushey, Willesden and Waltham Abbey cemeteries. For the past five years, Dovid has worked in Edgwarebury Lane cemetery as a Superintendent responsible for Edgwarebury and Hoop Lane cemeteries. Page 3

DIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARY NEWS ft EVENTS Head Office cont Dovid has now taken over the baton from Moshe Leib Stuart who, during the past eighteen years, played a major role in the smooth running of the Burial Society as Administrator. Dovid hopes and prays that he will be able to fulfill his responsibilities in the same competent and caring manner as his predecessor.

watchmaker, a dressmaker, photographer, osteopath and a newsagent. There was also a kosher butcher and grocer, a delicatessen and a good few doctors. During World War II, 26 kinder transport and other schoolboy refugees were housed in the Elmwood Road building. In 1947, a Polish doctor, John Geller, who had been imprisoned by the Russians arrived in Croydon. Upon liberation, he joined the Polish Forces and his unit was transferred to Uzbekistan, via the Middle East. He eventually arrived in the UK. where he met and married his second wife Blanka, a survivor from a concentration camp, his first wife having perished in the Holocaust. They were a lovely couple and lived in Croydon until their deaths, playing a major part in the Croydon community. In 1947, another synagogue was founded in a large house in Ashburton Road, Addiscombe. However, by 1954, the two had merged and services continued in Elmwood Road.

Croydon Centenary The first mention of a synagogue in Croydon was in 1908, based in a house in Croydon Grove. Prior to that, in the late 19th century, quite a few tailors with Jewishsounding names were listed in the Croydon Directory. Indeed, the first and subsequent ten weddings recorded by the synagogue were of people in the tailoring trade. By 1911, many more Croydon residents with Jewish names were listed in the Directory. In 1920, a charitable trust purchased a large country house at 30 Elmwood Road. Attached to this residence was a coach house, garages, stables and a large garden. During this decade, a hall was built in the garden for use as a synagogue. The Minister resided in the house and Hebrew classes were held in the basement. A hall was built at this address in 1932, followed in 1934 by the first synagogue which was built behind the house. During this time, apart from the tailors, the Croydon Jewish community included a draper, a hairdresser, a Page 4

In 1965, the building was deemed too small and dilapidated and a new synagogue was built on the site. It was consecrated in May of that year along with the induction of a new Minister. The community had now grown to 350 families and this was to be the pinnacle of the Croydon Synagogue community. In 1969, a holocaust survivor Alex Rosen, was appointed as Minister and soon after was introduced to and married a young French lady. They attracted many couples of the same age group and there were many social gatherings. In 1976, the front of the building was vandalised by the National Front and was again defaced in 1980. From 1987 to 1991 there were increasing numbers of break-ins and vandalism. These problems and the state of the building meant that events had to be held at alternative venues. After yet another burglary, land was bought in Shirley Oaks for a new building, as many of the community had moved to the south of the borough. By 1994, the old synagogue site had been sold off and services took place in a hut on the new site with the Fairfield Halls hired for the High Holy days. The hut was damp and got very muddy. Our beautiful new synagogue opened in 1995. Some of the stained glass windows from the old buildings had been restored and incorporated into the new. Others plus items such as a clock were donated to the Clocktower Museum. Hamaor / April 2008

DIAR DIARYDIAR DIARYDIARYDIARY NEWS Et EVENTS The consecration was attended by many dignitaries, including the late Bernard Weatherill, who always took a great interest in our community. The Mayor and other local Councillors, local MPs and Ministers of other faiths were also present. In 2001, our present Minister was appointed and brought a breath of fresh air to the community in his own inimitable way. With his new wife, he is attracting people to the synagogue with innovations such as a Bible class and a reading group. 100 years on, the membership is slowly rising again as a new generation is born. We are extremely proud of our synagogue, which fulfils its original meaning from the Greek "bringing together". A house of prayer, of study and of assembly. We look forward to our community growing and thriving along with our neighbours of other faiths, living and working together in peace, mutual respect and harmony.

Shabbat Dinner Shabbat dinner is being offered to members on the first Friday of each month. We had 22 people for the first Friday and a lovely time was had by all. This proved to be a popular event.

Finchley New Rabbi On Sunday 16th December 2007, Rabbi Yaakov Flamer was inducted as Rabbi of Finchley Central Synagogue. Among the distinguished guests were Dayan Lichtenstein, Dayan Simons of the London Beis Din, the outgoing Rov of the shul, Rabbi Tzvi Telsner and the neighbouring Kinloss Synagogue, Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Federation president Mr. Alan Finlay. Shul president Mr. Morris Reich welcomed the new Rov. The ceremony was followed by a reception catered by the Ladies Guild. Rabbi Flamer, who grew up in Denver, Colorado, spent fourteen years learning in Eretz Yisroel, three years at Mercaz HaTorah, a year at Netzach Yisroel and ten years in Mir. Seven years ago, he received Semicha from R' Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg and from R' Ben Zion Klien. Four years ago, Rabbi Flamer came with his family to the Edgware Kollel established by Dayan Ehrentreu and he is still involved in giving shiurim in Gemoro, halacha and hashkafa. Rabbi Flamer and his family have received a warm welcome on their arrival at Finchley Central. T

Social Club The Social Club is still very active and held a concert on 13th January. The Dawn Chorus sang songs from films and shows. Everyone present enjoyed a wonderful afternoon.

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A dinner was held at the home of Rabbi Alex and Eva Chapper in honour of the group of early risers who are committed to ensuring that there is a minyan every morning for Shacharis. The dedicated group of men, who comprise the Minyanaire's Club, were treated to a dinner catered by Rebbetzin Chapper who was thanked and presented with a beautiful crystal decanter and jug. A delightful evening was had by all.

On Sunday 9th December the Ilford Federation Synagogue held an afternoon Chanukah Party for our older members as part of our 80th anniversary celebrations. Attending the event were the two local Members of Parliament, Michael Gapes and Lee Scott, the Mayor and Councillors of Redbridge. Members expressed their thanks for being invited to this party, some telling us that this was their first Chanukah Party that they had attended for some twenty years. The Ladies Guild kindly catered. Our thanks go to those who volunteered to help taxi people to and from the event.

Ohr Yisrael First Communal Sefer Torah

80 th Anniversary Gala Dinner The Samuel Kittsberg Hall was specially decorated for this milestone occasion with pale blue and white drapes giving a beautiful marquee setting. A delicious five course dinner was catered by The Sylvia Catering Company. This was our formal Black Tie Dinner to mark the 80th anniversary of our community. Honorary President Dr Issy Segal reminisced on past times. He spoke of the special people from our past who had helped form this community, by buying a house in Coventry Road, acquiring the house next door and then building the current synagogue premises on the site of these two houses. Rabbi Chapper spoke of our present community and the aspirations for the future. Photo by Alan Fish

Mr Alan Finlay spoke of the wonderful atmosphere felt by everyone present. It was a truly memorable event.

On Sunday the 28th October, Ohr Yisrael experienced their first ever "public" Hachnasat Sefer Torah (induction of a new Torah Scroll). The final letters were written at the home of Rabbi Garson, the synagogue's Rabbi. All the community who had helped support the funding of the Torah participated. Remarkably, the community rallied together to raise the funds in just under ten months. Dayan Lichtenstein and a number of other local Rabbis, including Rabbi Brawer of Borehamwood Ft Elstree United and Rabbi Salasnik of Bushey United, also joined in the writing of the final letters.

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Mr. Benjamin Perl of the Huntingdon Foundation, which has developed Jewish state school projects for 25 years and Mr. Alan Finlay also attended. Hamaor / April 2008

NEWS Et EVENTS Once completed the Torah was accompanied by over 300 people to the Synagogue. This was an amazing sight to behold and a first in the history of the Elstree community. Live music, singing, dancing and fire torches brought the procession to life. Residents even stepped out of the local pubs to witness the procession.

His achievements were immense and his influence vast. He deeply touched all that came to know him. With phenomenal vision, he guided and loved his beloved community of Shenley, a family that he cherished like his own. The impact he has left on this area of Hertfordshire can still be seen and felt.

The entire community joined together in the evening for a gala dinner. During Rabbi Garson's address he made the following comment. "Alf Shutz, who has been a resident in Borehamwood for 55 years, was emotionally moved this morning. His family had to change their name to hide their Jewish identity, and today in Elstree, Jews walked proudly with their Torah - not afraid to express their faith! Today was a paradigm example o f Kiddush Hashem." Many thanks to the Hertfordshire Police Force and the CST who helped in the smooth running and safety of this memorable event. You can now recapture the glorious moments of our Hachnasat Sefer Torah. They include the procession to the shul, the special service in shul and highlights of the gala dinner in the evening, including Dayan Lichtenstein's address.

Rabbi Garson comments that, during the many conversations he was blessed to have with Rabbi Kass, he often mentioned his dream of creating a learning centre for all the communities in the area. His ambition was to create an opportunity for everyone come and learn. Guided by his vision, Rabbi Garson, together with members of various communities, launched project, which is a partnership between communities of Hertfordshire. Education was Rabbi Kass's whole raison d'etre, and it is hoped that this will serve in some small way, as a testimony to Rabbi Kass and as a way, of memorialising his vision, his dreams and his life. HLX was launched on the 5th March. For more information please visit our website: www.hlx.org.uk

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The Zayin Adar Chevra Kedisha Dinner was held at Waltham Forest shul. The Guest Speaker was Rabbi

On 19th February, participants of the weekly Gemara shiur joined together for a milestone siyum. After almost two years of commitment, the Gemara of Taanit had been learnt in its entirety.

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Rabbi Garson mentioned how the real credit should go to the wives of the participants, who had encouraged their husbands to come and learn. It is hoped that this will be the first of many tractates that will be studied.

HLX Hertfordshire Learning Experience The HLX was the brainchild of Rabbi Shmuli Kass Zt"1, who was taken from this world at the prime of his life. Hamaor / April 2008

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Yeshurun, Edgware Rabbi Alan Lewis Inducted Rabbi Alan Lewis has been inducted as Rabbi of Yeshurun Synagogue, Edgware in front of a capacity congregation of members old and new, the deputy Mayor of Barnet, Terry Burton, and a distinguished group of rabbis from throughout north west London. The induction took place in the presence of Dayan Yisroel Lichtenstein, Rosh Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues and Dayan Gershon Lopian, Emeritus Rabbi of Yeshurun. Rabbi Alan Lewis induction (centre standing)

Rabbi Lewis was presented with a new tallis on behalf of the congregation.

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PESACH PERSPECTIVE

Kitniyos ever permissible on Pesach? By Dayan Y. Y. Lichtenstein, Rosh Beth Din One of the more unclear chumros on Pesach is the prohibition on kitniyos (legumes) on Pesach stringency adopted by Ashkenazic Jews especially for healthy adults. The term legumes is not totally accurate. While the original issur promulgated by the Smak referred to chickpeas, beans, rice, lentils and sesame seeds, the later commentators expanded the category of kitniyos to include corn, flax seeds, mustard, soy and many other items that are similar. Kitniyos, of course, is not the same as chometz and many of the rules applicable to chometz do not apply to kitniyos. The tiniest speck of chometz can render a whole mixture forbidden while a mixture that contains kitniyos is permissible. The same is true of a pot, or other utensils, in which kitniyos was cooked or prepared. The flavour of kitniyos is permissible. Therefore when kitniyos is cooked with another food the other food may be eaten. It is known that during wartime and periods of famine, Rabbonim removed the issur on kitniyos and permitted it to be used on Pesach. Another example of possible leniency in kitniyos is derivatives of kitniyos or, to use the term of the Poskim, "Shemen Kitniyos", oil of Kitniyos. The Chaya Odom (Mishnas Odom Chapter 33) infers, from the Remo, that one may not use oil of kitniyos for lighting purposes, this would indicate that it cannot be used on Pesach. However many other authorities (Marcheshes Chapter 3, Beer Yitzchock Chapter 11) claim that liquid derivatives from kitniyos are permissible. According to these authorities it follows that oil from kitniyos is acceptable. The practice nowadays of the more exacting Kashrus authorities is to be machmir on "Shemen Kitniyos" Until recently even Kedassia authorised ground nut oil for Pesach partially because of doubt whether peanuts were kitniyos and partially because it was only "Shemem Kitniyos". A newer issue that has emerged in recent years is the topic of "Kitniyos Shenishtane" literally - kitniyos that have changed. This refers to kitniyos that have undergone a major chemical and taste change. Is this the same halachieally as kitniyos or not. Page 12

The source for this hetter is found in the Mogen Avrohom's commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 216.3. The Shulchan Aruch refers to "Musak" which is commonly understood to be "musk" which is found in special sacs in the deer. It is considered to be derived from the blood of the deer which is forbidden to eat but it undergoes a chemical and taste change (Shevat Halevi 5.56). Therefore it is considered an absolutely new item. Based on that theory the Mogen Avronom quotes Rabeinu Yonah who permitted it to be eaten. However, the conclusion of the Pri Megadim (a commentary on the Mogen Avrohom) is to permit "nishtane" a changed food where the issur is only of Rabbinic origin. Practically this hetter can only be used in Rabbinically forbidden foods such as Cholov Akum or Stam Yayin (goyishe milk or wine). Kitniyos is certainly only forbidden Midrasonon - a Rabbinic prohibition and therefore kitniyos that are nishtane should be permitted. This is the view of the O.U. Kashrus Authority in America which permits Diet Coke for Pesach. Diet Coke contains aspartame which starts o ff as corn syrup and goes through a fermentation process that turns it into aspartame which is chemically different and tastes much different. However, Rav Moshe Landau shlita of Bnei Brak, who certifies Coca Cola in Israel, does not accept this hetter and will not certify Diet Coke for Pesach. Thus it is not uncommon to find that those Kashrus authorities who consider themselves Mehadrin will not allow Diet Coke for Pesach while others do permit it. All of the above does not mean that one should treat the issur of kitniyos lightly. It is a minhag that is based in the Rishonim (Medieval Authorities) and Yiddishkeit has survived throughout the ages because of our minhagim. Pesach particularly is a time when we should be very scrupulous about observing all our minhagim and as the Shaarei Tushuva writes "that one who deliberately violates the issur of kitniyos is considered as one who has abrogated the words of the Rabbis and is punishable by death from heaven".

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By Alan Finlay, President

have never written a letter to the press. I am not a man of many letters but in fact, a man of no letters. There are many times when I could have been. As a senior lay leader within the Jewish community for over thirty years, issues have come up which could have warranted a response, either because the reported facts were incorrect or because there were other dimensions which would clarify the issues reported. I always resisted the temptation. My usual viewpoint was to assume the common sense and goodwill of colleagues and members of the organisation who would understand that there was another side to the story. Additionally, I took the view that a letter published the following week would only keep the issue alive in the minds of the public which would then prompt follow-up correspondence so that we would then be locked into a cycle of reply and counter-reply. The other viewpoint was that there might be people who had never seen the original article and would therefore either not understand what my letter was about or would react to my letter. Instead of clarifying matters, I would have achieved the opposite effect. I appreciate that these views are not universally held since otherwise, no-one would write letters to the press in the first place. Some published letters are informative and others are amusing. If they add to the rich tapestry of life, all to the good but if they are by way of a response, I consider them to be counter productive. The issue that prompted me to consider changing the habit of a lifetime was what I considered to be an unfair and disrespectful attack by a newspaper on a rabbi. It happened to be the Chief Rabbi. It is a basic tenet of the Jewish religion to show respect to our rabbis. It is not just that as a community, we value Jewish learning and have innate respect for a talmid chochom. It is because rabbis add a spiritual dimension to our lives that would otherwise only be focused on material concerns. For those members who come to shul infrequently, the rabbi is someone who gives a sermon or Page 14

is seen at a hospital visit or shiva house. If the rabbi happens to have a good line in jokes and seems approachable, a favourable view is formed. But for those members who come into contact with the rabbi on a daily or weekly basis, the relationship is very different. The rabbi has a unique input to increase our potential in yiddishkeit and raise our level of observance. The rabbi takes on his shoulders responsibility for our Jewish souls and accordingly must have our respect. We must stand up when he enters and leaves the room, we do not interrupt when he is speaking, we moderate our behaviour and dress in his presence and instinctively protect him from difficult situations. It can sometimes be difficult, especially where the rabbi is younger than oneself (I am finding this an increasing problem) or where the rabbi is more worldly and able to talk about current events and football teams. It can be easy to forget that in such situations, one is not talking to a friend or work colleague but to our spiritual mentor. From the viewpoint of the rabbi, forging close relationships with the membership is an essential part of a rabbi's duties whilst never forgetting that at some stage, the rabbi may be obliged to pull back to ensure that boundaries are not crossed. A new rabbi will be told that a rabbi who is liked by his community is no rabbi. This is essentia because the rabbi is not there ultimately to be liked but to be respected, which is something very different. A good rabbi is one who informs the community and individual members when their religious practices fall short of the standards which he feels should be attained. To strive to achieve one's religious potential, we need a rabbi to suggest to us that we should be adopting a new religious practice, attending more shiurim and considering certain aspects of our children's education. A rabbi who fails to do these things is not a good rabbi. At the heart of the relationship between rabbi and community lies respect. That is why I found the newspaper article so upsetting. Pesach is a busy time for communal rabbis answering many she'ilohs concerning a whole range of Passover observance. On behalf of us all, I thank the Federation Rabbinate for their dedication and conscientiousness to our spiritual needs. My colleagues in Head Office join with me in wishing you and your families a happy and kosher Pesach. Hamaor / April 2008

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Meet the New Chief Executive organisation. Working within and for the Jewish com m unity in a voluntary capacity was always important to me, from when I was a young member of the choir in the Milan synagogue, to a lifetime serving as a Gabbai in the various shuls of which I have been a member. So perhaps the step to becoming the Chief Executive of the Federation was not such a huge leap in the dark.

Dr Eli Kienwald Q. Can you toll me a little bit about yourself, your family, your areas o f business and expertise and your previous involvement with the Federation? A. I was born in one of the old houses in the Rome 'ghetto' at a time, just after the last war, when the place was still very "Jewish" and did not attract so many tourists. I have very fond memories of those early years and of the special and charming people who were part o f my life, like my maternal grandparents and the apparently interminable string of uncles, aunties and cousins from the distinguished Di Segni family. My father's business soon took our small family nucleus to Milan, in the North of Italy, where I attended the local Jewish school from nursery to the end o f secondary education. It was a marvellous school, where some of the best Italian Jewish intelligentsia taught, both in Kodesh and secular subjects. It was at the "A. da Fano" school that I met my future wife, Denise, born and bred in London but at that time living in Italy. After university, where I took a degree in Architecture, and a brief military service, I moved to England and I married Denise in Walm Lane shul. We live in Golders Green and have four children, two of whom are already married and with their own children. I have worked for many years on the more technical side of the architectural profession, developing procedures and specifications for building products and for the last 13 years I was the Director of a construction related procurement Page 16

Q. What attracted you to the position? A. I had been a member of the Federation Council for several years and served a three-year term as an Honorary Officer. During that time I was able to experience at first hand the tremendous job done by the dedicated people who give so much of their time to steering a strategic path for the Federation of Synagogues. At the same time I could see a need for a more cohesive link to be established between the Board/Council and the individual synagogues and also with the staff at head office. I felt that my management skills and adm inistrative expertise would enable that link to be strengthened, so I applied for the position. Q. How have you found things so far? A. Every new job is a challenge, particularly one where the position has been vacant for such a long time. There are a lot of good things about the Federation. There are also aspects that need to be looked at with an eye to greater efficiency and better use o f the lim ited resources available. In my experience, the first indication that a new manager is driving his message through is when the people working fo r and w ith you recognize that improvements are possible and are open to change: in this respect I am receiving a very positive feedback from the staff at head office. Q. Have you met any o f the Rabbis? A. I work "side-by-side" with Dayan Lichtenstein and Dayan Elzas at the office: they are supreme in their fields of knowledge and their drive and commitment are inspirational. I also know many of the Rabbanim from before coming to Head Office but I have not yet had an opportunity to sit down with each of them as Chief Executive and to discuss local issues: Hamaor / April 2008

Q. In what way do you make yourself available to people? A. I believe that good communication with all interested parties is the secret to successful management. I have always adopted an 'open door' strategy in my managerial career and I do not propose to change that approach now. My door is always open to anybody who wishes to share with me a thought, put forward an idea or seek advice. That is not limited to my colleagues at Head Office, but the offer is open to Rabbanim, lay leaders or indeed any member of the wider Federation family. Q. What do you see as the Federation's greatest strength? A. Its rabbinical leadership, without a doubt. There are other strengths within the Federation of course, particularly connected to its history and constitution, but the guidance given and example set by its Rabbanim will always place the Federation a notch

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Pesach: the four 'other' questions By Rabbi Yaakov Hamer, Finchley Central

There are certain questions which never seem to be totally resolved and every Yom Tov we discuss them again and again. On Sukkos, everyone is busy with the famous question as to why is it commemorated on the fifteenth of Tishrei, the beginning of the winter, if it comes to remind us of the shelter that Hashem provided the B'nei Yisroel following the Exodus which took place in the spring ? On Shavuos, we again grapple with the date of the festival. Why is it celebrated on the sixth of Sivan, if we know that it actually took place on the fifty first day after the Exodus, not the fiftie th ? Moshe Rabenu added another day, bringing it to the fifty first day after the Exodus, not the fiftieth; it should be celebrated on the seventh of Sivan! On Pesach, the discussion invariably leads to, what precisely is the reason for eating matza? Are we remembering the "bread o f a fflic tio n " that are forefathers ate whilst they were slaves in Egypt, or are we remembering how we were in such a hurry to leave, there was no time to bake proper bread, namely the Exodus and the freedom. Perhaps, we are commemorating both? At the very beginning of the EHagadda, we read "Ha lachma a'nia ...This is the bread of affliction which are forefathers ate in Egypt. Later on in the Hagadda, Rabban Gamliel tells us the reason we eat matza is to commemorate the swift and hasty exodus (Sh'mos 12/39) Well, which one is it? Another very troubling question is what was going through the minds of the B'nei Yisroel on Pesach night. In the Hagadda, as we mentioned, we are told that the reason Page 18

we eat matza is because there was not enough time for their dough to rise because Hashem appeared and redeemed them. However, at the very beginning of the month, Hashem clearly instructed Moshe Rabenu, to command the B'nei Yisroel to eat the Korban Pesach together with matza and maror (bitter herbs) on the fifteenth of Nissan (Sh'mos 12/8) In other words, two weeks in advance the Jews already knew they would be eating matza on Pesach night, seemingly nothing to do w ith the time needed for their dough to rise! Furthermore, the assumption that the B'nei Yisroel's eating matza was somewhat coincidental, due to the lack of time is yet again challenged from a different angle. When Hashem told Moshe Rabenu to instruct the B'nei Yisroel to eat matza, He explicitly forbade them to eat bread or any other type of chometz. (Sh'mos 12/15) In which case, they had no other choice but to eat matza! While we are busy asking questions, let's add a fourth one (after all, it is Pesach...). Rabban Gamliel tells us in the Hagadda the reason we eat the Pesach Offering is because Hashem passed over the houses of the B'nei Yisroel and they were, thereby saved from destruction. Once again, we can ask that at the beginning of the month of Nissan, Hashem told Moshe Rabenu to instruct the B'nei Yisroel to eat this offering, well before Hashem passed over their houses. If so, how can this event of "pass o v e r" be the reason for our obligation? Let us briefly summarize. 1. Matza - to commemorate the bondage or the freedom ? 2. How can it possibly come to commemorate the hasty exodus if, well in advance they were commanded to eat it together with the Pesach offering? 3. There is a clear implication that had the B'nei Yisroel sufficient time, they would have let their dough rise and become chometz. This goes against a previous, explicit commandment not to eat any chometz for seven days? 4. How can the Paschal lamb commemorate the "pass over" i f well before the event, they were already commanded to eat it? Hamaor / April 2008

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Rabbi Yitzchok Mersky in "Hegionei Halacha" deals with these issues and explains as follows. There is a dispute between the Tannaie Elders, R' Yosi HaGlili and the Sages regarding how long the Jews in Egypt were commanded to refrain from eating chometz. According to R' Yosi, the prohibition was only for one day, while according to the Sages, the prohibition remained all seven days. This argument was not resolved and continued into the times of the early commentators, the Rishonim. (1000 - 1400) Rashi and others, side with R' Yosi HaGlili. Question 3 is resolved! There was no such prohibition against eating chometz for that generation. It follows, therefore, that had there been sufficient time, they would have, in fact, baked bread for their journey. The prohibition against eating chometz applies to our generation. According to this opinion, there was no restriction whatsoever against the possession or the seeing of ehometz, even for that first day. The only restriction was not to eat chometz for one day. The Ramban and other commentaries take the view of the Sages. They maintain that the restriction against eating chometz applied all seven days. How will they answer question 3? The verse says, "They baked the dough that they took out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for they could not be leavened, for they were driven from Egypt, for they could not delay...." The implication is clear. That had they not been driven out so quickly, they would have in fact baked leavened bread? They, therefore interpret the verse as follows. "They baked the dough that they took out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for they were not allowed any leaven." Suppose you will ask, why then, did they not bake all the matza needed for the journey in Egypt... "for they were driven from Egypt and could not delay." To resolve the other three questions, the Rishonim say, that there are, in fact, two distinct ideas

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pertaining to matza. Matza was the bread which the Jewish slaves ate in Egypt and Hashem commanded the B'nei Yisroel on the night of Pesach to remember the past period of slavery and suffering, by eating the Paschal lamb together with matza. Matza, however has a clear message about the redemption. Hashem took the B'nei Yisroel out of Egypt with alacrity and haste. That was the way the Jewish nation had to be liberated and formed. The same is true about the Paschal lamb. On the one hand, the B'nei Yisroel were commanded to take the Egyptian god, the sheep, tie it to the bed and subsequently offer it as a sacrifice to Hashem. This marked the end of idolatry for the Jew and the beginning of "avoda" - the service of Hashem. On the other hand, it clearly comes to commemorate the event of Hashem passing over the houses of the B'nei Yisroel. The question Rabban Gamliel is asking is, what is the reason why we eat the Paschal lamb and what is the reason why we eat matza? There are two reasons for each one! Which is the one which applies to us in our generation? Rabban Gamliel responds that we do so in commemoration of the passing over of the Jewish houses and to remember the hasty Exodus. It therefore follows that at the beginning of the Seder, when we still view ourselves as slaves waiting to be redeemed, we mention, "this is the bread of affliction, which our forefathers ate." At the end of the Hagadda, Rabban Gamliel tells us, the reason why now each and every one of us eats matza is in commemoration of our freedom. At the end of the day, part of the enjoyment of the Yom Tov meals is rehashing and debating the old topical questions. As long as you refrain from smashing a freshly baked matza over your old, Uncle Ronny's head when he disagrees with you, it's all good clean fun. Chag Kasher v'sameach to all!

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OBITUARY Mrs H.D.Winegarten

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Hannah Deborah Winegarten (nee Cohen) died on 17th August 2007 in her 91st year. At the end of the shloshim, on Tzom Gedalia, there was accorded to her by the President and Honorary Officers of the Shomrei Hadath the honour of a memorial service in the shul. Hespedim were delivered by the Rosh Beis Din, Dayan Lichtenstein, by the Rabbi, Rabbi Fachler, by the President, Dr Lionel Davis and by one of her grandsons, r Joseph Ollech. She was born on 19th February 1917 in Darlington, the daughter of Solomon and Sarah Cohen. Her young life in particular was remarkable. In those days, a girl from a strict religious background would not usually have expected to go into higher education. A serious intellectual talent, especially for languages, coupled with a determined character made her different. The family moved to Sunderland in 1920; in due course her father became President of the Sunderland Beis Hamedrash and a founder of the Gateshead Yeshiva. She attended Bede Grammar School. She became a championship tennis player. She left school with the equivalent of A-levels in French, History and Latin and went on to university. She was eager to do this and although her parents were initially reluctant, she succeeded in persuading them. As an 18-year old, she enrolled at Armstrong College in Newcastle (then part of Durham University and now Newcastle University) in September 1935 for a degree in Modern Languages (French, German and Spanish and ancillary Hebrew). The Page 20

While she was sitting in college waiting for the results of her finals, she was called to the phone and offered a job, starting the following Monday, teaching Spanish at Tynemouth Grammar School, She demurred; she did not know what her exam results would be, or what her parents would say. But the headmaster was ahead of her. He had spoken to the tutor and had secured her parents' consent. On the Monday morning, a chauffeur was sent by the headmaster to meet her and take her across the ferry to Tynemouth. That job lasted only until the end of the summer term. She told the headmaster that for the autumn term, she would need unpaid leave for the High Holy Days and Tabernacles. He had never heard of such a thing (the world was different then) and said that it would be impossible. "So that", as she said, "was that". She quickly found another job for the new term, teaching Spanish at Dame Alleyn's Boys School in Newcastle. November 1938 saw Kristallnacht. Many refugees came to England, and in reply to an appeal in the Jewish Chronicle from Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld (who was to save thousands of children from Germany) for people with knowledge of German, she came to London on 1st January 1939 to help with and look after 28 refugee boys housed in Dr Schonfeld's mother's home. 1939 became a busy and varied year. After hostels were found for the boys, she went back to Sunderland but carried on shuttling between London and Sunderland taking refugee boys and girls to Sunderland. While doing this, she trained in the United Services for censorship in the event of war. She applied for but did not get the job for Spanish monitoring at the BBC because the work was at night in Broadcasting House Portland Place, and they said it was not suitable for women. In this, she was fortunate because some months later, the centre of the building was hit by a delayed-action bomb and the people who would have been her colleagues were tragically killed. Hamaor / April 2008

This updated paper was originally presented by Dayan Berkovits Zt”l for Pesach and is reprinted in his memory PESACH 5768/2008 DIMM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR EREV PESACH WHICH FALLS ON SHABBOS By Dayan Berel Berkovits Zt”l

Introduction This year, Erev Pesach falls on Shabbos, which means that you have to make special arrangements for all sorts of things. First of all, the whole house has to be cleaned out, and prepared for Pesach, at least a day earlier than usual, since you cannot clean, or do any preparations, on Shabbos itself. Your chametz also has to be burnt, or sold, before Shabbos. Most Seder preparations have to be completed before Shabbos. Some of them involve forbidden melachah; even if they do not, you cannot prepare for Yomtov on Shabbos. The Seder table should be set, therefore, either on Friday, or after nightfall on Motza 'ei Shabbos. Finally, even after you have made the whole house ready for Pesach, you cannot have a totally “chametzfree” environment. Since it is Shabbos, you are supposed to have three Shabbos meals,1 with lechem mishneh (ideally) for each meal. You cannot eat matzah, however (since we do not eat matzah on Erev Pesach), so you have to have chametzdik challos on Friday night and Shabbos morning. You will obviously begin to appreciate the difficulties! On the one hand, your house is scrupulously clean for Pesach; on the other hand, you have to retain some chametz for your Shabbos meals. How do you ensure that the chametz will not end up all over the place - especially if you have little children in a state of high excitement - or that it does not “contaminate” your Pesachdik kitchen and dishes? How do you eat meals on Friday night and Shabbos morning, part of which are chametz, and part kosher l Pesach? And how do you get rid of any left-over chametz on Shabbos morning? Bear in mind also that time is very short, since you have to dawen, and finish eating all your chametz, no later than 9.59 in the morning (London time). Balanced against all these unusual features, however, is one real compensation. Instead of the usual harrowing Erev Yomtov rush, you have a whole day on which to relax (or even sleep!) before Yomtov. Instead of frayed nerves, and little patience with the children, you will have a calm atmosphere in the house, and the chance to enjoy Shabbos with your family. And instead of falling asleep from sheer exhaustion during the Seder, everybody (women included)2 has an opportunity to participate fully in the Seder.

A few practical tips • The secret of preparing for Pesach this year is meticulous planning and organisation. It is important to think things through in advance. • It helps your planning to treat Friday as if it were Erev Yomtov. The earlier you “switch over”, of course, the better - but in any event, aim to clear the house of all chametz by Thursday night at the latest. • Stop using all items which need kashering (including the kitchen sink) no later than the afternoon of Thursday, April 17th3, so that you can finish kashering 24 hours later, on Friday afternoon at the very latest. It is strongly recommended that you do not leave it so late, however, since you need to have enough time to cook your Pesachdik food after you have kashered (it is not a good idea to cook for Pesach whilst any part of your kitchen is still chametzdik). • Aim to put away all chametz and chametz dishes (except for what you intend to use on Friday and/or Shabbos) by no later than Thursday evening. 1

• After you have “switched over”, do not give proper chametz to little children. Instead give them egg matzos4 (where available with a reliable hechsher) or Pesachdik cake (without matzah meal), and tell them that it is a special treat! • Estimate how much chametz you are going to need on Friday (you can eat chametz all day), as well as for lechem mishneh on Shabbos (work out approximately how much each person eats). Allow yourself enough to ensure that no one goes hungry, but not so much that you will have difficulty eating it up (under-estimate rather than over estimate). Your challos for Shabbos should therefore not be too large. Rolls are probably better than challos. • It is not a good idea to keep challos or other chametz in plastic bags, as crumbs stick to plastic, and it becomes impossible to get rid of them5. Put them in paper bags instead. Likewise, do not use cellophane-type plastic cloths on Shabbos. • If possible, buy in a stock of paper plates, tablecloths, cups and plastic cutlery, for Friday night and Shabbos. This makes life much easier, and avoids numerous problems. Some people prefer to use proper crockery, since it is Shabbos, after all. Nowadays, however, one can get good quality paperware, which is quite Shabbosdik. You can also use tin foil dishes to keep food hot over Shabbos. This avoids problems of washing up. • If you are going to use any non-disposable items over Shabbos (e.g. a chametzdik tablecloth) remember to leave one of your chametzdik cupboards unsealed before Shabbos, so that you can put those items away once you have finished with them on Shabbos morning. For your convenience, and in order to simplify matters, we set out below a step-by-step guide to help you get ready properly for Pesach, whilst keeping all relevant Shabbos dinim. Ideally, everyone should follow the instructions and advice of his or her Rov; this guide is intended by way of background information, and to help those who may not have access to a Rov. We suggest that you read it through a few days before Yomtov, and then consult it again as you go along.

Tuesday, April 15th - kashering glassware

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Glassware is not usually kashered for Pesach. Pyrex or similar heat-resistant glass can never be kashered, nor should you kasher any glassware which has been used for chametzdik alcoholic drinks, such as whisky.6

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In case of necessity/ however, other types of glass which have been used for cold drinks only (including wine glasses) can be kashered in a special manner.

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The process requires immersing the clean glassware completely in cold water, for three continuous periods of not less than 24 hours each, and changing the water after each 24 hour period.8 The soaking should be done in a new, or Pesachdik, utensil.

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You cannot change the water on Shabbos, however, and therefore you have to start soaking the glassware no later than the early afternoon of Tuesday, April 15th, so that you will finish before Shabbos.

Thursday, April 17th - ta'anis bechorim 1.5

Thursday is ta 'anis bechorim. Firstborn males, or fathers of undQT-barmitzvah firstborn, have to fast,9 unless they participate in a siyum in the morning.

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A siyum should ideally consist of a proper sit-down meal with bread.10 or at the very least, with proper mezonos. Usually people do not do this, because they want to avoid eating chametz on Erex Pesach morning. This year, however, it should be possible to do it properly.

T hursday, April 17th - bedikas chametz 1.7

On Thursday evening at nightfall or as soon as possible thereafter, you should conduct the usual search for chametz (with a berachah). After the search, annul your chametz in the usual way; in the Aramaic formula (kol chamiroh) if you understand it; if not, in English. 2

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Before the search, or immediately afterwards, put away all chametz which you still intend to use,11 in a safe place which children cannot get to. 1.9 Make sure that the children do not carry chametz around the house. If it is nice weather, they can eat in the garden on Thursday and Friday. Do not give proper chametz to very little children. 1.10 Put away all chametz which is liable to cause crumbs (such as bread or challah) in closed paper bags. It makes things easier if you put it all in a single cardboard box.

Friday, April 18th - selling and burning chametz

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Sell all chametz which you are not going to burn or eat (you can eat chametz all day) through your Rav, no later than Friday morning.12

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All chametz which is not sold, and which you do not intend to use on Friday and Shabbos, should be burnt no later than 11.29am on Friday morning (London time).13 If you miss this time, bum it as soon as possible on the Friday.

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Unlike other years, however, you do not say kol chamiroh after burning your chametz.XA

Friday, April 18th - preparations for the Seder (and/or Yomtov)

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Once the house is completely Pesachdik, and all surfaces properly covered, you can start cooking for the Seder (or Sedarim), if you have not done so previously (as well as for Yom Tov, if you so wish). Check your clothes first, to make sure that there are no chametz crumbs on them, and wash your hands carefully in the bathroom or toilet sink.

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In addition to cooking your Seder (and Yomtov) meals, remember to roast the shankbone and egg, and to prepare the saltwater and charoses.

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If you use lettuce for maror, check it carefully for insects. Do not leave it in water over Shabbos, however; if you do, it cannot be used for maror.15 Nowadays one can buy special â&#x20AC;&#x153;bug-free" lettuce from Gush Katif (and it is a mitzvah to help the producers in these difficult times). If you use horseradish, grate it (preferably as late as possible, so that it does not lose its pungency), and seal it tightly in an airtight container.

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Open all bottles of wine or grape-juice which you need over Shabbos, for the two Sedarim, and for kiddush on Yomtov. Remove all labels from food which you will be using on Shabbos and Yomtov.

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Open all boxes of matzoh and cartons (especially those with writing on them). If you use hand baked matzos for the Sedarim, check them in the usual way for folded-over or puffed-up pieces.16

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Prepare and stick sufficient candles in your candlesticks for Friday night and both nights of Yomtov.

Friday, April 18th - cooking for Friday night and Shabhos morning

4.1 As well as cooking for Yomtov and preparing for the Seder, you also have to cook your Shabbos meals on Friday (at the latest). 4.2

The simplest and best method is to cook Pesachdik food only, in Pesachdik dishes, 17 and to eat your cooked meal using Pesachdik crockery and cutlery (or disposables). There are other ways of organising your Shabbos meals (cooking Pesachdik, but transferring into chametzdik dishes, or even cooking and eating in chametzdik utensils, if you have two cookers). These methods cause more problems than they are worth, however, and therefore we are omitting them from this guide. Anyone who particularly wants to try them out, should consult his or her Rav for instructions.

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It helps your catering if you simply cook larger amounts of the same food, e.g. chicken, soup, vegetables, which you can eat for Shabbos, the Seder or Sedarim, and perhaps even for Yomtov.

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When planning your Shabbos meals, remember that you also need something to eat later on in the day; otherwise you will be hungry, as you will not be eating again until late in the evening!

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All hot Shabbos food must, of course, be heated up beforehand, and placed on a blech, in the usual manner. Make sure that you have a Pesachdik blech! 3

Friday, April 18th - setting the table for Friday night

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If you have facilities for setting two tables, you should set a Shabbos table in your Pesachdik dining room (using a Pesachdik tablecloth, crockery and dishes, or disposables). Then set a second, “cham etzdik, table elsewhere in the dining room. Better still,18 set it in the hall (arranging it, if possible, so that you can see the dining room, and Shabbos candles,19 whilst you eat there).

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If possible, put a large vinyl mat, or plain paper, under the “chametzdik” table, to collect any chametz crumbs during the meal (this makes cleaning up much easier).

5.3

Cover the “chametzdik” table with a new vinyl or paper cloth, or with a chametz tablecloth. On this table you should only put your kiddush wine, kiddush cup, and lechem mishneh (carefully wrapped in a paper bag). Do not use disposable plastic cloths, because crumbs stick to them.

5.4

If you do not have facilities for setting two tables, cover your Pesachdik table with a new vinyl-type cloth (or clean chametzdik cloth), and set it with the kiddush wine, cup, and lechem mishneh only.

5.5

Do not put any Pesachdik dishes or cutlery on the table at which you are going to eat your lechem mishneh. Also, do not put your candles on the tablecloth, because crumbs may get under them, and (being muktzeh) you cannot move them.

Friday, April 18th - eating your Shabbos meal

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When you come home from shul, make kiddush at the “chametzdik1' table. If this table is not in the same room as your Pesachdik table (see 5.1 above), you should have the intention, when you make kiddush and motzi, 2 0 to continue the rest of the meal, and to bentsch, at your Pesachdik table.

6.2

Wash for motzi, and cut the challah or rolls with your usual chametz breadknife, or a disposable plastic knife. Do not use a challah board unless it is perfectly smooth (crumbs tend to collect in the grooves of patterned boards).

6.3

Eat the challah or rolls, taking care not to create too many crumbs (especially if you are eating in your Pesachdik dining room - see 5.4 above). Special care is required if you have little children. It helps to eat over disposable paper plates or kitchen roll.

Friday, April 18th - clearing up after eating your chametz 6.4

When everyone has finished their challah, clear the crumbs from the table, and shake out the paper bags in which you kept your challos. Wipe the tablecloth,21 challah knife and board kiddush cup and wine bottle, clean of crumbs, and put them away for use in the morning. Throw all crumbs, or tissues used for cleaning, down the toilet.

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Sweep up all crumbs which may have fallen on the floor22 (lightly using a brush and pan, not a carpet sweeper23), and dispose of them in the toilet. If you placed a vinyl mat or paper under the table, carefully collect, and dispose of, all accumulated crumbs, and wipe the mat clean.

6.6

Wipe clean all disposable paper plates over which challah was eaten, and throw them in the dustbin. Also clean the brush and pan used for sweeping the crumbs. Flush all tissues used for cleaning, down the toilet.

6.7

Check your clothes - especially the children’s - to make sure there are no crumbs adhering.

6.8

Everyone should then wash their hands (not in the kitchen sink) and rinse out their mouth.

Friday, April 18th - the rest of your Shabbos meal 6.9

Continue your cooked meal in the dining room, using Pesachdik or disposable dishes. You can bentsch in the dining room, as long as you had in mind (when you made motzi) that you intended to do so20.

Shabbos, April 19th - before breakfast

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Go to an early minyan, and come home as quickly as possible after davvening, 2 4 so that you have time to eat your chametz lechem mishneh (you are not allowed to eat any matzah during the day, and you cannot eat any chametz after 9.59am in London).

Shabbos, April 19th - eating your Shabbos morning meal 7.3

As soon as you come home, set the table as outlined in 5.1 - 5.5 above. Then make kiddush and wash, following the procedure outlined in 6.1 to 6.3 above. If the weather is good, you can eat the chametz part of your meal in the garden (which helps to minimise problems with crumbs) 25.

7.4

If you have time, bentsch after your meal, wait a short while, and then wash again on chametzdik challahs or rolls. This second meal can then count as your se 'udah shelishis26

7.5

It is essential that you finish eating all chametz, or food cooked in chametz dishes, no later than the time quoted in para. 7.2 above.

Shabbos, April 19th - clearing up after eating your chametz

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After eating the chametz part of your meal, follow the clearing up procedure as outlined in paragraphs 6.4 to 6.8 above, and continue with your Pesachdik food, as outlined in para. 6.9. This time, however, store away any tablecloth, kiddush cup, challah knife and board (or any other item used for the chametzdik part of your meal, and any chametzdik dishes) with the rest of your chametzdik utensils.27

8.2

If you used any non-disposable dishes, which you no longer need on Shabbos, you cannot wash them on Shabbos, and should leave them until Yomtov, when you may wash them if you need them.

8.3

If any chametz is left on your dishes, you can either ask a non-Jew (e.g. an au pair) to wash them for you (not in the Pesachdik sink!), or you can wipe them over or rinse them lightly yourself (without using a sponge or scouring pad).28

Shabbos, April 19th - bi’ur and bitul chametz 8.4

It is essential to dispose of all your left-over chametz by no later than 11.29am in London. Flush all crumbs etc down the toilet. Larger pieces of chametz should be broken up into small pieces, and flushed down the toilet. Alternatively, tell an understanding non-Jew that you are not allowed to keep them in your house (without actually asking him or her directly to remove them for you) 29

8.5

It is essential to annul your chametz again (either in the Aramaic, or in any language you understand) not later than the times quoted in para. 8.4.

Shabbos, April 19th - after disposing of your chametz

9.1

After the times quoted in para. 8.4 above, the pressure is off, and you can begin to relax!

9.2

You can eat any Pesachdik food such as fish, meat, vegetables, Pesachdik cholent, potato kugeU fruit, Pesachdik cake and biscuits which do not contain any matzah meal, and kneidlach, until the time specified in para. 9.4 below.30

9.3

After minchah in the afternoon, you should have a “meal” of Pesachdik food,31 by way of se 'udah shelishis (you can sing the usual zemiros).

9.4

After about 4.00 pm London time, you are only allowed a snack (no “heavy” cooked food such as kneidlach)}2 You are not allowed to drink any wine.

9.5

If you find chametz on Shabbos which was overlooked, before the times quoted in para. 8.4 above, flush it down the toilet. After then, either indicate to a non-Jew that you need to get rid of it, or cover it up33 until Yomtov is out on Monday evening, and then immediately burn or otherwise dispose of it.34

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You cannot do any preparations whatsoever for the Seder on Shabbos (not even setting the table, or taking out your kittel) 35.

10. Motztt ’ei Shabbos - preparations on Seder night 10.1 After nightfall (9.00 pm London time) women should say “Baruch h a ’mavdil bein kodesh le ’kodesh”, and light Yomtov candles, after which you can start preparing for the Seder. 10.2 If you forgot, or did not manage, to roast the egg before Shabbos, you can do so on Seder night after Shabbos. In this case, however, you have to eat the egg either during the meal, or on the next day (since cooking is only allowed on Yomtov if the food is to be eaten on Yomtov itself).36 10.3 Likewise, you can roast the shankbone on Seder night, but you then have to eat it the next day (not at the Seder).36 10.4 On the second Seder night, you should prepare a fresh egg or shankbone, and eat the egg at the Seder (or the next day), and the shankbone the next day.37 10.5 If you did not prepare the salt water, you may do so on Seder night, but only the minimum amount required.38 10.6 If you did not prepare the charoses in advance, you may do so on Seder night, but you should put in the wine first, and then the rest of the ingredients39. If you have to chop up nuts or fruit, do it on a tablecloth or serviette, rather than on a plate or bowl.40 10.7 If you did not prepare the maror in advance, you may grate the horseradish on Seder night, but only as much as you actually need and only on a tablecloth or serviette, rather than a plate or bowl.41 10.8 You can inspect lettuce visually for insects, but should not rinse it under the tap or soak it on Seder night.42 We hope that by following the guidelines in this leaflet, you will enjoy this very special Yomtov, in the knowledge that you have prepared for it properly, and kept all the relevant dinim. 11.

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11.1 This year, being a shemitah year, there is an additional obligation 43 which happens to occur on Erev Yomtov 44 even though it has nothing to do with chametz as such. This is the obligation of bi ’ur ma 'aseros. Since one cannot do bi ’u r on Shabbos, the mitzvah is moved forward this year to Friday. 11.2 What this means is that if you have separated any terumos or ma 'aseros during the preceding years, you have to dispose of them on Erev Yomtov. 11.3 In practice, it is unlikely that you have any actual fruit, or other agricultural produce, in your possession, since this is always disposed of immediately after you have separated terumos and ma 'aseros. What you are likely to have, however, is the coin/coins used for redeeming ma 'aser sheini and neta revo 7, which also have to be destroyed on Erev Yomtov. The way to fulfil this obligation is by physically destroying the coin(s), until they are not recognisable as such. You can. for example, bang them with a hammer until they have lost their shape and stamp, and are no longer recognisable as currency. 11.4 Alternatively,45 you can take the coins, together with a small amount of fruit, and say: “All the ma 'aser sheini and neta revo 7 contained in these coins shall be redeemed onto this fruit, so that the coins lose their k e d u s h a h You can then wrap the fruit up and destroy it.

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See, however, Aruch Hashulchan, Orach Chayim 444:6, who holds that there is no chiyuv of seudah shelishis on Shabbos Erev Pesach.

Women are subject to all the mitzvos of seder night, including participating in the haggadah: Mishnah Berurah 472:45. Usually they are too tired to enjoy these mitzvosl

See Biur Halochoh 452:1.

Ashkenazim do not eat egg matzos on Pesach itself (Maharil. Minhagim. and Rema. Orach Chayim 462:4 and 444:1), except besha'as hadechak. e.g. for elderly or ill people (Rema 462:4) and for 6

very little children (ibid. 471:2). The Aruch Hashulchan (444:5), however, holds that on Erev Pesach egg matzos are in fact permitted, and this is the ruling in a booklet published in New York in 1950, and approved by Rav Moshe Feinstein z'tl. The Tenimas Hadeshen (1:125) holds that one may give little children proper matzah on Erev Pesach, if they are too young to understand the story of sipuryetzVas mitzrayim (cake with matzah meal would certainly be OK for such children). See also Teshuvos Minchas Yitzchak 8:37, strongly rejecting the suggestion that on Shabbos Erev Pesach, adults can eat matzah which was specifically baked shelo le ’shem mitzvas matzah. 5.

Some people dispose of left-over crumbs in an outside dustbin, in which case one could simply throw away the plastic bag with all its crumbs. Not all poskim agree that one can do this, however (see eg Teshuvos Sheivet Halevi 1:127), and one cannot use an outside dustbin, of course, if it is in a place where carrying is not allowed on Shabbos.

Rema 451:26; Sha 'ar Hatziyun 45 1:196.

Mishnah Berurah 451:156.

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and at 451:118. Rema 470:2. Rav Ovadya Yosefshlita holds that fathers who normally fast for their under-age bechorim, do not have to do so in years when Ere\’ Pesach falls on Shabbos (Teshuvos Yechaveh Da ’as 1:91).

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So that it constitutes a se 'udas mitzvah (,hora ’ah in the name of my grandfather, the Turda Rov z 'tl).

11. 12.

Mishnah Berurah 444:3. Strictly speaking, the sale of chametz this year can take place right until Shabbos, since (as opposed to other years) chametz is permitted all day. It is advisable to check with your Rav, however, as to when he intends to do the sale.

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Mishnah Berurah 444:9.

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Ibid. 449:10. As it is considered “cooked” (kavush ki'mevushal - see Mishnah Berurah 473:8). Rav S. Z. Auerbach z’tl (Teshuvos Minchas Shlomo 2:58:21) held that lettuce may not be soaked in vinegar or acid, even for a very short time, as it almost immediately becomes kavush.

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Rema 461:5, and Mishnah Berurah ibid. 27 and 34-35.

This practice is quoted already by the Maharil (Minhagim), albeit as the custom of “perushim ve ’anshei m a 'aseh”. The fact that it was not widespread is, perhaps, due to economic factors: most people probably did not have large quantities of Pesachdik dishes, and therefore found it difficult to cook for Shabbos, as well as Pesach, in Pesachdik dishes.

As this ensures that all chametz is eaten away from your Pesachdik dining room.

See Rema 271:9.

Even though you are bentsching in a room where you did not make kiddush or eat your challah-. see Rema 273:1 (in the context of kiddushy, Chayei Odom 47:7 and 59:5, Aruch Hashulchan 178:10 -11, and 184:1; and Sha’ar Hatziyun 178:9 (in the context of berachos and birchas hamazon). You are allowed to bentsch as long as you still feel satisfied from the challah eaten at the start of your meal (Mechaber, 184:5), or up to 72 minutes, if you only ate a little challah (Mishnah Berurah, ibid. 20, and Bi ’ur Halochoh, ibid). Some people bentsch after eating the chametz part of their meal, adjourn to the Pesachdik dining room, and then make separate berachos for the specific items of Pesachdik food (it seems this was the old custom). This overcomes any possible problem of bentsching too late after eating, or in a room other than where you ate your challah, but it may necessitate some knowledge of hilchos berachos. On Shabbos morning you might prefer to bentsch after eating the challah, so that you can have your Pesachdik food later on, at lunch time, rather than in mid-morning.

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Strictly speaking, this is not necessary, but the minhag is to do so (Aruch Hashulchan 444:9; Mishnah Berurah 444:15). 7

Because (even if one holds that carpet sweepers may be used on Shabbos) it will then be full of crumbs!

Mishnah Berurah 444:4.

But in this case you should set the table in such a way that you can see the room in which you intend to bentsch (see Orach Chayim 59:5-6; Aruch Hashulchan 178:10).

Mishnah Berurah 444:8. You have to wait in between the two meals to avoid problems of berachah she ’einah tzerichah.

Mechaber, 444:4.

Mishnah Berurah, 444:14.

Mechaber, 444:4. The non-Jew should acquire it from you, so that it becomes his (Mishnah Berurah 444:16).

Cakes and biscuits containing matzah meal are forbidden on Erev Pesach because they retain the status of matzah, and one may not eat matzah on Erev Pesach (Mishnah Berurah 471:19). Kneidlach and boiled gefilte fish containing matzah meal are permitted (until the times in para. 9.4) because they once boiled they have lost the status of matzah (ibid. 471:20).

The Mishnah Berurah (444:8) says that fish and meat are preferable to fruit and vegetables; the Aruch Hashulchan (444:5) says that fruit and vegetables are preferable to fish and meat (as they are less filling). The Radvaz (Teshuvos 1:489) made se udah shelishis on matzah ashirah (see note 4 above) but limited it to a bare kezayis.

It is forbidden to eat any cooked food which is filling - such as kneidlach - after this time. Cooked meat, fish, and vegetables are allowed but only in small quantities (Mechaber 471:1), and only if you are sure that you will not become full (Rema, ibid, and Mishnah Berurah 444:8).

Between sof zeman achilah (see para. 7.2) and so f zeman hano 'oh (see para. 8.4) you may give the chametz to a non-Jew. After so f zeman hano'oh, you may not move it, but the non-Jew may do so for you.

Mechaber 444:5.

Note that the Pri Megadim (Eshel Avrohom 444:1) holds that matzos mitzvah are muktzah on Shabbos Erev Pesach.

Mishnah Berurah 473:32.

You cannot leave over the egg or shankbone which you cooked on the first Seder night, to use at the second Seder, because you would then have been roasting on the first day (night) of Yomtov for the second day, which is forbidden - Mechaber 503:1.

Mechaber 321:2. Rav Zevin z ’tl (Hamo 'adim Ba ’halachah 2 at p.343, suggests that the minhag of eating eggs with salt-water on Seder night arose because of the difficulty o f estimating how much “a little” salt-water is.

Shulchan Aruch Harav 473:34; Mishnah Berurah 321:68 and 473:48. In this case you should either mix the ingredients with your finger (not with a spoon), or you should shake the food until the ingredients mix together (ibid).

So that you are doing it with a shinui; see Mechaber 504:1 (and see also ibid. 321:12 - but note Mishnah Berurah 495:10 and 13).

Mishnah Berurah 504:19. After grating, you may of course put the horseradish into its usual container.

Rema 319:1.

Yoreh Dei ’ah 331: i 40 - 144.

According to the Mechaber, ibid (based on the Rambam’s girsa in the mishnah, this means Erev Yomtov of the last days, which is Friday April 25th this year. The general minhag, however (based on an alternative girsa in the mishnah) is to do it on Erev Pesach proper.

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In June 1939, she became engaged to Moshe Winegarten. On the outbreak of war in September 1939, she was called up and told to report to Liverpool for censorship work. Preferring the more interesting commercial section, she needed to learn Dutch quickly; she mastered it in three weeks. With that knowledge, she succeeded in breaking a code which led to the prosecution of a large American bank for trading with the enemy. She stayed in Liverpool until Pesach 1940. In June 1940, she married and moved to London. She and her husband settled in Hampstead where after the war, her husband became a founder and President of the Shomrei Hadath Synagogue. Her war work continued in London, working in July and August 1940 at the American Embassy on a scheme to evacuate British children to the USA, which was abandoned after the sinking of the SS "City of Benares" with the loss of many young lives. From there, she went to work for the Red Cross at St James' Palace sending parcels to prisoners of war in France and at Mill Hospital where she taught French to shell-shocked soldiers. She also taught English to young Jewish refugee ladies in Golders Green.

and grace and her renowned reputation for hospitality into a youthful old age and never losing her love and enthusiasm for learning and for life. In an eloquent and generous-hearted tribute in the shul on Tzom Gedalia the Shul President, Dr Davis, said: "The plain fact is that without the foresight, drive, efforts and persistence of Mrs Winegarten and her late husband, Mr Moshe Winegarten, we would have had no kehilla at all. Mrs Winegarten was a founder member, wife of a president and, lehavdil bein chayim Icchayim, mother of two presidents and to our Honorary Life President. How much tefillah bezibur, how many shiurim - particularly the Ladies' CheN - how many good community acts have arisen from her and her husband's inspiration and leadership? They have had z'chus from so much and im yirze Hashem will have z'chus for so much to come." She is survived by her five children, all active in communal work, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. //t n

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customer. Even our most discerning taster, Shimon, enjoyed his pasta. You can order a child size portion for £3.95 or the adult portions range from £7.95 to £8.95. Liat gave us two other dishes to sample. The first was a Pizaza Crispy Platter. This consisted of Pizaza bites, onion rings (always a winner), fried garlic mushrooms, fried Mozzarella sticks and Nachos. A very American style platter was crispy, crunchy and full of flavour. Also, as a healthier alternative, we tasted the Pizaza salad. Beautifully presented with haloumi cheese, strawberries, pecans and avocado among the fresh ingredients, the salad provided a fresh contrast to the cheesy delights. Both dishes are £8.95 and the salad could certainly be a meal in itself, while the platter is designed for sharing. What about the chips? You can have original fries at £1.99 or some original, fun flavours such as garlic, pesto or chilli fries at £2.25 a portion. All the chips are hot, freshly made and suitably crispy. At this point, we were all too full for dessert. Yisroel Meir did describe the hot chocolate as "the best ever", and his brother, Aharon Chaim agreed! I can assure you that the coffee is also good. All eight of us, ranging in age from three to...? enjoyed a lovely, if noisy supper.

Now to the focal point of our meal: the pizza! A thin and crispy base, an aromatic well seasoned sauce and just the right amount of cheese for our tasters. You can have a choice of no cheese, cheesy one or cheesy two, and you can choose a chilli level to add to your pizza. All of our tasters enjoyed their pizza, which also came with a complementary selection of dipping sauces for the crusts. Absolutely delicious, and totally dreadful for the diet! The pizza is excellent value at £5.50 for a basic margherita. The pasta was a perfect alternative for the non-pizza eaters among us. The tomato sauce was light and well seasoned, and mayonnaise was provided "on the side" for Yisroel Meir! This dish is perfect for a younger H am aor / A p ril 2008

Pizaza is a happy, family- budget friendly restaurant which caters well to its target audience. We would all happily make a return visit in order to complete our journey through the Shake menu!

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Meet The Rebbetzin Gitty Aronovitz Loughton, Chigwell and District Synagogue Q. Tell us a b it a b o u t y o u r s e lf A. I was born and bred in North Manchester. After school I went to Israel for a year. I then taught for 3 years, and qualified as a teacher. We got married in 2004, the chuppa was in my parent's back garden on a beautiful sunny day in July. We lived in Jerusalem, while my husband studied for four years and moved to Loughton with our two children in May last year.

Q. Tell us a b o u t y o u r f a m ily life A. My family life consists of running the house and looking after my 3 children. Sara is 3 and a half, Nosson is 2 and Avigial is 7 months. Sara Ft Nosson attend the Chabad Lubavitch Nursery in Gants Hill. They are very happy there. Sara will be moving to Yesoiday Hatorah School in Stamford Hill after Pesach. anticipate that with the school run be losing a couple of hours in my day. Nosson will join the boys division in September. The kids are very happy in Loughton and have started to enjoy the baby even more. Much to my frustration, they are so eager to see her in the morning they usually end up waking her up. Life is hectic and I am loving being a busy happy mother of 3 adorable children (if I may say so myself).

Q. H o w d o y o u fin d liv in g in L o u g h to n ? A. I am more settled then I ever imagined I would be. As I go into Gants Hill on a daily basis I do my grocery shopping at Brownsteins so not having a local kosher shop is not a problem at all. Loughton is a beautiful neck of the woods that I never knew existed. Coming from up North (Manchester) I must say I have rea enjoyed a pretty "dry" winter. I love feeling like I live Page 24

The Aronovitz family out in the country and seeing the horses every day opposite the Bluebell on the way to school. I am so in the habit of pointing out the wildlife to the kids that I do it when I am alone in the car only to find myself laughing out loud at myself.

Q. D e scrib e y o u r c o m m u n ity A. The community is made up of all age groups. We are trying to create something for everyone and every age group so that we can bring the community together. People seem to like coming to shul Friday nights especially the kids which is lovely. The community here is so warm and accepting of us. I really feel like I have "family" here within the community and have made many good friends that I hope will last a lifetime. Our neighbours have been a huge bonus in the fact that we feel so settled here. I grew up without a TV but somehow I know the song "everybody needs good neighbours, with a little understanding" (I think that's how the song goes), and we are so glad that we have the BEST neighbours. We see one another practically every day and our kids are very much a part of each others lives.

Q. W h a t is y o u r w eek lik e ? A. My week is pretty busy.

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role of Head. My dream is to see the eheder grow and to ensure that the kids are getting the best possible Jewish education in a fun and stimulating environment in the 3 hours that we have a week. We have brought in a new Aleph Beis reading system and with the co operation of the parents practising with the kids, I am confident they will come out of cheder knowing how to read from a Siddur. Mondays, I really try to get to Mom's and Tots at the shut It's difficult as it's the first time I get time to myself in the week but as Avigial gets older, hopefully become more regular - it's a lovely group. The rest of the week, I am busy doing what most mothers do as well as planning ahead to entertain for Friday night dinner. We love getting to meet more and more people from our community and hope to have some big Friday nights after Yom Tov. I am also studying Psychology with the Open University with the hope to go into Educational Psychology one day. I enjoy the studying and try to keep on top of it so it does not become a pressure.

Q. What do you like most about your role? A. Meeting people and trying to instil in them a sense of Jewish pride. We are so blessed with such a rich tradition and heritage, it's so important to feel the right way about being Jewish.

Q. What do you do in your spare time? A. Study Psychology. I have joined my local ladies only gym and try to get out 3 times a week. I enjoy a healthy lifestyle and feel exercise gives me more energy especially to study in the evening. As summer rolls round, I would love to find someone to play tennis with. I am not too good at it but am keen to get better.

Q. Any advice for getting prepared for Pesach A. Enjoy preparing for Pesach. Do not get carried away with "spring cleaning" and focus on what Pesach is really all about. After all, it is called the festival of freedom - is it not? Remember - dust is NOT chametz! Since I took on that attitude, I have found that I have the energy to really enjoy the Seder. After all, it is such a beautiful experience to share with the family Et especially the children.

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For brisket 1.8 kg/ 4 pound flat-cut fresh brisket 900g onions - peeled and thinly sliced 600ml chicken stock 100 ml red wine 3 large carrots, peeled, cut into cubes 3 celery stalks, sliced 5 garlic cloves peeled and roughly chopped

Brisket with Herbed Spinach Stuffing

1 tablespoon fresh thyme - chopped 2-3 bay leaves

Make stuffing: 1) Heat the oil in large frying pan over a medium heat. 2) Add the onions, garlic and thyme; saute until onions soften, about 5 minutes. 1

3) Mix in the spinach, matzah, egg and season stuffing with salt and pepper.

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4) Transfer to the food processor and whizz together to produce a thick paste.

Make brisket: Seder night brings back the memories of traditional family recipes and for my family brisket, is certainly high on the list. However, I thought that I would adapt the classic brisket dish and make it just a bit more special. The stuffing provides lovely colour - and vitamins - and as it is cooked in chicken stock and red wine, there is no chance of it drying out when more questions are asked at the Seder. Preparation Time: 40 minutes Cooking Time: 3 hours 35 minutes Serves 8 to 10 people

Preheat oven to

180C/ 350°F/ Gas mark 4.

2) Cut deep pocket in 1 side of brisket, leaving 2 cm border of meat uncut on remaining 3 sides. 3) Fill pocket with stuffing. Skewer or sew pocket closed. Sprinkle salt and pepper all over brisket. 4) Arrange half of onions in bottom of large oven tray. Place brisket, fat side up, on onions. 5) Top brisket with remaining onions. Pour 3 tablespoons of chicken stock and red wine into the oven tray. 6) Bake brisket uncovered until meat and onions begin to brown, about 1 hour.

Ingredients

7) Add carrots, celery, garlic, thyme and bay leaf to pan

For stuffing

around brisket. Pour over the remaining chicken stock.

3 tablespoons olive oil

8) Cover with foil, reduce temperature to 150 C/ 300°F/

2 onions - peeled and chopped

Gas Mark 2 and bake brisket until tender, about 2 1/2

4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

hours or longer.

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

9) Remove from the oven. Uncover pan; let brisket

300g package frozen chopped spinach, thawed squeezed dry

stand 30 minutes. Thinly slice brisket across grain.

2 whole matzah sheets, finely crumbled 1 large egg, beaten to blend

To serve the stylish way:

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

from pan and serve brisket with pan juices.

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Roasted Red Pepper and Carrot Soup

1) Pre-heat the broiler to its highest setting. 2) Place the peppers on an oven tray and brush them —

with olive oil. Broil for about 10 minutes or until the skin have blackened and blistered. 1

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3) Meanwhile, heat a large deep saucepan with the remaining olive oil. Saute the onions, carrots and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add the stock, pinch of sugar and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the carrots are soft. Remove

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immediately transfer to a dish and cover with serram wrap. Leave for 10 minutes to cool. ”*

5) Remove the skins from the peppers and roughly chop. Keep one red pepper back for garnish but add the

Soup is one of the best starters for a Seder meal because it is so easy and quick to serve especially if you have a large crowd to cater for. This recipe is a delicious vibrant, tasty soup that can be made in advance and uses readily available low fat Pesach ingredients. Cooked with garlic and basil, it is full of the flavour of the Mediterranean and provides a delightful change from regular carrot soup.

rest to the soup with the basil. 6) Simmer the soup for a final 5 minutes. 7) Liquidise half the soup to produce a semi puree consistency. Return to the saucepan. Taste and adjust seasoning.

To serve the stylish way: Sprinkle the retained chopped red pepper over the

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

soup and garnish with sprigs of fresh basil.

Cooking Time: 35 minutes plus 10 minutes for cooling

Walnut Cake

Serves 8 people

Ingredients 6 large red peppers - cut in to quarters, seeds removed 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 onions - peeled and roughly chopped Large bunch of fresh basil 4 cloves garlic- peeled and finely chopped 6 carrots - peeled and roughly chopped

5 cups vegetable or chicken stock t

Pinch of sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Garnish: Sprigs of basil 900g onions - peeled and thinly sliced Hamaor / April 2008

This is a real traditional Pesach cake, much loved by my husband. Made with just a few store cupboard ingredients its moist slightly chunky texture slices beautifully without crumbling and can be used for either a dessert or at tea time. As Pesach is later this Page 27

FAMILY HAMAOR year, packed lunches for a matzo ramble may be required and a slice of this cake is a nice treat.

Topping: Icing sugar / 20 walnut halves Method

Walnuts are one of the best plant sources of protein. They are rich in fibre, B vitamins, magnesium, and have significantly higher amounts of omega 3 fatty acids as compared to other nuts. Walnuts have also been shown to aid in the lowering LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) which is just as well because this recipe does use 12 eggs.

1) Line two 24 cm / 10 inch loose based cake tins with non stick baking parchment paper. 2) Pre-heat the oven to 160 C/ 325F/ Gas mark 3. 3) Beat the egg yolks and sugar until it forms a thick yellow mixture. Add the lemon zest and juice. 4) Stir in the cake meal and mix well. 5) Using a metal spoon, fold in the walnuts.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

6) In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until they

Cooking Time: 1 hour

resemble soft peaks. Add one tablespoon of egg whites

Makes: 2 large cakes

followed by the rest into the walnut mixture. 7) Transfer the mixture into the prepared cake tin.

Ingredients

8) Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until it is set and

12 eggs separated

golden.

400g sugar Grated zest of 1 lemon

To serve the stylish way:

225g cake meal or fine matzah meal

Dust with icing sugar and some walnut halves.

450g walnuts - roughly chopped

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PERSONAL

Mazal Tov wishes are extended following people: Sacha Et Gillian Wingard on the birth of a Son

BIRTHS M a z a l Tov to th e fo llo w in g o n th e

Ricky Et Alison Tobias on the birth of a Grandson

b ir th o f a c h ild : Dayan Et Mrs Lichtenstein on the birth of a Grandson

Machzikei Hadath

Dayan Et Mrs Elzas on the birth of a Grandson and a Granddaughter

Mrs Pearlman Snr on the birth of two Great Grandsons

Rabbi Et Mrs Pearlman on the birth of two Grandsons

Dr Et Mrs Eli Kienwald on the birth of a Grandson

Mr Et Mrs Tony Hanstater on the birth of a Grandchild in Israel

Mrs Margaret Cowland on the birth of 2 Grandsons

Gabi Et Miriam Goldstein on the birth of a Granddaughter

Finchley Central

Jonathan Et Ruthie Goldblum on the birth of a Grandson

Mr Et Mrs J Blau on the birth of a Grandson

Eli Et Abigail Shine on the birth of a Daughter

Pollard on the birth of a Great Grandson Prof. Et Mrs I K Smith on the birth of a Grandson and a Granddaughter

David Shine on the birth of a Granddaughter and two Grandsons Ellis Goldberg on the birth of a Granddaughter Mr Et Mrs Gerald Lewin on the birth of a Grandson and a Granddaughter

Ilford Nachshon Et Ruthie Roche on the birth of a Granddaughter Mr Et Mrs Field on the birth of a Granddaughter

Drs John Et Anne Cohn on the birth of a Grandson and a Granddaughter

David Et Naomi Shine on the birth of a Son

Ian Et Judy Beider on the birth of a Granddaughter and a Grandson

Maxim Et Barbara Segal on the birth of a Grandson

Rabbi Et Mrs Joe Freilieh on the birth of a Grandson

Issy Et Cissy Segal on the birth of a Great Grandson

Mr Et Mrs Netaniel Chalomish on the birth of a Granddaughter

Arnold Et Angela Shine on the birth of a Grandson

Laurence Et Linda Conroy on the birth of a Grandson Ronnie Et Felicia Lawrence on the birth of a Great Grandson Freddie Et Natalie Jacobs on the birth of a Great Granddaughter Melvyn Et Jackie Zeff on the birth of two Granddaughters Leslie Et Sandra Wajchendler on the birth of a Granddaughter Doreen Wajchendler on the birth of a Great Granddaughter Melvyn Et Linda Bloomfield on the birth of a Grandson

Loughton

George Et Ruth Blachman on the birth of a Great Granddaughter Dovi Et Ginat Friedmann on the birth of a Daughter Benji Et Dina Friedmann on the birth of a Daughter Michael Et Rachel Friedmann on the birth of two Granddaughters Norman Et Naomi Cohen on the birth of a Grandchild Rabbi Et Mrs A Goldblatt on the birth of twin Grandsons Jonny Et Linda Wosner on the birth of a Granddaughter Avi Et Bracha Wosner on the birth of a Daughter Graham Et Belinda Calvert on the birth of a Granddaughter

Rev Et Mrs Lorraine on the birth of a Granddaughter

Daniel Et Lana Ziskind on the birth of a Daughter

Geoffrey Et Natalie Curtis on the birth of a Grandson

Dovid Et Dassy Forta on the birth of a Daughter

Leonard Et Rosalind Conway on the birth of a Grandson

Jonathan Et Lauren Newman on the birth of a Son

Gerry Et Eleanor Borman on the birth of a Grandson

Rabbi Et Michael Newman on the birth of a Grandson

Ho m o o r

Jai Et Danielle Pushkin on the birth of a Son

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Mr ft Mrs Yitzi Scharfer on the birth of a Son

Marilyn Russell and Henry Russell on the birth of a Grandson

Rabbi ft Mrs C Hoffman on the birth of a Grandson

Daniel ft Chantelle Kienwald on the birth of a Son

Mr ft Mrs Ronnie Moore on the birth of a Granddaughter and Grandson

Mrs Lotte Wachsman on the birth of a Great Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Andrew Cohen on the birth of a Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Elozor Kleerekoper on the birth of a Son

Mr ft Mrs Yehoshua on the birth of two Grandsons

Mr ft Mrs Sam Liebens on the birth of a Son

Mr ft Mrs Benny Dzialowski on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Ohr Yisrael Gila ft Paula Pritchard on the birth of a Daughter Michael ft Michelle Wolf on the birth of a Son Ben ft Amanda Bradley on the birth of a Son Adam ft Joelle Shenker on the birth of a Son

Mr ft Mrs Gerald Halibard on the birth of a Granddaughter and Grandson Mr ft Mrs Y D Fagil on the birth of a Great Grandson Mr ft Mrs Alan Lewis on the birth of a Granddaughter Dr ft Mrs Yossi Adler on the birth of two Grandsons

Jason ft Candice Smith on the birth of a Daughter

Dr ft Mrs Yossi Spitzer on the birth of two Grandsons

Michael ft Gabrielle Firestone on the birth of a Son

Mr ft Mrs Harvey Shapiro on the birth of a Son

Danny ft Erika Couciero-Steinbaum on the birth of a Daughter

Yeshurun

Michael ft Sharon Ross on the birth of a Daughter

Adam ft Samantha Ezro on the birth of a Daughter

Josh ft Louise Moont on the birth of a Son

Laurence ft Judith Raymond on the birth of a Granddaughter

Neil ft Danielle Bredski on the birth of a Son

Shomrei Hadath

Wilfred ft Helene Littlestone on the birth of a Grandson Barbara Vaughan on the birth of a Granddaughter

Rabbi ft Mrs Faehler on the birth of a Grandson in Israel

Harold ft Hilary Sadick on the birth of a Granddaughter

Jeremy ft Jaequi Barnett on the birth of a Grandson

Esther Fligg on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Jonny ft Lara Olsburgh on the birth of a Son

Stuart ft Carol Niman on the birth of a Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Yitz Katz on the birth of a Grandson

David ft liana Weiner on the birth of a Son

Shlomo ft Susan Winegarten on the birth of a Granddaughter

Mel ft Mandy Estrin on the birth of a Grandson

Sinai

Dr ft Mrs Wilfred Littlestone on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Rabbi ft Mrs Knopfler on the birth of a Grandson

Hilary Chesler on the birth of a Grandson

Mrs Devorah Roth on the birth of a Grandson

John ft Marcia Redland on the birth of a Great Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Moshe Grun on the birth of two Granddaughters

Arthur ft Maria Vertes on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Rabbi ft Mrs Leitner on the birth of a Granddaughter Rabbi ft Mrs Grunfeld on the birth of two Granddaughters Mr ft Mrs David Chontow on the birth of a Granddaughter Mr ft Mrs Yaakov Greenberg on the birth of a Son

Bob ft Marilyn Vertes on the birth of a Granddaughter Warren ft Angela Peston on the birth of a Granddaughter Phyllis Peston on the birth of a Great Granddaughter Rabbi ft Mrs Julian Shindler on the birth of a Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Richard Kaufman on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Jonathan ft Hilary Raymond on the birth of a Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Zvi Soriano on the birth of a Daughter

Roger ft Susan Gibbons on the birth of a Grandson

Rabbi ft Mrs Ephraim Klyne on the birth of a Granddaughter

Edwin ft Joy Solomons on the birth of a Granddaughter Charles ft Toni Green on the birth of a Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Lezer Bloch on the birth of a Grandson

Victor ft Kathy Panas on the birth of a Daughter

Mr ft Mrs Chaim Boruch Leigh on the birth of a Son Page 30

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PERSONAL ENGAGEMENTS

Stuart Et Hilarie Ifield on their daughter Naomi's engagement to Daniel Roth

M a z a l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

David Et Lorraine Harris on their daughter Hannah's engagement to Daniel Mitchell

Finchley Central

Akram Et Joyce David on their son's engagement

Mr S D Hirsch on his engagement

Loughton Jimmy Et Dawn Allen on their daughter Louise's engagement to Mitchell Green

Steven Et Estelle Brown on their son Gary's engagement to Elianna Gatoff Jeremy Et Michelle Fisher on their daughter Lauren's engagement to Simon Levy

Machzikei Hadath

Shmuli Et Minkie Orenstein on their daughter Shoshi's engagement to Shmulik Ygbi

Rabbi Et Mrs Pearlman on the engagement of their daughter Sara to Yitzi Bodner

Russell Et Eunice Grossman on their daughter Gabriella's engagement to Zaek Mann

Mrs Pearlman Snr on the engagement of her granddaughter Sara to Yitzi Bodner

Mordaunt Cohen on his granddaughter Sarah's engagement to James Proops

George Et Ruth Blahman on their granddaughter Michal Pirnay's engagement Mr Et Mrs Shlomo Galandauer on their granddaughter Mindy's engagement Mr Et Mrs Norman Cohen on the engagement of their grandson Eli to Toby Bordon

Ohr Yisrael Martyn Et Debbie Slyper on the engagement of their daughter Gemma to Jez Roskin

W ED D IN G S M o z o l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

Finchley Central Mrs B Needleman on the marriage of her Step Granddaughter in South Africa Mrs L Sacks on the forthcoming marriage of her Grandson in Israel Mr B Goldman on his granddaughter Charlotte's marriage

Shomrei Hadath Dr Martin Glasser on his engagement to Lucinda Caplan

Sinai Mr Et Mrs Moshe Grun on the engagement of their son Yaacov Yisrael to Rivki Gurwicz Mr a Mrs Richard Kaufman on the engagement of their granddaughter Debbie Kaufman Rabbi a Mrs D Kirsch on the engagement of their daughter Shifrah to Menachem Schleider

Yeshurun Shlomo a Sandra Golan on their daughter Gemma's engagement to Paul Bloom Kitty Smulovitch on her grandson Daniel's engagement to Danielle Braier Stephen Et Anne-Marie Wolfryd on their son Oliver's engagement to Marisha Simmons Stuart Et Hilarie Ifield on their daughter Abi's engagement to Aaron Djanogly Homaor / April 2008

Ilford Lewis Et Deborah Jacobs on their son Jonathan's marriage to Leanne Freedland Lewis Et Deborah Jacobs on their son Douglas's marriage to Andrea Kaye Alf Et Betty Jacobs on the marriages of their grandson's Jonathan and Douglas Sally Shoffren on her daughter's Emmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage to Dean Walman

Loughton Leonard Et Rosalind Conway on their son Darren's marriage to Sarah Souber Clive Et Delia Kaye on their son Richard's marriage to Rachel Sherman Geoffrey Et Natalie Curtis on their son Daniel's marriage to Laura Sanders

Machzikei Hadath Rabbi Et Mrs Pearlman on Daniel's marriage Page 31

PERSONAL Michael a Rachel Friedmann on the marriage of their daughter Shoshana to Yoni Domnitz

Mr a Mrs Naftali Berlinger on the marriage of their daughter Yocheved to Yossi Lerch

Ian Ft Judy Beider on the marriage of their son Jeremy to Tammy Nizner

Mr a Mrs Ralph Klajn on the marriage of their son Yonni to Zissel Katz

Mrs Lotte Wachsmann on the marriage of her grandson Jeremy to Tammy Nizner

Mr a Mrs Y D Fagil on the marriage of their granddaughter Soroh to Zechariah Kornbluth

Eric Ft Susi Graus and Norman Ft Naomi Cohen on the marriage of their granddaughter Shoshana to Daniel Weisz

Yeshurun

Eric Ft Susi Graus on the marriage of their granddaughter Liori to Daniel Deal

Alan a Kathryn Finlay on their son David's marriage to Keila Rosenblum of Johannesburg

George Ft Ruth Blachman on the marriage of their granddaughter Michal to Yoel Nettar

Soro Brackman on her marriage to Nicholas Feldman

Rabbi Ft Mrs Michael Newman on the marriage of their son Jonny Rabbi Ft Mrs Tony Goldblatt on their son Azriel's marriage

Dov Reichmann on his grandson Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage

W ED D IN G A N N IV ER SA R IES

Alan Cohen on his marriage to Tzivia Ellinson

M c iz a l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

Graham Ft Belinda Calvert on Mordechai's marriage to Melanie Cohen

Finchley Central Mr a Mrs S Fertleman on their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Ohr Yisrael

Mr a Mrs L Cohen on their 55th Wedding Anniversary

Joel Kaye on his marriage to Liora Grodzinski

Ilford

Shomrei Hadath

Ronnie a Felicia Lawrence on their 48th Wedding Anniversary

Rabbi Ft Mrs Fachler on the marriage of their daughter Sarah to Yitzi Bodner

Sinai Rabbi Ft Mrs Knopfler on the marriage of their son Menachem to Soroh Hartman Mrs Devorah Roth on the marriage of her son Aaron to Leah Cohen Mr Ft Mrs Moshe Grun on the marriage of their daughter Rochele to Moshe David Leitner Rabbi Ft Mrs Leitner on the marriage of their son David to Rochele Grun Mr Ft Mrs David Grant on the marriage of their son Joshua to Shira Zneimer Mr Ft Mrs David Rosenthal on the marriage of their daughter Toby to Eli Rosen Mr Ft Mrs Doni Kaufman on the marriage of their Daughter to David Ryness Mr Ft Mrs Richard Kaufman on the marriage of their Granddaughter to David Ryness Mr Ft Mrs Lezer Bloch on the marriage of their daughter Miriam to Moshe Brandeis Mr Ft Mrs John Simmonds on the marriage of their son Moishe to Etty Goldstein Page 32

Norman a Pam Levinson on their 49th Wedding Anniversary Tony a Gloria Rones on their Wedding Anniversary Cyril a Anita Stevens on their 50th Wedding Anniversary Jack a Sadie Biller on their 57th Wedding Anniversary Freddie a Natalie Jacobs on their 59th Wedding Anniversary Phil a Anne Keen on their 69th Wedding Anniversary

Yeshurun Philip a Rochelle Baigel on their 25th Wedding Anniversary Ronnie a Estelle Salomomn on their 25th Wedding Anniversary David a Lorraine Harris on their 25th Wedding Anniversary Don a Diane Finkel on their 25th Wedding Anniversary Stuart a Susan Lightman on their 40th Wedding Anniversary Brian a Patricia Shaer on their 40th Wedding Anniversary John a Marcia Redland on their 45th Wedding Anniversary Ellis a Jennifer Paul on their 45th Wedding Anniversary Solly a Ruth Sheer on their 55th Wedding Anniversary Hamaor / April 2008

BAR MITZVAH

Mr Et Mrs Boruch Silverman on their son Eliezer’s Barmitzvah

M a z o l Tov to th e fo llo w in g : Rabbi Et Mrs Z Unsdorfer on their son Boruch's Barmitzvah

Yeshurun

Mrs Margaret Cowland on her grandson Refoel's Barmitzvah

Jack Cherkas on his Barmitzvah

Finchley Central

James Palman on his Barmitzvah

Mr Et Mrs M Mahgerefteh on their Son's Barmitzvah

David Myers on his Barmitzvah

Ariel Kropp on his Barmitzvah

Max Compton on his Barmitzvah

Ilford

Ben Nesbitt on his Barmitzvah

Arthur Shipton on his 2nd Barmitzvah

Asher Duborkin on his Barmitzvah

Ron Soraff on his Grandson's Barmitzvah Alt Jacobs on his 2nd Barmitzvah Philip Et Wendy Knott on Timothy's Barmitzvah Arthur Shipton on his 2nd Barmitzvah

Loughton Nathan Steele on his Barmitzvah Marc Kempner on his Barmitzvah

BAT MITZVAH M o z a l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

Finchley Central Drs D Et G Gertner on their daughter Tamara's Batmitzvah Mrs S Langdon on her granddaughter Tamara's Batmitzvah Drs E Et N Lever on their niece Tamara’s Batmitzvah

Machzikei Hadath Mr Et Mrs Max England on their grandson Raphoel’s Barmitzvah Mr Et Mrs David Winter on their grandson Daniel Weider's Barmitzvah Mr Et Mrs Philip Ullman on their son David's Barmitzvah

Ohr Yisrael Norman 8t Lynda Black on their son Leo's Barmitzvah Adam Et Jacqui Cainer on their son Josh's Barmitzvah Uri Et Nimmi Kamara on Yoel's Barmitzvah Ronnie Et Emma Philips on Eitan's Barmitzvah

Shomrei Hadath

Loughton Vincent Et Stacey Goodman on their daughter Candice's Batmitzvah Abigail Slade on her Batmitzvah

Ohr Yisrael Shlomo Et Alison Biton on their daughter Arielle's Batmitzvah

Shomrei Hadath Leora Robinson on her Batmitzvah in Israel Shlomo Et Susan Winegarten on their granddaughter Rachel's Batmitzvah

Michael Et Siobhan Ezra on Ethan's Barmitzvah

Yeshurun

Steven a Hephzibah Rudofsky on Alex's Barmitzvah

Georgia Gaunt on her Batmitzvah

Dr a Mrs H A Davis on their Grandson's Barmitzvah

Tony Et Frankie Branston on their granddaughter Talya's Batmitzvah

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Rabbi Et Mrs Knopfler on their son Betzalel's Barmitzvah

Stanley Et Suzanne Kushner on their granddaughter's Hannah Et Liat's Batmitzvah

Mr Et Mrs Lezer Block on their son Meir Simcha's Barmitzvah

Lara Son on her Batmitzvah

r Et Mrs Mendy Itzinger on their Son’s Barmitzvah Rabbi Et Mrs C Hoffman on their son Aaron Meir's Barmitzvah Mr S Dzialowski on his grandson's Lozor Zucker’s Barmitzvah Homoor / April 2008

Abigail Compton on her Batmitzvah Shoshana Greenbaum on her Batmitzvah Goldie Orenstein on her Batmitzvah Tami Collett on her Batmitzvah Page 33

PERSONAL SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS

Marilyn Becker on her Birthday Brenda Cherkas on her Special Birthday

M a z o l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

Iris Palmer on her Special Birthday

Finchley Central

Russell Dunstan on his Special Birthday

Mr S Rosengard on his 30th Birthday

Eli Perl on his 50th Birthday

Mr D Chakimi on his 30th Birthday

David Levene on his 100th Birthday

Dr D Gertner on his 50th Birthday

Helene Olivestone on her 100th Birthday

Mr M Nathan on his 60th Birthday Mr M Reich on his 60th Birthday Mr M Hajioff on his 65th Birthday Mr S Dresner on his 70th Birthday

SPECIAL ACH IEVEM EN TS M a z o l Tov to th e fo llo w in g :

Mr J Reich on his 90th Birthday

Ilford

Mrs D Rothner on her 90th Birthday

Gemma Elliott on making Aliyah

Mrs D Leverson on her 90th Birthday

Machzikei Fladath

Ilford

Eli Ft Abigail Shine and Family on their Aliyah

Lauren Crader on her Birthday

Yeshurun

Maxim Segal on his 60th Birthday Estelle Bashton on her 60th Birthday Frances Mandel on her 65th Birthday

Eli Baigel was selected for the prestigious role of boy soloist at the Choral Selichot Service at the Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Brian Ash on his 65th Birthday Melvyn Weinberg on his 70th Birthday Norman Levinson on his 73rd Birthday Ruth Montlake on her 75th Birthday Ruth Bernstein on her 80th Birthday Issy Brack on his 91st Birthday

CO NDO LENCES l/Ve o f f e r

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Mrs Margaret Cowland on the loss of her son Rabbi Shmuli Kass zt"l

Mrs F Zeiderman on her 100th Birthday

Rev M Brown (Superintendent at Rainham Cemetery) on the loss of his Brother

Mrs Rose Carr on her 100th Birthday

Mrs Gingold on the loss of her Father

Loughton

Clapton

Joel a Brittany Kass on their 14th Birthday

The Family of the late Minnie Simons

Ohr Yisrael

The Family of the late Harry Bodlander

Johnny a Debbie Mansoor on Micah's 1st Birthday Paul a Justine Deacon on Jodie's 1st Birthday

The Family of the late Millie Goldstein The Family of the late Cissie Leigh The Family of the late Leonard Tendler

Shomrei Hadath

Mrs Nudler on the loss of her Husband

Ian Caller on his 70th Birthday

The Family of the late Hettie Steeker

Mick Davis on his Birthday

The Family of the late Yetta Bernstein

Yeshurun

The Family of the late Hetty Berman

Bruna Cowan on her Birthday Renee Preston on her Birthday Page 34

Mrs David on the loss of her Husband The Family of the late Sylvia Caplin The Family of the late Bessie Hart Hamaor / April 2008

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The Family of the late Betty Black

Mrs R Katz on the loss of her Husband

Mr Collins on the loss of his Wife

Mr L Swindon on the loss of his Wife

The Family of the late Rebecca Graff

Mrs Cohen on the loss of her Husband The Family of the late Florrie Zeiderman

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Mrs Langley on the loss of her Flusband rs Fishman on the loss of her Husband Mr A Laikin on the loss of his Wife Mr Sanders on the loss of his Wife Mr Butler on the loss of his Sister

Mr M S Cohen on the loss of his Wife The Family of the late Harry Bodlander Hazel Weinberg on the loss of her Mother Andrea Ash on the loss of her Mother Michelle Goldstein on the loss of her Brother Loraine Cohen on the loss of her Husband

East London Central

Sally Shoffren on the loss of her Mother

Mrs Priceman on the loss of her Husband

Dr Issy Segal on the loss of his Sister

The Family of the late Theresa Brandes

Anthony Leckerman on the loss of his Mother

The Family of the late Rose Segal

Stuart Halpern on the loss of his Wife

The Family of the late Dora Bitensky

Alex Halpern on the loss of his Mother

The Family of the late Anne Celia Beerman

Mrs L Magen on the loss of her Sister

Mrs Tash on the loss of her Husband

Thelma Kaye on the loss of her Husband

The Family of the late Eva Pearlgood

The Family of the late Cyril Harris

The Family of the late Bernard Wilson

Deborah Bangle on the loss of her Husband

The Family of the late Rose Barnett

The Family of the late Gertrude Librack

The Family of the late Anita Shaw

Josephine Simons on the loss of her Mother

Mr H Collier on the loss of his Wife

Nicole Franklin on the loss of her Grandmother

The Family of the late Doris Jelen

Linda Bloomfield on the loss of her Mother

The Family of the late Shirley Leckerman The Family of the late Alan Price Mrs Ephraim on the loss of her Husband The Family of the late Yetta Tabis The Family of the late John Trent

Loughton Sharon Lester on the loss of her Mother Rita Dias on the loss of her Mother Mandy Wolfryd on the loss of her Father

The Family of the late Anne Kruger

Ohr Yisroel

The Family of the late Edith Mallach

David Et Gena Philips on the loss of their Father

The Family of the late Esther Phyllis Copperman

Finchley Central The Family of the late Elliot Green The Family of the late Pearl Davis The- Family of the late R. Spiegel Mrs M Rose on the loss of her Brother Mrs L Sacks on the loss of her Sister

Machzikei Hadath The Family of the late Helen Rosenberg The Family of the late Hilde Engleman The Family of the late Mrs Rosenfelder Liz Van Messel on the loss of her Father David Winter on the loss of his Mother Doris Lanzkron on the loss of her Brother

Ilford

Arie Kiselstein on the loss of his Father

The Family of the late Aranka Baron

The Family of the late Helen Shine

The Family of the late Jack Jackson

Rose Faber on the loss of her Mother

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PERSONAL Shomrei Hadath

Rachel Turetsky on the loss of her Brother

Mrs Sacks on the loss of her Husband

John Sheer, Robyn Deutsch and Diane Miller on the loss of their Father

Waltham Forest

Yehudit Gordon on the loss of her Mother

Rev Stuart Myers on the loss of his Wife

Sheila Davies and Elissa Bayer on the loss of their Father

Mrs Wolpert on the loss of her Husband

Ahron Hadjizade on the loss of his Brother

Yeshurun

The Family of the late Louis Sedley The Family of the late Betty Delinsky

Peter Silverstone on the loss of his Mother

The Family of the late Ann Benson

The Family of the late Ronald Barton Nettie Bayer on the loss of her Brother Howard Fabian on the loss of his Father

Please send in all your personal announcements to

Leonard Ft David Specterman on the loss of their Mother Annette Koslover on the loss of her Mother

Roberta Rubenstein, Hamaor, 65 Watford Way, London NW4 3AQ or email: r.rubenstein@federationofsynagogues.com

Stephen Feiner on the loss of his Mother

N e w G o ld lite P ro fe ssio n a l D r y C le an e rs 195 Finchley Road, London N W I I OAA Tel: 020 873 I 6682 All D ry Cleaning undertaken on the Premises including Laundry Service

Shirt Service Hand Finished Service Curtains Cleaned Leather & Suede Cleaned

All Alterations carried out

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FEDERATION OF SYNAGOGUES KASHRUS BOARD Chairman: Mr A. Finlay Director o f Kashrus: Dayan M. D. Elzas The following establishments are licensed by the Federation Kashrus Board and are under the Supervision o f the Beth Din o f the Federation o f Synagogues: CA TERERS:

CREME de la CREME 5 Temple Fortune Parade, London NW11 PARK LANE HOTEL Piccadilly, London W1Y 8BX

'86' RESTAURANT 86 Brent Street, Hendon NW4

020 8202 5575

KYOTO SUSHI BAR 51 Brent Street, London NW4 2EA

020 8203 6031

MET SU YAN RESTAURANT 134 Golders Green Road, London NW11

020 8458 8088

MET SU YAN RESTAURANT 1&2 The Promenade, Edgwarebury Lane, Edgware HA8 7JZ

020 8958 6840

ORLI CAFE 96 Brent Street, NW4

020 8203 7555

020 8209 1007

ORLI CAFE 295 Hale Lane, Edgware

020 8958 1555

020 8203 9866

ORLI CAFE 108 Regents Park Road, N3

020 8371 9222

020 8954 6020

PITA RESTAURANT 98 Golders Green Road, NW11 8HB

020 8381 4080

020 8202 6845

PIZAZA 53 Brent Street, NW4 2EA

020 8202 9911

020 8958 6910

SAMI'S 157 Brent Street, London NW4

020 8203 8088

020 8950 0400

SLICE 8 Princes Parade, Golders Green Road, NW11 020 8458 9483

020 8458 9090 Fax: 020 8458 3339

020 7499 6321 Fax: 020 7290 7566 Mobile: 079 4115 3575

SILBERHORN CATERING

020 8458 7708

DELICATESSENS A N D SHOPS:

GOLDEN BROWN BAKERIES 88 Golders Green Road, London NW11 8LN HENDON BAGEL BAKERY 57 Church Road, London NW4 LA BOUCHERIE EXPRESS LTD 78 The Broadway, Stanmore, Middx MR BAKER 119-121 Brent Street, London NW4 2DX PELTER STORES 82 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middx THE KANTEEN BAKERY 23 High Road, Bushey, Herts WD23 1EE RESTAURANTS:

AVIV RESTAURANT 87 High Street, Edgware

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020 8952 2484

THE BURGER BAR 110 Regents Park Road, N3 3JG

020 8371 1555

THE KANTEEN 25 High Road, Bushey, Herts WD23 1EE

020 8950 0747

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Federation of Synagogues Honorary Officers

Burial Society

President: M r Alan Finlay

Administrator: Mr Dovid Zelmanovits

Vice-Presidents: M r Henry Dony St

Sexton: M r Noson Kahler

M r Benjamin Mire

Tel: 020 8202 3903 Fax: 020 8203 0610

Treasurers (Federation):

Out o f hours answerphone: 020 8202 3903

M r Leon Newmark Ft M r Paul Westbrook Treasurers (Burial Society)

Cemeteries

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Ft

Montague Road, Edmonton N18

M r Michael Ezra

Tel: 020 8807 2268 Upminster Road North, Rainham, Essex

Beth Din

Tel: 01708 552825

Rosh Beth Din: Dayan Y Y Lichtenstein

During the winter months both cemeteries

Dayan M D Elzas

are open daily, except Shabbos and Yom

Registrar: Rabbi Z Unsdorfer

Tov, from 9am until dusk.

Enquires to the Registrar

During British Summer Time gates are

Tel: 020 8202 2263

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Chief Executive Dr Eli Kienwald

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FEDERATION OF SYNAGOGUES 65 Watford Way, London NW4 3AQ Tel: (+44) 020 8203 0610 Fax: (+44) 020 8203 0610 E-mail: info@kfkosher.org Website: www.kfkosher.org

BETH DIN This form should be completed and handed over or delivered to the Beth Din Before Thursday 17 April 2008

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR THE SALE OF CHOMETZ I, the undersigned, fully empower and authorise Dayan M D Elzas to act in my place and stead and, on my behalf, to sell any Chometz possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) up to and including Friday 18 April 2008 at 4.00pm including any food in respect of which there is a doubt or possibility that it might contain Chometz, and all kinds of Chometz mixtures, and to lease all places wherein the Chometz owned by me is stored and found, especially in the premises specified below, or elsewhere. Dayan M D Elzas has full authority to sell or lease all Chometz and all places wherein the Chometz owned by me is found, by any transaction in any manner which he deems fit and proper, and for such time as he believes necessary, in accordance with the detailed terms and conditions set out in the agreed Contract or Sale which he will draw up. This authorisation is made a part of that Contract. I also give Dayan M D Elzas power and authority to appoint any proxy he deems fit in his place, with full power to sell or lease as provided herein. The above-given powers are to be exercised in conformity with all Torah and Rabbinical regulations and laws, and also in accordance with the laws of the country. And to this I hereby affix my signature on this...............day of

2008

Name Address Signature.............................................................Witness. Exact location of Chometz within the above premises. Sale price of Chometz (approx)........................................ Keys available at TYPES OF CHOM ETZ (please delete items that are not applicable) Bread products, biscuits, flour, cereals, beverages, alcoholic spirits, beer, pasta products, semolina, farfel, canned foods, soft drinks, confectionery, all other foods containing Chometz, medicaments, perfumes, cosmetics, aerosols, cleaning materials, any Chometz in or adhering to ovens, food mixers or food processors, and any other Chometz on any other utensils, shares in companies or business producing, trading or owning Chometz.

Constituent Synagogues______ Affiliated Synagogues CLAPTON FEDERATION SYNAGOGUE.

AISH HATORAH COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE.

(Sha'are Shomayim). (Incorporating Yavneh Synagogue) (in association with Springfield Synagogue) 202 Upper Clapton Road, London E5 9DH. Secretary: W. Jacobs. Tel: 020 8989 5211.

379 Hendon Way, NW4 3LP. Tel: 020 8457 4444. Min: Rabbi Shimson Silkin. Secretary: Miss Y. Ehreich

CONGREGATION OF JACOB SYNAGOGUE. 351/355 Commercial Road, London E1 2PS. Contact: Mr David Behr.

CROYDON & DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE.

Tel: 020 7790 2874. Website; www.congregationofjacob.org

The Almonds, 5 Shiriey Oaks Road, Croydon, Surrey CRO 8YX. Tel: 020 8662 0011. Minister: Rev Mark Daniels. All correspondence to The Secretaries: Mrs V Harris. Tel: 01883 348939. Mrs B Harris. Tel: 020 8726 0179.

41 Fieldgate Street, E1 1JU. Tel: 020 7247 2644. Secretary: Mrs F. Treep.

EAST LONDON CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE.

FINCHLEY ROAD SYNAGOGUE.

30/40 Nelson Street, E1 2DE. Tel: 020 7790 9809, Secretary: Mr J. Beninson. Tel: 020 8529 8146. Rav: Rabbi Y. Austin.

(Sassover), 4 Helenslea Avenue, NW11. Contact: Mr S. Halpern. Tel: 020 8455 1814

FIELDGATE STREET GREAT SYNAGOGUE.

Rav: Rabbi S, Freshwater1

FINCHLEY CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE. 2 Redboume Avenue, N3 2BS. Tel: 020 8346 1892. Rav: Rabbi Y, Hamer.

LEYTONSTONE & WANSTEAD SYNAGOGUE. 2 Fillebrook Road, E11. Secretary: Cllr. L. Braham Tel: 020 8539 0088.

HENDON.

LOUGHTON, CHIGWELL & DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE.

Beis Hamedrash 65 Watford Way, Hendon NW4 3AQ. Tel: 020 8202 2263. Rav: Dayan Y.Y. Lichtenstein. Contact: Mr P. Ellerman. Tel: 020 8203 9030.

Borders Lane, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1TE. Tel: 020 8508 0303. Min: Rabbi. Y. Aronovitz. Secretary: Mrs M. Lewis.

ILFORD FEDERATION SYNAGOGUE.

SPRINGFIELD SYNAGOGUE.

14/16 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 4QR. Tel: 020 8554 5289. Rav: Rabbi A. Chapper. Secretary: Mrs L. Klein. Website: www.ilfordfeds.org

202 Upper Clapton Road, E5 9DH.

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Rav. Dayan I. Gukovitski. Contact: L. Blackman. Tel: 01702 340 762.

STAMFORD HILL BETH HAMEDRASH. MACHZIKEI HADASS SYNAGOGUE. 1-4 Highfield Road, NW11 9LU. Rav: Rabbi C. Pearlman. Hon. Secretary: R. Shaw. Tel: 020 8958 0499.

NETZACH ISRAEL COMMUNITY CENTRE. 281 Golders Green Road, NW11 9JJ Rav: Rabbi Doron Ahiel. Tel: 020 8455 4312

OHR YISRAEL SYNAGOGUE. 31/33 Theobald Street, Borehamwood, Herts WD6 4RN Rav: Rabbi R. Garson. Tel: 020 8953 8385 Website: www.ohr-yisrael.org.uk Email: ohryisrael@tiscali.co.uk

SHOMREI HADATH SYNAGOGUE.

50 Clapton Common, E5 9AL. Rav: Dayan D. Grynhaus. Secretary: M. Chontow. Tel: 020 8800 7369.

WALTHAM FOREST HEBREW CONGREGATION. (Queens Road) 140 Boundary Road, E17 Tel: 020 8509 0775. Minister: Rev. S. Myers.

WEST END GREAT SYNAGOGUE. (Beth Hasepher & Soho), 32 Great Cumberland Place, W1 H 7TN. Tel: 020 7724 8121. Minister: Rev. Ari Cohen. Secretary: Mrs R. Koten.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE SYNAGOGUES WHICH HAVE CLOSED ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

64 Burrard Road, Hampstead, London NW6 1DD. Rav: Rabbi Mordechai Fachler. Secretary: Mrs P Schotten. Tel: 020 7435 6906.

Secretary: Mrs R. Diamond. Tel 020 8778 6669.

SINAI SYNAGOGUE.

NOTTING HILL SYNAGOGUE.

54 Woodstock Avenue, NW11 9RJ. Tel: 020 8455 6876. Rav: Rabbi B. Knopfler. Secretary: Mr E. Cohen.

NEW WIMBLEDON & PUTNEY DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE.

Secretary: Mr H. Lamb. Tel: 020 8952 4354.

OHEL JACOB SYNAGOGUE. YESHURUN SYNAGOGUE.

Secretary: Mrs R. Pressman. Tel: 020 8550 4596.

Fernhurst Gardens, Stonegrove, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7PH. Emeritus Rav: Dayan G. Lopian. Rav: Rabbi A. Lewis Secretary: D. Cohen. Tel: 020 8952 5167. Website: www.yeshurun.org

TOTTENHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION. Secretary: Dr S. S. Cohen. Tel: 020 8482 3428.

WEST HACKNEY SYNAGOGUE AND MONTAGUE ROAD BETH HAMEDRASH. Chairman: Mr. I. Leigh. Tel: 020 8550 9543.

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