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Many thousands of Jews are being lost to the community every year, possibly never to attend a Rosh Hashanah service again. We have lost almost 40% of our community to assimilation in the past 50 years. What can be done about this alarming situation? aish has a proven track record of connecting disinterested, even hostile, young Jews back to Judaism. Our focus is on bringing dynamic, relevant and authentic Judaism to the critical 16-30 age group across sixth forms, campuses, young singles and communities nationwide. MORI research substantiates that over 90% of our alumni marry Jews. We have created inspiring initiatives and established proven strategies that motivate young people to engage again with Judaism, aish attracted 70,000 programme attendances, representing 10,000 young people this year. Our success directly equates with securing a flourishing Jewish community. But our funds are currently limited.

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For those of you who take a keen interest in matters of contemporary Halacha, turn straight to the in-depth analysis provided by Dayan Lichtenstein and Rabbi Pearlman, the latter specific to this year being Shemitta and its impact on Arbah Minim. We also have as ever, a thoughtful piece from the President and some reflections about The Aseret Yemei Teshuva from the Chief Executive. Travel through modern day Munich, to see how remarkably German Jewry has emerged from the ashes of the Holocaust and find delicious new seasonal recipes in Family Hamaor. My thanks go to all the contributors for this edition, submissions are always welcome, keep sending us your news, views and interesting stories that make this your essential Federation magazine. Wishing you all kesivah vechasima tova.

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Pesach

Guest Speaker

Mark Daniels, together with his wife Sonia, organised a seder night on the 2nd night of Pesach which, once again, was very successful. Approximately 20 people attended and we would like to thank Mark 6t Sonia

Just before Pesach, Rabbi Dan Roch gave a splendid presentation titled the Importance of Charity. Rabbi Roch spoke about the many types of this Mitzvah, which is central to Jewish life. He answered many

for all their effort and hard work.

questions on this subject.

Shavuot

At the David Hamelech Seudah on the last night of Shavuot, Rabbi David Tugendhaft spoke of the Great importance of the Yomtov. It laid the foundation stone on which the Jewish people have developed in their long history. The Seudah was prepared by the

The community celebrated the 13th birthday of the shul building. The shul looked very festive and was decorated by beautiful arrangements of flowers. We had a special supper followed by a shiur by Rev. Mark Daniels. Sixteen people attended this wonderful evening.

Brit Milah The highlight of all events was when Rebecca Et Avner Daniels shared with the community the celebration of their grandson Jake's brit milah in the shul. Their daughter Judith and her husband's family were very happy to be with us. The mohel, after giving us a talk on the meaning of the procedure, expertly carried out the procedure on the bimah and this was followed by prayers for the wellbeing of the baby and all the

Ladies Guild.

Succot This Succot we will be welcoming three local Jewish Care Homes to our Succah. There will be some Residents from Clore Manor, Rubens House and Lady Sarah Cohen House. Apart from enjoying a lovely tea there will be musical entertainment provided by our shul members. This function enables the Residents to meet and talk with shul members during their visit and it makes a welcome diversion from their usual routine. The Residents will also be able to bench Lulav, if they have not been able to do so earlier. This

family. Everyone was invited to see the baby who was fast asleep on the pillow held by his grandfather. We were then all invited to a lovely supper and Rev.

will be the 7th year that we have been able to welcome Residents from the local Jewish Care Homes.

Daniels thanked Rebecca and Avner for sharing this wonderful occasion with the community. It is very rare for Croydon Community to celebrate a brit milah

Yom Ha'atzmaut

in the shul. There were approximately 60 people present on that evening and a fantastic time was had by all.

To mark the 60th Anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel, a celebration dinner was held at Sami's Restaurant in Hendon. Extracts were read during the meal of the trials and

Recipe Book At present the Ladies Guild are organising a cookery book and this will soon be printed and offered for sale. Anyone wishing to purchase a book please contact Croydon Synagogue.

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dangers which beset the State from day one of its existence. Special stress was made of the miracles of the 6th Day and Yom Kippur Wars when the fate of the country hung in the balance. Ha Ilei had been said in shul on Yom Ha'atzmaut.

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DIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARY NEWS ft EVENTS Ilford Annual Ladies Guild Outing On the 28th July a fascinating trip to Bletehley Park,

Each week participants explore skills and models that help them develop their behaviours and influence the behaviours of others, whether at home, at work or in

the secret wartime decipher establishment, was

the community. Participants come from a wide range backgrounds bring their own unique

enjoyed by members of the community.

personalities, perspectives and philosophies to the course. This enriches the learning and experience for everybody - including their tutor!

New Sefer Torah The community have embarked on a Sefer Torah Project to fund a new Sefer Torah for the synagogue.

New Aron

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Yisrael a new contemporised style Aron installed. The Aron's glass

repair. The new Sefer will be welcomed into our

doors join together to resemble the breast-plate of

community with a communal simcha, a Hachnassas Sefer Torah, on Sunday 7th September.

the Kohen Gado\ and the Aron is illuminated by soft glow blue lights. The Ark has transformed the look of the shul, and is now the central feature in the shul.

Special Announcement community are delighted

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We are grateful to the donor of the Aron who wishes to remain anonymous.

Yeshurun Ohr Yisrael HLX Hertfordshire Learning Experience - Leadership Programme Following the successful launch of the Hertfordshire

J Nathaniel Harris is Cycling 1000 miles for Zaka and Sderot

Learning Exchange in March 2008, Ohr Yisrael is currently hosting a Personal Leadership course on

Yeshurun cyclist, Nathaniel Harris, has cycled from

Wednesday evenings, given by one of our members Richard Carr (director of Q Learning).

Land's End to John O’Groats, unsupported, in aid of Zaka, a charity which raises money to provide facilities for the people of Sderot.

Based on the principles and practices of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) the course aims to equip participants with tools and techniques to meet the challenges and opportunities of life. Graduates from the course will be eligible for certification as NLP Practitioners.

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Nathaniel's target is to raise £3000 to allow Zaka to equip an emergency first aid station in the town. This will allow any injuries to receive immediate attention and take pressure off other emergency services like Magen David Adorn.

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Kol Nidrei Appeal

Student's Chaplaincy

As you read this magazine, the Federation pledge cards for the annual Kol Nidrei appeal are being distributed to our synagogues. Once again, your kind and generous donations will be divided between two worthy Israeli charities, Magen David Adorn and

The Community Security Trust have reported an alarming increase in anti-semitic activities in this country. We are all aware that the political situation in the Middle East is being exploited by more extreme groupings to foment hatred against the State of Israel and the Jews. Nowhere this new brand of anti semitism is felt as acutely as on University Campuses, where Jewish students are often being discriminated against and, in some cases, physically attacked. The Federation of Synagogues is painfully aware of our students' plight and therefore, for a number of years, we have given strong financial support to the Jewish Chaplaincy movement and the Central Region Chaplaincy in particular, which is focused on the Manchester campus through the excellent work of Rabbi Y Y Rubinstein. With his permission, we are reproducing here a couple of extracts from Rabbi Rubinstein's 2008 Annual report. "The New Anti-Semitism is in reality, the old AntiSemitism. When I walk in the street or Campus and someone shouts "Jew" or "Palestine" at me, they have not asked me whether or not I am Israeli or a Zionist, they simply see a Jew and one Jew is guilty of the crimes or perceived crimes of all the Jews...." "I am once again grateful to the Federation of Synagogues for their support and friendship. I enjoy carrying their flag.”

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Laniado HospitaI in Netanya. Last year's appeal raised £23,400, which was shared equally between Magen David Adorn and Laniado Hospital. Your generosity is greatly appreciated by the beneficiaries and we are reproducing here a letter we have received from Eli Benson, Chief Executive of Magen David Adorn UK giving a report on the Federation of Synagogues' ambulance, followed by a letter from Rabbi Natan Morowitz of Laniado Hospital.

I am writing to update you on the activities o f the Federation o f Synagogues ambulance. It is stationed in Hadera and since May 2005, as you will see from the report attached, the ambulance has attended 401 car accidents, 34 women in labour, 76 victims o f violence plus many other emergencies. Perhaps you could share this information with your congregants so that they are able to see the wonderful work o f the ambulance for which they raised funds. Federation o f Synagogue s donation o f an ambulance has already saved countless lives and will continue to save more lives everyday.

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This programme will begin in September and will be run in conjunction with our recently established diabetics clinic, which is very successful. I invite you and members o f your board to visit our hospital so that you can see the new equipment after it has been delivered. I appreciate your partnership with us and the exceptional love that your organisation has shown to our hospital and to many other organisations in Israel.

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| this to t provide an explanation of the above and to gain a deeper understanding of this complex issue. I start with one of the basic laws of a Get. According to Torah Law a man can only give a Get if he desires to do so. A forced Get is invalid. A woman, however, can be divorced against her will (Maimonides, Laws of Divorce Chapter 1, Par.2 and Shulchan Aruch Even Hoezer Chapter 119, Par.6). Over a thousand years ago Rabbeinu Gershom (Leader of Ashkenazic Jewry, 10th Century, Mayence, Germany) instituted a Takono (Rule) that a Woman could not be divorced against her will (Remo in Shulchan Aruch Ibid). To this Takono he added another rule which complemented it: We forbade polygamy (Shulchan Aruch Even Hoezer Chapter 1, Par. 10). All Ashkenazi Communities worldwide accepted these rules and they were given the force of a Cherem (Ban of Excommunication). Among Sefardic Communities some accepted it, some did not. In order to establish religious uniformity among its population, in 1953 the Chief Rabbinate of Israel decided that it would be applied to Sefardim too. There are, however, several exceptions to these rules of Rabbeinu Gershom. What are they? The most prominent exception is a case where a Woman has become mentally or emotionally unstable to the point where it is unrealistic to accept that a Husband should continue to live with this Woman. If the Woman Page 8

will not or cannot accept the Get the Bach (16th Century Halachist) rules permission to remarry would be given if a hundred Rabbonim would sign a "Heter" permission. When this happens a Get will be written and signed and deposited into the Beth Din together with a sum of money equivalent to her Kesuva. If she gets better she can collect her Get and Kesuva. A second case where permission to remarry can be granted to the Husband is when a Woman abandons her Husband without justification. This is often referred to as the Rebellious wife (Moredet). There is a dispute among authorities whether this too requires a dispensation of 100 Rabbonim or if it can be issued solely by the Beth Din dealing with the case. What is certain in this case is that the Beth Din must make a careful investigation that there was no valid reason for the Woman to leave her Husband - a determination that can often be very difficult to achieve. A third exception to Rabbeinu Gershom's rule is where one is required or it is a Mitzva to divorce one's wife. This can happen in a case of adultery where a Husband is required to divorce his wife with or without her consent or in a lesser case where a Woman has transgressed Jewish Law in a manner that disturbs her Husband, he may divorce her against her will. The Mishna in Kesuvos 72A describes two categories of Women who have violated Jewish Law and have thereby forfeited their Kesuva. (1) A Woman who breaks the Law of Moshe. (2) A Woman who breaks the Laws of a Jewish Woman. An example of the first category would be a Woman who has caused her Husband to sin by serving him Treife food without his knowledge. An example of the second category would be a Woman who behaved in an immodest fashion (where the Husband is a Religious man who is bothered by this). In the case of apostasy the Remo in Shulchan Aruch Even Hoezer Chap. 1 adds the following "There are those who say that in the case of apostasy a Get should be issued on behalf (to the credit) of the Woman" and in Chapter 140 par.5 the Remo says the same "In the case of a Hamaor / September 2008

woman who has become forbidden we credit her with a Get through a Proxy who has been appointed on her behalf". This is to say that we should not suffice ourselves with giving a Husband permission to remarry or merely depositing a Get in the Beth Din to await her collection. If we were to rely on this, the couple is not actually divorced because the Woman has not physically received her Get and we are afraid in the case of apostasy or adultery she doesn't care about the Get so she may continue in her adultery. So even though normally a Get might be considered a liability in that she loses all the rights of a married Woman (maintenance etc) in this case the Get is actually a benefit for her and so we can credit her with the Get. How does this work? There is a principle called "Zochin Le'odom Shelo Bfonov" which means I can do an action which will credit my friend even without his knowledge if it is for his benefit. For example, if I see a lost object without any identification so that if I pick it up I can keep it. I know my friend would like such an object and I pick it up having in mind that I am doing this for my friend. It becomes his immediately as I pick it up. This is called Z'chiya crediting him with the object. This can only be effective if it is to his benefit. Obviously if it is to his disadvantage e.g. crediting him with Chometz on Pesach this will not work "Ein Chovin Leodom Shelo Bfonov" one cannot cause a liability to someone without his knowledge. Similarly if a Get would be a credit to a Woman it can be done for her without her knowledge. When is a Get a credit for a Woman? If she is committing adultery the sin is much lighter for her if she would be divorced. That is why if a Woman remarries civilly without a Get (adultery in Jewish Law) even if she does not come to the Beth Din to receive her Get,â&#x2013; a 9 proxy will be appointed on her behalf to receive the Get and this will be a credit for her - this is the Get Zikui. What happens in a case where a Man doesn't want to give a Get or is unavailable to do so - our typical Aguna case. Can we issue a Get Zikui on behalf of the Man? Hamoor / September 2008

Unfortunately not. In the early part of the Twentieth Century one of the great Torah Sages of Jerusalem R' Elya Klatzkin zt"l proposed such a course of action but the worldwide Rabbinate rejected it on halachic grounds. The reason given was that the mechanism of "Zchiya" mentioned above can only be used to receive something and it cannot be considered as if you gave something. Since the essence of the Get is that the Man must GIVE the Get the Get Zikui cannot be used to achieve this. He may either give the Get or give it to a proxy to give it to his wife. The instrument of Get Zikui is not a common one: it requires strong evidence that a Woman has committed adultery and when it is a merit to her it should be used but judiciously.

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When is a President not a President By Alan Finlay, President ' am occasionally late for Shul on Shabbos morning. The words occasionally" and "late" need defining. To anyone other than a yekker, “occasionally" would be once, say, every six to eight weeks and "late" would be coming some time after Boruch She'omar. When am late, number of people ■aw my lack of punctuality to my attention Similarly, there is a swathe of congregants who are inordinately interested in the height of my tie knot and if my tie is not up against my collar on arrival at shul, this is commented on. On both issues, the comments invariably refer to my position as President of the Federation. It seems to certain people that as President, I am expected to arrive in shul before the service starts, appropriately attired. If I do not, I have somehow allowed the standards of the Federation to fall. I have scoured the constitution of the Federation to see whether punctuality and formal dress code are part of the obligations on the President. Unsurprisingly, no mention of such is made. The logic behind the comments is, however, understandable in that the Federation does have certain standards of behaviour and dress which the President should maintain. That is, of course, when I am representing the Federation. It would be inappropriate of me to arrive late at a ceremony to which I have been invited as President inappropriately attired without good reason. Flowever, my attendance at shul on Shabbos morning is not as President but as a private congregant in which case, my arrival time and tie knot should not reflect on the Federation. The question therefore raised by the comments of my fellow congregants is whether my public and private persona can be distinct or rather, whatever I do and wherever I am, I am always President of the Federation. The President is certainly expected to be Page 10

orthodox observant at all times, not just when carrying out public functions. If the President or, indeed, any of the Head Office or local shul Honorary Officers were to openly desecrate Shabbos or to be seen whole-heartedly tucking into a treif burger, the expectation, quite rightly, would be that such conduct is a resigning issue unless there were extenuating circumstances (more easily found with regards to breaking Shabbos than eating treif). Whilst there may be some difficulty in separating my public and private personas when I am in Yeshurun, when I visit other Federation shuls, it is usually in my position as President. Interestingly, the problem is exactly the reverse for local shul honorary officers where they are always on duty in their own shul and expected to set an example in matters such as shul attendance and observing decorum. When "playing away", they do so in a private capacity. The media debate about whether the private misdemeanours of a public figure should result in them losing their public position often revolves nowadays around whether he or she is a role model, especially for young people. Should a footballer be chosen to captain the English national team if he is seen parking his car in a disabled space? Should a fashion model's contracts be cancelled if she is discovered taking drugs? Are they role models expected to behave correctly at all times or alternatively, is what they do in their private lives nothing to do with their public positions. One of the discussions I have with older children in a weekly discussion group I run in my shul is to ask the following questions. • A teacher drives through a red traffic light. Should they lose their job? • A teacher drives through a red traffic light and knocks over a child. Should they lose their job? • The teacher in question is a religious studies teacher. Does that make any difference?

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Most children consider that teachers should not lose their job in the first two scenarios but on balance, believe that he/she should do so in the third scenario and interestingly, especially if the child goes to the same school. Religious studies teachers are seen as role models where a criminal act in a private capacity should impact on their employment. Certain public roles automatically carry with them expectations of behaviour and if those standards have been breached, such a person should no longer continue in office, whatever the stated view of the office holder. A politician who takes bribes or a council official who defrauds the state benefits system must resign. But what if a politician invests his private funds in a company manufacturing goods in a third world country paying less than subsistence level wages to its

workforce? Such an action may be morally reprehensible but if the politician in question has never campaigned against such companies, there is no hypocrisy involved and no reason why such investment should be a resignation issue. It can therefore be difficult to know where to draw the line. In some cases, a private act impacts on a person's public position whereas in other cases, an appropriate response is "so what." One thing is certain. When we stand before Hakodesh Boruch Hu to be judged on Yom Kippur, we say in the Al Chet prayer, "For the sin we have sinned before You in public (bagoloi) or in private (vasoser)." My colleagues join with me in wishing all our members and their families A Kesiva v'Chasima Tovah.

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The Spiritual Heights of the Aseret Yemei Teshuva by Dr Eli Kienwald, Chief Executive

that we should also take into account the fact that every so often our calendar has a leap year, when the month of Adar Sheni is added. The average number of days in each year of a cycle (leap year + normal years between two leap years) would then be 365. The difference between this number of days and Shana (355) is 10 days - the 10 days of repentance? Maybe... Perhaps we can deduce from this that the 10 days of repentance are not part of the normal Jewish year (Shana); neither are they part of the year prior to Rosh Hashana nor part of the year that begins on Yom Kippur. Let's look further.

The seven days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are known as the "ten days of repentance" (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah) since they constitute the longer element of the total ten-day period which includes the two days of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and the seven days in between. During these days we say additional prayers, we make some changes to the Nusach of the Kaddish and Amidah and we endeavour to be more particular in the performance of mitzvot. I would like to share with our readers one or two thoughts which prove to me beyond doubt that these ten days are special days and that we should look forward to them with awe-inspiring trepidation. There is a puzzling Gemara in Yuma (20a) relating a statement by Elijah that the Evil Inclination (Satan) has no power on the day of Yom Kippur. How do we know that? The Hebrew word 'haSatan' (the Satan) has the numerical value of 364, showing that the Evil Inclination has power on the world and on us for 364 days of the year but on the 365th day, Yom Kippur, it has no power. This Gemara is puzzling because the Jewish year has 354 days (12 lunar months, each comprising 29 1/2 days). Indeed, the numerical value of the Hebrew word 'Shana' is 355 (354 days + Yom Kippur). So, why does our Gemara refer to 365 days? One possible answer is Page 12

There is another Gemara in Baba Batra (10a) where Rabbi Yehuda (ben Shalom) expounds that each person's fortunes for the coming year are decided for him before Rosh Hashana. If one deserved good fortune he will give tzedaka willingly but if he was not meritorious, the amounts that he is destined to lose will be taken from him against his An incident is then recounted where R' Yochanan ben Zakkai saw in a dream that his nephews were destined to lose 700 dinars during the coming year. Therefore he tried his best endeavours to encourage them to donate money to the poor, which they did for a total of 683 dinars: 17 dinars remained in their possession. On the eve of Yom Kippur, the Roman government sent in tax collectors who confiscated the 17 dinars from R' Yochanan's nephews. The two young men were terrified thinking that the Roman agents would come back for more but R' Yochanan told them not to worry because he had seen in a dream that they were destined to lose only 700 dinars. The nephews understood now why their uncle had been encouraging them to give charity and asked him why he had not told them so that they would have given all 700 dinars in charity and avoid the unpleasant experience. R' Yochanan explained that he wanted them to perform the mitzvah of charity for its own sake. Hamaor / September 2008

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Nice story, isn't it? What is puzzling about this ma'aseh is that, if on Rosh Hashana a person's fortunes for the coming year are apportioned, why did the Roman emissaries knock on R' Yochanan's nephews' door on Erev Yom Kippur rather than on Erev Rosh Hashana? This is another proof that the ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur do not belong to the previous year, nor to the next year. They are ten days which have a status of their own in our calendar, ten days which soar above all other days in the year and during which a person can elevate itself to the spiritual heights of Teshuva.

As we approach the forthcoming Aseret Yemei Teshuva, we at Head Office are reflecting on the work that we have done over the last twelve months: yes, we have tried our best to provide you and your communities with support, help and advice but we can do better and will endeavour to do so next year. In the meantime, please accept our apologies if we have upset you for any reason and we wish you and your family a Happy and Healthy Year, Shana Tova Umtukah.

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Sukkot and Shemitta By Rabbi Chaim Z Pearlman, Maehzikei Hadath

Shemitta Problems with Arba Minim There are a number of issues which have a bearing on the application of kedushat shemitta to Arba Minim grown in Eretz Yisroel. Shemitta applies not only to edible products but also in some cases to non-food items. Secondly, we need to apply rules to determine whether the product has the status of that of the sixth year, or the shemitta year, or the eighth year. Finally, one needs to consider what to do with the Arba Minim after Sukkot. Whilst it is impossible in a short article to deal comprehensively with all the complicated halachot, some of the issues are discussed below. Lulav There is a shemitta rule that the benefit derived must be simultaneous to consumption for the product to be subject to kedushat shemitta. 'This rule would include such items as food, drink, body oils, burning for light. Flowever, wood has no kedushat shemitta, since the benefit from burning wood for fuel is not simultaneous to its consumption. Rashi describes how first the wood turns into coals and only later does the benefit occur. A lulav is clearly not edible and hence logically it should have the same status as wood. Flowever, the Talmud differentiates between lulavim and wood. In Talmudic times lulavim were commonly used as brooms and were cultivated for that purpose. In use as a broom the consumption and benefit are simultaneous and hence a lulav is in fact subject to kedushat shemitta. Page 14

Turning to our second question when is a lulav considered to be the product of the shemitta year? Different rules apply to vegetables, grain, fruit or other tree products. Applying to lulavim the rule for trees, the deciding factor as to which year it belongs is the point of time when the 'hanata' (the equivalent of the beginning of the development of the fruit) has taken place and not the time when the lulav is cut from the tree. Flenee a lulav would not have kedushat shemitta2 if it was cut in the beginning of the seventh year as the 'hanata' would have been in the sixth year whereas a lulav cut for Sukkot in the eighth year would have kedushat shemitta. Notwithstanding the clear statement in the Talmud, that a lulav is subject to shemitta, many maintain that the lulav is likened to a piece of wood which does not have kedushat shemitta under any circumstances. Therefore, the above Talmudic statement must be presumed not to be the halacha. Etrog The majority view is that the etrog, although a fruit, in respect of shemitta follows the rule of vegetables and the time of the picking determines its status. Thus an etrog picked before Rosh Flashanah of the eighth year would have kedushat shemitta. Nonetheless, if the etrog was formed in the seventh year and picked after Rosh Flashanah, the poskim are inclined to be stringent and treat it as shemitta produce. There are a number of issues regarding the use of an Israeli grown etrog in the shemitta year when purchased from an orchard where shemitta has not been observed, given that to be kosher for the mitzvah the etrog must be permitted for consumption3. Some of the issues are set out below but space does not permit me to deal with all these questions. (1) Is it permitted to benefit from produce grown in the shemitta year by farmers not observing shemitta ? (2) Paying money to non-shomrei shemitta farmers for products grown in shemitta. (3) One is not allowed to trade in shemitta. (4) Damaging shemitta produce. (5) Is it permitted to take an etrog out of Eretz Yisroel? Hamaor / Septem ber 2008

(1) Shom ur vene'evad There is a dispute between Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam4 as to whether it is forbidden to eat fruit which has been produced by working on the land in the shemitta year. Rav Moshe Feinstein5 shows that the majority of poskim agree with Rashi who holds that shomur vene'evad is permitted to be eaten.

(5) Exporting Shem itta produce from Israel It is prohibited to export shemitta fruit from Eretz Yisroel10. Nonetheless, the fruit is not prohibited and many permit for the purpose of performing a mitzvah'f

(2) Paying money for an etrog which has kedushat shem itta The permitted method of purchasing the etrog is by using the device of havl'oh that is overpaying for the lulav which has no kedushat shemitta6. However, it is forbidden to buy produce of shemitta from an am ho'oretz since the money acquires kedushat shemitta. The buyers transgress on lifnei iver aiding the am ho'oretz to sin on two counts - firstly, he will use the money to buy produce which in turn will acquire kedushat shemitta and not be treated with the appropriate sanctity and secondly you are encouraging him to profit from working the land in shemitta.

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Rav Feinstein distinguishes between buying from a non-observant farmer and one relying on the heter mechira. In the former case there is a definite problem of lifnei iver but in the second case there is no lifnei iver even if you do not hold of the heter mechira. (3) Trading in Shem itta Fruits To avoid problems of trading in shemitta produce, etrogim are exported by means of an Otzar Beis Din. Payment is only for the expenses. (4) Damaging Shem itta Fruits Rav Boruch Epstein7 raises an interesting question. It is forbidden to use an etrog of teruma tehora because by handling the etrog it will deteriorate8 and it is prohibited to waste teruma. Similarly, it is forbidden to waste shemitta fruits 7eochlo vlo le'hefsecT. If so, why is it not prohibited to use an etrog of shemitta ? He answers that the fruit is not damaged, only the rind, and the Torah specifies that the concern is that the fruit should be eaten, whereas, with teruma it is necessary to protect even the rind. Rav ZP Frank9 is not satisfied with this response and suggests other answers and concludes that the etrog tree was initially planted to provide etrogim for the mitzvah, hence handling the etrog is part of the natural use of an etrog. Hamaor / September 2008

After Sukkot is over, the etrog should be treated with kedushat shemitta.

Many are of the opinion that hadassim, which have been cut for the purposes of the mitzvah, have no kedushat shemitta, whereas, if they are cut for their aroma they would have kedushat shemitta, like flowers. Since hadassim are also used as spices for havdala there are grounds to be stringent. Arovot All would agree that oravofhave no kedushat shemitta as they have the status of wood. Conclusion Whenever we perform a mitzvah it is praiseworthy to carry it out in the best possible manner - hiddur mitzvah. This is even more stressed in the case of arba minim and etrog in particular, which the Torah calls pri eitz hodor. Many Poskim state that it is a hiddur mitzvah to purchase an etrog from Eretz Yisroel, based on the principle since one mitzvah has been performed with it do another mitzvah, and also to support the yishuv of Eretz Yisroel. Of course, this does not justify overriding the halochot of shemitta. However, it is certainly possible and according to many preferable to buy from shemitta observant orchards or otzar beis din in Eretz Yisroel without transgressing the halochot of shemitta and by so doing one has achieved an extra hiddur mitzvah. 1Sukkah 39b 2R' Ovadia mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bertinoro on mishneh Sukkah. See also Rambam's commentary. Tosfot R A Eiger ad locum. Radvaz on Rambam Hilchot Shemitta Ch 8, 11. 3Sukkah 35a 4Ketubot 24a, Yevamot 122a 5lgros Moshe O.Ch. 1 186 6Sukkah 39b 7Torah Temimah Behar note 21 8Sukkah 35b, see Rashi ad locum. 9Har Zvi O.Ch. 2 111 10Mishneh Sheviit 6 5 .Rambam Hilchot Shemitta Ch 5, 13. â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chazon Ish Sheviit 10, 6; Igros Moshe ibid.

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NEW YEAR PERSPECTIVE

Rosh Hashana - Almost back to Eden By Rabbi Jonathan Roodyn, Aish UK.

beautifully, for it is etymologically related to the word n m b which connotes repetition, change and learning5. Every year we repeat the same mitzvos that we did last year, but hopefully we have changed and through having learnt more, making the most of the opportunities that the mood has afforded us. That being the case, it is imperative that we strive to gain a deeper understanding of the mood of Rosh HaShana, perhaps one of the lesser understood yamim tovim. Indeed Rosh HaShana's seemingly concealed nature is borne out of the verse6 “ipitzz t f p r n lypn ttjn ai’V “ 033 Blow the shofar at the moon's renewal, at the time when the festive day is covered. The Gemara7 deduces that this refers to Rosh HaShana as this is the only festival that occurs at the beginning of the month where the moon is concealed from view. The verse continues8 3ipy’ ’mbtr? D3tPa Kin •• : • J ipin ’3 • . — •• : For this is a decree for Israel, a judgement for the G-d o f Jacob. That Rosh FlaShana is a day of din, judgement, is something that is not readily evident from the Torah itself, which only refers to it as a nynn n r , a day of blowing (the shofar)9 and nyrin it d t a day of remembrance of blowing (the shofar)10. The fact that the judgement of Rosh HaShana is concealed somewhat can also be seen from the text of the machzor. With the noticeable exception of unesaneh tokef, the emphasis is not on din, but rather on something quite different - the concept of malchus, proclaiming G-d as King of the Universe, and one wonders quite what this has to do with the judgement of Rosh FlaShana, a day on which we do not utter even a word of confession. t

The Torah's view of time is remarkably unique. We do not view time as merely a linear measuring system used to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them. Rather, time is a cyclic dimension that intimately involves the observer1. This cyclical model means that at every point in the year we are not merely commemorating previous events, rather we are re-experiencing the 'spiritual energy' that is more readily accessible at that time2. This is referred to in the Hebrew word for tim e .p t zman which is related to the word ruarn hazmana meaning preparation. Different points in the year are set aside, prepared for spiritual achievements that are more readily accessible. One therefore has to understand the essence of the particular festival in order to gain the most from it. This is the notion of the Torah's word for a festival iy ia mood, identical to the term ly ia Vnx, ohel mood tent of meeting where Moshe would talk to Hashem3. The moadim festivals, are essentially meeting points with Hashem in time. As the years go by we re-engage annually with these meeting points, using them as tools to develop our relationship with Hashem. As with any relationship, one that remains static and does not develop ultimately stagnates. We simply cannot remain the same people that we were last year4. The term for year raw shana encapsulates this idea Page 16

The key to unlocking the mystery, at least in part, is a piece of Gemara11 that discusses that brachos in the Amida that are unique to Rosh FlaShana. nby’iy H3 rru ro r co^y ■ro’Pnnty ’ T3 nvy?n n raiu n

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The context of this piece of Gemara is as a piece of advice, so to speak of how to emerge with a favourable verdict from the din of Rosh HaShano. It is therefore apparent that this din is inextricably linked to this overarching theme of malchus shamayim. It is also clear from this Gemara that it is by no means enough to say the words of Malchuyos for them to have the desired effect, one has to actually make a conscious effort to make G-d King over oneself. However, we still need to understand why Rosh HaShana specifically should be a day of judgement. We say 12yiwto avS tro t y w m rfrnn nrn nr, This is the day o f the beginning o f Your handiwork, a remembrance o f the first day. In the words of Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto13, The significance o f the sounding o f the Shofar on Rosh HaShana is related to the fact that on this day Hashem judges the entire world. On Rosh HaShana Hashem renews all o f creation as part o f a new cycle, namely a new year. Courts o f justice are set up (on High) and all created things are brought to trial. Rav Chaim Friedlander V st explains in his monumental work, Sifsei Chaim14 that Rosh HaShana is analogous to a Divine audit. All of creation has to give an annual report as to how well they have fulfilled their Divinely ordained tasks over the previous year. The allocation of resources for the coming year is on the basis of last year's achievements. This is the yntftri oi’1? t t d t , somewhat akin to the first Rosh HaShana, the creation of Adam in Gan Eden, where he was allocated the resources to carry out his unique task. The fundamental difference is that Adam's world was created purely out of chessed, loving-kindness15. Adam did not have to do anything to deserve to be created. We, by way of contrast operate within a word of din, judgement, where we are ultimately accountable for our actions. Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto V'XT16 explains that since on Rosh HaShana, Hashem is functioning as a King sitting in judgement, it therefore follows that the appropriate thing to do is to focus and daven for Hashem's glory to be revealed into the world. Indeed this is the entire purpose of creation17, for all mankind to be aware of Hashem and forms the dominant theme of the Aleinu prayer which is a central part of Musaf on Rosh HaShana. Hamaor / September 2008

NEW YEAR PERSPECTIVE Malchus Shamayim is a lofty concept that may seem far from many of us. However in practical terms an important part of it is getting our priorities straight by asking ourselves soul searching questions. What am I living for? Is the way I lead my life in line with (the) Hashem's Will as set out in the Torah. How do I prioritise when I have to make important decisions? Which are the values that I hold most dear? when we renew our Rosh HaShana is a relationship with Hashem through getting down to these most fundamental truths. It is a day when we focus on the big picture, we are crowning Hashem over as King, Supreme world by accepting Authority over every aspect of our own lives. These details and specifics should and indeed must be taken care of during Elul and the Aseres Yemei Teshuva, but the two days of Rosh HaShana are essentially for focussing on the big picture, for ourselves and for the world at large. A yom tov of longing and praying for the day when all of mankind will be aware of and connected to the Source of their existence and the purpose for which they were created. Rabbi Jonathan Roodyn is a graduate o f the City o f London School, Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, LSE, Yeshivat Mir and the Jerusalem Kollel. He currently works for Aish UK directing Beis Hamedrash learning programmes.

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o " h (1917-2008) Harold married in 1939, to his dear wife Paula to whom he was devoted. Joining the Forces in 1940, Harold served in the Pioneer Corps and acted as a Physical Trainer being given one rifle and one bullet to defend King and Country. Harold later became an active member of Hackney AJ.E.X. and eventually became its Chairman. Even in his later years including his 90th year, Harold would take part in the A.J.E.X. commemoration service at Whitehall in November. With A.J.E.X. he also marched to the "Arc de Triumph" and to "Bergen Belsen" where A.J.E.X. were cheered as "Zee the Bowler Hats". He proudly carried the A.J.E.X. banner at the Annual Hackney Civic Service.

The Clapton Community mourns the recent passing of one of its stalwart members. Harold, as he preferred to be called by his friends, was born in 1917 in the old East End and lived in Stepney Green Buildings. He spent his formative years with his parents, Charles Chuzkot and Shani Ruchel, his two brothers Ernie and Sam, and his cousin June. He was educated at the Stepney Jewish Boys School and went to the Stepney Jewish Boys Club. As with all pupils in those days he left school at 14, but unlike many he continued his studies including a foreign language. Over the years and many holidays abroad he acquired a self taught ability in Spanish and some Hebrew and French along with his Yiddish from his younger days. His love of music lasted all his life including Jewish religious music and the great classical operas especially of Verdi and Puccini, visiting the opera at the Hackney Empire well into his later years. He had an enquiring mind and was always prepared to listen to the latest scientific discoveries and he loved to develop his knowledge of the natural world. Harold's first job was at the Houndsditch Warehouse. Yet he found time to be an amateur boxer. Harold soon, however, settled down to a more conventional career when he was apprenticed to learn the tailoring trade. Subsequently he worked for several prestigious outfitters includinq Moss Brothers. Page 18

After the war he and his two brothers (who both had distinguished Army service) used their combined "coupon float" to start their own business as job buyers and Textile Merchants. They had a Textile shop in the West End. Harold travelled all over the country and acquired a detailed knowledge of customers, places and direction, which stayed with him all of his life. Later on Harold and Paula opened their own textile shop in Wells Street, Hackney, it was called "Tudor Fabrics". Harold brought his family to Clapton in 1954. His two boys were educated at "Grocers" (Hackney Downs Grammar School). Harold joined the Clapton Synagogue where he was a regular attendee and early on a member of the Board of Management. Although his advice was always sought he declined in his humbleness any office. However in his later years he was persuaded to become a member of the Federation Council, where he made his presence known. Harold was never one to shirk his duties and despite the loss of his dear wife Paula in 2000, he continued with great vigour in organising the weekly Kiddush, almost singlehandedly, till the very end of Clapton Synagogue's days. Harold will always be fondly remembered by all who were privileged to know him, for his dapper appearance, for his courteous way of dealing with people, for his striving to bring harmony to Shul politics. We wish his sons Michael and Philip "Long Life" and that they will be able to follow in their Father's footsteps. Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Hamaor / Septem ber 2008

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Looking Backwards to move Forwards by Sonia Daniels, Croydon and District Synagogue As well as cast off or throw away, Tashlich derives from the Hebrew root, to reject. By regarding sins as not an intrinsic part of a person's identity, the possibility for repentance is always open. Regret is not generally a healthy emotion, but we reserve a few days of the year to sincerely express the wish to improve. On Rosh Hashanah we say â&#x20AC;&#x153;May it be your will that we be as the head and not as the tail". Renewal requires looking backwards, but the head represents an orientation towards the future, looking forwards. Rosh Hashanah is both solemn and happy, reflecting a combination of regret and optimism.

Rosh Hashanah starts the ten days of penitence leading up to Yom Kippur; the days of awe - Yamim Noraim. These are days when we think back over the past year about our actions towards others and our relationship with G-d. We have the opportunity to wipe the slate clean. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah (or the second if the first day is Shabbat) there is the ritual of casting or Tashlich. It is customary to symbolically cast away the year's sins by going to a flowing stream of water to say prayers (including Micah 7:18-20 and Psalm 130). Some symbolically shake out the corners of their clothes to represent their commitment to become free of all sin. Rosh Hashanah comes around every year. So every year we have the opportunity to repent, but every year we also have the opportunity to make mistakes. The idea that sins can be cast away suggests that mistakes can be undone or cancelled. If we could go back in time we would not make the same mistakes and they would not accumulate in the first place. The symbolic act of casting them away represents a belief in renewal and the possibility of returning your soul to what it was or could have been. This mirrors a Jewish value that what is first or before is intrinsically precious, expressed in the words "Bring us back to you, 0 Lord, and we shall return, renew our days as of old." Essentially we admit that if we could go back we would do things differently, at least in some respects.

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This combination is well illustrated by a parable told by Rabbi Chaim of Sanz. A man wandering, lost, in a forest saw another man approaching. His heart filled with joy "now I shall certainly find out which is the right way". He asked the man, "Brother, tell me which is the right way. I have been wandering about in this forest for several days." The other said "Brother, I do not know the way out either. For I too have been wandering about here for many, many days. But this I can tell you: do not take the way I have been taking, for that will lead you astray. And now let us look for a new way out together." Thus the men combine looking backwards with optimism for the future. Of the various symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah including dates, carrots and pomegranates, one of the most traditional is apple dipped in honey. The blessing includes the idea of renewal: "May it be your will Hashem, our G-d, and the G-d of our forefathers, that you renew for us a good and a sweet year." Thus renewal once again combines the past with the future.

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DESPITE being sheathed in thickly padded gloves, my fingers and thumbs were achingly mutating to ice in the sub-zero air. A chunky woollen scarf protected my lower face beneath a (mock) fur-rimmed, parka hood. The pale, mid-winter sun created a frosty, snow-white sheen across the vast surface area of the appelplatz, the one-time assembly ground for thousands of wretched inmates in the camp. I'd just walked through iron-grilled gates into Dachau KZ, National Socialist Germany's first konzentrationslager, opened in 1933 soon after Hitler came to power. The callously deceptive sign — Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Brings Freedom) -- which once greeted new prisoners marching into the hellish interior, no longer confronts visitors to what is now a memorial site (Tues-Sun, 9am-5pm). Dachau, a name forever synonymous with gratuitous brutality and evil inhumanity, proved to be a notorious blueprint for all subsequent concentration camps built by the Nazis across central and eastern Europe. Dachau KZ sprawls just outside the eponymous town, merely another commuter stop on the S-Bahn (suburban railway), line 2, 17km north of Munich, the birthplace of Nazism. Bus 724 or 726 covers the short distance from the station to the site. My own bus was overwhelmed by two large groups of teenage schoolchildren, heading to the camp with their teachers. I was pressed flat against a large window, a local woman with her baby awkwardly flush to one side of me. As the bus moved off, I glanced down to the smiling child in the pram, then at his young mother. In today's new generational, democratic Federal Republic, which I've visited extensively, it's impossible for me, as a Jew, to Page 22

In the camp itself, I was gratified to lose count of the innumerable columns of silent secondary school pupils, college students and military cadets in their smart uniforms and red berets. Ashen-faced, they were led around the almost endless perimeter wire fence and ditch (still overlooked by ominous-looking watchtowers), the frank and informative museum, the commemorative monuments, the execution wall, the grim gas chamber (never used for mass killings) and crematoria and the reconstructions of stark barrack huts, each intended for 200 prisoners but into which up to 1,600 were crammed at night. Although my hands were freezing in that December day’s icy temperature, the discomfort was bearably insignificant when compared to the history of immeasurable suffering in this dreadful place. As I scanned the huge, open assembly area, I struggled to imagine the thousands of broken, starving, zombie-like men standing for twice-daily roll calls. In a Bavarian winter's mercilessly bitter cold, blizzards and often deep snow, wearing little more than the infamously distinctive, striped tunics hardly adequate for a mild autumn, the massive phalanx of prisoners could be forced by sadistic SS guards to wait and wait for hours on end, to the point of exhaustive collapse, hypothermia and, for many, death. Originally designed to hold political opponents, the camp quickly extended its intake to Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and recalcitrant clerics. After the invasion of the USSR in 1941, large numbers of Soviet POWs were marched in; most received a bullet in the back of the neck. Conditions became horrific and typhoid rampant when, with the rapid advance of Russian forces in 1944, the camp's population exploded with enormous numbers of Jews evacuated from Auschwitz and other death camps in Poland. Whilst never operated as an extermination centre, Dachau became the graveyard of tens of thousands of prisoners and slave workers who perished from starvation, torture, disease, brutal maltreatment, medical experimentation and random execution. In the final year of the war alone, 40,000 inmates (80 percent of them Jews) died in the camp. Hamaor / Septem ber 2008

The museum, reference library, archives and bookshop are housed in what was the euphemistically styled "maintenance block". From here, the SS "administered" the camp and its inmates. The building now also contains a 400-seater cinema, which is regularly packed throughout the day. Alongside an audience comprised largely of teenagers, I watched the constantly re-run, 20-minute, documentary film with German language commentary (English version screened at certain times) about the infamous history of Dachau until its liberation by US troops in April 1945. As the harrowing scenes that met the shocked American soldiers unfolded on the screen, I assiduously studied my fellow viewers. By the facial expressions of many, I could infer that they were being exposed to the gruesome footage for the first time. Some of the youngsters could barely watch, lowering their heads at the terrible images of naked, skeletal cadavers piled haphazardly in grisly mounds, jaws gaping open as if screaming in terror, skin taut as yellowing parchment stretched over protruding ridges of bone. Catholic, Protestant and Russian Orthodox churches, and a Carmelite presence, are now to be found on the site. Prisoners here were, indeed, of many faiths (and none), though huge numbers of Jews died in the camp. Inside the sombrely dark, distinctively angular, Jewish monument, entered along a symbolic, downward-sloping ramp, I recited Kaddish, the memorial prayer, gazing skywards through a small round aperture in the funnelled roof to a mounted stone menorah, an emblem of hope.

The Jewish Memorial at Dachau; the crowning menorah, symbol of Jewish continuity, is sculpted from marble originating in Peki'in, Israel.

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Later, I stood alone in the chilling gas chamber â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at the centre of a crematorium block overshadowed by its looming, trademark chimney â&#x20AC;&#x201D; eyeing with icy shivers the "shower" heads embedded in the ceiling. Eyewitnesses have testified that a number of inmates were killed here by gas emitted from prussic acid. But, undoubtedly, Dachau was a paradigm SS training ground for industrial mass murder in the Nazi death camps. Before returning to Munich, I repeated the Kaddish, this time at the Jewish commemorative stone erected atop pits where the ashes of thousands of Jews were buried. I was last in Munich in 2006 when, in a sense, I saw a "phoenix" being reborn from its ashes on the funeral pyre. This was taking the form of a new main Orthodox synagogue, Jewish community centre and museum complex, undergoing construction on the spacious St Jakobs-Platz, at the heart of the picturesquely restored Altstadt. The shul's cornerstone was laid on 9th November 2003, the 65th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when rampaging Nazi mobs destroyed virtually all of the city's synagogues. I had davened one Shabbat in the now former Reichenbach-straBe shul, which had miraculously survived the 1938 pogrom nearly intact. It stood on a narrow street opposite a popular theatre that the SS feared would catch fire if the synagogue were to be set ablaze. One Shabbat last December, accompanied by my wife and daughter, I prayed in the impressive new Ohel Jakob Synagogue, dedicated on 9th November 2006. At the inauguration service, Charlotte Knobloch, leader of Germany's 200,000-strong (mainly Russian) Jewish community and president of the new shul, had said: "This building shows that we Jews are again part of German society." The guest of honour, German president FHorst Kohler, had remarked that the date 9th November "should be associated now with a new start for the Jewish community". At a cost of ÂŁ48m, largely funded by the Federal government and Bavarian state, the new complex is the largest of its kind in Europe. Rabbi S Langnas, spiritual leader of the Jewish community in Munich and Upper Bavaria, came to the city in 1998 after eight years in Basel, Switzerland. Born in 1956 and educated at the Yeshiva University in New York, Rabbi Langnas has said: "My position as rabbi gives me the possibility to bring our people nearer to the beauty of Judaism." Page 23

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The trio of buildings comprising the Jewish complex were designed by Saarbrucken-based architects Wandel Hoefer Lorch to convey a unified and harmonious appearance. This has been achieved by using the same natural material on the faqades, a honey-coloured, somewhat luminous stone called travertine, though treating it differently for each edifice.

streaming down through the translucent "tent". From the floor of the shul, stepped seating for women rises up, behind screens, to the flanking walls. I parked myself a few rows back from the bimah for the admirably efficient, two-hour service, noticing that, seated below the Ark, the honorary officers wore formal, black top hats and the choir black bow ties.

The synagogue has two architectural components. The massive, rectangular lower section, reminiscent of Solomon's Temple, is faced with an archaic-style, roughhewn travertine, a calcareous rock deposited from mineral springs. Above this rises a web-work of glass, steel and bronze that resembles a tent-like structure. Temple and tabernacle, two traditionally iconic yet paradoxical Judaic features, are here united. The community centre, which is home to a kindergarten, elementary school, youth centre, auditorium, administrative offices and the excellent and capacious Fleming's kosher restaurant, is clad with travertine cut to varying degrees of roughness.

As a chorister, I was familiar with much of the choral music being sung alongside the fine voice of Cantor A S Levin, the synagogue's young chazan. Some 110 congregants attended that morning, which would have seemed a fairly reasonable number unless you knew that there are more than 9,000 Jews (albeit mostly secular Russians) residing in Munich today. As rabbonim across Germany have informed me, the situation is a real challenge; but progress, though gradual, is definitely being made.

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The (weekly) Kiddush after the service was nothing short of superb, almost like a wedding reception, catered professionally by the chefs of Fleming's kosher restaurant, whose exquisite modern take on traditional Middle European gastronomy we experienced at dinner the following evening. Kiddush wine, vodka in shot glasses and a hot and cold buffet, with a choice of several scrumptious desserts, were elegantly spread atop white linen on the ground floor of the community centre. This is reached by an underground corridor, which is connected to the basement of the synagogue. The brightly illuminated passageway was created by Georg Soanca-Pollak as a memorial to the 4,500 Munich Jews who were murdered during the Shoah. Walking along it to the Kiddush, we read many of their names, inscribed on multi-layered, backlit glass sheets lining the walls. As we enjoyed a delicious meaty cholent, Rabbi Langnas charmingly introduced himself. After a brief conversation, he presented me to the synagogue's friendly choirmaster and left us to socialise with members of his community. When I mentioned to the young conductor that I was a first tenor, and trilled with a major Jewish male choir in London, he promised to allow me to sing with him in the synagogue next time I visit Munich. I really can't wait to return! .

Mark Harris is a writer and a retired lawyer. He is a regular contributor to the Essex Jewish News and other publications. He is also an active member o f Ilford Federation Synagogue.

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Sweet New Year Recipes by Denise Phillips Serve it with cold meats or hot for the Friday night or Yom Tov meal. ill freeze - Can be made in advance Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes Serves: 8 - 1 0 people (25 squares)

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iUuimn i ■ml j!U Minn iVilli ti ___ U__id For me, kugels are for Yom Tov and Shabbat, to eat them on a regular day would just seem odd. Flowever this kugel is a bit different and is a brilliant recipe for families seeking to find ways for their children to eat more vegetables. It tastes delicious, can be served hot or cold and of course can be prepared in advance. The cinnamon adds a great flavour and the carrots have numerous health benefits. Carrots are natura in beta-carotene, a substance that is converted to vitamin A in the human body and has a powerful antioxidant effective in fighting against some forms of cancer, especially lung cancer. Current research suggests that it may also protect against stroke and heart disease. So let them eat carrots! As this recipe freezes well, make double and keep one for another occasion. also cuts up into squares which makes serving easy. Page 26

10Og plain flour 10Og fine matzah meal Freshly ground black pepper - to taste

Garnish: Dusting of ground cinnamon and sprigs of parsley

Method: 1) Pre-heat the oven to 200 C/ 400° F/ Gas mark 6. 2) Line a 22 cm/ 9 inch square tin with non-stick baking parchment paper. 3) Place the grated carrot, onion, cinnamon, salt,

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Garnish: Icing sugar - for dusting

Method: 1) Pre-heat the oven to 190Â°C/375Â°F/Gas mark 5. 2) Soak the chopped apricots in Amaretto for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight. Keeping the excess Amaretto, drain and set aside. 3) Line the base of 8 ramekins with bakewell paper and grease the sides. 4) Place the chopped apricots on the base of the ramekins, dividing equally. 5) Boil the noodles in a deep saucepan until tender. Drain and set aside. Lokshen pudding used to be the traditional dessert that was eaten on Friday night in the Ashkenazi households. For many it still is - variations are numerous as all families pass down their favourite recipes. The one below is different in two ways - 1 have added apricots and chosen to make individual puddings. A single large pudding will work too! This is delicious served hot, cold or warm. Must be made in advance Pa rev

6) Whisk the eggs until fluffy. Add the honey and whisk again until you have a light mixture. 7) Add the melted margarine, drained noodles and retained Amaretto to the egg mixture and mix well. 8) Spoon the mixture carefully into each individual ramekin. 9) Bake the puddings in a bain-marie at the preferred temperature. The puddings are cooked when they are firm to touch and set in the middle.

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New Flavours of the Jewish Table Denise Phillips Published by Ebury Press, 3 July 2008, £12 pbk origina

A mouthwatering tour of Jewish food from around the world 150 kosher recipes and accompanying stories and commentary in an attractive new addition to the New Flavours series 'It is said that the history of a country is visible 'on the plate'. In New Flavours of the Jewish Table, I have tried to show that the history of the Jewish people is unique, eclectic and full of wonderful tastes and experiences.' - Denise Phillips Food has always played a crucial role in Jewish culture, with num erous celebratory feast days m arking im p o rta n t occasions throughout the year. In her m outhw atering new collection of recipes, Denise Phillips shows how Jews have absorbed the cuisines o f all the lands in which they have lived (and adapted them to the rules o f kosher). This has resulted in a w onderfully eclectic food trad itio n which can be enjoyed by everyone. Inspired by the cuisine of Sephardi Jews fro m the M editerranean and M iddle East to the Ashkenazi Jews of cooler Eastern European climes, these recipes draw on the variety o f flavours that com prise the g lo b a l nature o f Jewish food. As Denise explains, 'S ephardi Jews have their roots in hot countries - Spain, N orth A frica, the M editerranean region and the M iddle East. Their foo d tends to be m ade quickly and is light, colourful and highly seasoned with a w ide range o f arom atic herbs and spices. Ashkenazi or western Jews hail fro m the much cooler climates o f eastern Europe. Their food is w a rm in g and fillin g ; it often relies on a single fla v o u rin g and sim ple seasoning, and slow, lengthy c o o k in g / W ith an evocative introduction to every recipe, Denise takes us from appealing appetisers such as Baba G anoush, through Chicken, date and raisin tagine, M oroccan sweet potato stew and Stuffed A ubergine with cous cous to delectable desserts like C hocolate m acaroon cake and Vanilla and Lemon Cheese Cake. Denise also includes a chapter on breads and doughs with w onderful recipes fo r bagels, challah and pretzels am ong m any others. Each chapter includes an engaging com m entary linking the food and recipes to the relevant Jewish traditions or festivals. Inform ed by Denise's skills as a cookery teacher, this charm ing book provides easy-to-cook and elegantly simple dishes that will entice everyone - fro m Jews w ho fo llo w a strict Kosher diet, to anyone w anting tasty and healthy food.

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David ft Doris Lanzkron on the birth of a Grandson Mr ft Mrs Yehuda Pearlman on the birth of a Daughter Michael ft Rachel Friedmann on the birth of a Granddaughter Dovi ft Ginat Friedmann on the birth of a Daughter Eli ft Leah Seliger on the birth of a Son

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Brian ft Channa Resnick on the birth of a Granddaughter

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Finchley Central

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George ft Ruth Blachman on the birth of a Granddaughter

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Ohr Yisrael

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Ilford Freddie ft Natalie Jacobs on the birth of a Great Grandson Mr ft Mrs Colli on the birth of a Son Floward ft Sue Belnikoff on the birth of a Granddaughter Phil ft Anne Keen on the birth of a Great Grandchild

Avi ft Natalie Silver on the birth of a Son Norman ft Lynda Black on the birth of a Son Elliot ft Nikki Hyames on the birth of a Son Martyn ft Debbie Slyper on the birth of 2 Grandsons Sam ft Betty Chesler on the birth of 2 Great Grandsons

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Leonard ft Heather Lieberman on the birth of a Grandson

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Rob ft Amanda Tragen on the birth of a Daughter

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Shomrei Hadath

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Machzikei Fladath

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Rabbi ft Mrs Pearlman on the birth of 3 Granddaughters and a Grandson

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Mrs Pearlman Snr on the birth of 3 Great Granddaughters and a Great Grandson

Mr ft Mrs Jacky Weg on the birth of a Granddaughter Mr ft Mrs Shimon Bowden on the birth of a Grandson

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Leitner on the birth of a Granddaughter Et

Mr Et Mrs Yisroel Dov Fagil on the birth of 2 Great Grandsons

Michael Et Lauren Crader on their daughter Paulette's engagement to Lee Pinkus Stuart Et Adrienne Crader on their granddaughter Paulette's engagement Norman Et Pamela Levinson on their granddaughter Paulette's engagement Brian Et Linda Shane on their son Neville's engagement to Amy Raphael

Machzikei Hadath Jonny Et Linda Wosner on their son Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engagement to Mareelle Knopf Robert Rosenfelder on his grandson Yaacov Yehuda's engagement to Bracha Geller David Et Barbara Winter on their granddaughter Malka's engagement to Avi Sprung Jacob Rosten's engagement to Naomi Laufer Mr Et Mrs S Galandauer on their granddaughter Roehel's engagement to Reuven Meyer

Ohr Yisrael Alex Marks and Janet Kaplan on their engagement

Rabbi Et Mrs C Z Cohen on the birth of a Grandson r Et Mrs David Rosenthal on the birth of 2 Grandsons Mr Et Mrs Aryeh Kass on the birth of a Son

Shomrei Hadath Richard Et Anne Rosten on the engagement of their son Jacob to Naomi Laufer

Yeshurun David Stein Et Valerie Stein on the birth of a Grandson Carole Goldblatt on the birth of a Granddaughter

Sinai Mr Et Mrs Michael Kedourie on their son Baruch's engagement to Rachel Amar

Peter Et Linda Hamilton on the birth of a Grandson Julian Et Rina Greenaway on the birth of a Granddaughter

Yeshurun

Eli Haruni on the birth of a Great Granddaughter

Bob Et Marilyn Vertes on their son Joel's engagement to Joanna Rosenblatt

Martyn Et Verity Zeidman on the birth of a Grandson Steve Et Melissa Resniek on the birth of a Son Graham Et Sheila Davies on the birth of a Grandson

ENGAGEMENTS

Laurence Et Hilary Corney on their son Clifford's engagement to liana Rose Ellis Et Jennifer Paul on their son Jonathan's engagement to Maya Machaneimi Rod Et Janine Richman on their daughter Charlotte's engagement to Simon Silver

Mazal Tov to the following: Finchley Central

WEDDINGS

Mr Et Mrs C Cohen on their son Neal's engagement

Mazol Tov to the following:

Ilford

Croydon

Stephen Et Janice Field on their son Jamie's engagement to Emma Levy

Avner Et Rebecca Daniels on the marriage of their daughters Sophie Et Judith

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Finchley Central Mr ft Mrs J Blau on their Son's marriage

Ilford

Stuart ft Hilarie Ifield on their daughter Naomi's marriage to Daniel Roth Steven ft Estelle Brown on their son Gary's marriage to Elianna Gatoff

David Levy ft Marion Stone on their marriage

Eli Mamone on his marriage to Stacey Strong

Leslie ft Sandra Wajehendler on their daughter Laura's marriage to Dori Gamliel

Don ft Diane Finkel on their daughter Sarah's marriage to Jamie Kon

Doreen Wajchendler on her granddaughter Laura's marriage

Shmuli ft Minkie Orenstein on their daughter Shoshi's marriage to Shmulik Ibgi

Ian Levy ft Jordana Silverman on their marriage

David ft Lorraine Harris on their daughter Hannah's marriage to Daniel Mitchell

Maehzikei Hadath

Jeremy ft Michelle Fisher on their daughter Lauren's marriage to Simon Levy

Norman ft Naomi Cohen on their granddaughter Odeliah marriage in Antwerp Ellis Goldberg ft Angela Bindre on their marriage Mr ft Mrs Shmaya Bloch on their daughter's marriage

Ohr Yisrael

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Mazal

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David ft Avril Fine on their 35th Wedding Anniversary

Gregory Kay ft Joanne Cavendish on their marriage Shaya Hotter ft Charlotte Klein on their marriage

Croydon

Gideon Krotosky ft Joanne Olsberg on their marriage

Mick ft Valerie Butler on their 50th Anniversary

Sinai Mr ft Mrs Lezer Bloch on their daughter Miriam's marriage to Yosef Brandeis Rabbi ft Mrs D Kirsch on their daughter Shifrah's marriage to Menachem Schleider Mr ft Mrs Michael Frenkel on their son Chaim's marriage to Rivky Steiner Mr ft Mrs Mendy Itzinger and Mr ft Mrs Shlomo Zalman Hoff on the marriage of their children Menachem Itzinger to Miriam Hoff

Finchley Central Mr ft Mrs C Sterman on their 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr ft Mrs E Woolf on their 50th Wedding Anniversary

Ilford Ronnie ft Felicia Lawrence on their Wedding Anniversary Len ft Rose Summers on their Wedding Anniversary Jack ft Elizabeth Bond on their 31st Wedding Anniversary Leon ft Rita Newmark on their 44th Wedding Anniversary

Mr ft Mrs Moshe Adler on their son Beri's marriage to Breindy Joseph

Michael ft Shirley Appleby on their 45th Wedding Anniversary

Mr ft Mrs Moshe Grun on their son Yacov Yisroel's marriage to Rivky Gurwicz

Melvyn ft Norma Weinberg on their 47th Wedding Anniversary

Mr ft Mrs Ronnie Moore on their daughter Rivka's marriage to Yehudah Stern

Loughton

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Dennis ft Shelley Posner on their 30th Wedding Anniversary

Yeshurun

Richard ft Stacey Taylor on their daughter Samantha's marriage to Benjamin Goldberg

Alan ft Sharon Lee on their 35th Wedding Anniversary

Geoffrey ft Elaine Abrahams on their son Alan's marriage to Raisy Lemon Page 32

David ft Margery Cohen on their 40th Wedding Anniversary Brian ft Nadia Lebetkin on their 50th Wedding Anniversary Homoor / Septem ber 2008

BAR MITZVAH______________________

BAT MITZVAH______________________

Mazal Tov to the following:

Finchley Central

Roberta Rubenstein on her great niece Hannah's Batmitzvah

Rabbi Ft Mrs Y Hamer on their Nephew's Barmitzvah in New York

Croydon

Ilford

Ashley Ft Lisa Woolfe on their daughter Chloe's Batmitzvah

Freddie Jacobs on his 2nd Barmitzvah

Martin Ft Barbara Rosen on their Granddaughter's Batmitzvah

Ivor Ross on his 2nd Barmitzvah Mrs D Glazer on her Great Grandson Daniel's Barmitzvah

Ilford

Ivan Ft Rosalind Green on their grandson Daniel’s Barmitzvah

Andrew Ft Deborah Montlake on their daughter Faye's Batmitzvah

Michael Wyburn on his grandson Daniel’s Barmitzvah

Ruth Montlake on her granddaughter Faye's Batmitzvah

Loughton

Stuart Ft Adrienne Crader on their granddaughter Elise's Batmitzvah

Jamie Porter on his Barmitzvah

Leon Ft Rita Newmark on their granddaughter Eliana's Batmitzvah

Machzikei Hadath Ari Ft Debbie Kesselstein on their son Netanel's Barmitzvah

Loughton

Norman Ft Naomi Cohen on their grandson Rafi’s Barmitzvah

Gary Ft Gabrielle Brooks on their daughter Katie's Batmitzvah

Ohr Yisrael

Trevor Ft Deborah Shulton on their daughter Aimee's Batmitzvah

Ronnie Ft Emma Phillips on their son Eitan's Barmitzvah

David Ft Susan Galman on their daughter Jessie's Batmitzvah

Shomrei Hadath

Anthony Ft Suzanne Shine on their daughter Abby's Batmitzvah

Jed Stanton on his Barmitzvah Rob Ft Sue Goldschmidt on their son Yonah’s Barmitzvah Alfred Ft Louise Goldschmidt on their grandson Yonah’s Barmitzvah

Sinai Mr Ft Mrs Julian Cohen on their son Rafi's Barmitzvah Mr Ft Mrs Yitzi Scharfer on their son Eliyohu's Barmitzvah

Yeshurun Jonathan Ft Penilla Davidoff on their daughter Josephine's Batmitzvah Adrian Ft Paula Goldwater on their daughter Leah's Batmitzvah Isabella Vandermolen on her Batmitzvah Emily Caplan on her Batmitzvah

Yeshurun Graham Ft Lisa Golding on their son Jacob's Barmitzvah Colin Ft Karen Dworkin on their son Aryeh's Barmitzvah Max Silver on his 2nd Barmitzvah

SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS_______________ Mazal Tov to the following:

Natan Veng on his Barmitzvah

Noson Kahler on his 40th Birthday

Louis Schryer on his 2nd Barmitzvah

Finchley Central

Stephen Ft Robyn Deutsch on their son David's Barmitzvah

Mr M Nathan on his 60th Birthday

Ruth Florentin on her Grandson's Barmitzvah

Mr S Standig on his 65th Birthday

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PERSONAL Mrs D Leverson on her 90th Birthday Mrs F Alexander on her 95th Birthday

Ilford Faye Montlake on her 13th Birthday Michael Grant on his 14th Birthday Paulette Crader on her 21st Birthday Andrew Montlake on his 50th Birthday Brian Shane on his 60th Birthday Alan Truman on his 60th Birthday Barry Bashton on his 65th Birthday Ronnie Lawrence on his 70th Birthday Stuart Crader on his 75th Birthday Ruth Best on her 75th Birthday

CONDOLENCES Weoffer our condolences to: Rabbi Z Unsdorfer on the loss of his Sister Mrs Linda Ross on the loss of her Mother

Clapton The Family of the late Bella Gies The Family of the late Sylvia Conway The Family of the late Rosa Kaminsky The Family of the late Harold Resnick Mrs Glicksman on the loss of her Husband The Family of the late Margaret Peters The Family of the late Renee Isaacs

Croydon Mrs Sonya Brett on the loss of her Husband

Ohr Yisrael Dan FTart on his 1st Birthday Sami Deacon on his 5th Birthday

Yeshurun Michael Kleiman on his 50th Birthday Bob Vertes on his 60th Birthday Alan Lee on his 60th Birthday David Cohen on his 70th Birthday Helen Olivestone on her 100th Birthday

East London Central The Family of the late Emanuel Freeman The Family of the late Sarah Cohen The Family of the late Geraldine Friedman The Family of the late Samuel Falk The Family of the late Betsy Matilda Baptiste The Family of the late Rachel Spanglett The Family of the late Vera Lewis The Family of the late Sylvia Epstein The Family of the late Harry Collier

Sylvia Harwood on her Birthday

Finchley Central

Rita Samuels on her Birthday

Rabbi Z Telsner on the loss of his Mother Rebbetzin M Telsner on the loss of her Father

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr S Barnard on the loss of his Mother Mrs P Caller on the loss of her Mother Mrs J Dony on the loss of her Mother

Mazol Tov to the following:

The Family of the late Harvey Alan Gordon

Loughton

Hendon Beis Hamedrash

Dr Richard Kaye on achieving a PhD in pharmaceutics from the University of London

Jonathan Craimer on the loss of his Mother

Ohr Yisrael

The Family of the late Helen Ikin

Avi Garson for achieving Student of the Year Award

REFUAH SHLEIMAH Shomrei Hadath Rabbi Mordechai Fachler who is undergoing treatment

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Ilford The Family of the late Charles Elliman The Family of the late Ada Rains The Family of the late Mrs R Sclaire Michelle Keene on the loss of her Husband Ron Brown on the loss of his Wife Frances Conway on the loss of her Husband Mitchell Conway on the loss of his Father Jack Et Elizabeth Bond on the loss of their daughter Sarah Harnaor / September 2008

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Loughton

Yeshurun

Graham Lipman on the loss of his Mother

Alan Posener on the loss of his Mother

Raymond Rains on the loss of his Mother

The Family of the late Queenie Ashton

David Sanders on the loss of his Father

The Family of the late Rita Lawrence

Delia Kaye on the loss of her Mother

Judy Isenberg on the loss of her Father Mrs Sandler on the loss of her Flusband

Machzikei Hadath

The Family of the late David Levene

The Family of the late Leslie Pollard

The Family of the late Maurice Somers

Shmaya Bloch on the loss of his Mother

Jasmine Bandel on the loss of her Mother

Ohr Yisrael

Jeffrey Gitlin on the loss of his Brother

Liz Braum on the loss of her Grandmother Rejane Frey on the loss of her Father

The Family of the late Pearl Shyovitz Tony Silverston on the loss of his Mother The Family of the late John Ft Marcia Redland

Shomrei Hadath

Stephen Cohen on the loss of his Father

The Family of the late Ken Shiebert

The Family of the late Harvey Grant

Walter Reed on the loss of his Father

The Family of the late Sadie Harris

Jeff Israel on the loss of his Father

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020 8203 6031

MET SU YAN RESTAURANT 134 Golders Green Road, London N W 11

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

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ORLI CAFE 295 Hale Lane, Edgware

020 8958 1555

HENDON BAGEL BAKERY 57 Church Road, London NW4

020 8349 2676

ORLI CAFE 108 Regents Park Road, N3

020 8371 9222

020 8954 6020

PITA RESTAURANT 98 Golders Green Road, N W 11 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, N W1 1

020 8458 9483

THE BURGER BAR 110 Regents Park Road, N3 3JG

020 8371 1555

020 8952 2484

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

020 8950 0747

020 8203 4567

TUTTI GUSTI ITALIAN RESTAURANT 90-92 High Street, Edgware HA8 7HF

020 8951 0100

020 8202 5575

TWINS EXPRESS 21 Bell Lane, NW4 2BP

CA T E R E R S :

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020 8458 7708

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AVIV RESTAURANT 87 High Street, Edgware BEIT HAMADRAS 105 Brent Street NW4 2DX '86' RESTAURANT 86 Brent Street, Hendon NW4

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65 Watford Way, London NW4 3AQ Tel: 020 8202 2263 Fax: 020 8203 0610 Email: info@federationofsynagogues.com www.federationofsynagogues.eom

Federation of Synagogues Flonorary Officers

Burial Society

President: Mr Alan Finlay

Administrator: Mr Dovid Zelmanovits

Vice-Presidents: Mr Henry Dony ft

Sexton: Mr Noson Kahler

Mr Benjamin Mire

Tel: 020 8202 3903 Fax: 020 8203 0610

Treasurers (Federation):

Out o f hours answerphone: 020 8202 3903

Mr Leon Newmark ft Mr Paul Westbrook Treasurers (Burial Society)

Cemeteries

Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen Ft

Montague Road, Edmonton N18 2NF

Mr Michael Ezra

Tel: 020 8807 2268

Beth Din

Upminster Road North, Rainham, Essex RM 13 9SB

Rosh Beth Din: Dayan Y Y Lichtenstein Dayan M D Elzas Registrar: Rabbi Z Unsdorfer Enquires to the Registrar Tel: 020 8202 2263

Tel: 01708 552825 During the winter months both cemeteries are open daily, except Shabbos and Yom Tov, from 9am until dusk. During British Summer Time gates are open until 5pm and during the month o f

Chief Executive Dr Eli Kienwald

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Tel: 020 8202 3903 Fax: 020 8203 0610

Burial Society RAIN H AM & EDM ONTON C E M E T E R IE S C LO SIN G TIM ES FO R E L U L 5768 & T IS H R I 5769

The cemeteries will remain open each day from Monday 1st September to Sunday 28th September 2008 until 6.00pm, Fridays until 3.30 pm On Monday 29th September - Erev Rosh Hashonoh at 3.30 p.m. THE C EM ETER IES ARE CLO SED BOTH DAYS ROSH HASHONOH 30th September & 1st October On Thursday 2nd October Until 5.30pm, Friday 3 October Until 3.00pm, Sunday 5th - Tuesday 7th until 5.30pm On Wednesday 8th October Erev Yom Kippur at 3.00 p.m. THE C EM ETER IES ARE CLOSED ON YOM KIPPUR - Thursday 9th October On Friday 10th October until 3.00pm, Sunday 12th October until 5.00 pm On Monday 13th October Erev Succos until 3.00 pm. THE C EM ETER IES ARE CLO SED ON THE FIR ST DAYS OF SUCCO S 14th & 15th October Choi Hamoed Succos the gates will remain open until 3.00 p.m. THE C EM ETER IES ARE CLO SED ON SHMINI A TZER ES & SIMCHAS TORAH - 21st & 22nd O CTO BER Rainham 01708 552 825

Edmonton 020 8807 2268

PLEASE NOTE THE CEMETERIES ARE OPEN 9.00 AM DAILY BUT THEY ARE CLOSED ALL DAY ON SHABBOS AND YOM TOV VISITORS ARE KINDLY RFQIJESTED TO ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ABOVE TIMES AS THE ENTRANCE GATES WILL CLOSE AT THAT TIME

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

CROYDON & DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE.

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

FIELDGATE STREET GREAT SYNAGOGUE.

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

FINCHLEY CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE. 2 Redboume Avenue, N3 2BS. Tel: 020 8346 1892. Rav: Rabbi Y, Hamer. Tel: 020 8346 1787

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

HENDON BEIS HAMEDRASH. LOUGHTON, CHIGWELL & DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE.

65 Watford Way, Hendon NW4 3AQ. Tel: 020 8202 2263. Rav: Dayan Y.Y. Lichtenstein. Contact: Perry Burns. Tel: 020 8203 7757.

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. Administrator: Mrs L. Klein Website: www.ilfordfeds.org

202 Upper Clapton Road, E5 9DH. Contact Tel: 020 8806 3167 Rav. Dayan I. Gukovitski. Chairman: L. Blackman.

STAMFORD HILL BETH HAMEDRASH.

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

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

WALTHAM FOREST HEBREW CONGREGATION.

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

(Queens Road) 140 Boundary Road, E17 Tel: 020 8509 0775. Minister: Rev. S. Myers. Secretary: Mrs B. Rose.

WEST END GREAT SYNAGOGUE.

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

(Beth Hasepher & Soho), 32 Great Cumberland Place, W1H 7TN. Tel: 020 7724 8121. Fax: 020 7723 4413 Minister: Rev. Ari Cohen. Secretary: Mrs R. Koten.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE SYNAGOGUES WHICH HAVE CLOSED ARE AS FOLLOWS:NEW WIMBLEDON & PUTNEY DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE Secretary: Mrs R. Diamond. Tel 020 8778 6669.

SINAI SYNAGOGUE. NOTTING HILL SYNAGOGUE.

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

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

YESHURUN SYNAGOGUE.

OHEL JACOB SYNAGOGUE.

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.veshurun.ora

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

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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