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A c t i v i t i e s    D i a r y
 
twice-monthly Shabbat Services,
monthly Erev Shabbat Service with Pot Luck Supper and Speaker
Learning for adults and children
Creche

 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER

 

Most NLPJC events are at the Community Rooms adjacent to St. Mary's Church, Spensley Walk, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16. Occasionally an event is held at nearby Abney Hall. How to get there.
 
Cheder coincides with the first Shabbat service during term time - its starting time is 10.50am. Contact NLPJC for details.
 
Please note: Fortnightly Shabbat morning Children's Hebrew Classes at 10am. Contact Yasmin Max.
 
Hebrew text on-screen: Links are provided below to web-pages which display the Torah portion in both English and Hebrew. MS Internet Explorer_6 and Opera_8 are both capable of rendering fully pointed right-to-left Hebrew. Some other web browsers are not able to display Hebrew vowel points in their correct vertical and horizontal alignments and you may also notice incorrect letter spacing.
 
Torah portions/Parshiot: Each named portion is cited below in full, e.g. Genesis 1:1-6:8. However, only a part is likely to be read on each Shabbat. The name of the portion, e.g. Bereishis, is usually a word within the opening lines of the Hebrew text.
 

 
Colour coding of diary item background colours:
pale greymonth indicators
whitereligious services, e.g. Erev Shabbat, Shabbat and Festivals
mid-blueAdult Learning Programme
light blueOther Educational Courses
peachother NLPJC ceremonies and functions
pale greenJewish-interest and other events organised independently of NLPJC

 
 

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Saturday 3 July
21 Tammuz 5770   תש״ע תמוז  כא 
10:00am
10:00am
10:40am-10:50am
11:00am
11:00am
Torah Breakfast
Children's Hebrew
Kol b'yachad service for children.
Cheder and crèche, toys are available
Shabbat Service:
Torah Portion: Numbers 25:11 Pinchas / פינחס,
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Parsha synopsis by Rabbi Janet Burden: When I read book reviews in the press, I sometimes stop and wonder about the criteria they use for judging literature. Placed cold before the doyennes of the New York Times Review of Books, for example, would the Bible have ever passed muster? I doubt it, somehow. After all, the characters on its pages are not what such critics would call "pleasingly developed and well-rounded."
Sunday 4 July day time
event: From Seville to Salonica - Sefardi Music and Story-telling.
More details are on the home-page
See also NLPJC Magazine, page 1, col.2
 
details are on the home page ]
Tuesday 6 July
7pm, 8pm Adult Learning Programme
Conversion Course / Talmud Class
See NLPJC Magazine (Jun/Jul/Aug), page 2
Tuesday 13 July
7pm, 8pm Adult Learning Programme
Conversion Course / Talmud Class
See NLPJC Magazine (Jun/Jul/Aug), page 2
Saturday 17 July
6 Av 5770   תש״ע  אב  ו 
10:00am
10:00am
10:40am-10:50am
11:00am
11:00am
Torah Breakfast
Children's Hebrew
Kol b'yachad service for children.
Cheder and crèche, toys are available
Shabbat Service (includes the Bar Mitzvah of Yeshaya Lomotey, See NLPJC Magazine (Jun/Jul/Aug), page 1, col.1):
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 1:1 Devarim / דברים,
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Parsha synopsis by Rabbi Charley Baginsky: This week we enter a new book of Torah, Deuteronomy – the final book of the whole Torah. Although there is a certain arbitrariness to the names of each portion, as they are simply taken from one of the first words of the parasha, there often seems to be an innate and intimate link between the name and the content. Devarim is no exception for it means “words”, “these are the words that Moses spoke…” In the other books of the Torah the Israelites are instructed by the words of God through Moses, the mouthpiece; but here Moses addresses the community of Israel directly.
Tuesday 20 July
7pm, 8pm Adult Learning Programme
Conversion Course / Talmud Class
See NLPJC Magazine (Jun/Jul/Aug), page 2
Friday 23 July
7:15pm / 8:00pm Erev Shabbat Service / Supper and Event (to be announced)
A U G U S T   2 0 1 0
Saturday 7 August
27 Av 5770   תש״ע  אב  כז 
10:00am
10:40am-10:50am
11:00am
11:00am
Torah Breakfast
Kol b'yachad service for children
No cheder or creche, but toys are available
Shabbat Service:
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 11:26 Re'eh / ראה,
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Parsha synopsis by Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige–Middleton: Re’eh continues Moses’ speeches to the Israelites prior to their entering the Promised Land. Moses urges them to observe God’s commandments whence they have settled in the land and to destroy the existing holy sites of the local Canaanite people. He introduces the concept of one central sanctuary in a place designated by God which would be the only legitimate site on which sacrifices and worship would be allowed. He continues with some further instructions related to the occupation of the land; commandments regarding sacrifices, tithing, slaughtering and eating of meat (and regarding the meat of which animal is permitted and which are not) the sabbatical year, the treatment of Hebrew slaves and the observance of the Three Pilgrim festivals; Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkoth..
Saturday 21 August SERVICE CANCELLED
11 Ellul 5770   תש״ע  אלול  יא 
10:00am
10:40am-10:50am
11:00am
11:00am
Torah Breakfast
Kol b'yachad service for children.
No cheder or crèche, but toys are available
Shabbat Service:
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 21:10 Ki Teitsei / כי תצא,
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Parsha synopsis by Rabbi Janet Burden: If we were writing an outline of the Torah, this section would probably be called “Miscellaneous Laws,” subtitled “Things that don’t fit anywhere else.” The order makes no sense to the logic of a modern mind. First we’re talking about lost things, then suddenly, there’s a verse about not cross-dressing. Later on, we are reading about shooing a mother bird away from her nest, then suddenly we’re told to build a parapet on our roofs so that no one should fall from them. So what’s going on here?
S E P T E M B E R   2 0 1 0
Wednesday 8 September
  Erev Rosh Hashanah
Thursday 9 September
  Rosh Hashanah
Friday 17 September
  Kol Nidre
Saturday 18 September
  Yom Kippur
Wednesday 22 September
  Sukkot Service and Supper
Wednesday 29 September
  Simchat Torah Service and Supper