SHABBAT SHIRA PARASHAT BESHALACH

11th Shevat 5775 /31st January 2015

www.BarnetSynagogue.org.uk

ShabbatON
DAVENING & DAF YOMI TIMES
SHABBAT
Kabbalat Shabbat (with mincha)
4.31pm
Shabbat morning Daf shiur
8.25am
Shacharit
Children & Youth services
Infants (0-Year 2) in Library
Juniors (Years 2-6) in Room 2
Youth (Years 7-13) in Room 1
Mincha
Shiur given by Rabbi Lerer
Shabbat ends
Maariv

9.15am
10.45am

12.37pm
5.20pm
5.38pm
5.50pm

WEEKDAY SHACHARIT
Sunday
Monday & Thursday
Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

8.15am
6.50am
7.00am

WEEKDAY MINCHA
Sunday (followed by Maariv)
Monday - Thursday
Friday (with Kabbalat Shabbat)

4.30pm
12.45pm
4.44pm

WEEKDAY MAARIV
Sunday (with Mincha)
Monday - Thursday

4.30pm
7.30pm

WEEKDAY DAF YOMI

Sunday (AM)
Sunday (PM)
Monday - Thursday

7.25am
5.00pm
6.40pm

Page numbers in the Chumash:

Hertz
Cohen
Beshalach
265
407
Haftorah
281
434

Artscroll
366
1152

This Shabbat sees the launch of our 70 days for

70 years discussion group which will meet
downstairs after Kiddush. Everyone is welcome.
Mazal tov to the Daf Yomi Shiur on completing
Tractate Yevamot. The Shiur will be starting a new
Tractate Ketubot this coming Wednesday at
6.40pm. All newcomers are welcome!
CHILDREN - Every Shabbat and Yom Tov Rabbi
Lerer will be giving out sweets to all the children
during Adon Olam.

MAZELTOV to Barbara & Arnold Woolf on the

occasion of Arnolds 2nd Bar Mitzvah. After the
service, the Community is invited to join them and
their family for Kiddush. The Kiddush Committee
reminds the Community that it cannot take
responsibility that the kiddush provided is nut free.
BARNET SYNAGOGUE PROUDLY PRESENTS
OUR 4TH ANNUAL MELAVE MALKA Saturday
night, 7th February at 7.45pm An evening of
Magic, An evening of Song, An evening of
Humour Special Guest Rabbi Geoffrey
Shisler Cost 18 per person to avoid
disappointment book by Monday, 2 nd February
administrator@barnetsynagogue.org.uk
SPORTS QUIZ on Thursday, 12th February 2015
We still have some places left so sign up for a
fantastic evening @ Barnet Shul 7.30pm - 15 per
person including fish & chip supper (10 for youth
under 18) Open to all over the age of 14 Quiz Raffle Marathon Round Contact Royden on
0208 449 4451 or the office.
Dr. Steven Wilson, the new Chief Executive Officer
of the United Synagogue, will be spending the
weekend of March 6th and 7th at Barnet Synagogue
and, as well as addressing the Community, there
will be a Question and Answer session.
CST Security Awareness Training CST is
offering a free half-day training course for any
person who works or volunteers within the Jewish
community.
1. Morning Session 4th Feb, 9.30am-1.30pm
2. Afternoon Session 3rd March 1-5.00pm
To book your place email training@cst.org.uk
Get ready for an amazing Shabbat program and
exciting tochniot (activities) for Years 2 - 10 with
Barnet B'nei Akiva for this year's Ha'irgun! Save
the date from Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd February,
and make sure your forms are in by Wednesday 11th
February. More information from
ba@barnetsynagogue.org.uk.
Fans of the TV programme Crown Court now have
the chance to see the workings of Snaresbrook
Crown Court for real. Judge Martyn Zeidman has
kindly arranged a visit for a group between 10 and
30 on Weds 25th March. To arrive by 1pm for a talk
from the Judge then observe his case(s) from
the public gallery and if time, answer questions on
what we saw. (Please be aware cases can be quite
shocking and of a violent or sexual nature.) Please
contact the Shul office if interested. No cost, just a
small donation to the Jewish Marriage Council.

Please do not take this home on Shabbat

REGULAR EVENTS this coming week:

Sunday
6.30-8.30pm
BBYO
Monday
1.00-3.30pm
Social & Cultural Club
8.00-9.30pm
Male Singing Group
Tuesday
Next
3.30-5.30pm
Bnei Akiva
Shabbat
Gummy Bears and
Wednesday
7.45-8.30pm
Gemara
11th February

Details from:
Jemma Oberman
Hannah Spillman
Harvey Rosen
Adam Lang
Joel Fierstone

020 8368 0944

020 8449 4715
020 8449 8783
079 3925 8233
079 8201 6261

Rabbi Lerer

077 9688 8886

Rabbi Lerer has vacancies for members to write Divrei Torah for this cycle of Torah from Barnet. Please contact
him at rabbi@barnetsynagogue.org.uk.
Jewish Book Week 2015 runs from 21 February 1 March 2015 at Kings Place, presenting the finest new
writing from around the world, in-depth topical discussions, stimulating talks and lively entertainment. For more
information see the website www.jewishbookweek.com. Two events on Sunday 1st March have specifically been
created with teenagers and young adults in mind. The Art of the Graphic Novel is for older teenagers while a
Comics Workshop, aimed at ages 11 to 18, will give you the opportunity to meet award winning comics artists and
present and discuss some of your own work as well. For more specific information on any of the events, especially
the youth events, please contact Stephanie Marcus on stephmarcus193@gmail.com
The Stone-Setting for Rita Phillips, widow of Gerald Phillips will be on Sunday, 1st February at 9.30am at
Bushey Cemetery.
The Stone-Setting for Florence Sargon, the mother of Michelle Rosenberg will be on Sunday, 8th February at
12 noon at Edgwarebury Lane Cemetery.
We wish a long life to the following members who have yahrzeit in the coming week:
Betty Barton (Father), David Birns (Mother), Helen Bloom (Mother), Gerald Brudney (Mother), Bernard Carne
(Wife), Bernard Clifford (Mother), Graham Cowan (Mother), Harold Decent (Father), Larry Glick (Father), Sally
Hayes (Father), Sheila Krendel (Mother), David Kurash (Father), Elaine Lesser (Father), Martin Lindsay (Father),
Janet Maltz (Mother and Father), Marc Morris (Father), Stephen Oliver (Mother), Rena Prozzer and Helen Rose
(Husband and father), Martin Stanton (Father), Barbara Vickers (Father), Paul Werth (Mother)

DVAR TORAH BESHALACH

Rabbi Lerer
In Psalm 114, we read the description of how the Sea parted: "The Sea saw and fled". The Rabbis ask "What did
the Sea see to make it flee?" and they answer, "It saw the bones of Joseph! (Which the Children of Israel carried
with them from Egypt, on their journey to the Promised Land)
What was it about the bones of Joseph specifically which should make the Sea part?
Perhaps we can suggest that the greatness of Joseph's life is that he acted against his nature. We can point at how
he resisted the temptation of Potiphar's wife, which entails going against one's natural impulse. But there is an even
greater example.
After Joseph has been reunited with his brothers in Egypt, he forgave them for their past actions against him. Not
only did Joseph forgive them genuinely and whole heartedly but there is a fascinating Midrash which tells us that
during the seventeen years that Joseph's father Jacob was with him in Egypt, Joseph avoided ever being alone with
his beloved father! The reason was simply to prevent the situation that Jacob should ask Joseph how it was that he,
Joseph, after being reported killed by wild beasts many years earlier, should end up as Viceroy of Egypt! For if
Jacob asked him about that, Joseph would have to reveal his brothers' bad behavior to his father.
These are genuine examples of going against ones nature. When the sea saw this wonderful character trait of
Joseph and his level of devotion, it decided that if Joseph could act against his nature, it too should be able to act
against its nature and it thereby split.
There is a timeless lesson for us, that when we are put in a situation and we rise above our natural tendencies we
gain so much, maybe even the power to split seas!

Next Shabbat: Yitro
Bat Mitzvah of Louise Rose

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