Category Archive: News

1. Devarim

   August 8, 2019 10:05 am Comments Off on Devarim I found this introduction to Devarim in Richard Elliott Freedman’s Torah Commentary: “The last verse in Numbers is, “these are the comm… read more

2. Pinchas

   July 25, 2019 11:54 am Comments Off on Pinchas Another sedra named after a man but this one is for women’s rights.
   Part of this portion deals with the allotment of land. Ownership of land is an e… read more

3. Balak

   July 18, 2019 10:45 am Comments Off on Balak The main story of the sedra is revealed in its first sentence: ‘And Balak, son of Zippor, saw what the Israelites did to the Amorites’. In the prev… read more

4. A special tea party

   July 12, 2019 5:03 pm Comments Off on A special tea party

   Last Sunday we hosted a traditional English afternoon tea party for our members aged 80 years old and over.  Our older members came together… read more

5. Chukkat

   4:59 pm Comments Off on Chukkat When a person becomes ritually unclean a red heifer is slaughtered and burnt. The unclean person is purified by sprinkling the heifer&#… read more

6. Korach

   July 4, 2019 11:00 am Comments Off on Korach The parsha (as the name suggests) focuses on Korach’s rebellion. Korach was a wealthy and ambitious man, jealous of the position of Moses and Aa… read more

7. Shelach L’cha

   June 27, 2019 12:00 pm Comments Off on Shelach L’cha The parashah describes the tragic story of the spies sent into Canaan by Moses, who come back with a report that shows no confidence in the Israel… read more

8. Building Committee Update, June 2019

   June 21, 2019 6:02 pm Comments Off on Building Committee Update, June 2019

   Introduction

   At the AGM in May we updated the community on our progress, and in particular an important activity that we the Committee had been u… read more

9. Bha’alotcha

   June 20, 2019 12:00 pm Comments Off on Bha’alotcha

   Summary of events

   • Aaron is commanded to light the menorah to participate in the dedication of the Beit Hamikdash
     • Aaron and his descendants are g

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10. Naso

    June 13, 2019 10:42 am Comments Off on Naso God tells Moses to instruct Aharon to bless the children of Israel but the words of the blessing pronounced by the Kohanim  are prescribed and di… read more

11. MHS AGM – Sunday, 19 May 2019

    May 8, 2019 5:57 pm Comments Off on MHS AGM – Sunday, 19 May 2019 You are reminded that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Synagogue will be held on Sunday, 19 May 2019 at 7.30pm in the Rose and Harry… read more

12. Pickle making in Jerusalem with CCECH

    February 26, 2019 11:24 am Comments Off on Pickle making in Jerusalem with CCECH While we were recently in Israel, Donna and I visited one of the school projects run by CCECH (an Israeli charity that MHS are supporting though o… read more

13. Update on the Muswell Hill Synagogue Building Project and Q&A

    February 18, 2019 2:11 pm Comments Off on Update on the Muswell Hill Synagogue Building Project and Q&A In our last full update in December we signalled that we were about to kickstart the fundraising track of the buildings project. That commenced… read more

14. Building Project Update October 2018 (published in Shalom magazine)

    1:37 pm Comments Off on Building Project Update October 2018 (published in Shalom magazine) This update on the progress of the building project was originally published in Shalom Magazine at the end of 2018:
    

    Just over fifty years ago a gr… read more

15. A celebration of 10 years of Rabbi David and Muswell Hill.

    February 2, 2019 6:48 pm Comments Off on A celebration of 10 years of Rabbi David and Muswell Hill. Yesterday we had a wonderful Shabbat celebrating Rabbi David and Elisheva’s 10 year anniversary in Muswell Hill. I thought you may all l… read more