Beit Emanuel Bulletin for week ending 9 April 2022

Johannesburg (Parktown) Progressive Jewish Congregation
Affiliated to the SA Union for Progressive Judaism (SAUPJ)

www.beitemanuel.co.za
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Friday, 8 April 2022 to Saturday, 9 April 2022

8 NISAN 5782, PARASHAT METZORA (SHABBAT HAGADOL)

Friday, 8 April, 18h00 - Shabbat Evening Service, https://beiteman.link/evening

Saturday, 9 April, 09h30 - Shabbat Morning Service, https://beiteman.link/morning

Mishkan T’filah flipbook: https://beiteman.link/mishkan

Torah readings: Leviticus 14:1-15:33, https://beiteman.link/torah
https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.14.1-15.33

Haftarah readings: Malachi 3:4-24, https://beiteman.link/haftarah
https://www.sefaria.org/Malachi.3.4-24

This Week's Torah Portion
M’tzora (A Leper) מְצֹרָע

The Eternal One spoke to Moses, saying: "This shall be the ritual for a leper at the time of being purified ." - Leviticus 14:1-2

Priestly rituals to cure tzaraat (a skin condition) when it afflicts humans are described. (14:1-32)
Rituals to rid dwelling places of tzaraat are presented. (14:33-57)
The parashah denotes male impurities resulting from a penile discharge or seminal emission. (15:1-18)
The parashah concludes with accounts of female impurities caused by a discharge of blood. (15:19-33)

Shabbat Evening Service

Shabbat Morning Service

BEIT EMANUEL MATTERS

Happening this Shabbat

Please join us in the Shul (or on Zoom) on Friday evening at 18h00 for our Kabbalat Shabbat hybrid service. This will be followed by a Brocha in the Janks Hall, sponsored this week by Sophia Bogolubov.

Thanks to Marion Joseph for donating the beautiful vases to be used for the flowers on our Friday evening Brocha tables. (Thanks to Lesley Hudson for introducing this little touch at last week’s Brocha.)

Our Shabbat Morning Service will be in the Boardroom at 09h30 on Saturday morning, and will be followed by a Brocha in the Atrium. The service will be led by Professor Merle Williams in Rabbi Saar’s absence. Our grateful thanks to Merle for stepping in to help. (Although the format of the service does allow for some Zoom participation, the service is best experienced in person.)

Our Talmud Study Group meets in the Gillis Boardroom at 12h00, while the Scrabble Club (an external activity) will be in the Atrium (Courtyard) from 13h30.

Recruitment drive for our Volunteer Security Team

We need a few good men and women (anyone 18 and over) to bolster our volunteer security team, which didn’t have a role during lockdown. We are hoping to be able to introduce a roster covering Friday evenings, Festival/Holiday evenings and mornings and other special events. Training will be provided, both in-house and through the CSO, and we hope to recruit enough volunteers so that each person will only have to be on duty once every 6-8 weeks.

Please chat to Graeme Hochschild, Peter Joseph or Virgil Challens if you’d like to find out more, or send your details to Morgana Segel (contact details in the footer).

In the interim, John Sherriffs and some of our other core members will be manning the gate on Friday evenings.

Easter Eggs and soap for the Sarmies Project

On Thursday, 14 April we’d like to make sure that everyone who comes for sarmies, fruit, e’Pap, soup and noodles also gets a treat of an Easter Egg and bar of soap. So next week please think about sending a couple of Easter Eggs and a bar of soap or two along with your usual donations.

Message from Barry Levin

I received the following message of thanks from Barry Levin, a member of the Beit Emanuel Choir until lockdown and his subsequent illness:

"I just wanted to thank you, Rabbi Sa'ar and the Shul for all the messages of support regarding my recent illness. It is very much appreciated.
The good news is that I have recovered, in remission and am happy to report that my name may be removed from the weekly bulletin.
Please accept my gratitude with this donation."

We hope that Barry continues to enjoy good health!

Youth Communal Roundtable Meeting

This was to have taken place this weekend, but has now been postponed to a future date. Details will be announced in due course.

Shabbat Shalom!
--
Russell Cohen (Executive Director)

For more information, or to register, please contact Tessa Abramovitz at tessalee@netactive.co.za.

HOUSEKEEPING

Maintenance issues

We are very proud of the manner in which housekeeping, maintenance and repairs to the Campus are attended to, on an extremely tight budget. If you do come across any issues of that nature while you’re on Campus, please report them to Morgana (contact details in the footer) and they will be attended to.

Staying in touch

We know that, when you’re moving house, letting the Shul know about your change of address may not be top of mind. Once you’ve settled in, though, please just drop us a note so that we can stay in touch with you. These are the contact detail changes we’d really like to know about. Please let Morgana know about these and she’ll inform the rest of us.

Mobile (cellphone) number
Email address
Home street address
Home landline number (or cancellation thereof)

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JKIDS/YOUTH PROGRAMMES

Jkids Club Shabbat Activity

Our next JKids Club face-to-face Shabbat session takes place on Friday, 8 April . Please join Jody and Kathryn in the Courtyard at 6 PM sharp for a fun, educational Shabbat activity.

BEIT EMANUEL PEOPLE

Our grateful thanks to the following for their generous donations:

(Up to 7 Apr)

General Donations:

Anonymous Donor (ex Standard Bank)
Samantha Brief
Karen Hofman
Peter Isaacs
Barry Levin

The following donations were inadvertently left off last week’s Bulletin:

Rose Kransdorff (for Care Committee)
Adelaide White

Yahrzeits/In loving memory:

(None this week.)

Sarmies Project:

(None this week.)

Sponsorships:

Thanks to Sophia Bogolubov for generously sponsoring this Friday's Brocha in celebration of her wedding to Bradley Weinberg.

Donations in kind

Thanks to Marion Joseph for the beautiful vases for flowers on the tables at the Friday evening Brocha.

A hearty Mazal Tov on your birthday:

Greg Margolis, Ian West, Merle Caminsky-Ovens, Merle Favis, Francis Hanauer, Gavin Sher, Shaun Nathanson, Rael Tichauer, Roslyn Rosenthal, Merle Williams, Deborah Paddock.

And to our children up to 18 years:

Jana Mostert.

Refuah Shlema and a Speedy Recovery to:

(None this week.)

Please contact the Shul Office to have a loved one included on (or taken off) the list for a Refuah Shlema.

In Memoriam

(Yahrzeit, relationship, observed by)

Vivian Cohn, mother of Steve Cohn
Hymie Dorfan, father of Peter Dorfan
Leo Goldman, father of Jose Goldman
Meyer Green, father of Max Green
Rose Hack, remembered by Freda Appelbaum
Neville Le Cordeur, father of Judy Davkin
Cyril Levy, husband of Yvonne Levy
Pinky Mendelsohn, friend of Shelley Medwin
Dan Passchier, father of Shmerah Passchier
Philip Schneider, father of Linda Mark
Mary Segel, mother of Brian Segel
Brian Soskin, father of Judith Soskin

May their memory be for blessing.

Please inform the Shamas on duty if you are observing a Yahrzeit.

"A bisl un a bisl, vert a fule shisl - a little and a little, becomes a full bowl."

It's customary to make a donation (however large or small) to the Shul when observing a Yahrzeit. See our banking details below.

BANKING DETAILS

Temple Emanuel
FNB Killarney Branch, C/C 256 205
Account Number 5486 0049 352

When making payments via electronic funds transfer (EFT), please use a your surname as a beneficiary reference.

We’re now registered for SnapScan. Feel free to make a random donation using our unique QR code! Please use a your surname as a payment reference.

Please insist on an official receipt when making a cash payment!

The link below will take you to all the payment mechanisms for which we are registered:

https://beiteman.link/donate

PROGRESSIVE NEWS AND VIEWS

United Sisterhood appeal

The United Sisterhood, the welfare arm of the Gauteng Progressive Jewish Congregations (GPJC) are in desperate need of second-hand clothing and bric-a-brac to support their charitable initiatives. If you’re able to assist, please contact the United Sisterhood’s Office Manager (Marian Gonsalves) on 011 646 2409 or mariang@unitedsisterhood.org.za .

Wall of Remembrance Westpark

The Wall of Remembrance at Westpark Jewish Cemetery is in need of some significant repairs, as well as more ongoing maintenance than it currently receives. This all takes money, of course. If you have family members interred at the Wall of Remembrance (WOR), please consider making a small (or large!) donation to the upkeep of the structure, if at all possible on a monthly basis. The WOR’s bank details are as follows:

Wall of Remembrance Westpark
Nedbank
Clearing Code 191605
Account Number 1916100538

Please send Proof of Payment (PoP) to email address admin@beitemanuel.co.za.

GENERAL COMMUNITY NOTICES

Anyone for Scrabble?

A Scrabble Club now meets at Beit Emanuel on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons. If you’re seriously into a game of Scrabble, this is the place to be. Contact Gill Nomis for details, 083 641 4071 or gillian.nomis@gmail.com.

CLASSIFIEDS

PESACH MENU

Please contact us if you would like any of our Pesach specials:

Chopped Herring
Danish Herring
Chicken Soup and Kneidel
Fried Fish
Fish Balls

Tel : 011 486 1260 ~ Cell : 083 525 4992 ~ Email : db@domesticbliss.co.za

CHAG SAMEACH!
Domestic Bliss

Kethyleroy Health Care Services

One of our tenants, Shirley Khethi, is running an agency specialising in recruiting and placing nursing, patient, elder and baby care staff, as well as cleaning/domestic staff and maid services.

Please contact Shirley on 071 968 6131 or shirley.khethi@gmail.com

House sitter and pet sitter available to look after your home and pets while you are away. For a reliable and experienced house sitter please contact Carolyn on 072 260 2524.

Marketplace

In these tough times, we’re always looking for ways to help our members promote their businesses, whether small or large, informal or formal, part or full-time.

Click on the link below to be taken to our Facebook Group, where you can post (as a Comment) to promote your business, goods, practice or service to our members and friends. Images can also be used.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/beitemanuel/permalink/4319988238011359/

(Hat tip to Kathryn Henning for setting this up.)

Affordable spaces to let

Beit Emanuel has a number of vacant spaces to let, suitable for use as offices, classrooms or consulting rooms, and all at affordable rates.

Please contact Morgana Segel on 087 188 9000 or office@beitemanuel.org.za .

ENGAGE WITH US

Morgana Segel, Receptionist & Admin Assistant
087 188 9000 | office@beitemanuel.org.za

Rabbi Sa'ar Shaked
087 188 9001 | rabbi@beitemanuel.co.za

Christine Mcintosh, Financial Administrator
087 188 9003 | admin@beitemanuel.co.za

Russell Cohen, Executive Director
087 188 9005 | director@beitemanuel.co.za