CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN
NEWSLETTER
PARSHAT SHEMOT
17/18 January 2025 - 18 Tevet 5785
WEBSITE AND NEWS-SHEET SPONSOR

To sponsor the CSM website and news-sheet for a week, please email Jonathan Lauffer with your date and wording.

The cost is £36.00.

For more information please see the CSM website.

THIS SHABBAT'S DAVENING TIMES
Shabbat begins at: 16:09

Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat on The Square at 16:20

Shabbat morning services begin at 10:00

Rabbi Dr Rafael Zarum will deliver a drasha before Musaf entitled: "Learned Behaviours: Moshe's journey and what it teaches us about ourselves."

Mincha will follow Kiddush 

Ma'ariv and the termination of Shabbat at 17:17

For more information please see the CSM website.

For children's services, please see below.

KIDDUSH
The kiddush this Shabbat is sponsored anonymously, in  recognition of the work done by the trustees to secure the future of the minyan.

To sponsor the Kiddush, please email Jonathan Lauffer. The cost of a standard kiddush is £180.

MAZAL TOV
Mazal tov to Beth and Jonathan Lauffer on the barmitzvah this Shabbat of their grandson Josh, son of Sophie and Adam Lauffer

And mazal tov to Ruthie and Jeremy Tankel on the birth of a granddaughter, a daughter to Candice and Joshua Tankel. Mazal tov too to grandparents Denice and Laurence Golend and to great-grandparents Leslie Hyman, Jeanne Golend and Leila Farleigh.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's services this Shabbat with Sophie in the small hall.

10:45 - 11:15 for children aged 6 - 10. No adults at the 6 and over service please.

11:15 - 11:45 for children under 6 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult please.

RABBI DR RAFAEL ZARUM - SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME
THIS WEEK

Shabbat 18 January: Before Musaf
Subject to be announced nearer to the date
SECURITY ROTA
The security rota this week will be Team Dalet.

If you would like to join the rota, please speak to Brian Royston or email:

security@centralsquareminyan.org

OUR ADOPTED HOSTAGES

We are continuing to leave empty seats for our two adopted hostages, Sasha Troufanov and Daniela Gilboa. At the time of going to print, they had been held for 461 days.

RABBI ZARUM'S AUDIO BLOG

Rabbi Zarum has recorded some of his recent shiurrim. You can hear these on the CSM website. Click here for the web page.

Click here to contact Rabbi Zarum via email

VIVIENNE & SAM COHEN MEMORIAL SPEAKER PROGRAMME
FUTURE WEEKS

Shabbat 08 February: After Adon Olam
Rabbi Glenn Bezalel - Controversies in the Torah: Then and Now
JEWISH HELPLINE

Jewish Helpline

0800 6529249

open Sunday – Thursday 12pm – 12am and Friday 12pm – 3pm.

If you are feeling alone, anxious, depressed, suicidal or simply in need of someone to talk to.

FOOD ALLERGIES

Now that more children are coming to shul and enjoying the children’s services, we thought we should remind you that some children are sensitive to some food products and you need to be very careful about any sweets or snacks that you bring to shul.  If in doubt please leave at home.

If your child has any allergies, it would be helpful if you notified us and also the children’s service leaders and we’ll do our best to control things although we can’t watch all of the children, all of the time, so you need to take care please.


AVAILABLE KIDDUSH AND WEBSITE SPONSORSHIP SLOTS
Please take a look at a list of available kiddush and website sponsorship slots over the coming three months.

HOSPITALITY - THE CSM ALAN FOSTERMAN MEMORIAL GEMACH FUND
Are you able to include guests on Shabbat or Yom Tov at the drop of a hat?

Do you know anyone who would like hospitality or any kind of help over the next few weeks?

Please let us know by email.
LINKS TO DIVREI TORAH
Click on the links below to access a selection of divrei torah on this week's parsha

www.jeremyrosen.com

 https://harryfreedman.substack.com/

http://cardozoacademy.org/

http://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation-homepage

https://www.jewishideas.org/articles/angel-for-shabbat

WISHING YOU ALL A SHABBAT SHALOM
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