WELCOME TO CHABAD SOUTHEND
We are delighted to welcome you to our new website for Chabad Southend, a branch of Chabad North East London & Essex.
Now in our third year, we have been working in partnership with the Southend & Westcliff Synagogue Community and its leadership, to provide additional educational opportunities from children through adults.
We currently provide:
– Cheder classes each Tuesday for children aged Year 1 – through to Bar / Bat Mitzvah, with exciting, challenging and fun interactive classes. Innovative reading learning programme tailor made to each child’s ability and level of growth and development. Jewish knowledge taught by way of interactive arts and crafts projects, hands on experiences, all led by Mrs Devorah Sufrin and our Shluchos based in Gants Hill.
– JWC Jewish Women’s Circle, monthly discussion and activity groups on Jewish topics with social interaction led by Mrs Devorah Sufrin
– Men’s monthly discussion groups in an interactive manner on varying Jewish topics relevant to today’s challenges in the Jewish world led by Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin MBE
The monthly discussion groups are hosted in private homes. If you would like to host a meeting or find out more please contact us.
Chabad N E London & Essex currently has three Cheder opportunities for your children each week accross Essex.
Sunday @ Chabad Gants Hill, Tuesday @ Westcliff & Southend Synagogue, Finchley Road, Southend. Wednesday @ Chabad Buckhurst Hill.
We are continuously looking at ways of enhancing Chabad’s educational & social services for the Community and look forward to sharing more with you as time goes on.
Thought for the week from Rabbi A. M. Sufrin MBE
Ha’azinu — to hearken….
Ha’azinu – to hearken…
The Tenth section of the Book of Deuteronomy is composed almost entirely of the Poem of Testimony that G-d taught Moses and instructed him to teach to the Jewish people.
G-d called upon both heaven and earth to bear witness to the message He was about to deliver to the Jewish people.
Listen, O heaven….Hear, O earth.” (32:1)
G-d addressed both heaven and earth, in order to teach us that we are called upon to harmonise the two. The Torah originates in heaven and consists of
G-d’s vision of perfection of the world.
By spreading the knowledge of the Torah to ourselves and to others, we are bringing heaven down to earth.
By reshaping both our own lives and the life of others in accordance with Torah’s teachings, we are bringing life on earth up to heaven. When we have made life into “heaven on earth” – reconciling the division between the two – heaven and earth testify how we have fulfilled our mission on life.
Have a lovely Shabbat and fulfilling week.
This coming Sunday evening 13th October, begins the Festival of Sukkot, (Tabernacles).
Our three Chabad centres all have Sukkot open to the public, feel free to join us for our services followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah, or feel free to drop bye and enjoy our Sukkah and do the Mitzvah of shaking the Lulav & Etrog.
Have a joyous and hopefully dry Sukkot.
