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
VAYEILECH
VAYEILECH – and he went…
The ninth section of the Book of Deuteronomy continues the description of Moses’ third and final farewell address to the Jewish People.
Moses told the Jewish people, “today I am exactly 120 years old.” (31:2)
The fact that even Moses’ last years of his life was not left unfinished indicates that he lived his life to the fullest, wasting no time or leaving undone any part of the task with which he was charged.
The fact that Moses’ physical life so perfectly mirrored his spiritual life indicated that he successfully overcame the division between the spiritual and the material. His spiritual perfection was mirrored in this manifestation of physical perfection.
Moses’ life should inspire us to live our own lives to the fullest. Our Divine mission permeating every minute and every item of our lives. When we do so, we dissolve the artificial division of the spiritual and physical, revealing the innate Divinity and underlying reality.
We are in the midst of the 10 days of Teshuvah – Repentance, on Tuesday evening the fast of Yom Kippur begins. It’s certainly a time for reflection and introspection. Please join us at one of our three Chabad Services across Essex, Gants Hill, Buckhurst Hill & Epping, where you will find a big welcome and inspiring services. See our website: www.chabadilford.co.uk which has links to our other centres for further details.
Wishing you a Good Shabbat, easy fast and successful week in between.
