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
BEHA’ALOTECHO – To Kindle…
BEHA’ALOTECHA – To Kindle..
The Third section of the Book of Numbers begins, as G-d tells Moses to instruct Aaron to kindle the lamps of the Tabernacle’s Menorah. It continues with the final preparations of the Jewish people’s departure from Mt. Sinai and the events that occurred at their first stops in the dessert.
G-d instructed Moses to tell Aaron, “when you kindle the lamps”….(8:2)
G-d instructed Moses to tell Aaron that whenever he would kindle the lamps of the Menorah, he should hold the fire to the wick until it remained burning steadily on its own.
Spiritually this means, that when we “light the flame” of our own soul, or the soul of another person, we should not just deliver some quick inspiration and then move on. We should remain near, nurturing the souls flame until it becomes a steady and self – reliant glow.
Chabad emulates this message within all of its efforts to connect with every Jewish man, women and child, with all that it takes to encourage and support them to stand on their own, and have the ability to kindle other flames.
Wishing you a good Shabbos and successful week to follow.
