This Week
Shabbos Times
This Week
15 October 2026 -
4 Cheshvan 5787
Candle Lighting at 6:05 pm
Service Times
This Week
This week’s Sedra - NOACH
All services at IFS
FRIDAY - 16 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha, Kabbalos Shabbos, Ma'ariv
and candle lighting 5:49 pm
SHABBOS - 17 OCTOBER
Shacharis 9:15 am
Mincha, Seuda and Ma'ariv 5:20 pm
Shabbos goes out 6:53 pm
SUNDAY - 18 OCTOBER
Shacharis 8:30 am
Mincha & Ma'ariv 5:45 pm
MONDAY - 19 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
TUESDAY - 20 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY - 21 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
THURSDAY - 22 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
FRIDAY - 23 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
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COMMUNAL KIDDUSH
If you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary or
any other Simcha and would like to join in with the next
Communal Kiddush, which is on 24 October
please contact the Office.
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Forthcoming Stone Settings
(at Rainham unless specified)
18-Oct-26 - 2:45 pm - Doreen Wajchendler ( at Waltham Abbey)
25-Oct-26 - 11:00 am - Maurice Field
1-Nov-26 - 11:00 am - Ruth Drake (at Marlowe Road, East Ham)
8-Nov-26 - 11:00 am - Sylvia Kay
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
25 October
Monthly Arts & Crafts 2:30-4:00
Make your own greetings cards
with Tracy Abrahams
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15 November
Annual Shul Quiz
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22 November
Whisky Tasting Evening
and
Mitzvah Day
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29 November
Monthly Arts & Crafts 2:30-4:00
Diamond Painting Class
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6 November
Shul Chanukah Party
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13 December
Film NIght - details to follow
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PLEASE CALL THE SHUL OFFICE FOR DETAILS AND FOR BOOKING
Weekly Torah Portion
With our thanks to Aish
Noah Genesis 6:9 - 11:32
Noah is the story of one righteous man in an evil generation. The Almighty commands Noah to build the ark on a hill far from the water. He built it over a period of 120 years. People deride Noah and ask him, “Why are you building a boat on a hill?” Noah explains that there will be a flood if people do not correct their ways. We see from this the patience of the Almighty for people to correct their ways and the genius of arousing people’s curiosity so that they will ask a question and, hopefully, hear the answer.
The generation does not do teshuva – returning from their evil ways – and God brings a flood for 40 days. They leave the ark 338 days later when the earth has once again become habitable. The Almighty makes a covenant and makes the rainbow the sign of the covenant that He will never destroy all of life again by water. When one sees a rainbow it is an omen to do teshuva – to recognize the mistakes you are making in life, regret them, correct them/make restitution, and ask for forgiveness from anyone you have wronged as well as from the Almighty.
Noah plants a vineyard, gets drunk, and then occurs the mysterious incident in the tent after which Noah curses his grandson Canaan. The Torah portion concludes with the story of the Tower of Babel and then a genealogy from Noah’s son, Shem, to Abram (Abraham).
