This Week
Shabbos Times
This Week
1 OCTOBER 2026 - 20 TISHREI 5787
Candle Lighting at 6:20 pm
Service Times
This Week
This week’s Sedra - SHMINI ATZERES
All services at IFS
FRIDAY - 2 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:00 am
EREV SHEMINI ATZERET
Yom Tov begins at 6.20 pm
Mincha, Ma'ariv and
candle lighting 6:20 pm
SHABBOS - 3 OCTOBER
Shacharis 9:15 am
Mincha 6:00 pm
Shabbos goes out 7:24 pm
Second day Yom Tov
candles should not be lit before 7:24pm
Ma'ariv followed by Hakkafot 7:24pm
SUNDAY - 4 OCTOBER
Shacharis 9:00 am
Mincha & Ma'ariv 6:30 pm
Yom Tov goes out at 7:21 pm
MONDAY - 5 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
TUESDAY - 6 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY - 7 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
THURSDAY - 8 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
FRIDAY - 9 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 10 October
please contact the Office.
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Forthcoming Stone Settings
(at Rainham unless specified)
11-Oct-26 - 1:15 PM - Tony Rones at Waltham Abbey
18-Oct-26 - 2:45 PM - Doreen Wajchendler
25-Oct-26 - 11:00 PM - Maurice Field
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
15 November - Annual Quiz (details to follow)
22 November - Whisky Tasting Evening
PLEASE CALL THE SHUL OFFICE FOR DETAILS AND FOR BOOKING
Weekly Torah Portion
With our thanks to Aish
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
On Monday morning we read Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17, which includes the topics of: tithing crops, remission of loans during the Shemitah year, to be warm-hearted and open handed to the destitute, Jewish bondsman, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, and going to Jerusalem for the Shelosh Regalim (the three pilgrimage festivals: Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot) with offering to celebrate the festivals.
Tuesday, October 18th is Simchat Torah. We read V’Zot HaBracha to complete the Book of Deuteronomy and thus the whole Torah. This Torah portion begins with the blessing of Moses, right before he dies, for the Jewish people and each tribe. Moses ascends Mt. Nebo and, as mentioned above, he dies and is buried in the valley in an unknown spot. The Jewish people mourn for 30 days. The Torah concludes with the words, “Never again has there arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Almighty had known face to face […]” and then we start again the yearly cycle of reading the Torah with the reading of Bereishit, Genesis!
