This Week
Shabbos Times
This Week
29 October 2026 -
18 Cheshvan 5787
Candle Lighting at 4:21 pm
Service Times
This Week
This week’s Sedra -
VAYERA
ALL SERVICES AT IFS
FRIDAY - 30 OCTOBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha, Kabbalos Shabbos, Ma'ariv
and candle lighting 4:21 pm
SHABBOS - 31 OCTOBER
Shacharis 9:15 am
Followed by Kiddush and Mincha
Shabbos goes out 5:27 pm
Ma'ariv 5:45 pm
SUNDAY - 1 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 8:30 am
Mincha and Ma'ariv 4:15 pm
MONDAY - 2 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
& Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
TUESDAY - 3 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
and Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
WEDNESDAY - 4 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
and Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
THURSDAY - 5 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 7:20 am
Mincha 1:30 pm
and Ma'ariv 7:30 pm
FRIDAY - 6 NOVEMBER
Shacharis 7:30 am
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COMMUNAL KIDDUSH
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If you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary or
any other Simcha and would like to join in with the next
Communal Kiddush, please contact the Office.
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Forthcoming Stone Settings
(at Rainham unless specified)
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
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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
Vayeira, Genesis 18:1 - 22:24
Abraham on the third day after his circumcision (brit mila), sits outside his tent looking for guests to extend his hospitality. While talking with the Almighty, he sees three visitors (actually angels of the Almighty). Abraham interrupts his conversation with the Almighty to invite them to a meal. One angel informs him that in a year’s time his wife, Sarah, will give birth to a son, Isaac (Yitzchak).
God tells Abraham that He is going to destroy Sodom because of its absolute evil (the city is the source of the word sodomy). Abraham argues with God to spare Sodom if there can be found ten righteous people in Sodom. Abraham loses for the lack of a quorum. Lot (Abraham’s nephew) escapes the destruction with his two daughters.
Other incidents: Avimelech, King of the Philistines, wants to marry Sarah (Abraham’s wife), the birth of Isaac, the eviction of Hagar (Abraham’s concubine) and Ishmael. Avimelech and Abraham make a treaty at Beersheva. Abraham is commanded to take up his son, Isaac, as an offering “on one of the mountains” (Akeidat Yitzchak). Lastly, the announcement of the birth of Rebecca (Rivka), the future wife of Isaac.
Do you want to know the reward for listening to the command of the Almighty? This is what the Almighty told Abraham: “[…] I shall surely bless you and greatly increase your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your offspring shall inherit the gate of its enemy. And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by your offspring, because you have listened to My voice.”
