This Week
Shabbos Times
This Week
29 JANUARY 2026 - 11 SHVAT 5786
Candle Lighting at 4:30 pm Shabbos Ends at 5:42 pm
Shabbos Times
This Week
NEXT WEEK'S SERVICE TIMES
This week’s Sedra - BESHALACH
FRIDAY - 30 JANUARY
Shacharis 7:30 am at IFS
Mincha, Kabbalas Shabbos,
Ma'ariv and Candle Lighting 4:30 pm
SHABBOS - 31 JANUARY
Shacharis 9:15 am followed by Kiddush and Mincha
Shabbos ends at 5:42 pm
Ma'ariv 6:00 pm
SUNDAY - 1 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 8:30 am at IFS
Mincha and Ma'ariv 4:35 pm at IFS
MONDAY - 2 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 7:20 am at IFS
Mincha 1:30 pm at Chabad
Ma'ariv 7:30 pm at Cranbrook
TUESDAY - 3 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 7:30 am at IFS
Mincha 1:30 pm at Chabad
Ma'ariv 7:30 pm at Cranbrook
WEDNESDAY - 4 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 7:30 am at IFS
Mincha 1:30 pm at Chabad
Ma'ariv 7:30 pm at Cranbrook
THURSDAY - 6 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 7:20 am at IFS
Mincha 1:30 pm at Chabad
Ma'ariv 7:30 pm at Cranbrook
FRIDAY - 7 FEBRUARY
Shacharis 7:30 am at IFS
SHIURUM THIS WEEK
Sunday - 9:30 am (after Shacharis) in Shul
Breakfast shiur on individual prayer with the Rabbi
Monday - 10:30 am - On Zoom AND at The Rebbetzin’s home
Pirkei Avos with The Rebbetzin
Tuesday - 8:30 pm on Zoom
Reviewing the weekly sedra with the Rabbi
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which is on 21 February
please contact Frances Bookatz on 07956 166518.
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Forthcoming Stone Settings (at Rainham, unless specified)
28-Jan-26 - 11:00 am - Rene Garfinkle
1-Feb-26 - 2:00 pm - Ruth Starr
8-Feb-26 - 2:00 pm - Alan Schiffman
1-Mar-26 - 2:00 pm - David Elias
1-Mar-26 - 3:00 pm - Pam Levinson
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Weekly Torah Portion
With our thanks to Aish
Beshalach Exodus 13:17 - 17:16
The Jewish people leave Egypt. Pharaoh regrets letting them go, pursues them leading his chosen chariot corps and a huge army. The Jews rebel and cry out to Moses, “Weren’t there enough graves in Egypt? Why did you bring us out here to die in the desert?” The Yam Soof (the Sea of Reeds – usually mistranslated as the Red Sea) splits, the Jews cross over, the Egyptians pursue and the sea returns and drowns the Egyptians. Moses with the men and Miriam with the women – each separately – sing praises of thanks to the Almighty.
They arrive at Marah and rebel over the bitter water. Moses throws a certain tree in the water to make it drinkable. The Almighty then tells the Israelites, “If you obey G-d your Lord and do what is upright in His eyes, carefully heeding all His commandments and keeping all His decrees, then I will not strike you with any of the sicknesses that I brought on Egypt. I am G-d who heals you.” (This is why the Hagaddah strives to prove there were more than 10 plagues in Egypt – the greater the number of afflictions, the greater number from which we were protected.)
Later, the Israelites rebel over lack of food; G-d provides quail and manna (a double portion was given on the sixth day to last through Shabbat; we have two challahs for each meal on Shabbat to commemorate the double portion of manna). Moses then instructs them concerning the laws of Shabbat. At Rephidim, they rebel again over water. G-d tells Moses to strike a stone (later in the Torah G-d tells Moses to speak to the stone; not here!), which then gave forth water. Finally, the portion concludes with the war against Amalek and the command to “obliterate the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.”
