WELCOME TO THE CHABAD LUBAVITCH EPPING
During the last year we have established connections with many families in the wider Epping area, many of whom have been known to us at Chabad for years, as well as meeting new families and faces.
During this time, we have met and discussed the future role of Chabad Lubavitch within the Epping areas. In due course we would like to open a new Chabad Centre, building on the success story of Chabad Gants Hill servicing the community for over thirty years and Chabad Buckhurst Hill over the past ten years.
Activities have included periodic Shabbat services, Shabbat meals, a Yom Kippur service with a “break-fast”, monthly discussion groups.
Chabad has the ability through its dedicated teams of Shluchim (Chabad emissaries) Rabbis & staff, to provide exciting, lively and relevant services within a Family Synagogue setting, coupled with a broad range of social and fundraising events.
We are continuing to build up our database of Jewish families living in the area and interested in getting involved. Please feel free to participate in what’s currently available and becoming part of the team that will build Chabad Epping into the future.
We look forward with great excitement of sharing more with you very soon.
In the meantime please feel free to contact us for more information any queries or just a chat.
Rabbi Aryeh MBE & Devorah Sufrin
Thought for the week from Rabbi A. M. Sufrin MBE
BEHAR – “at the foot of the Mountain…..
BEHAR – the foot of the Mountain…
The ninth section of the Book of Leviticus opens as Moses hears G-d’s voice in the Tabernacle at the foot of the mountain, commanding him to convey to the Jewish People the laws of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.
“In the seventh year, the land must be given a complete rest…I will command My blessing for you in the sixth year.” (25:4)
Although leaving the land fallow for a year may indeed improve its fertility, this cannot be the purpose of the sabbatical year. If it were, G-d would have promised to increase the yield of the year following the fallow year, not the preceding year. By promising an increased yield in the sixth year– which should naturally be the least productive! – G-d shows us that it is specifically and exclusively His Blessing that is the source of the increased yield.
The lesson for us is, all that we are required to observe, through prayer, charity and study takes time and sometimes can infiltrate our daily working schedule. How can we hope to live with these requirements, especially when we experience struggling times often on those without these requirements, yet struggle to make a living?
The Sabbatical year teaches us, that when we do as G-d requires of us, He will bless us – not only spiritually, but materially as well in every way.
Wishing you an inspiring Shabbos and successful week to follow.
