Been away so missed a week or two.

Question for Parshat Vayetze

Connect this weeks births to a famous Alfred Hitchcock film based on a John Buchan novel, a piece of music celebrating Russian victory and Alan Spier.

Answer in Shul PG

Linda

Answer was Akeida the Hebrew name for the story of Isaac being bound to the altar and nearly sacrificed. Akeida means 'bound' or 'binding'. Leave the rest for you.

Round Sedra Quiz

Some time ago I was listening to the Round Britain Quiz on Radio 4 when I heard a question that was sent in by listener named Kieth Sayliss. Well the name sort of rang a bell and when I met up with him he confirmed it was THE Kieth Sayliss. So I thought if he can do it so can I just the subject matter might be a little different. This set me thinking , what about a Round Sedra Quiz with cryptic questions on the sedra of the week? I tried it out last week in shul and someone suggested that the clue should go on the web so here goes with a question on the sedra of Vayera.

'He will laugh on the New Year but not a terrorist group because neither il nor q'

Hmm!

A short clip of Denis Avey's talk.

One of my hobbies is photography and I can’t resist posting a picture or two. This one is of the Ladybower as I drove home from Manchester one sunny day in June. I had to stop and take a few shots as the scenery looked stunning.

Recently I passed by the same spot and was very surprised at how low the water level was. Has someone been building lots of Mikvehs round there or something, where has all the water gone?

Cook Off

An evening was held in June in support of Keren Chanah, a fund that helps Jewish girls to attend Seminaries. My father-in-law and his colleague Rabbi Mordechai Sufrin have been running this for years and every now and then we have helped raise some money. This time my daughter Chayala aided by her sisters all powerhouses of energy decided on a ‘Cook Off’. I’ve never heard of the term before but I soon found out what it meant. Four candidates with culinary skills were asked to make a soup in front of an audience showing ingredients and how the soup is created. New saucepans where kindly donated by David Grunwerg and on the night Dr Alan Anderson, Dr Philip Rubin Mrs Carol Cahm and my mother-in-law Mrs Ruthie Simon duly performed in front of a very respectable crowd. While the soups were cooking Rabbi Sufrin gave a talk praising the role of women in creating a Jewish home. When the soups were ready we were able to sample each one and vote. It’s not important who’s soup got the most votes what is important is that we all had a evening of fun and a nice sum was raised for this important cause. Yasher koach to the ‘soupists’.

Apologies

It’s been some time since I posted any articles on the blog and my apologies to readers. I have not been in the best of health recently and lacked a bit of enthusiasm to get writing. However I am almost back on form so I will continue where I left off. I personally see this blog as a sort of diary of our community so since there are events and stories that have happened some time ago I still want them to be included.