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Chodesh Tov Umevorach

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The Mahamad 

invite the kahal to a kiddush

THIS SHABBAT

in honour of the

IDF soldiers

who will be spending 

Shabbat in Manchester 

this weekend

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SHABBAT

Shabbat Times

לוח זמני תפלה לקיץ תשע"ח

Summer Timetable 5778 – 2018

*    For those not in synagogue, but wishing to bring in Shabbat with the community, candles should be lit about 30 minutes after the time listed for Minha and Kabbalat Shabbat. (Unless the time listed in the ‘latest candle lighting’ column is earlier, when candles should be lit by that time, in all cases.)

Mincha 6:00 pm

Followed by Shiur

Children’s Tehilim straight after Musaf

Anyone wishing to donate a Kiddush Please email Moorlanenews

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Q & A on Parashat Korach

All references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated

1. Why did Datan and Aviram join Korach?
   16:1 – Because they were his neighbors.
2. Why is Yaakov's name not mentioned in Korach's genealogy?
   16:1 – Yaakov prayed that his name not be mentioned in connection with Korach's rebellion (Bereishet 49:6).
3. What motivated Korach to rebel?
   16:1 – Korach was jealous that Elizafan ben Uziel was appointed as leader of the family of Kehat instead of himself.
4. What did Korach and company do when Moshe said that a techelet garment needs tzizit?
   16:1 – They laughed.
5. What warning did Moshe give the rebels regarding the offering of the incense?
   16:6 – Only one person would survive.
6. Did Moshe want to be the kohen gadol?
   16-6 – Yes.
7. What event did Korach not foresee?
   16:7 – That his sons would repent.
8. What does the phrase rav lachem mean in this week's Parsha? (Give two answers.)
   16:7,3 – Rav lachem appears twice in this week's Parsha. It means "much more than enough greatness have you taken for yourself (16:3)" and "It is a great thing I have said to you (16:17)."
9. What lands are described in this week's Parsha as "flowing with milk and honey"?
   16:12 – Egypt and Canaan.
10. When did Moshe have the right to take a donkey from the Jewish community?
    16:15 – When he traveled from Midian to Egypt.
11. What did Korach do the night before the final confrontation?
    16:19 – Korach went from tribe to tribe in order to rally support for himself.
12. What sin did Datan and Aviram have in common specifically with Goliath?
    16:27 – They all blasphemed.
13. Before what age is a person not punished by the Heavenly Court for his sins?
    16:27 – Twenty years old.
14. What happens to one who rebels against the institution of kehuna? Who suffered such a fate?
    17:5 – He is stricken with tzara'at, as was King Uziyahu (Divrei HaYamimII 26:16-19).
15. Why specifically was incense used to stop the plague?
    17:13 – Because the people were deprecating the incense offering, saying that it caused the death of two of Aharon's sons and also the death of 250 of Korach's followers. Therefore G-d demonstrated that the incense offering was able to avert death, and it is sin, not incense, which causes death.
16. Why was Aharon's staff placed in the middle of the other 11 staffs?
    17:21 – So people would not say that Aharon's staff bloomed because Moshe placed it closer to the Shechina.
17. Aharon's staff was kept as a sign. What did it signify?
    17:25 – That only Aharon and his children were selected for the kehuna.
18. Why are the 24 gifts for the kohanim taught in this week's Parsha?
    18:8 – Since Korach claimed the kehuna, the Torah emphasizes Aharon's and his descendants' rights to kehuna by recording the gifts given to them.
19. Who may eat the kodshei kodashim (most holy sacrifices) and where must they be eaten?
    18:10 – Male kohanim may eat them and only in the azara (forecourt of the Beit Hamikdash).
20. Why is G-d's covenant with the kohanim called "a covenant of salt"?
    18:19 – Just as salt never spoils, so this covenant will never be rescinded.

Halachot from Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Ztz'l

שאלה: האם מותר להתפלל עם פיז'מה?