שבת מברכים
is שבת מברכים
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After the tragic events of 2nd October, CST felt it is important to provide a security awareness session
to all communal shul rota security volunteers, shul executive members and Rabbonim.
Attending regular security briefings and training is critical to providing the best security possible to our community
and ensuring our shul security rotas teams are fully briefed on up-to-date methods and procedures.
This training session will take place at Stenecourt Synagogue, on
Thursday 27th November 2025,
doors open at 19.30 hrs.
All attendees must register,
this can be done directly via an email to
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לוח זמני תפלה לחורף תשפ״ו
Winter Timetable 5786 – 2025/26
מוצאי שבת | ערבית (מוצ״ש) | שקיעה | מנחה שבת | סוף זמן קריאת שמע | הדלקת נרות | מנחה וקבלת שבת | תאריך | שבת פרשת |
Shabbat Ends | Arbit | Sunset | Minha | Shema before | Candle Lighting | Minha & Kabbalat Shabbat | Date | Parasha |
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5:06 | 5:02 | 4:10 | 3:35 | 9:44 | 3:58 | 3:58 | 14/15 Nov | חיי שרה (ש״מ) |
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🕯️WINTER TIMES FOR SHABBAT MORNING🕯️
שבת
קרבנות
8:45 am
הודו
9:00 am
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Moor Lane Women’s Nach Group
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Sarah, the mother of the Jewish People, passes on at age 127. After mourning and eulogizing her, Avraham seeks to bury her in the Cave of Machpela. As this is the burial place of Adam and Chava, Avraham pays its owner, Ephron the Hittite, an exorbitant sum.
Avraham sends his faithful servant Eliezer to find a suitable wife for his son, Yitzchak, making him swear to choose a wife only from among Avraham's family. Eliezer travels to Aram Naharaim and prays for a sign. Providentially, Rivka appears. Eliezer asks for water. Not only does she give him water, but she draws water for all 10 of his thirsty camels (some 140 gallons)! This extreme kindness marks her as the right wife for Yitzchak and a suitable mother of the Jewish People. Negotiations with Rivka's father and her brother, Lavan, result in her leaving with Eliezer. Yitzchak brings Rivka into his mother Sarah's tent, marries her and loves her. He is then consoled for the loss of his mother.
Avraham remarries Hagar, who is renamed Ketura to indicate her improved ways. Six children are born to them. After giving them gifts, Avraham sends them to the East. Avraham passes away at the age of 175 and is buried next to Sarah in the Cave of Machpela.
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סידור המצעים והמיטה בשבת
“יהיה שולחנו ערוך, ומיטה מוצעת יפה, ומפה פרוסה כמו בסעודת הלילה, ואחר כך יטול ידיו ויבצע על לחם משנה כמו בלילה, ויסעוד”.
כלומר, מאחר ומבואר בגמרא ובפוסקים, שכבוד יום השבת, הוא עדיף וגדול יותר מכבוד ליל שבת (וכמבואר בסימן רעא), לכן, כשם שיש להשתדל שיהיה הבית מסודר לכבוד שבת בסעודת ליל שבת, כך יש להשתדל שיהיה מסודר ונקי לכבוד סעודת בוקר יום השבת. (אולם יש לציין שלדעת הזהר הקדוש, כבוד הלילה קודם).
ולכן יש לערוך שלחן יפה יפה, ולפרוס מפה על השלחן גם בסעודת הבוקר.
אבל אם המיטה נמצאת בחדר אחר, וכל מה שמסדרים אותה, הוא עבור מוצאי שבת, אסור להציע אותה בשבת, משום איסור הכנה משבת ליום חול.
אולם כתב בספר מטה יהודה, שבכל מקרה שמסדרים את המיטה לכבוד היום, שיהיה הבית מסודר, מותר לעשות כן בשבת, אפילו אם אינו מתכוין לישון שם בשבת.
ולכן בזמנינו, בבתים שרגילים תמיד לסדר את המצעים בבוקר, כדי שיהיה הבית מוכן ומסודר ונקי, מותר לעשות כן גם בשבת, ואין בזה איסור הכנה משבת ליום חול. אבל אם מסדרים את המיטה רק כדי שהיא תהיה נוחה ומסודרת במוצאי שבת, הדבר אסור.
אולם הגאון רבי חיים פלאג'י בספרו רוח חיים כתב, שיותר נכון לסעוד בשבת בבוקר בשחרית תיכף ומיד אחרי התפילה, ולאכול סעודה קלה, ולא חמין ממש, ומיד כשיגיע זמן תפילת המנחה, ללכת ולהתפלל מנחה (גדולה, כלומר, מוקדמת), ואז לסעוד את הסעודה השלישית עם חמין, כפי שבזמנינו נוהגים רוב האנשים לעשות בסעודה שניה.
ועל ידי זה ירויחו, שילמדו תורה בשבת בנחת, שהרי לא ילכו לישון בבוקר לפני תפילת המנחה, וגם בזה מרויחים שאוכלים סעודה שלישית לתאבון, אפילו בימות החורף הקצרים. וכתב הגאון זצ”ל, שכן הוא מנהג ליוורנו, כמו שכתב מרן החיד”א בשו”ת חיים שאל (סימן עד), וכן הוא מנהג כמה מקומות.
Making One’s Bed on Shabbat
Preparing for Kiddush
Maran Ha’Shulchan Aruch (289:1) writes that, before reciting Kiddush on Shabbat morning, “One’s table should be set, bed made, and a tablecloth spread on the table, just as one would for the Shabbat night meal. After Kiddush, one should perform Netilat Yadayim, recite Hamotzi on double bread, and begin the meal.”
The above is true because the Gemara and Poskim explain that the obligation to show honor to Shabbat is even greater on Shabbat day than it is on Shabbat night (see Shulchan Aruch Ch. 271). Thus, just as one should take care that the house is clean and tidy before Kiddush on Shabbat night, one should do the same on Shabbat day. (Nevertheless, according to the holy Zohar, the Mitzvah to show honor to Shabbat is greater during the night than it is during the day.)
It is therefore important to set the table nicely and put out a tablecloth for the Shabbat morning meal, as well.
Making Beds on Shabbat
When Maran writes that one should make one’s bed on Shabbat day, the Acharonim point out that this applies only if one plans on taking a nap after the Shabbat day meal during the afternoon, in which case it makes sense that one’s bed should be prepared before the meal so that one can begin calmly and joyfully. The Mishnah Berurah adds another possibility that even if one does not intend to take a Shabbat afternoon nap, making the bed before the day Kiddush will still be permissible if the bed is in the same room Kiddush is being recited, for it would be disrespectful to leave an unmade bed as is while Kiddush is being recited.
However, if the bed is in another room and one does not intend to sleep in it on Shabbat afternoon, making the bed on Shabbat day to prepare it for Motza’ei Shabbat would constitute a preparation on Shabbat for a weekday which is forbidden.
On the other hand, Mateh Yehuda rules that in any circumstance where one makes one’s bed on Shabbat day in order to make the house clean and orderly in honor of Shabbat, this is permissible even if one will not sleep in it on Shabbat afternoon.
Thus, nowadays, when it is customary to make the beds first thing in the morning in order for the house to look clean and orderly, it is permissible to do so on Shabbat morning as well and this does not pose a concern of weekday preparation. However, if one’s intention is merely for the beds to be prepared for Motza’ei Shabbat, this would be forbidden.
The Best Time for the Shabbat Meals
It is quite common nowadays for people to have their second Shabbat meal immediately after Mussaf prayers on Shabbat morning and the third Shabbat meal (Seudah Shelishit) following Mincha services, shortly before sunset.
Nevertheless, Rabbeinu Chaim Palagi writes in his Sefer Ruach Chaim that it is preferable to hold the Shabbat day meal immediately after prayers and have a light meal, not actual Chulent or Hamin, and then, to pray Mincha as soon as the time for earliest Mincha arrives. Immediately thereafter, the family should sit down to partake of Seudah Shelishit with a heavier, heartier meal, including Chulent/Hamin, essentially swapping the second and third Shabbat meals the way we usually have them today.
The benefit of Rav Palagi’s recommendation is that one will be able to study Torah calmly and easily after the second meal until Mincha, for people will not go to sleep before Mincha, plus people will eat Seudah Shelishit with appetite, even on short winter Shabbatot. Rav Palagi writes that this was the prevalent custom in Livorno, Italy, as quoted by Maran Ha’Chida (Responsa Chaim Sha’al, Ch. 74), as well as several other Jewish communities.