Erev Shavuot - Tikkun Leil Shavuot Thursday 28 May through the night
Please save the date for our annual Erev Shavuot service and study evening. This year's Tikkun Leil Shavuot will be run together with our friends at Finchley Reform and Radlett Reform Synagogues. Together we will study through the night, with sessions from all of the clergy from the three communities and our JMM team. With special guest sessions from Rabbi Professor Tony Bayfield, and, live from America, singer song-writer Dan Nichols.
17:15 - 18:15 Preparing for Sinai: Pre Service options including Alyth JMM with Mika, activities for young people* and Shavuot Storytime Live with Rabbi Hannah. 18:30 - 19:30 Separate Erev Shavuot Services An evening of sessions on the Ten Commandments 19:45 - 20:35 #1 – God spoke all these words…I am God 20:45 - 21:30 #2 – You shall not have any Gods but Me 21:40 - 22:25 #3 – You shall not take My name in vain
22:40 - 23:30 Dan Nichols Sinai Singalong 23:40 - 0:15 #4 – Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy 0:25 - 1:00 #5 – Honour your father and your mother 1:10 - 1:45 #6 – You shall not Murder 1:55 - 2:30 #7 – You shall not commit Adultery 2:40 - 3:15 #8 – You shall not Steal 3:25 - 4:00 #9 – You shall not bear false witness 4:10 - 4:45 #10 – You shall not covet 4:50 Sunrise Shacharit 8:00 - 9:00 Shavuot morning Hitboddedut with Alyth JMM 9:30 - 10:15Moving away from Sinai Morning shiur with Rabbi Josh and Cantor Sarah Grabiner
10:30 Separate morning services (for information see below)
Click here for full session titles and Zoom links (available from Tuesday).
* If you plan on attending the Cheese Cake making session you will need 650g Cream cheese, 175g Digestive biscuits, 75g Butter, 175g caster sugar, 100ml Double cream, 3 large eggs, 1 tsp Vanilla extract.
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THIS EVENING AT 19:00
Alyth Online Lectures
Living with Terrorist Risk with Jonathan Hall QC
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 892 0744 7130, Password: 785089)
An eclectic series of lectures on a variety of non-Jewish and Jewish topics. The lectures have two things in common: the speakers are all members of Alyth and are leading experts in their field.
Jonathan Hall is a practicing barrister and, since May 2019, the UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. This is a public appointment that requires him to report annually to Parliament on the operation of terrorism legislation (available on Jonathan's website: www.terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk). In January 2020, following the Fishmonger's Hall attack, he was also appointed by the government to review the management of terrorist risk in released prisoners. Jonathan's role requires him to appear regularly in the media. In November 2019 he visited Israel to discuss counter-terrorism with officials.
Alyth Online Lectures take a one week break on 28 May for Shavuot. They return on 4 June for "Restaurants and other places where we eat out – past, present and future" with Peter Backman.
Some previous lectures including last week's session on sleep can be seen here: www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
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FRIDAY 22 MAY
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Baby Den (10:30-11:00) Chug-a-lug into Shabbat with Rabbi Hannah and Beth. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a shabbat beat and wave to some familiar faces. For families with Young Children. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 142 813 452, Password: 346202).
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Pre-Shabbat Story Time Live (17:15-17:45) Those pre-school in age (and in heart) are invited to join Rabbi Hannah and Beth for a pre shabbat story to help bring in shabbat. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 423 529 768, Password: 785089). YOUTH AND EDUCATION: RUACH Ruach 4 @ home (16:30-17:15 and 17:30-18:15) Join Abi and the team for your group’s Ruach session. Please check the times for your group below - please be aware that we will start the session at the start times given. This week is mental health awareness week. We will be exploring ways we can talk about and look after our mental health and connecting it to elements of Shavuot, which we are celebrating next week. We will be creating a recipe for self-care with this recipe sheet. Please print one off in advance of the session. You will also need paper and coloured pens or pencils. - If you are in the new intake to Ruach 4, please join at 16:30 by clicking here (Meeting ID: 956 0652 2899, Password: 5Gh7mx) - If you have been coming to Ruach 4 since January, please join at 17:30 by clicking here (Meeting ID: 836 8808 1391, Password: 823690).
Ruach 1-3 @ Home (17:15-18:10) Please join Mike & Sophie at our regular time as we continue exploring how to make the most of our Bar/Bat Mitzvah journey. The topic for this term is Gemilut Chasadim - “Acts of Loving Kindness”. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 903 736 979, Password: 742355).
There will be no Ruach on Friday 29 May.
BE WITH US JMM on Friday (17:15-18:00) Jewish Mindfulness Meditation helps us to open our hearts and find peace through our spiritual heritage, especially in these challenging times. Join us for contemplation, breathing, movement and meditation. Suitable for all. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 977 611 369 Password: 035091) PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbis Josh and Hannah as they lead the Erev Shabbat service from the Beit Tefillah. Please remember that this service is online only. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 895 6776 5113, Password: 785089) The best way to access our services is by Zoom. If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here (www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS. You can also watch the service from the Beit Tefillah via our LiveStream by clicking here. Please note that the livestream can only show those parts of the service being led from the Beit Tefillah.
We invite you to have Shabbat candles and Kiddush ready in advance of the service so that we can join together in these moments from our homes. We will light candles together at L’cha Dodi and make Kiddush at the end of the service. Please click here to download the Shabbat Supplement for Friday night and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
SATURDAY 23 MAY LEARN WITH US Shabbat Shiur (9:15-10:15) The story of Levi How he went from zealot to head of the priestly tribe in 4 books. With Rabbi Hannah. Click here for the study text (available from Friday afternoon). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 240 937 705 Password: 602287)
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Rabbi Hannah is running the Shabbat morning service from the Beit Tefillah. The service will include the Bat Mitzvah of Audrey Newman who will be reading Torah with the community for the first time from her home. Please remember that this service is online only.
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 893 7602 9908, Password: 785089)
The best way to access our services is by Zoom. If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by clicking here(www.alyth.org.uk/youtubelive) or going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS. You can also watch the service from the Beit Tefillah via our LiveStream by clicking here. Please note that the livestream can only show those parts of the service being led from the Beit Tefillah.
Please click here to download a copy of the Torah portion and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
PRAY WITH US Imrei Finu (10:30) Imrei Finu is a special, spiritual prayer experience, including lots of singing to new and familiar melodies, davening and space for personal prayer, with an informal Torah service (if time allows). With Rabbi Josh and Cantor Tamara.
Please click here to download the service booklet (this will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to download a copy of the Torah portion and the Community News and Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon).
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 867 3259 0847, Password: 701100).
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SUNDAY 24 MAY
PRAY WITH US Sunday Shacharit (9:00-10:00) Our lay-led minyan with bagel breakfast (please provide your own bagels…) Led by our lay members from their homes. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 431 181 644, Password: 163984).
YOUTH AND EDUCATION Alyth Sunday Morning ⟳Reloaded⟳ (ASMR) Every Sunday, open to EVERYONE from Reception to Year 6! Join Mike & Sophie as we continue to explore the breadth of Jewish Studies through fun and creative methods! Reception - Year 2 (10:00-11:00) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 830 747 818 Password: 301658). Year 3 - Year 6 (11:30-12:30) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 836 8543 4865, Password: 194753)
LEARN WITH US Biblical Hebrew (11:00-12:00) A programme for those with high level hebrew reading ability. Please email Philip Brodie at mail@pmbrodie.co.uk if you would like to join this class so that you can be sent the link and materials in advance.
BE WITH US Singing for Pleasure (15:00-16:00) Join Viv and sing songs from the shows, Israeli folksongs, songs from the 60s and much, much more. No need to audition, read music or feel intimidated. Please email vivienne.bellos@btinternet.com in advance for the song list and lyrics. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 731 393 138, Password: 197916).
MONDAY 25 MAY
Please note that today is a Bank Holiday and the main Alyth phone number will not be answered. The Alyth staff team will also not be checking emails or phone messages. For urgent pastoral response please call the Emergency Careline on 07726 631808.
BE WITH US Craft, Chat and Cuppa! (15:00-16:00) This ‘club’ is for anyone who would like to try any sort of hand craft. Join Brenda Freedman for anything from everyday sewing, tapestry, quilt making, knitting, and anything else you can think of! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 588 095 846, Password: 468060).
TUESDAY 26 MAY
BE WITH US Coffee and Chat with Lynette (11:00-12:00) How are you doing in these slightly surreal and unprecedented times? Anxious, frustrated, lonely, depressed or welcoming the chance to do all those things you have never had the time for in the past? Join Lynette for an hour of chat and check in – come and share how you are feeling and meet and talk with others. All ages welcome, you will just need to bring your own refreshments! If you would rather speak in confidence to Lynette then please email her at lynette@alyth.org.uk or call her on 07746952769. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 884 2321 2866, Password: 785089)
BE WITH US Ballet in your Bathroom (11:00-12:00) For teens and adults with or without dance experience. Join Abi Aleksander and keep your body and mind active. We will start with a short warm up, move onto her version of a ballet barre and finish with some more contemporary exercises. You don’t need any special equipment apart from a chair or countertop to hold on to and enough room to move your limbs in all directions. Wear something comfortable (and if you have a tutu lurking that you have been yearning to wear, feel free). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 942 377 314, Password: 133127)
YOUTH AND EDUCATION ConnectiviTEEN presents: Games Night! (17:00-18:30) As we reach the end of the Omer period, it's time to celebrate with joy and games. This week we will come together for games of old and new - prepare to be challenged! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 738 204 200, Password: 971437)
LEARN WITH US Hebrew Reading from Scratch (19:00-20:00) Taught by Alyth member Jan Roseman, who has been one of the UK’s leading Synagogue-based Jewish educators for the last few decades. Take an hour a week in term time to learn to read Hebrew from scratch. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 909 882 685, Password: 686711) There is no Essentials class as it is Half Term and Shavuot week
BE WITH US Alyth Choral Society (20:00-22:00) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 976 4873 3959 Password: 113568). For Choral Society Members only.
WEDNESDAY 27 MAY
BE WITH US Pre-dinner concert with Katie and Tom (17:00-17:30) Join Katie and Tom for a live concert streamed directly into your home. This varied programme will include repertoire from the operas, musicals and more. For all the community. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 108 960 491, Password: 961337).
LEARN WITH US Hebrew for Beginners (20:00-21:00) Taught by Jan Roseman, this is a three week crash course for people wo are beginners in Hebrew so that they are able to join our regular Tuesday Hebrew Reading from Scratch class. Sessions are also on 27 May and 3 June. Please click here to register. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 875 1602 3006, Password: 244180).
PRAY WITH US Wednesday Ma’ariv (20:00-20:45) Join us for a mid-week evening service led by lay members. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 566 852 225, Password: 763158).
THURSDAY 28 MAY
BE WITH US Mellow Chair Yoga (11:00-12:00) Our special Chair Yoga and Meditation with Maxine is open to all ages wishing to enhance overall mental and physical wellbeing! It includes movement, breathing, stretching, standing, twisting, balancing and more. Great for releasing tensions and increasing, stamina, strength and immunity. Less active participants can do all the movements sitting in a chair. Please click here to sign up and to pay online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 616 879 143, Password: 797658).
LEARN WITH US Pardes (13:00-14:00) There is no Pardes today.
LEARN WITH US Tikkun Leyl Shavuot See special box above.
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SHAVUOT AND SHABBAT SERVICES Thursday 28 May - Erev Shavuot Service with Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Hannah from the Beit Tefillah and Cantor Tamara and Rabbi Colin from their homes (18:30). Part of our Tikkun Leyl Shavuot. See above for more details.
Friday 29 May - Shavuot Morning Service with Rabbi Colin and Katie Hainbach from their homes. The sermon with be given by Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris (10:30) - Shavuot Morning Atidenu Service with Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Hannah from the Beit Tefillah (11:00)
- Pre-Shabbat Story Time Live (17:15-17:45) - Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Hannah and Cantor Tamara (18:30) Saturday 30 May - Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Josh including the Bar Mitzvah of Ilai Levin (10:30). - Wellbeing Service with Lynette Sunderland and Justin Wise (10:30)
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Supporting your child’s emotional regulation; transitions and mental health with Hannah Abrahams and Lynette Sunderland
Click here to see one of RJ's Mental Health Awareness Talks with Lynette Sunderland and Hannah Abrahams.
If you have any questions for Hannah, please contact her at hannahabrahamsep@gmail.com, Instagram @childhoodminded or www.hannahabrahams.com.
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Do you like to sew?
As we work towards reopening our early years settings, we need a large number of child-friendly masks, especially for the staff at the Shofar Daycare Nursery to wear when working with younger children. Ideally these masks will be in bright colours and/or will include cartoon characters. If you are able to help, please email beth@alyth.org.uk to let us know (unfortunately, we cannot provide the material or elastic).
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Alyth Kindergarten raise money for the NHS
The K2 class from Alyth's Kindergarten have performed the Matt Lucas song “Thank You Baked Potato” which gives advice to children to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Please click here to see their performance.
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Financial Support - How we can help
If you are facing financial challenges at this difficult time, please do not hesitate to contact us. As well as discussing the level of your annual synagogue contribution, we can help you to access a number of Alyth funds that are specifically here to help our members in times of challenge. Please contact Lynette at lynette@alyth.org.uk or Rabbi Josh at josh@alyth.org.uk
If you feel able to support other Alyth members in financial difficulty at this time, please email Rabbi Josh at josh@alyth.org.uk
The Jewish Leadership Council in partnership with Work Avenue has also established a fund to support those across the community whose earnings have been directly affected by COVID-19. This fund was set up to specifically assist those who are ineligible for Government support or who face delays accessing Government funds. Go to www.theworkavenue.org.uk/covid19 for more information.
Some of our partner organisations are also running programmes during this period. Click hereto see additional programming offered by Reform Judaism that you are invited to join.
Please remember that we also have two special numbers in addition to the main synagogue number: New Alyth Careline – 020 8457 8798 This will be answered between 08:00 and 21:00 by a member of the community for anyone who needs someone to speak to. Emergency Careline – 07726 631808 Please use this number if you need urgent pastoral support. The hard reality of this pandemic is that we as a community will support an increased proportion of our members and families through hospitalization and bereavement. This number is there for these cases and will be answered by a member of the Alyth professional team.
