The Alyth office will be closed on Friday 25, Saturday 26, Sunday 27 and Monday 28 December, and Friday 1, Saturday 2, Sunday 3 January. Please call the Emergency Careline on 07726 631808 if you require urgent pastoral support, for example in cases of hospitalisation or bereavement.
There will be no weekly email sent next week.
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FRIDAY 25 DECEMBER
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbi Elliottas he leads the Erev Shabbat service from his home. Please remember that this service is online only. 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. Please click here to download the Shabbat Supplement for Friday night and the Community News with Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click here to view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 822 1684 4962, Passcode: 785089). If you do not wish to use Zoom, then the "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel. This can be accessed by going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS.
SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER PRAY WITH US IN-PERSON Early Start In-Person Service (9:00) An in-person Shabbat morning service in the Youth Hall with Rabbi Elliott. Places are limited and must be pre-booked. The service will be subject to strict distancing and protective measures to protect staff and members. Click here to sign up.
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Elliott from the Beit Tefillah, with Rabbi Colin and Katie Hainbach from their homes. Please remember that this service is online only. Please click here to download the Torah sheet and the Community News with Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). Please click hereto view the Reform Judaism siddur online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 838 9894 3279, Passcode: 785089).
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SUNDAY 27 DECEMBER 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: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
WEDNESDAY 30 DECEMBER
BE WITH US News, Views & Schmooze (11:00-12:00) Join us for an hour of schmooze to discuss what is going on in the world around us. Led by volunteers from the Soup and Schmooze group. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 810 6650 1155, Password: 847786).
THURSDAY 31 DECEMBER
PRAY WITH US Thursday Shacharit Online (8:30) Our Thursday Shacharit online. This morning with Cantor Tamara. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 854 8574 6664, Passcode: 785089).
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FRIDAY 1 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Cantor Tamara and Rabbi Anna Posner as they lead a joint Erev Shabbat service with the BKY commuity from their home. Please remember that this service is online only. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 856 0399 8992, Passcode: 785089).
SATURDAY 2 JANUARY PRAY WITH US IN-PERSON Early Start In-Person Service (9:00) An in-person Shabbat morning service in the Youth Hall with Rabbi Hannah. Places are limited and must be pre-booked. The service will be subject to strict distancing and protective measures to protect staff and members. Click here to sign up.
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Hannah and Student Rabbi Nicola Feuchtwang from the Beit Tefillah. Please remember that this service is online only. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 829 0460 1645, Passcode: 785089).
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SUNDAY 3 JANUARY 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: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
MONDAY 4 JANUARY PRAY WITH US IN-PERSON Monday Shacharit (08:30) Small in-person Shacharit Services every Monday in the Youth Hall. This morning with Cantor Tamara. Click here to sign up. You can also join online by clicking here (Meeting ID: 854 5403 7876, Passcode: 785089)
BE WITH US Craft, Chat and Cuppa! (15:00-16:00) This group made over 100 gifts for the Refugee Drop-in. They are now thinking of other things to make, with many people joining to get encouragement to finish their past projects. Join Brenda and the Craft, Chat and Cuppa group for a good chat! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 588 095 846, Password: 468060).
BE WITH US Alyth Book Club (18:30-19:30) This month's book is The Extra by A.B. Yehoshua. Click here for more information about the book. Join Rabbi Colin and Katie for our monthly Book Club discussion. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 816 0975 2765, Passcode: 785089).
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY
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).
LEARN WITH US E-ssentials: Short Course on Jewish History (20:00-21:00) Our regular introduction to Judaism class taught by our clergy with Jon Epstein. This week: Epoch changing moments in Jewish history. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 668 234 069 Password: 419681).
WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US Wednesday Ma’ariv Online (20:00-20:45) Join us for a mid-week evening service led by Alyth members. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 880 9384 2526, Passcode: 543468).
THURSDAY 7 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US Thursday Shacharit Online (8:30) Our Thursday Shacharit online. This morning with Rabbi Elliott. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 854 8574 6664, Passcode: 785089).
BE WITH US Mellow Chair Yoga (11:00-12:00) Our special Chair Yoga and Meditation with Maxine, open to all ages wishing to enhance overall mental and physical wellbeing! Less active participants can do allthe 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 Short Course - ‘Is this not a logical argument?’ Where halachah comes from? (13:00-14:00) The rabbis of the Talmud often struggle with the question of why Jewish law falls the way it does. Join Rabbi Elliott throughout January to examine this question through an account of what happens when Pesach falls on Shabbat, as it develops through different rabbinic texts. Ths week: Mishnah Pesachim 6:1 Click here for the source sheets being used in the session (available from Thursday morning) Click here to join (Meeting ID: 123 761 361, Password: 019498).
LEARN WITH US Alyth Chevruta Project (19:00-20:00) We invite you to join us in a special learning project for the whole community. Chevruta is a classical form of Jewish study, in which two people grapple with a text together. The Talmud declares, “Two students learning together sharpen one another”. Throughout January and February 2021, in the lead-up to Purim, the Alyth Chevruta Project will set-up and support study in pairs of Tractate Megillah of the Mishnah. Every Friday, participants will be sent a study pack containing texts, questions and supporting material to study in chevruta. This pack will also be uploaded to www.alyth.org.uk/chevruta. Every following Thursday from 19:00-20:00, a member of the clergy team will host a review session looking at the material, and answering questions coming out of the week of study. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 886 5917 6259, Passcode: 138638).
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SAVE THE DATE Alyth’s Annual (Tu B’Shvat) Supper Quiz moves online Sunday 31 January, 20:00 - 21:00
Celebrate Tu B’Shvat with us at our Annual Alyth Supper Quiz. We can’t be together for a quiz, but we can join together over Zoom for an interactive new format. Could your household be the winning team? Click here to register so that we can send you bonus point rounds, cocktail suggestions and joining instructions..
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Financial Support - How we can help
We believe that everybody who wishes should feel able to be a member of Alyth irrespective of ability to pay. In these difficult times, please do not leave the shul for financial reasons. If you are facing financial challenges, 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
Please remember that we also have two special numbers in addition to the main synagogue number: Alyth Careline – 020 8457 8798 This will be answered by a member of the Alyth professional team between 08:00 and 21:00. Emergency Careline – 07726 631808 Please use this number if you need urgent pastoral support, for example in cases of hospitalization or bereavement. This number will be answered by a member of the Alyth professional team.
