TABLE TALK SPECIAL Unfortunately, due to ill health, we are unable to run tonight's event. Please accept our apologies for the late notice, especially if you have bought the ingredients for this evening. You can find the recipes for the dishes here and here.
PREPARING FOR PESACH FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY The Great Alyth Matzah Bake Off (17:30) Set your timer for 18 Minutes as we attempt to make Matzah together. With Rabbi Hannah and Mike. Please make sure that you have the ingredients (plain flour, water, salt, olive oil) ready before the session and have turned your oven to 255 degrees. All are welcome. Click herefor the recipe and ingredients. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 853 9062 8763, Passcode: 778250).
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FRIDAY 26 MARCH
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Baby Den (10:30-11:00) Chug-a-lug into Shabbat with Rabbi Hannah. 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, Passcode: 346202).
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Pre-Shabbat Story Time (16:30-17:00) Those pre-school in age are invited to join Rabbi Hannah for a pre shabbat story to help bring in shabbat. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 423 529 768, Passcode: 785089).
YOUTH AND EDUCATION Ruach 1-4 (17:15-18:15) Join Mike & Sophie and our team of madrichim, who will help you to engage with Torah and offer breakout spaces during the sessions to connect with your Ruach cohort. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 832 9038 5347, Passcode: 727813). Ruach returns after the Pesach break on 23 April.
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbi Hannah, Rabbi Elliott and Rabbi Josh for the Erev Shabbat service from the Beit Tefillah. 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: 893 1093 5059, 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 27 MARCH BE WITH US JMM on Saturday (09:15-10:15) Opening our hearts and minds to the Pesach spirit of Freedom, Spring and New Beginnings through Jewish Mindfulness and Meditation. With Mika Hadar-Borthwick. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 844 520 435, Password: 753749).
PRAY WITH US Pesach HaGadol Service (10:30) According to tradition, Shabbat HaGadol was one of two occasions on which the rabbi of a town would give a sermon – usually of great length. A (relatively new) Alyth tradition is to ensure that on Shabbat HaGadol the sermon is given not by our clergy but by one of our members. On this Shabbat HaGadol, we are extending this idea, and our service will be led by a variety of Alyth members from their homes, with Rabbi Elliott joining them from the Beit Tefillah. Please click here to download the Torah supplement and here for 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: 831 9651 6929, Passcode: 785089).
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SATURDAY 27 MARCH - EREV FIRST DAY PESACH
PRAY WITH US Erev Pesach Service (16:00) Join Rabbi Hannah and Katie Hainbach as we welcome in Pesach with an early Ma’ariv service. Our festival services can be followed from the Daily and Shabbat Siddur with supplementary material, for which you can click here (available from 17:00 on Friday 26 March). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 881 1790 9986, Passcode: 785089).
SUNDAY 28 MARCH - FIRST DAY PESACH
PRAY WITH US Early Start Shacharit Service In-Person (9:00) A small, in-person service in the Youth Hall. With Cantor Tamara and Rabbi Elliott. This must be pre-booked by clicking here.
PRAY WITH US Choral Service (10:30) A special service including many of the recordings made by the Synagogue Choir over the past 12 months. Led by Cantor Tamara and Rabbi Elliott from the Beit Tefillah with Katie Hainbach joining from home. The sermon will be given by Student Rabbi Nicola Feuchtwang. Our festival services can be followed from the Daily and Shabbat Siddur with supplementary material, for which you can click here (available from 17:00 on Friday 26 March). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 870 4425 3543, Passcode: 785089).
PRAY WITH US Imrei Finu (10:30) A special Imrei Finu service led by Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Hannah. Imrei Finu includes lots of singing to new and familiar melodies, davening and space for personal prayer, as well as an informal Torah reading. This service will use a special booklet available by clicking here (available from 17:00 on Friday 26 March). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 863 8018 3336, Passcode: 311220).
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SUNDAY 28 MARCH - SECOND NIGHT PESACH COMMUNAL S'DARIM
BE WITH US Disney Heroes Seder (16:00) Avengers Assemble for our annual Disney Seder. See How Far You'll Go through our interactive Haggadah. May the Force Be With You as you join Mike, Sophie, Rabbi Hannah and madrichim to venture Into the Unknown! A special online family seder for all ages especially for 2021. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 832 9122 3438, Passcode: 311220). BE WITH US Online Communal Seder (18:00) One of the central obligations of the Pesach Seder is to tell the story of the Exodus as though we were enslaved in Egypt. Over nearly a year of lockdown, many of us may feel the experience of enslavement more acutely than ever. Join Rabbi Elliott, Cantor Tamara, Lynette and Katie to sing and pray with our community, celebrating our Exodus from Egypt together. We will read and sing through the Hagaddah together before having a chance to eat the seder meal, either together on Zoom or off-screen. After the meal, there will be an opportunity to join different breakout rooms to sing, study, or reflect. Study: Join Rabbi Elliott for an exploration of the various items on the seder plate and their meanings, as well as some alternate objects that you may have seen on Seder plates in more recent years. Sing: Join Cantor Tamara and Katie to sing some favorite Pesach tunes, and to learn one or two new ones. Reflect: Join Lynette to reflect on whether we can draw any parallels between the coming out of Egypt and the coming out of lockdown. What will our journey look like going forward? Please click here to register and to indicate which breakout session you'd like to attend. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 857 0186 3701, Passcode: 785089).
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MONDAY 29 MARCH PRAY WITH US IN PERSON Monday Shacharit In Person and Online (08:30) A small, in-person service in the Youth Hall, with Torah reading and abridged Hallel. With Cantor Tamara. All in-person attendance at Alyth must be pre-booked. Click here to sign up for this service. This services will also be available online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 854 5403 7876, Passcode: 785089)
BE WITH US Craft, Chat and Cuppa! (15:00-16:00) Creating gifts for Homeless Action in Barnet and small cuddly toys for children to be distributed via food banks. If you have any unused wool or fabric please consider helping by donating it to the project. Join Brenda and the Craft, Chat and Cuppa group for a good chat! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 588 095 846, Password: 468060).
TUESDAY 30 MARCH
LEARN WITH US Hebrew Reading from Scratch (19:00-20:00) There is no Hebrew Reading from Scratch tongiht. We resume on 6 April.
LEARN WITH US E-ssentials (20:00-21:00) There is no E-ssentials class tongiht. We resume on 6 April. 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 31 MARCH 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 1 APRIL
PRAY WITH US Thursday Shacharit (08:30) Thursday morning Shacharit (8:30) A small, in-person service in the Youth Hall, with Torah reading and abridged Hallel. With Rabbi Hannah and Rabbi Elliott. This must be pre-booked by clicking here . 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 (13:00-14:00) There is no Pardes today. We resume on 8 April.
LEARN WITH US Alyth Chevruta Project: Pirkei Avot (19:00-20:00) Chevruta is a classical form of Jewish study, in which two people grapple with the text together. In the Alyth Chevruta Project, participants are sent a study pack on a Friday containing texts, questions and supporting material to study in chevruta. This pack is also uploaded to www.alyth.org.uk/chevruta. Every following Thursday from 19:00-20:00, Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Elliott host a review session looking at the material, and answering questions coming out of the week of study. During the Omer, ACP is studying Pirkei Avot. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 886 5917 6259 Passcode: 138638).
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FRIDAY 2 APRIL
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Baby Den (10:30-11:00) A special Baby Den to celebrate Pesach and get you ready to chug-a-lug into Shabbat. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a Pesach beat, and wave to some familiar faces! Click here to join (Meeting ID: 142 813 452, Passcode: 346202).
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES Pre-Shabbat Story Time (16:30-17:00) Those pre-school in age are invited to join Rabbi Hannah to find out where your Pesach feeling is and to read a special story to get you in the Shabbat spirit. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 423 529 768, Passcode: 785089).
BE WITH US JMM on Friday (17:15-18:15) Jewish Mindfulness Meditation helps us to open our hearts and find peace through our spiritual heritage, especially in these challenging times. Click here to join on Zoom (Meeting ID: 977 611 369, Passcode: 035091).
PRAY WITH US Erev Pesach Seventh Day Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) With Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Hannah. Our festival services can be followed from the Daily and Shabbat Siddur with supplementary material, for which you can click here (available from 17:00 on Friday 26 March). Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 891 6492 0829, Passcode: 785089).
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SATURDAY 3 APRIL - SEVENTH DAY PESACH
PRAY WITH US Early Start Shacharit In-Person (9:00) A small, in-person service in the Youth Hall. With Rabbi Hannah and Rabbi Josh. This must be pre-booked by clicking here.
LEARN WITH US Shiur: Singing That Song (9:15) "Pharaoh's chariots and army God cast into the sea... they went down to the depths like a stone." How do we celebrate the death of our enemies? Should we be doing so? Join Rabbi Colin to see what our sources have to say. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 240 937 705 Password: 602287).
PRAY WITH US Seventh Day Pesach Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Josh and Rabbi Elliott from the Beit Tefillah, with Katie Hainbach joining from home. Our festival services can be followed from the Daily and Shabbat Siddur with supplementary material, for which you can click here (available from 17:00 on Friday 26 March). Click here to join (Meeting ID: 858 2350 8412, Passcode: 785089).
PRAY WITH US Sensory in Person (10:45, 12:00) Our Shabbat experience designed to stimulate your babies’ senses in the first years of their life. Join Rabbi Hannah and the dungareenees in this service where you and your baby can touch, see, smell and hear your way through the service. These service must be pre-booked by clicking here.
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STARTING THIS WEEK ALYTH CHEVRUTA PROJECT: PIRKEI AVOT
After the success of the pilot programme, the Alyth Chevruta Project returns for another series during the Omer (between Pesach and Shavuot).
Every Friday, beginning 26 March, participants will be sent a study pack containing texts, questions and supporting material to study in chevruta. Every following Thursday, beginning 1 April, a member of the clergy team will host a review session from 19:00-20:00, looking at the material and answering questions coming out of the week of study. This material can also be seen here alyth.org.uk/chevruta.
If you were registered in the last course and wish to continue with your current study partner, email acp@alyth.org.uk to let us know that you want to continue.
New members of this group are welcome. We will be delighted to find you a study partner, or let us know if you already have someone in mind. If you would like to join, please fill in the registration form by clicking here or contact us via acp@alyth.org.uk for more information.
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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.
Some of our partner organisations are also running programmes during this period. Click here to see additional programming offered by Reform Judaism that you are invited to join. Click here for activities by other organisations.
