Click here to see April's full Alyth programme, including online and in person services and events. This also includes a piece from Rabbi Josh on the values that will underpin our approach to the coming months.
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THURSDAY 1 APRIL EVENING
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 download the special Pesach Baby Den song sheet. 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. Please click here to download the Erev Pesach Seventh Day Supplement and the Community News with Yahrzeit list (these will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon). 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 view the Reform Judaism siddur online.
Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 891 6492 0829, 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
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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 Josh and Rabbi Hannah. 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 2 April). 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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SUNDAY 4 APRIL BE WITH US Sunday Shacharit (09:00-10:30) Our lay-led minyan with bagel breakfast (please provide your own bagels…) Led by Alyth members from their homes. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
LEARN WITH US Biblical Hebrew (11:00-12:00) A programme for those with high level hebrew reading ability. Please email Edward Gold at edwardjgold@hotmail.com if you would like to join this class so that you can be sent the link and materials in advance
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MONDAY 5 APRIL Please note that as this is a Bank Holiday, the Alyth office will be closed. For emergencies, please use the contact number below. BE WITH US Alyth Book Club (18:30-19:30) This month's book is "People of the Book". Click here for more information about the book. Join Rabbi Colin and Katie for our monthly Book Club discussion. May’s session is on Monday 10 May. The book will be ‘The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found’ by Bart van Es. Click here for more information about the book. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 816 0975 2765, Passcode: 785089).
TUESDAY 6 APRIL YOUTH AND EDUCATION Sway Madrichim Meeting (17:00-18:30) Calling all Alyth madrichim in School Years 9-13: it's finally time to plan our summer together. Anyone hoping to lead on SWAY 2021, must attend this Zoom meeting, where we will meet the team and reveal the theme. If for any reason you cannot join us but wish to lead, please let Mike know in advance. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 953 1591 4261 Passcode: 446357). WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL BE WITH US News, Views and 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).
YOM HASHOAH Yom HaShoah Memorial: The Shoah Through the Eyes of Reform Jews (18:30-19:30) On the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, Reform communities around the UK join together once again for this year’s commemoration of Yom HaShoah as we remember the Holocaust. Light a candle in remembrance at home as we join together. This creative event will feature Shoah related texts written by Reform Jews, performed by professional actors accompanied with live instrumental music. Click here to register and to receive a zoom link. 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 8 APRIL
PRAY WITH US Yom HaShoah Special Shacharit (08:30) A special service to mark Yom HaShoah. Led by Cantor Tamara and Lynette Sunderland. 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: Yom HaShoah special (13:00-14:00) Throughout the Jewish world in the 1950s, the prevailing belief was that Jews had gone "like sheep to the slaughter" in the Shoah. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was praised as virtually the only act of Jewish resistance. How has that view changed? Explore the issue with Rabbi Colin in our Pardes session for Yom HaShoah. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 123 761 361 Password: 019498).
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 9 APRIL
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).
PRAY WITH US Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join us for the Erev Shabbat service from the Beit Tefillah. Please remember that this service is online only. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 833 1000 5217, Passcode: 785089).
SATURDAY 10 APRIL PRAY WITH US Early Start In Person Service (09:00) An in-person service including the Bat Mitzvah of Rebekah Stone. Led by Rabbi Hannah in the Youth Hall. This service will also be online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 882 5474 1894, Passcode: 311220). BE WITH US Synagogue Choir Rehearsal (09:15-10:15) Online choir rehearsal. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 836 0523 2483, Password: 943829).
BE WITH US JMM on Saturday (09:15-10:15) 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 (Meeting ID: 844 520 435, Password: 753749).
PRAY WITH US Shabbat Morning Online Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Hannah from the Beit Tefillah. The sermon will be given by Rabbi Hannah. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 890 9524 9163, Passcode: 785089).
PRAY WITH US Kollot In Person and Online (10:30) Our informal participatory minyan led by Rabbi Josh and Cantor Tamara. There is very limited space in this service, which must be pre-booked by clicking here. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 896 0265 3398, Passcode: 311220).
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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.
