Wishing you all our best wishes for the year ahead. Whatever the year may bring, Alyth is here to accompany you through 2022.
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Update on Alyth Programme
This email covers the period to Sunday 9 January. Please note that all plans are subject to change in case of new government guidance.
For those who wish, it will be possible to join our Shabbat services in person on Shabbat 7/8 January. Please note that the Beit Tefillah will have a maximum capacity of 50 people and services require pre-booking. Those in attendance will be asked to show proof of booster vaccination or negative lateral flow test. Please click here for full details of our current covid protocols.
Office Opening Hours
The Alyth office will be staffed on 30 & 31 December from 10:00 - 16:00. The office will be closed on 1, 2, 3 January. The office will re-open on Tuesday 4 January. The Emergency Careline will be answered for urgent pastoral support, for example in cases of hospitalisation or bereavement.
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EREV SHABBAT 31 DECEMBER
PRAY WITH US - ONLINE ONLY Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Cantor Tamara and Student Rabbi Nicola Feuchtwang as we welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online from the Alyth Beit Tefillah.
Click here to join (Meeting ID: 867 8075 1868, Passcode: 785089). The Shabbat Supplement and Community News will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon on the synagogue website. Please click here to view the siddur online.
SHABBAT MORNING 1 JANUARY PRAY WITH US - ONLINE ONLY Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Rabbi Elliott and Cantor Tamara from our Beit Tefillah.
Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 863 3651 2010, Passcode: 785089). The Shabbat Supplement and Community News will be available from 17:00 Friday afternoon on the synagogue website. Please click hereto view the siddur online.
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WEEK COMMENCING 2 JANUARY
SUNDAY 2 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US ONLINE Sunday Shacharit (09:00-10:30) Our weekly minyan led by Alyth members. This week will take place offsite. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089).
TUESDAY 4 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US ONLINE New Year Shacharit Online (08:30) A special shacharit service to kick off 2022 with Rabbi Elliott and Cantor Tamara. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 896 6849 1374 Passcode: 785089)
WEDNESDAY 5 JANUARY BE WITH US ONLINE News, Views and Schmooze (11:00-12:00) Join us for a couple of hours of schmooze to discuss what is going on in the world around us. Led by volunteers from the Soup and Schmooze group. This week's group will be online. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 837 1668 3440 Passcode: 187790)
THURSDAY 6 JANUARY
LEARN WITH US ONLINE Pardes (13:00) Over four weeks, join Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner in an exploration of Jewish texts about parenting and grandparenting - its joys, its tribulations, its challenges and its triumphs. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 123 761 361 Password: 019498)
YOUTH AND EDUCATION ONLINE Budapest Information Evening Online: For October 2022 (18:30 - 19:30) An opportunity for parents to find out more about the October 2022 Yr8 Budapest trip! Contact mike@alyth.org.uk for more information. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 854 1354 0916 Passcode: 687224)
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FRIDAY 7 JANUARY
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES IN PERSON Baby Den (10:30) Chug-a-lug into Shabbat with Cantor Tamara and Ella. Baby Den must be pre booked by clicking here.
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES IN PERSON Pre-Shabbat Story Time (16:30-17:00) Pre-Shabbat Story Time must be pre-booked by clicking here.
BE WITH US ONLINE JMM (17:00-18:00) Jewish Mindfulness Meditation helps us to open our hearts and find peace through our spiritual heritage. Click here to make a donation towards the costs of employing the facilitators. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 977 611 369 Password: 035091).
EREV SHABBAT 7 JANUARY
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Erev Shabbat Service (18:30-19:30) Join Rabbi Josh and Cantor Tamara as we welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online and in person in the Alyth Beit Tefillah.
IN PERSON If you are joining us in person, please see our latest Covid protocols by clicking here. Please let us know you are coming by clicking here. ONLINE If you are joining us online, click here to join (Meeting ID: 890 9755 8241, Passcode: 785089). The "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel by going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS
SHABBAT MORNING 8 JANUARY LEARN WITH US ONLINE Shabbat Morning Shiur: The 10 Plagues – More than a list (09:15) On seder night, we encounter the ten plagues as a simple list. However, the narrative in which they are found takes up six chapters of Exodus, read across two weekly portions, full of allusions, parallels and subtleties of language. Together we will look at rabbinic texts to help make greater sense of this difficult narrative. With Rabbi Josh. If you would like to attend the shiur and are intending to come to the service at 10.30 in person, please email Sam at sam@alyth.org.uk Click here to join (Meeting ID: 240 937 705 Password: 602287)
PRAY WITH US IN PERSON AND ONLINE Shabbat Morning Service (10:30) Led by Cantor Tamara in our Beit Tefillah. Including the Bar Mitzvah of Noah Fine.
IN PERSON If you are joining us in person, please let us know you are coming by clicking here ONLINE If you are joining us online,click here to join (Meeting ID: 858 0080 2025, Passcode: 785089). The "Zoom screen" can also be seen via our YouTube channel by going to www.youtube.com/c/AlythRS
PRAY WITH US ONLINE NEW: Poetry Service (10:30) As part of our new tefillah offerings for 2022, join Rabbi Elliott on Zoom for a reflective service that combines the traditional Shabbat liturgy with poetry from Jewish tradition and beyond. The plague of darkness is central to Parashat Bo, so the theme of this service will be darkness and bringing light into darkness, to link into Mental Health Awareness Shabbat. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 856 4764 8365 Passcode: 545723)
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Coming up in early January
There is a great deal of uncertainty about January, and whether we will be able to meet together in person. For now, please save the dates and we will confirm whether the events will take place in person or online in next week's email.
Sunday 9 January Sunday Shacharit (09:00-10:30) Our weekly minyan led by Alyth members.
Biblical Hebrew (11:00-12:00) A programme for those with high level hebrew reading ability. Email edwardjgold@hotmail.com if you would like to join this class.
Academy of Performing Arts at Alyth (18:00-20:00) This year's show: Legally Blonde! For more information, contact sam@alyth.org.uk
Monday 10 January Mentor training (17:30-19:00) In this session we will explore the role of a Ruach Mentor, adaptations to Ruach as we return to in-person programming and learnings from the past year. Contact mike@alyth.org.uk for more information.
Book Club (18:30) The book will be The Passenger by Ulrich Boschwitz. Click here for more information on the book. Click here to join (Meeting ID: 816 0975 2765, Passcode: 785089). Tuesday 11 January Year 9 Hadracha (18:00-19:30) Our year 9 hadracha course starts today for 6 weeks. Contact mike@alyth.org.uk for more information.
Hebrew Reading from Scratch (19:00-20:00) Taught by Alyth member Jan Roseman. Take an hour each week in term time to learn how to read Hebrew from scratch. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 909 882 685 Password: 686711).
E-ssentials (20:00-22:00) This week: Tu B'Shvat and Jewish Environmental Ethics New students are always welcome. Please contact Rabbi Elliott, elliott@alyth.org.uk, for more information or to join the group.
Alyth Choral Society (20:00-22:00) New singers in all parts are welcome. Go to www.alythchoralsociety.org for more information.
Thursday 13 January
Mellow 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. Click here to join online (Meeting ID: 892 6465 8503, Passcode: 202122).
Pardes Online (13:00) Over four weeks, join Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner in an exploration of Jewish texts about parenting and grandparenting - its joys, its tribulations, its challenges and its triumphs. Click hereto join (Meeting ID: 123 761 361 Password: 019498)
ThursWAY (16:00-17:00) Kids come play… brighten up your Thursday afternoon with some cosy vibes With Alyth Youth! Contact mike@alyth.org.uk for more information. Alyth Children's Theatre (17:00-18:15) This year's show: Matilda! Contact sam@alyth.org.uk for more information. And coming up later in the month:
Sunday 16 January Tu B'shvat Tea with a “grain” of difference! (16:00) From her recently published cookbook, Freekeh: Wild Wheat & Ancient Grains, recipes for healthy eating, Ruth will be presenting a delicious tea of grains and fruit to help us celebrate Tu B'shvat. For more information, contact sam@alyth.org.uk This event will take place subject to Covid protocols in mid-January.
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Annual Meeting of Congregants 2022 Annual Meeting of Congregants 2022 Sunday 23 January (10:30) Please save the date for our AMC which will take place on Sunday 23 January at 10:30am. This meeting will now take place ONLINE only.
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.
