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FRIDAY 19 APRIL
Baby Den (10:30)
Chug-a-lug into Shabbat. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a Shabbat beat and wave to some familiar faces. For families with Young Children
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Ruach (16:30)
Our pre Bar/Bat Mitzvah programme delivered by our wonderful team of madrichim. Participants can come from 16:30 for Drop-In and are expected to stay for the Erev Shabbat Service, finishing at 19:30
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Jewish Mindfulness Meditation: Online (17:00)
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. (ID: 977 611 369 Password: 035091)
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Erev Shabbat Service (18:30)
We welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online and in person. Led by Rabbi Elliott and Abi.
(ID: 814 6531 8254 Passcode: 785089)
Click here for the Shabbat supplement and community news.
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SATURDAY 20 APRIL
Shabbat Shiur: Shabbat HaGadol: The Great Shabbat (9:15)
The Shabbat before Pesach is called ‘Shabbat HaGadol,’ ‘The Great Shabbat.’ But just what is it that makes this Shabbat, in particular, so ‘great’? With Rabbi Colin.
(ID: 867 1920 5853 Passcode: 311220)
Click here for the source sheet
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Shabbat Morning Service (10:30)
Led by Student Rabbi Eleanor and Justin Wise, accompanied by guitar. Including the Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Bell.
(ID: 811 7011 0652 Passcode: 785089)
Click here for the Shabbat supplement and community news.
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Gesher (11:00)
Our musical service providing a bridge between our youngest family services and the next stage in Alyth families’ prayer life
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SUNDAY 21 APRIL
Sunday Shacharit (9:00)
Every Alyth week begins with a lay-led minyan, led by Alyth members. All are welcome. (Meeting ID: 864 4782 5935, Password: 785089)
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Sunday Morning Galim (10:00)
Our Jewish education programme for Reception to Year 6. Click here to enrol into SMG.
SMG provides our youngest members the opportunity to explore their Jewish identity, key Jewish behaviour and rituals and Jewish texts
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Imperial War Museum Outing (Sunday 21 April, 10:00)
In advance of Yom HaShoah, a visit to the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. This will be an opportunity to learn about the history of the Shoah accompanied by some of our members with Holocaust stories. This trip is primarily for members of the Essentials class but is open to all members of the community. To register click here
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Prayer Book Hebrew: Studying the Hebrew and how it is Translated (11:15)
A programme for those with high level Hebrew reading ability
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Refugee Drop-In Choir (13:30)
This multi-faith, multicultural choir is open to refugees, Drop-in volunteers and the wider Alyth community
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Singing for Pleasure (15:30)
Join Viv and sing songs from the shows, Israeli folksongs, songs from the 60s and more. No need to audition, read music or feel intimidated
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MONDAY 22 APRIL
Erev First Night Pesach (17:00)
A gentle intimate start to this year’s Pesach. Led by Student Rabbi Nicola
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TUESDAY 23 APRIL
First Day Pesach Services
Choral Service (10:15)
Led by Rabbi Elliott, Rabbi Colin and the Alyth Choir. Please note the start time due to midweek parking restrictions.
(ID: 831 5852 3291, Passcode: 785089)
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Pesach Sensory (11:00)
A special Pesach version of our service designed to stimulate your babies’ senses in the first years of their life. Join the team and the dungareenees in this service where you and your baby can touch, see, smell and hear your way through the service
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Communal S’darim
Family Seder Tea (16:00-17:30)
Join the Youth and Education Hub Team for a family seder, fun, games and activities. Click here to book.
Communal Second Night Seder (19:00-22:00)
A special seder with song, spirit and all the warmth of Alyth. Includes a three course fish or vegetarian meal (Adults: £30, Children: £16). For further information, or to book over the phone, please contact Deborah on 020 8457 8794
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WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL
Biblical Hebrew: Studying the Weekly Parashah (18:00)
A programme for those with high level Hebrew reading ability. To join this class and be sent the link and materials in advance, email edwardjgold@hotmail.com
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THURSDAY 25 APRIL
Mellow Chair Yoga for All Ages (11:00)
Our special Chair Yoga and Meditation with Maxine, open to all ages wishing to enhance overall mental and physical wellbeing. Click here to register and pay for the class. (ID: 892 6465 8503, Passcode: 202122)
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Alyth Children’s Theatre (17:00)
Our drama group for Primary School aged children. The group rehearse all year and then perform the show in June 2024
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FRIDAY 26 APRIL
Baby Den (10:30)
Chug-a-lug into Shabbat. Sing your favourite Baby Den songs, dance to a Shabbat beat and wave to some familiar faces. For families with Young Children
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Ruach (16:30)
Our pre Bar/Bat Mitzvah programme delivered by our wonderful team of madrichim. Participants can come from 16:30 for Drop-In and are expected to stay for the Erev Shabbat Service, finishing at 19:30
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Jewish Mindfulness Meditation: Online (17:00)
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. (ID: 977 611 369 Password: 035091)
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Erev Shabbat Service (18:30)
We welcome Shabbat as a community, joining together online and in person. Led by Rabbi Elliott and Louis Graham.
(ID: 892 7116 7329 Passcode: 785089)
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SATURDAY 27 APRIL
Choir Rehearsals (9:15)
Rehearsing Alyth’s choral repertoire for Shabbat Services
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Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach Choral Service (10:30)
A special Shabbat morning service for Chol HaMoed, the Shabbat during Pesach.
Led by Rabbi Elliott with the Alyth Choir.
(ID: 828 1256 3058 Passcode: 785089)
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SUNDAY 28 APRIL
Erev Seventh Day Study and Service (19:00-20:30)
Join Rabbi Elliott for our Erev 7th Day study and evening service. The evening will weave study into our traditional Erev Festival service, as we explore the pleasures and the dangers of studying together, through a number of Talmudic texts that address the presence of demons in the House of Study.
(ID: 814 4747 3518 Passcode: 311220)
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MONDAY 29 APRIL
Seventh Day Pesach Service (10:15)
A 7th Day Pesach Morning Shacharit service with our full musical repertoire, led by Rabbi Golan with the Alyth Choir. There will be a special supervised kids corner so adults can pray while their children are looked after, with a Family Breakout Service during the Torah service.
Please note the start time due to midweek parking restrictions.
(ID: 873 2072 4921 Passcode: 785089)
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SAVE THE DATES
Yom Hashoah Commemoration Concert and Memorial Service (Sunday 5 May, 18:30)
Please join us for a very special evening as the Alyth Choral Society, conducted by Alison Smart Fisher, together with a Children’s Choir from Alyth and St Mary-at-Finchley Parish Church, perform “Annelies” by James Whitbourn. First commissioned by the Jewish Music Institute it is the story of Anne Frank. The performance will take us through a very moving vocal and visual journey. After the concert which starts at 18:30, there will be a short evening and memorial service at 20:15 in memory of all those who died during the Shoah. Spaces are limited and we advise you to book in as soon as possible by clicking here
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Composer-in-Residence: Cantor Natalie Young (10-12 May 2024)
We are delighted to welcome Cantor Natali Young for an extended weekend of learning and singing together. Cantor Natalie is an internationally renowned composer and spiritual leader. The weekend will include: a special Sing With Us preceding the Erev Shabbat Service to learn new melodies to our traditional liturgy; a special Erev Shabbat service with songs and melodies that we already know, interwoven with Cantor Natalie’s own compositions; a special Shabbat morning service, as we celebrate our choral musical tradition; and a Saturday afternoon concert, which will lead into our special Yom Hazikaron memorial event, for which Cantor Natalie will contribute to the music.
This event is the third in a series of Alyth Composers and Songwriters in Residence, a programme made possible in memory of Raymond and Joy Goldman
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Remembering the Fallen, Hope for the Future: Marking Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha’atzmaut as a community (Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 May 2024)
This year Yom Hazikaron (the day on which we remember Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism) and Yom Ha’atzma’ut (the day on which we celebrate Israel’s independence) will be particularly poignant and challenging for many in our community. At Alyth we want to ensure that as many of our members are able to participate in this act of communal remembrance in as many ways as possible. Therefore we will begin our commemoration early on Saturday 11 May at 18:30 with a concert from Composer-in-Residence, Cantor Natalie Young, which will be followed by a communal meal, and a special ritual that will incorporate music from Cantor Natalie Young, testimony from Israel, and the completion of a unique artwork that is being constructed by everyone in the community.
Rabbi Golan will then be leading a more traditional ma’ariv and memorial service as Yom Hazikaron comes in on Sunday 12 May at 19:30.
Please join us for this very important and timely weekend of remembrance and hope.
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