SHABBAT & YOM TOV TIMES & FUTURE EVENTS
As part of The United Synagogue’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations you can join Ahavat Yisrael for just £150 for the first year. For more information email 150membership@theus.org or call Aliza or Michelle on 020 8343 5676
13/14 May 2022 • 13 Iyar Parashat Emor (please click here for this week’s Dvar Torah). Please note that pre-registration is no longer required and that mask wearing is now voluntary. Please do not come to shul if you have any Covid symptoms.
- Mincha at 7.15pm followed by Kabbalat Shabbat
- We bring Shabbat in at 7.45pm
- Candles to be lit no earlier than 7.05pm and no later than 7.45pm
- Sof z’man shema is 9.03am
- Shacharit at 9.15am will commence from Brachot
- Our special Shabbat UK Kiddush will follow Mussaf
- Mincha at 6pm followed by Seudah Shlishit with guest speaker Rav Eliyahu Silverman. Please note that this marks the return of our Shabbat Mincha service. (Pirkei Avot Perek 3)
- Shkia is 8.44pm
- Ma’ariv davened at home when Shabbat terminates at 9.42pm
Future Events
Rabbi Wilkinson’s Weekly Parashat Shiur Tuesday Night at 8pm: please email marketing@ahavatyisrael.org.uk for the link to this shiur.
12 May @ 6.30pm Shabbat UK Challah Bake: please join us at Langdon for a challah bake with Langdon members.
14 May Shabbat UK: please join us our Mega Shabbat UK Kiddush, and Seudah Shlishit with special guest speaker Rav Eliyahu Silverman which will take place following Mincha at 6pm. There is no charge for Seudah but we do need people to register here for catering purposes.
28 May Rebbetzen Siobhan Dansky will be our guest speaker at Seudah Shlishit: Siobhan is currently Rebbetzen of Cranbrook United Synagogue and is taking part in the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan Programme. She previously worked in Jewish education for over 20 years and holds a BSc in Biological Science plus a PgDip in Psychotherapy and Counselling. She is also a graduate of the Adam Science Leadership Programme, the Susi Bradfield Educational Leadership Programme and the US MEP Kalla Teacher Training Programme.
30 May @ 8pm AGM: Our AGM will take place via Zoom. If positions are contested voting will take place online. The link for this, together with the Zoom link, will be sent out nearer the time. Please click here to download the letter detailing conditions of nominating/voting together with the nomination forms. Please note that we do ask you to obtain consent from anyone whom you wish to nominate./vc_column_text]OUR CORE VALUES
We have come together as a community to celebrate our love for Torah, Israel and our fellow Jew. As an orthodox kehillah under the auspices of the United Synagogue, we look forward to welcoming anyone and everyone who is seeking to increase their own personal knowledge and observance wherever they may currently be on their own particular journey. We believe that learning should be a joy and we intend to offer inspirational shiruim and divrei Torah for both men and women. In addition to this, our love of Israel will be celebrated not just through regular Shabbat tefilla but also on key dates such as Yom Ha’atzmaut and we are particularly honoured and delighted to have received this message of support from Eliahu Bendahan, Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister:
“I was very happy to receive your letter informing me that on Shabbos Parashas Yisro, B’ezras H’, you will merit to inaugurate the Beit HaKnesset Ahavas Yisrael in Edgware, London.
May it be the will (of the Almighty) that you (all) shall merit to daven at the Beit HaKnesset for the People of Israel, for the Land of Israel and for the State of Israel and, B’ezras H’, we shall all merit, together, the arrival of Moshiach, speedly and in our days.”
With blessing and Kol Tuv,
Rabbi Eliahu Bendahan
Deputy Defence Minister”
The best way to experience all of our values is to join us for our Shabbat services and see for yourself. Children will be particularly welcome either in the main service or in their own children’s service or crèche.
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WHAT TO EXPECT
We hope that everyone will feel comfortable in our services but we do ask that you keep your conversation for the Kiddush afterwards as we will be asking for quiet during the davening. Children are more than welcome and we will, of course, be tolerant of their ability to maintain the desired level of decorum.
In line with many United Synagogue shuls, we ask that ladies who are, or who have been, married wear a hat or otherwise cover their hair in shul. We also respectfully ask all ladies and men to dress appropriately for participating in Orthodox religious services.
We currently hold our services in Langdon’s premises off Manor Park Crescent HA8 7FR and we ask for your understanding if the facilities are not as perfect as we hope they will ultimately be. However, whatever we may lack in facilities we hope to more than make up for in a warm, welcoming and inspirational atmosphere.
Contact Details:
Although our services will take place in Langdon’s premises, please do not address any mail there. Instead please contact us at:
m: PO Box 796, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 4RY.
t : 020 8050 1613
United Synagogue registered Charity number: 242552. Complaints policy: click here