Join us for a different kind of Friday Night Service – the Mosaic Rock Shabbat!

Rabbis Kathleen and Frank will be joined by the 8 band members to provide a Friday night Shabbat experience that is just a little different to our usual service.

The service is aimed at everyone from age 5 to 105, if you are up for a different way to welcome in Shabbat.

7.30pm at Bessborough Road.

If you’re coming then it would help our logistics for the evening if you let us know

Contact us if you’d like to know more or have any questions.

There will be an earlier ‘normal’ Shabbat service at 6pm for those wanting a somewhat quieter environment.

Please join us at Bessborough Road for Friday night dinner at 6.00 pm on 6th July followed by Shabbat service and candle lighting. We will be entertaining 10 Israeli children with special needs, aged 8-18, along with their carers.

They all attend Nitzaney Rishon, a day centre in Rishon Lezion that provides education, counselling, physiotherapy and pet therapy for children unable to attend mainstream school. Trips and outings are arranged for the children regularly but what they most look forward to is spending a week abroad every 2 years. This year, for the first time, they will be in London and are very excited to be spending their Friday night with Mosaic.

Cost: £8.00 per adult, £5.00 per child.  Buy your tickets via our website or through the Mosaic office no later than 28th June.  Tickets must be bought in advance (for catering purposes) as they will not be available at the door.

An enlightening talk & discussion on Parenting.  We are happy to welcome Rosalie Ajzensztejn to run a session at 10.00 am for Parents and Grandparents. Come along and enjoy light refreshments and an open discussion guided by her expertise.

Rosalie used to manage the London 24 hour helplines at Parentline, the UK’s largest parenting charity, for 10 years and is Senior Consultant for Calmer Easier Happier Parenting. The skills she teaches are respectful, friendly and  somewhat counter intuitive but put parents and grandparents back in charge, supporting children to be more co-operative, considerate and confident.  She will explain the skills for parents to have a practical tool kit so instead of resorting to repeating, reminding, nagging and eventual shouting (the children or you), you will actually find that home life becomes less stressful and far more enjoyable for all the family.

PLEASE JOIN US AND LET THE OFFICE KNOW IF YOU WILL ATTEND.

www.parentcounselling.co.uk

Have you suffered the loss of a partner, relative or friend?  Do you feel sad, lonely and isolated?  Please come along from 3-5 pm to a home in Hatch End for tea, chat & games.  If you’re interested please contact the office for further information

We invite everyone to join us at 7.00 pm for Kabbalat Shabbat – our contemplative Friday Night service which invites us to leave behind the busy-ness of the week and experience the precious gift of peace (shalom), rest (menucha) and renewal (nafash) that Shabbat offers. Here is a space for quiet reflection, personal prayer, music to lift the spirit (ruach) and heart-warming translations of new and familiar prayers that help us worship in a meaningful way. If you are not familiar with Hebrew, you will find the prayers have been transliterated so you can easily follow along.  We look forward to sharing this time with you. Kabbalat Shabbat replaces the regular Liberal Friday night service this evening.

If you’re aged 80+ you should have received an invitation for afternoon tea and entertainment from 3.00-5.00 pm.  Please rsvp to admin@choosemosaic.org.  Please note that the correct date of the party is Sunday 8th July and not 23rd July!!

Rabbi Kathleen invites everybody young and old to Shabbat Shira at 11.00 am.

Singing, music, Torah service followed by Kiddush.  Early arrivals will be treated to an informal singing session before the service.

Continuing the alternating monthly arrangement, Mosaic Reform  will be joining the Mosaic Liberal Erev Shabbat service upstairs in the Liberal sanctuary. Yahrzeit will be observed for both Reform and Liberal members.

Next month (August 17)  the joint service will be led by Mosaic Reform downstairs.  These special services will usually be held on the third Friday of the month.

Please join Rabbi Frank Dabba Smith for a challenging discussion of this week’s sedra, Pinchas.

The discussion starts at 9:30 am, before the Mosaic Liberal and Reform Shabbat services.

Continuing the alternating monthly arrangement, Mosaic Liberal  will be joining the Mosaic Reform Erev Shabbat service downstairs in the Reform Synagogue Hall. Yahrzeit will be observed for both Reform and Liberal members.

Next month (September 21)  the joint service will be led by Mosaic Liberal upstairs.  These special services will usually be held on the third Friday of the month.

We will be having our annual joint effort to make our own tasty honey cakes to serve over Rosh Hashanah.

If you are happy to participate in producing cakes for the community and some for members who are on their own at home, we invite you to come along at 10.00 am.

Just bring an apron, roll up your sleeves and BAKE.  Please contact the office to enlist.

Rabbi Frank will be taking the Erev Shabbat service at Sufra, the multifaith food bank charity plus training and advice centre in Stonebridge Park.   A vegetarian dinner will be served. Please arrive by 6.30 pm for candle lighting. Lots of conversation, sharing life-stories, offering hope. There is plenty of parking in front of the premises, 160 Pitfield Way, Stonebridge, London, NW10 0PW.

Continuing the alternating monthly arrangement, Mosaic Reform  will be joining the Mosaic Liberal Erev Shabbat service upstairs in the Liberal sanctuary. Yahrzeit will be observed for both Reform and Liberal members.

Next month (October 19)  the joint service will be led by Mosaic Reform downstairs.  These special services will usually be held on the third Friday of the month.

Please join Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton at 8 pm for the third in a series of sessions on “A Culinary Voyage through the Festivals” – this time looking at Succot

Further sessions will cover:

Chanukah – 27th November