Note: PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL FOR -
1. Challah Make 2. Cholent Make and 3. Friday Night Dinner

Special ShabbatUK packs will be delivered to all members before the big weekend, which will contain Shabbat candles, ‘Shabbat Shalom’ Napkins, Reading Material for your table, some treats & a Havdalah making kit!

LEAD UP TO SHABBAT UK
Mon 9th May
7pm – 7:45pm | ‘When Shabbat was kept on a Monday’
Special ShabbatUK Talmud class with Rabbi Ephraim – main shul

Tue 10th May
The Great Community Challah Make! (Pre-Booking required)
Two sessions:
6pm – 7:30pm | Youth Centre Kids & Brownies, in the Amelan & Verber hall (downstairs)
7:45pm | Adults & Older Children, in the Evelyn Lubin hall (upstairs)

Wed 11th May
ShabbatUK Roadshow
Get ready for Shabbat UK with R’ Ephraim & R’ Zvi Gefen with a choice of three sessions:
2pm at the home of Averill & Michael Moore,
7pm at the home of Lisa & Rob Miller
8pm at the home of Hannah & Jack Radivan

Thursday 12th May
8:30pm | The Great Community Cholent Make! (Pre-Booking required)
Hosted by Rabbi Ephraim & ‘The Cholet Connoisseur’. Make a variety of cholent styles, some to take home and some for the community to enjoy at the Shul’s big Kiddunch.

SHABBATUK WEEKEND
FRIDAY 13th May
10:15am | Mother & Baby Singalong!
Enjoy breakfast, a soft play, baby friendly activities & entertainment with Hannah Sher!
4pm – 5:30pm | Mega Fun Play Bus, with crafts & Pre Shabbat Kiddush
A fun way for Kids (ages 3 - 8) to prepare for Shabbat!

FRIDAY NIGHT
6:45pm | Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat Service
7:30pm | Candle lighting in Shul
7:45pm | 4 COURSE FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER WITH STEVE GARR (Pre-Booking required)
Delicious Dinner, only £20 adults, £12 kids for WHC members (see booking form for additional ticket options and family discounts) with super speaker Steve Garr! Steve is an IDF counter-terrorism commander. His talk is said to be phenomenal and not worth missing.
Steve Gar is joining us as a partnership with Mizrachi UK

SHABBAT DAY
8:15am | Hashkoma
9:45am | Main Service
10:30am | Explanatory service (Bet Hamedrash)
11am | Children’s Services
11am | Teen Session with Steve Gar (Library)
Approx. 11:45am | Baby & Toddler Shabbat – Kids receive blessing, and circle the bima to a nursery rhyme themed rendition of Adon Olam.
Approx. 12:15pm | Super Kiddunch with kids ‘Dror Yikra’ song and cup dance performance.
Approx. 12:45pm | Steve Gar will speak once again (the same talk for those who did not hear it earlier).
6:15pm | Centenarian prayer & garden party, in honour of Jennie Nivern’s 100th birthday, outside her house.
7pm | Mincha

SHABBAT LATE EVENING PROGRAMME (Israeli wine, liquor & chocolate bar throughout in honour of Yom Ha’atzmaut)
7:30pm | Card Games & Board Games – A fun evening in Shul!
Board Games & Cards Games are great Shabbat friendly activities to enjoy on shabbat.
8:45pm | Learning Exchange #4
Featuring: Rivka Weitzman (Israeli Yom Ha’atzmaut Guest, Mizrachi UK), Yair Marron – (former Priest and convert to Judaism) amongst others.

10:06pm | Melodious Havdallah!