On Wednesday 8th September it will be Erev Rosh Hashanah and the New Year of 5771 will commence, with services in the Shul starting at 7.15pm. On Thursday 9th September it will be the First Day of Rosh Hashanah and there will be services in the Shul starting at 9am. There will also be an Overflow Service in the Maurice Tilkoff Hall and there will be Rosh Hashanah services at Cockfosters and Hadley Wood.
On Friday 11th September, in addition to the main service in the Shul, there will be a special service in the Maurice Tilkoff Hall commencing at 10.30am. This will be based on the SCAMlite model and will be for those with less familiarity with the structure of the traditional service.

On Friday 17th September at 6.55pm it will be Erev Yom Kippur and the Kol Nidrei service will start at 7.00pm in the main Shul as well as at Cockfosters and Hadley Wood. On the 18th September at 9.00am the Yom Kippur services will commence. And in addition, there will be an Alternative Minyan in the Maurice Tilkoff Hall from 11.30am – 1.30pm.

Erev Succot will be on Wednesday 22 September and Succot commences at 6.45pm. There will be a service in the Shul for Erev Succot and on Thursday the Shachrit service for Succot will start at 9.00am. After the morning service there will be a Kiddush in the Succah.

Our Community Director Simon Hamilton has organised a special service for the Second Day Rosh Hashanah and this is based on the very popular SCAMlite model. It is aimed at assisting those members of our Community with less familiarity with the traditional service or less facility with Hebrew who may perhaps struggle to find intellectual stimulation or spiritual contentment in the traditional service.

It will be about exploring the why’s and not the how’s of this festival. It will take the form of a round-table discussion led by facilitators and will be based on the original sources in English. All those taking part will sit round a table and there will be a number of such tables so that the proceedings will be more intimate and friendly. Each facilitator will go round the table asking people’s names and then each person will review the sources and the questions which will be set out in printed documents.There will be an open discussion around the table and this will enable everyone to ask questions on the sources and the Rosh Hashanah festival that they do not fully understand.

Over their first year with our community, Joanna and Simon Hamilton have worked wonders both with the youth and children in setting up new groups and activities and with Shul members looking for a different service. In fact, they have been so busy that it has now been decided that they need an Assistant Youth Director to help them in their work from September onwards.