Shabbat Morning Service
2025-09-13 11:00, 2025-09-20 11:00, 2025-10-04 11:00, 2025-10-11 11:00, 2025-10-18 11:00 (Europe/London)
If you have a Yahrzeit and would like to have a mitzvah either on Zoom or at the Synagogue, please email the office and we will allocate the reading of your choice, if available. If attending in person, you will be given priority when booking your place.
Our prayer for those who are sick is recited at the Shabbat morning service so please let the office know if there is anyone you would like added to that list.

Picnic in the Park
2025-09-13 12:30 - 15:30

Table tennis
2025-09-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-21 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-28 10:00 - 12:00

Erev Shabbat informal service and Chavurah bring and share supper
2025-09-19 18:30, 2025-10-17 18:30
An early informal service and Chavurah bring and share supper.
Please contact Barbara Martin by email on house@spsuk.com for catering purposes.

Rosh Hashanah
2025-09-22 18:00 - 2025-09-23 18:00
Rosh Hashanah is on 1st Tishri. On the Shabbat nearest this date, we hold an Selichot Service, which traditionally should start late. We, as with other communities, tend to start earlier, about 9pm. At this service we change the Torah mantles from their usual coloured ones to white. The Selichot Service is also a choral service and sets the tone for Rosh Hashanah and the 10 Days of Awe which follow, leading to Yom Kippur.
At Rosh Hashanah we have a round challah to show that the world is round and that the years are continuous. We do not put salt on the challah but dip it in honey, as we hope for a sweet new year. We also wish each other l’shanah tovah – a good year.
We also use a different prayer book, a Makzor, which is used only for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. In our regular prayer book, Siddur Lev Chadash, we have additional prayers during the Amida and these are recited during the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Our tradition is to offer mitzvot to members who have contributed to SPS life during the year, whether on committees, contacting members, regular attendance at Shabbat services or helping with social or other events. We also hold a family service aimed at all ages but primarily for those members who want to bring their children to a service they can understand and be part of.
The sounding of the shofar heralds the start of the Erev Rosh Hashanah service and also forms an important part of the morning service.
Rosh Hashanah concludes with Havdallah.

Erev Rosh Hashana
2025-09-22 20:00

Rosh Hashanah Morning
2025-09-23 10:30

Erev Shabbat Service
2025-09-26 20:00, 2025-10-03 20:00, 2025-10-10 20:00, 2025-10-24 20:00, 2025-10-31 20:00

Shabbat Family Service
2025-09-27 11:00

Kol Nidre
2025-10-01 20:00

Yom Kippur
2025-10-02 11:00 - 19:00

Erev Sukkot Service
2025-10-06 18:30

Sukkot Morning Service
2025-10-07 11:00

New Friends Group
2025-10-13 10:30

Erev Simchat Torah Service
2025-10-13 18:00

Simchat Torah Morning Service
2025-10-14 11:00

All Generations Shabbat Morning Service
2025-10-25 11:00

JACS
2025-10-29 13:00 - 15:00

Coffee & Schmooze
2025-11-01 10:00 - 11:00
