Author Archives: Joy Breslauer

EREV SHABBAT SONGS

A little something for everyone.

THE HEBREW BIBLE: TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE

An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible with Richard Elliott Friedman

Free sample session:

https://coursecraft.net/courses/z9PKb/lessons/cnZNF7

Richard Elliott Friedman is the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia and Katzin Professor of Jewish Civilization
Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and author of the classic Who Wrote the Bible? (1987). He was a visiting fellow at Cambridge and Oxford,
a senior fellow of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, a visiting professor at the University of Haifa and participated in the City
of David Project archaeological excavations of Jerusalem.

DISCOUNTED TRAVEL TO ISRAEL

Dear Friends,

Despite the trying times we are currently experiencing, we are pleased to report that there have been no major cancellations in travel to Israel. This is certainly encouraging news to all of us. I would like to take this time to share with you some other positive news regarding Israel travel.

The Israel Ministry of Tourism has been working closely with Groupon to craft a special destination package which would make travel to the country more affordable. We are happy to announce that we have solidified such a package that includes: a full tour with accompanying guide, airfare, and 6 night accommodations all for the attractive price of $999. The deal launches today (October 22nd) with packages valid for travel between January-February 2016.

For more information, check out the following link: https://www.groupon.com/deals/ga-gate-1-travel-israel-2.

We encourage you to pass this exciting news along to other in your network in order that many others may utilize this wonderful opportunity to visit Israel.

In addition, IMOT recently launched its new Jewish website, http://www.israel.travel, devoted exclusively to North American Jewry who are contemplating a visit to Israel. The website contains a wealth of information for the first-time as well as seasoned traveler, and features our online advertising efforts that will continue over the coming months. We hope you will inform others about the site so that they can make use of the information it contains for their own travel plans.

The Ministry of Tourism is here to helpfacilitate your travels and make them an enjoyable one. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Sincerely,

Uri Steinberg, Consul
Israel Tourism Commissioner, North America

HAVDALAH

EDITOR’S NOTE: I stumbled upon these two articles during an internet search for something else, and thought they were both interesting. Loving music as I do, I want to share them with you.

Reform Judaism magazine has an interesting article on the musical settings of Havdalah!, and JW Magazine has an interesting article on the history of Debbie Friedman’s Havdalah melody.

The Ram’s Horn recommends both articles. I hope you read them and enjoy them as much as I did.

AS THE SHABBOS PROJECT CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE WORLD …

and to Shabbos Project participants in:
Aberdeen, Abuja, Adam, Addis Ababa, Addison, Adelaide, Afula, Agoura hills, Akko, Alamo, Albany, Allentown, Almere, Altamonte Springs, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Anaheim, Ann Arbor, Annapolis, Antigua, Antwerp, Arcachon, Arcata, Ariel, Ashdod, Asheville, Ashkelon, Ashland, Astoria, Atlanta, Atlantic Beach, Attleboro, Aubern, Austin, Aventura, Baitar Ilit, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Barcelona, Basel, Bat Yam, Bayswater, Baytown, Beachwood, Beaverton, Beer Sheva, Beit Shemesh, Belem do Para, Bellaire, Bentleigh East, Berkeley, Berlin, Bet shemesh, Betar Elite, Beverly Hills, Biloxi, Binghamton, birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomington, Bnei Brak, Boca Raton, Bogotá, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bossier City, Boston, Boulder, Bridgeport, Brighton, Boston, Brindisi, Brisbane, Broomfield, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffaloa, Burlingame, Burlington, Burnaby, Calabasas, Calgary, Cali, Camarillo, Cambridge, Cancun, Cannes, Cape Town, Caracas, Carlsbad, Carthage, Cayenne, Chandler, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chesterfield, Missouri, Chicago, Chico, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cochabamba, Coconut Creek, College Park, Colmar, Columbia, Columbus, Conyers, Cooper City, Copenhagen, Coral Gables, Coral Springs, Cordoba, Cork, Corpus Christi, Corrientes, Curitiba, Dallas, Dana Point, Dayton, Del Mar, Delray Beach, Denton, Denver, Detroit, Dijon, Dimona, Doncaster, Dortmund, Dulzura, Dunwoody, Durban, Düsseldorf, East Wenatchee, Eau Claire, Edison, Edmond, Edmonton, Efrat, Eilat, El Cajon, El Paso, Elad, Elk Grove, Elliot Lake, Englewood, Escazu, Eugene, Evanston, Exeter, Fairfax, Fairfield, Farmington Hills, Fayetteville, Florence, Folsom, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort Wayne, Frankfurt, Fresno, Fullerton, Gaithersburg, Galway, Gatineau, Gautier, Geneva, Givat Shmuel, Givatayim, Glasgow, Goiania, Gold Coast, Goldendale, Goleta, Gomel, Gothenburg, Granville, Grenoble, Grovetown, Guadalajara, Guelph, Hagerstown, Haifa, Hallandale, Hamburg, Hamilton, Har Nof, Harrisonburg, Henderson, Herzelia, Hialeah, Highlands Ranch, Hobe Sound, Hoboken, Hod Hasharon, Hong Kong, Houston, Howell, Huntington Beach, Huntsville, Irvine, Issaquah, Istanbul, Izmir, Jackson, Jacksonville, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Johns creek, Jos, Kalamazoo, Kankakee, Karmiel, Katy, Kearney, Kfar Saba, Kharkov, Kiev, Kingston, Kiriyat Sefer/ Modiin Illit, Kiryat Melachi, Kiryat Ono, Kitchener, Krakow, Krefeld, La Jolla, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Dallas, Lake Forest, Lancaster, Laredo, Las Vegas, Latina, Laval, Lawrence, Leeds, Leicester, Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, Liepzig, Lima, Lincolnton, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Long Beach, Long Branch, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lusaka, Lyon, Maale Adumim, Macon, Madison, Madrid, Malmö, Manassas, Manaus, Manchester, Mandan, Marietta, Markham, Mason, McKinney, Melbourne, Melila, Memphis, Menlo park, Mequon, Mercer Island, Meriden, Mesa, Mexicali, Mexico City, Miami, Miami Beach, Milan, Milford, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Modiin, Mogilev, Monterrey, Montevideo, Montreal, Morgan County, Moscow, Mountain Brook, Alabama, Mumbai, Munich, Muscatine, Myrtle Beach, Nahariya, Nashville, Natal, Naucalpan, Nepean, Netivot, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, New Brunswick, New Haven, New Orleans, New Port Richey, New Rochelle, New York City, Newark, Newcastle, Newport, Newport Beach, Nice, Norfolk, North Bay Village, Norwalk, Nottingham, Novi Sad, Nürnberg, Oak Park, Oakland, Ocala, Oceanside, Odessa, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orangeburg, Orlando, Orléans, Oshawa, Oviedo, Oxford, Ozark, Palm Desert, Palo Alto, Panama City, Paramus, Paris, Passaic, Pawtucket, Peabody, Pembroke Pines, Perth, Petah Tikva, Petaluma, Philadelphia, Pickerington, Pierrefonds, Pinsk, Pittsburgh, Plainfield, Plainview, Plano, Plymouth, Pomona, Port Angeles, Port Elizabeth, Port Saint Lucie, Port Washington, Portland, Porto, Porto Alegre, Potchefstroom, Poughkeepsie, Providence, Puerto Iguazu, Punta Gorda, Quito, Ra’anana, Ramat Gan, Ramat Hasharon, Randolph, Redmond, Redondo Beach, Rehovot, Renton, Richmond, Rio de Janeiro, Rishon Letziyon, Rochester, Rockbridge, Rome, Roseville, Rosh HaAyin, Roswell, Rotterdam, Sacramento, Safed/Tzfat, Saint Louis, Saint Louis Park, Saint-Raphaël, Salford Manchester, Saltillo, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San jose, San Marcos, San Miguel de Tucumán, San Pedro Sula, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, Santiago, Sao paulo, Sarasota, Saratov, Sarnia, Satellite Beach, Scottsdale, Scranton, Sderot, Seal beach, Seattle, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Sherman Oaks, Shoham , Siem Reap, Sofia, Somerville, South Bend, Southfield, Spanish Fork, Sparta, Spokane, Srirangapatna, St Augustine, St Kilda, St Petersburg, Stamford, Stillwater, Stoughton, Strasbourg, Sugar Land, Sunny Isles Beach, Sunnyvale, Suva City, Sydney, Syracuse, Tampa, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Tel Mond, Temple Terrace, Tenafly, Terrell, Tijuana, Tokyo, Toronto, Torrance, Trieste, Troy, Tucson, Tulsa, Tuscaloosa, Tustin, Tyler, Union, University Heights, Urbana, Valencia, Valparaiso, Vancouver, Vaughan, Venice, Victoria, Vienna, Villemomble, Vilna, Walnut Creek, Waltham, Waterbury, Waterloo, Welland, Wenatchee, West des moines, West Hollywood, West Palm Beach, Weston, White plains, Wickliffe, Wien, Williamsport,, Wilmington, Winchester, Windhoek, Winnipeg, Wollongong, Wrocław, Yorba Linda, Zagreb, Zamboanga, Zichron Yaakov and Zürich.

https://www.theshabbosproject.com

We’re logging off, as the tranquility of Shabbat spreads across the world.
See you at Havdallah!

Over and out,
The Shabbos Project team
#KeepingItTogether

OD AVINU CHAI!

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m posting this because I love this song. I used to have it as a ring tone on my phone before I lost my phone last January somewhere in the Minneapolis airport. Since I don’t have a smart phone, I wasn’t able to recover the ring tone, and I have not found it since.

April 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of what has become, after “Hatikvah,” the second Jewish national anthem — Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s “Am Yisrael Chai.”

Reb Shlomo wrote the tune in response to a request by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry’s founder Jacob Birnbaum for a marching song for the mass April 1965 “Jericho March” from the Soviet Mission to the United Nations.

In a short time, “Am Yisrael Chai” made its way into the USSR, where young Jews defiantly sang it in front of the few remaining synagogues and in underground groups. The song became the anthem of the entire Soviet Jewry movement, and today is omnipresent within the world Jewish community.

Readers can see and hear Reb Shlomo sing “Am Yisrael Chai” online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmWUyOBmwdU

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events during the week end of October 30-31 and November 1, 2015. (Cheshvan 17-19, 5776.)

  • Friday evening, 10/30/2015, 7:30 P.M.: Kabbalat Shabbat services led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko, at the YWCA. Oneg to follow.
  • Saturday morning, 10/31/2015, 10:00 A.M.: Torah study, led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko.
  • Saturday lunch host for Rabbi Gulko: Meriam Nagel
  • Saturday afternoon, 10/31/2015, 5:30 P.M.: Community milchig (dairy) Potluck at the YWCA. Followed by adult discussion led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko. Please bring a dairy or vegetarian dish to share.
  • Sunday morning, 11/01/2015, 10:00 A.M.: Continued Torah study led by Rabbi Ruz Gulko at the YWCA, with no-host lunch to follow somewhere downtown.

Due to ongoing construction at The Bethel, our community gatherings are being hosted temporarily at the YWCA, 220 2nd Street North. Our thanks go out to the YWCA for allowing us to use their space while the usual space we use is being renovated.

WEEK END HOSPITALITY OCTOBER 30-31 NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Todah Robah to the following Congregation members who have offered their hospitality to Rabbi Ruz Gulko and to provide the oneg:

  • Friday, October 30, 2015, Airport pickup: Helen Cherry
  • Friday evening, October 30, 2015, Dinner hosts: Jerry and Nadyne Weissman
  • Oneg: Mimi Wolf
  • Saturday Lunch: Meriam Nagel
  • Sunday: Daylight Savings Time Ends. Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour.

Please contact Helen to sign up.

ASK BIG QUESTIONS II: WHAT SHELTERS YOU?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Posted with permission from Rabbi Elana, CBA, Billings. I know this is late, but still worth contemplating, in my opinion. Joy

Hillel International has a program called Ask Big Questions which we have appropriated for use in Billings, MT, at Congregation Beth Aaron (where I am the student Rabbi). Each week, I will pose a different “big” question to allow us to ponder a different aspect of our lives and how we live them. This particular textual immersion was on the question: “What is shelter for you?”

There are no questions with each text, as they are meant to stir different things in each person. Please enjoy the texts and delve into them. They are meant for either personal contemplation or communal reflection. If you would like to engage me in conversation, I am more than willing to participate. Please email me at elana.nemitoff@huc.edu

Elana Nemitoff
Rabbinical Student – HUC-JIR, 2018
enemitoff@gmail.com

Follow my Journey at: http://jewishwanderings.blogspot.com

Dear Congregation Beth Aaron,

I hope all is well! I write to send you the questions from the second in the set of Ask Big Questions. This is about what shelters you. I invite you to delve into the texts and discover what shelter means to you and how you find shelter. Please feel free to share your thoughts or reactions with me; I’d love to hear what you think!

Shavuah tov,

Rabbi Elana, CBA, Billings

What is shelter for you?
Lunch and Learn
Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot ~ 3 October 2015
Student Rabbi Elana Nemitoff
Leviticus 23:4243
כָּלהָאֶזְרָח,
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, ; בַּסֻּכֹּת תֵּשְׁבוּ, שִׁבְעַת יָמִים
יֵשְׁבוּ, בַּסֻּכֹּת. לְמַעַן, יֵדְעוּ דֹרֹתֵיכֶם, כִּי בַסֻּכּוֹת
הוֹשַׁבְתִּי אֶתבְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּהוֹצִיאִי אוֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ
מִצְרָיִם: אֲנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.
You shall dwell in booths seven days; all the
citizens in Israel shall dwell in booths; that
your generations may know that I made the
children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I
brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am
Adonai your God.
Jonah 4:5
וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ שָׁם ; וַיֵּצֵא יוֹנָה מִןהָעִיר,
וַיֵּשֶׁב מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר
סֻכָּה, וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל, עַד אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה, מַהיִּהְיֶה
בָּעִיר.
Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on
the east side of the city, and there made him
a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he
might see what would become of the city.
Isaiah 4:56
וּבָרָא יְהוָה עַל כָּלמְכוֹן
הַרצִיּוֹן
וְעַלמִקְרָאֶהָ,
עָנָן
יוֹמָם וְעָשָׁן, וְנֹגַהּ אֵשׁ לֶהָבָה, לָיְלָה: כִּי
עַלכָּלכָּבוֹד,
חֻפָּה.
וּלְמַחְסֶה, ; וְסֻכָּה תִּהְיֶה לְצֵליוֹמָם,
מֵחֹרֶב
וּלְמִסְתּוֹר, מִזֶּרֶם, וּמִמָּטָר.
And God will create over the whole habitation of
mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud
and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming
fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a
canopy . A nd there shall be a p avilion for a
shadow in the daytime
from the heat, and
for a refuge and for a covert from storm and
from rain.
Psalm 31:21
תַּסְתִּירֵם, בְּסֵתֶר פָּנֶיךָמֵרֻכְסֵיאִישׁ:
מֵרִיב לְשֹׁנוֹת. ; תִּצְפְּנֵם בְּסֻכָּה
You grant them the protection of Your
presence from the plottings of man; You
shelter them in a pavilion from the strife of
tongues.
Job 36:29
תְּשֻׁאוֹת, סֻכָּתוֹ. ; אַף אִםיָבִין,
מִפְרְשֵׂיעָב
Yea, can any understand the spread of the
clouds, the crashings of God’s shelter ?
Hashkiveinu
הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם וְהַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיִּים.
וּפְרוֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶךָ וְתַקְּנֵנוּ בְּעֵצָה טוֹבָה
מִלְּפָנֶיךָ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ וְהָגֵן בַּעֲדֵנוּ. וְהָסֵר
מֵעָלֵינוּ אוֹיֵב דֶּבֶר וְחֶרֶב וְרָעָב וְיָגוֹן וְהָסֵר שָׂטָן
מִלְּפָנֵינוּ וּמֵאַחֲרֵינוּ וּבְצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ תַּסְתִּירֵנוּ כִּי אֵל
שׁוֹמְרֵנוּ וּלְשָׁלוֹם מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ
הַפּוֹרֵשׂ סֻכַּת שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל
יְרוּשָׁלָיִם.
Grant that we may lie down in peace, Eternal God, and
awaken us to life. Shelter us with Your tent of peace
and guide us with Your good counsel. Shield us from
hatred, plague and destruction. Keep us from war
famine and anguish. Help us to deny our inclination to
evil. God of peace, may we always feel protected
because You are our Guardian and Helper. Give us
refuge in the shadow of Your wings. Guard our going
forth and our coming in and bless us with life and
peace. Blessed are You, Eternal God, whose shelter of
peace is spread over us, over all Your people Israel,
and over Jerusalem.
Ray LaMontagne
“I tell you what we’re gonna do. You will shelter me, my love. I will shelter you.”
David Brooks, “The Power of Marriage,” The New York Times, November 22, 2003
Marriage joins two people in a sacred bond. It demands that they make an exclusive commitment to
one another and…take two discrete individuals and turn them into kin. Few of us work as hard at the
vocation of marriage as we should. But marriage makes us better than we deserve to be. Even in the
chores of daily life, married couples find themselves…coming closer together, fusing into one flesh.
Married people who remain committed to each other find that they reorganize and deepen each other’s
lives. They may eventually come to the point when they can say to each other: ‘Love you? I am you!’
Anonymous
we sit here in our sukkot
built with love
decorated with…fruit…vegetables…sweet pictures
enjoying the fall breeze
we sit here in our sukkot
inviting guests
to dine with…meat…vegetables…fruit…sweet drink
enjoying the bounty
we sit here in our sukkot
while thousands seek shelter
running from…fear…war…rape…death
hoping for life
we sit here in our sukkot
and ask:
we built it with love
we invite guests
how do we open it to the (hundreds of) thousands seeking shelter?
we sit here in our sukkot

SHABBOS PROJECT MONTANA 2015

From Chattanooga to Colmar, Edison to Efrat, Santa Fe to Srirangapatna, more and more cities are coming together from around the world to take part in The Shabbos Project 2015!

Among the new exotic locations being pinned to the Jewish Map in 2015 are Maui (Hawaii), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Srirangapatna (India) and Puerto Iguazu (Argentina).

Enjoy our first roundup of a taste of what’s happening all over the world.

Join in!

Shutting down Pico Boulevard for the biggest Shabbat table in history.
Join 3 000 of LA’s finest for a Shabbat dinner under the stars.
Pull up a chair here.

Join in!

Picnic blankets, good wholesome food, meditation and inspiration. Get on over to Caulfield Park in Melbourne for a Kiddush/lunch to remember. Get the details here.

Join in!

Four days into the trek, at an altitude of 13 000 feet, a group of adventurers will bring in Shabbat to coincide with Jews all over the world.
“We will possibly be the first group to spend the whole of Shabbat in that camp [Barranco Wall]. We will daven Kabbalat Shabbat, light the Shabbat candles, make Kiddush and sing zemirot.”
Find out more about their amazing journey here.

Join in!

Havdallah time is party time in Mexico come The Shabbat Project 2015. Get down with Maccabeat melodies from 9pm in Mexico City.
Find out more here.

Join in!

Rabbi Ryan and Tova Goldstein will be taking a tour to Krakow for The Shabbos Project.
“This tour is a positive and uplifting experience which illustrates the incredible will and determination of the greatest nation on earth! We will be joined by all ages, singles, young couples, parents and bobbas!” says Simone Penn.

Join in!

The mayors of Ashkelon, Ariel, Rehovot, Tsefat, Jezreel Valley, Netanya and Sderot have all endorsed The Shabbos Project, offering support in the form of billboards and advertising space, general publicity and the use of public venues, as well as dedicated project managers to run the event in their cities.

The mayor of Tzfat, inspired by the fact that Lecha Dodi and Shalom Aleichem were both composed in his city, has pledged to host a special commemorative Kabbalat Shabbat. The mayor of the Jezreel Valley has arranged events and activities in each of the four main settlements, and one central event to be held at the railway station in Kfar Yehoshua. And the mayor and chief rabbi of Netanya will be uniting for a special tisch.

“Mayors Tables” are being held in many locations, with the mayors inviting citizens to share a Friday night meal with them. The mayor of Sderot, for example, is hosting a communal dinner for 1 000 people.

So pull up a chair with your local mayor in the Holy Land, and Keep It Together wherever you are!

Join in!

With hundreds of events streaming in for this week’s Shabbat Project, here are some highlights from Jerusalem, Columbus, Hong Kong and London.

Join in!

Dan Ariely, world-famous behavioural scientist, best-selling author and TED talk celebrity, explores the unique benefits of keeping it together.

Watch it!

Jerusalem is hosting a Shabbat dinner at the Old Train Station. Enjoy great food, wine and beer and meet young Israelis and Jews from all over the world.

Book

Rap-reggae superstar Matisyahu has produced a song especially for The Shabbat Project.

“The ideas of Shabbos have the unique ability to bring people together when they may otherwise not be together. Disconnected from distraction and reflecting G-d in a simple state of Oneness. I’m honoured to have been asked to write a song for the project, and to contribute towards bringing a little more closeness between our brothers and sisters.”

Listen!

Join in the delicious Seudah Shlishit for young people with disabilities and their families and friends in Melbourne followed by an optional 20-minute walk to the communal Havdallah Concert at Caulfield Park.

Book

Parents and tots will get together in Saint-Laurent, Montreal to make Shabbat crafts for The Shabbat Project, on 21 October at 6pm. The crayons will come out at the Beth Ora Congregation.

30 Columbus, Ohio synagogues and Jewish organisations of all denominations are coming together for a historic unity Shabbat. The celebrations include six community-wide challah bakes.

Find out more!

Twelve-year-old Arad Eylon Fruchter has invited the whole of Tel Aviv – and the Beastie Boys – to his Shabbat Project bar mitzvah.

Find out more!

Join Hong Kong’s Jewish community as they kick off Shabbat in grand style with a Sushi/Lechaim/Kabbalat Shabbat event at the Discovery Bay North Plaza.

Find out more!

Racheli Fraenkel, the transcendentally courageous mother of Naftali Fraenkel, will be presiding over a challah bake at the Tachana Harishona in Jerusalem.

Find out more!

Hatzofim – Israel’s biggest youth movement – has committed to sending out tens of thousands of its scouts to organise Shabbat meals and activities in neighbourhoods across the country.

London’s Pinner Shul will be distributing a keeping it together “Pinner Care Package”, consisting of food, candles and grape juice, to elderly and ill community members.