Shabbat HaHodesh

Join us on Shabbat HaḤodesh for a pan-Sephardi, fully egalitarian shabbat morning service - our first ever. We will be reading Parashat Tazria’ and celebrating Rosh Ḥodesh Nissan. Please also stay for a vegan light lunch / kiddush after the service - bring food to share!

You are welcome whether it is your first Sephardi service or first egalitarian service. Our services are completely peer-led and we encourage everyone to lead a section of the morning. Opportunities range from leading full services to just single paragraphs and everything inbetween, along with various practical ritual roles as well - see below for a full list. Please get in touch if you are at all interested and of course we have help available for first time leaders to learn different Sephardi tunes/nusach.

We need people for:

- Shaḥarit (from Nishmat through the Amidah)

- Each paragraph of the Shəma

- Hallel

- Torah Service (opening)

- Opening the Ark

- Carrying the scroll

- Unwrapping the scroll

- Raising the scroll

- Being called up to the Torah

- Reading from the Torah

- Reading the Haftorah

- Torah service (from Ashré)

- Musaf

- Kiddush

- Birkat Hamazon

Just message if you're interested, and don't worry at all if it's your first time - all the better! We'll give all the support you need.

London Sephardi Egal is a new community aiming to provide Sephardi Jews in London with a space for religious and cultural engagement in which all are fully welcome to participate and lead. We’ll be doing services, shiurim, dinners, music nights and more, so like this page to hear details.

We are a welcoming space and a learning space, so if you’ve any interest in leading services or in learning to lead services then please get in touch. Please also get in touch if you want to teach, or help out in organising events.

The Jewish Vegetarian Society is a fully vegan space with level access from the front doors.