Friday night dinner: We get a minyan!

We had a Friday night dinner on 16 Jan. I unfortunately wasn't able to make it, but it was a big success, in particular we got a minyan (10 males aged 13+) for the Friday night service before the dinner. Its very rare for us to have a minyan outwith holidays or other major special occassions, so this was a very nice surprise!

First shabbat of 2009

We had our first shabbat morning service of the year today. Turnout was very small, only 6 people. Usually we get 10-15 people, but many of our members are away on holiday, I also expect some people are getting up too late (because of the holidays) to make a 10AM service. As usual, the service was about 30 min long. A full Orthodox shabbat morning service would take 2 hours, but this requires a minyan, and generally speaking we only get a minyan (10 males aged 13 or more) during holidays and special events. When we don't have a minyan (ie, when its not a special event or holiday), we do a short 30 min service.

Afterwards we had a kiddush and a snack upstairs. The big news is that the current tenants of our flat (we rent out the top floor of our building to get some income) will probably move out soon, so we will need to find new tenants. If anyone is interested in renting a small 2-bedroom flat near Aberdeen City Centre, let me know!

We will have a communal shabbat dinner on Friday, 16 Jan, starting with the 6PM Friday night service. All welcome! Please bring a food contribution if you can, but people who cannot contribute food are also very welcome