Bad weather doesn't stop dinner, service

The weather over the last few days has been awful, with an arctic blast of snow and cold. But this didn't stop the Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation from having a Friday night service, shabbat dinner, and Shabbat morning service. I couldn't come to the dinner, because my son was stranded at his school because of school transport problems, but the dinner went ahead. It was sponsored by the student Jewish Society at Aberdeen University, who provided excellent food. Zion, who is no longer a student but still involved in JSoc activities, read the kiddush beautifully, and there was lots of singing afterwards.

On Saturday we had a Shabbat morning service, which we usually do on the first shabbat of every month. This attracted about a dozen people (numbers probably down a bit because of the snow). Continuing the musical theme, Sarah led us to much more singing than we usually do in our services, which I thought was a very nice idea.