Sukkat Shalom

Shabbat morning service with Rabbi Mark
2024-12-21 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online

Havdalah with Rabbi Mark
2024-12-21 16:45 - 17:15 | Online

Erev Shabbat service
2024-12-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-04-25 20:00 - 21:30 | Online

Shabbat morning service
2024-12-28 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-25 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-29 11:00 - 13:00 | St. Mark’s

Kabbalat Shabbat service
2025-01-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Online

Erev Shabbat service
2025-01-10 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-11 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-04-11 19:30 - 22:00 | St. Mark’s

Shabbat morning service
2025-01-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Online

Kabbalat Shabbat service and supper
2025-01-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Marchmont St. Giles

Kabbalat Shabbat service
2025-01-31 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-18 19:00 - 20:00 | Marchmont St. Giles

Erev Shabbat service and Tu b'shvat seder with Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen
2025-02-14 18:30 - 21:30 | St. Mark’s

Shabbat morning service with Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen
2025-02-15 11:00 - 13:30 | Christ Church Morningside

Annual General Meeting (AGM)
2025-02-23 15:00 - 17:30 | St. Mark’s
Our 2025 AGM will be held on Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 3pm at St. Mark’s Unitarian Church, 7 Castle Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2DP.

The papers for the AGM can be seen here and paper copies will be available at the meeting.
After the meeting we will have tea, coffee and cakes, and an opportunity to discuss the proposed formation of the new Progressive Judaism movement. We are hoping to be joined by Rabbi Charley Baginsky and/or Rabbi Josh Levy on Zoom, but we will confirm this nearer the time. If one or both of them are able to join us, the Zoom broadcast will be available to all members, i.e., both those at the AGM and those not at the AGM.

While nominations for any of the positions (Executive officers and Council members) can be made by full members on the day, it would help the flow of the meeting if nominations were made in advance. If if you are interested in standing for any of these positions and would like to discuss any aspect of them, please get in touch with any of the co-Chairs beforehand (either in person or by emailing chair@eljc.org). Similarly it would help the flow of the AGM if AoB items were notified in advance.
All existing Council members have read and agreed to our expectations of council members, and our charter of values, and it is expected that any new Council members will similarly read and agree to these. Existing members of Council have written short personal statements and anyone wishing to stand for Council may also wish to write such a statement, which can be read out at the AGM.

Purim Celebration
2025-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 | St. Mark’s
We look forward to celebrating Purim with you at St Marks on Saturday 15 March 2025, 11am.
Like last year, cheder and the wider Sukkat Shalom community will have our Purim party together. Please join us at 11am for games, crafts, our annual hamentaschen competition, and lots of other Purim fun!
All are welcome to bring hamentaschen or another snack for sharing. It’s a mitzvah to make noise so all are encouraged to bring a jar or container to our gregor making station. And of course all attendees are invited to wear fancy dress!
At 12, we’ll have a megillah reading, costumes parade, and the anticipated announcement of the winning hamentaschen.
As we did last year, we’ll have a big mishlochey manot exchange. These are individual parcels of treats that can include several sweet and savoury treats – maybe include your favourite family snacks or some hamentaschen. Please bring one for each participating person, everyone is welcome. We’ll draw names from a hat so everyone who brings a mishloach manot will get a random one in return!
Please could all food that’s brought, including that in the mishloach manot be vegetarian and nut free. If you do bring food, we ask that you label it and if possible list any allergens that may be in it (e.g., gluten, diary, etc).
At 12.30 we’ll have our purimspiel. We appreciate Ash Alexander and Daniel Power for leading last year’s Purimspiel. This year, we will use their brilliant script again and are announcing a call for actors now! If you are interested in volunteering to be one of our actors, sign up in this quick form. We have linked the script but will also have hard copies on the day of. No previous acting experience needed and all ages are welcomed! For any questions email Andrea Torres, andreatorres@eljc.org.

Pesach: 1st Night Seder with Rabbi Pete Tobias
2025-04-12 19:30 - 23:00 | Venue confirmed on booking
