Welcome to the Highgate Shul Blog + Introducing Mitzvah Day

Welcome to our first new venture of the rapidly approaching winter!

The clocks have changed, the kids now return from school in the dark and the weather has certainly taken a turn for the worse. Having spent the past nine years in Israel I was quite perturbed to find the shul and sukkah bedecked in snow a few weeks ago. What odds do Ladbrokes offer for a 'white' Sukkot?

The goal of this blog is to be both informative and educational - and at times even amusing. It's also meant to be interactive, so please feel free to leave comments on the blog.  You can do this by filling in the box at the end of this post or by following this link.

I hope to 'blog' on a weekly basis and am happy to accept guest contributions from the members of the community. These will of course be subject to strict censorship by our editorial team (which currently consists of Anthony, Nigel and Jake).

Our thanks go to Anthony who set up this blog and takes care of the shul website. If anyone has any sensible suggestions for improvements to the blog or the website, please contact him by email.

This Sunday, 16 November, is Mitzvah Day. Our Youth Club is participating and are offering three projects:

1. Sorting old clothes, books and toys for a collection for Norwood.

2. Baking cakes which are to be sold for Club funds

3, Wrapping new toys or small gifts to be donated to the Whittington Hospital children's ward.

So please come along and bring in contributions to the shul - and then buy the cakes For more details please contact Ruth Green.

The truth of the matter is that each and every day of the year is Mitzvah Day! We try as hard as we can to help others as part of our daily Avodat HaShem - service of G-d; however, I think that it is a very beautiful idea for the whole community to engage in something we can all relate to - improving the lives of others on a larger scale. We can then try and take this inspiration and continue this in our own private way on a daily basis.

Have a good week.

Comments

[Rocky Scott]

I think this is a brilliant idea, and will certainly support in any way I can. Maybe in the future we can do something for Ovarian Cancer Research? Am becoming very involved with this charity, and I think it is rather important for all us, considering as though there is a rampant gene particular to ashkenazi women.

Keep up the great work.

Rocks
xxxx