ONE Shabbat mini siddur - flip book - click to read
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Each year we nominate a particular Shabbat to celebrate that Britain continues to have a rich Jewish life in over 100 smaller communities and homes spread across the whole of the British Isles.
It is a Shabbat that everyone and every community can join in, regardless of whether you are a community of thousands, or dozens, or it's just you flying solo.
On ONE Shabbat we all join together to celebrate Shabbat as part of one big Jewish community.
Community Kiddush Pack registration has now closed
You can still register for our digital pack
(D'var Torah / Community Message/ Activities Pack)
FREE REGISTRATION for COMMUNITIES
Communities can get a special Shabbat Kiddush Pack.
This includes stuff to enhance your community kiddush, material to help you tell your community about ONE Shabbat, texts to help you write a ONE Shabbat D'var Torah, activity sheets for all ages that you can use on Shabbat or during the week.
Our thanks to the Shoresh Trust for their generous support for ONE Shabbat 2025
Kabbalat Shabbat
Havdalah
Gifts for your Shabbat table
Community Dinners & Kiddushim
Stuff for Kids
ONE Shabbat Siddur
Get a flavour of ONE Shabbat by taking a look at these activities from previous years...
WATCH the recordings of our Kabbalat Shabbat & Havdalah events
READ ONLINE
Below are themes from previous years
2023 THEME
ניצבים-וילך
- SET YOUR TABLE IN 'ONE SHABBAT' STYLE at home - signup to receive our Goodie-bag & Song-sheet
- Join in our KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE (Friday pre-shabbat): online
- Join in our HAVDALAH & Selichot (Saturday post shabbat): online
- Join our online Discussion "Why Be Jewish" in our Coffee break
There are many great thinkers who can inspire our personal answers.
Here is one thought from the late Rabbi Sacks...
I am a Jew not because I believe that Judaism contains all there is of the human story. I admire other traditions and their contributions to the world. Nor am I a Jew because of antisemitism or anti-Zionism. What happens to me does not define who I am: ours is a people of faith, not fate. Nor is it because I think that Jews are better than others, more intelligent, creative, generous or successful. It’s not Jews who are different, but Judaism.
It’s not so much what we are but what we are called on to be.
View Kabbalat Shabbat 2022
Watch the recording of Havdalah 2022
LAST YEAR'S THEME COMES FROM KI TEITSE 2022
Shalom Aleichem
SONGSHEET
LECHA DODI
SONGSHEET
ESHET CHAYIL
SONGSHEET
Ein Keloheinu
SONGSHEET
Mizmor l'david
SONGSHEET
All children aged 9yrs and under are invited to take part in the One Shabbat craft activity with PJ Library! Each child will receive a FREE wooden door hanging sign that will be decorated with ‘Shabbat Shalom’ on one side and ‘Shavuah Tov’ on the other, for children to hang on their bedroom door.
Sign up to One Shabbat (by 1st Sept) to ensure your child’s place with this activity.
ONE Shabbat 2022 theme:
“Do not see your kinsman’s donkey or his ox fallen on the road and ignore it. Help him lift it up” (Deut. 22:4)
לֹא־תִרְאֶה אֶת־חֲמוֹר אָחִיךָ אוֹ שׁוֹרוֹ נֹפְלִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְהִתְעַלַּמְתָּ מֵהֶם הָקֵם תָּקִים עִמּוֹ׃
It's to do with the level of trust within a society, what Rabbi Sacks calls “Social Capital" – the knowledge that you are surrounded by people who have your welfare at heart, who will return your lost property who will raise the alarm if someone is breaking into your house or car, who will keep an eye on the safety of your children, and who generally contribute to a “good neighbourhood”, and are willing to help even a stranger in distress.
In 2021 over 3,500 people shared the very first ONE SHABBAT around the country, whether they were on their own, living remotely, or with family, friends, or community.
It by far exceeded anything I had imagined The calm warmth of welcome, the Kabbalah Service led by Rabbi Danny and Havdala with Elkan .... plus all the participants. Simply Fabulous.
"All the elements were good. But what excelled was actually the feeling of togetherness."
Question: “Given your experience, would you encourage others to attend next year?” Answer: 100% of respondents said YES !
Our ONE Shabbat Packs went out to individuals and to communities around the country.
Hundreds enjoyed a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service online, before candle lighting.
Communities held special ONE Shabbat Kiddushim.
Rabbis gave ONE Shabbat themed sermons.
Elkan Levy lead Havdalah live from Israel at the termination of Shabbat to welcome in the new week.
ONE Shabbat KIddush & Havdalah
ALL THESE PEOPLE JOINED US FOR ONE SHABBAT
Communities...
ABERDEEN, EDINBURGH HC, BEDFORSHIRE LIBERAL, BELFAST, BLACKPOOL, CAMBRIDGE, CARDIFF HC, CATFORD & BROMLEY, CHILDWALL, DARLINGTON REFORM, HULL REFORM, LANCASTER & LAKES, MILTON KEYNES, UHC NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE REFORM, NORWICH, OXFORD, SOMERSET JEWISH COMMUNITY, ST ANNES HC, SOUTHPORT UNITED HC, STOKE ON TRENT, SWANSEA
...plus individual homes in…
Amble, Northumberland, Bangor, Bexhill On Sea, Bexley Village, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bristol, Bromley, Cambridge, Chard, Cheltenham, Chester, Colchester, Downham Market, Dulverton, Dundee, Dunfermline, Exeter, Grimsby, Harrogate, Hereford, Huddersfield, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Lancaster, Leamington Spa, Leicester, Liphook, Lisburn, Llandrindod wells, Maidstone, Middlesborough, Nantwich, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, North Tawton, Norwich, Oswestry, Plymouth, Preston, Rainham Kent, Rhyl, Rotherham, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Rushden, Sandy, Solihull, Stevenage, Sudbury, Taunton, Totnes, Uttoxeter, Welshpool, Whitstable, Winchester, Canterbury, Worthing, York.
ONE Shabbat message from Chief Rabbi Mirvis
Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Danny Bergson
Shabbat Shalom from around the country
Shavua Tov from around the country
Message from Liberal Judaism
Message from Movement for Reform Judaism
Maintaining any community is hard work, but we know that ensuring a small community thrives is a greater challenge still. Yet it is often those small communities which can be the most meaningful, supportive and impactful. The tremendous efforts made by those who dedicate themselves to building and sustaining small communities is often awe-inspiring - ensuring Jewish life is vibrant everywhere.
This past year has placed further challenges on the resources of smaller communities. We have needed to stay connected whilst physically separated, caring for members through something we have never had to live through before. Everywhere there are inspirational stories of how small communities have not just survived but grown in strength over this time.
We could not be more grateful for the contributions of the smaller communities in our Reform Judaism family, and in our wider Jewish community - and to those such as the Jewish Small Communities Network who enable their work. The Movement for Reform Judaism remains totally committed to the success of communities of every size within our family. We know that, whilst each community may be small, there are thousands of lives positively impacted by their collective efforts across the country. They are holy communities that our Jewish world is richer for having.
We wish every person and community marking this special Shabbat a Shabbat Shalom and Shavua Tov - may it be a day of true rest and of joy as we celebrate the special contribution every community makes to Am Yisrael (the Jewish people).T
SUPPORTED BY….
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
Reform Judaism
Liberal Judaism
Masorti
and your communities and households up and down the country
