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Welcome to the website of the Aberdeen
Hebrew Congregation! We are a Jewish community based in Aberdeen, serving
the Grampian region and the North East of Scotland. Although our numbers
may be small, we are a thriving community; sadly without a permanent
rabbi, but we do host a series of social, cultural and religious events
throughout the year. Visitors are always welcome to our shul, and indeed
on many occasions visitors have helped us make a minyan.
Jewish life in Aberdeen can
be difficult at times, but it is also very interesting and rewarding. Our
shul is the cornerstone of spiritual life for many of our local Jewish
families and friends.
Please take a moment to
browse our newly updated website! For those who are looking for the
old-style pages, please follow the links to the left (the old pages will
remain on the server for as long as we have the space). Any queries
regarding the site may be directed to the webmaster. For other
queries and information, please see our Contacts
page.
Thank you for
visiting! !הכל טוב
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Do you buy stuff online?
Easy Fundraising is our new initiative to help raise cash for the Shul renovations. For every online purchase you make from over 2000 retailers, a small %age of their profit comes to us instead! All you have to do is visit the Easy Fundraising site first, then the retailer - and shop as normal.
It really is that easy, and does not cost you anything!
Please register now, and start donating to a good cause right away!
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Yes! It's that time again - when we braved the elements, sleeping and eating in a flimsy hut with a canopy full of holes, to fulfil our mitzvot for Sukkot. And here in the chilly North East of Scotland, we were happy to celebrate the last of the summer that we didn't quite get, by donning our Autumn woolies and reliving our nomadic heritage.
Autumn is, of course, the season of colours, and of the harvest, and Sukkot marked the beginning of our Harvest Festival period. Now the nights begin to get darker and the candle-lighting gets earlier each Shabbat. Below is a picture of a local, more unusual harvest - Sitka Spruce wood, en route to the local papermill.
Part of the special mitzvah of Sukkot is the Prayer for Rain. In Scotland, that's not usually a problem, so we do have to be very specific that it's rain for the Land of Israel that we would like! In a rare, rainless moment, here are some local dairy cows, ready to be herded indoors for winter.
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Last year, in slides.... please see the Events page for more!
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Haiti Earthquake Relief - Emergency Appeal Here
Japan Tsunami Relief Emergency Appeal Here
All contents (c) Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation 2011/5772 unless
stated otherwise
Last Updated 10 December 2011 - 13 Kislev 5772
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