Partnership minyan’s High Holy Day services return after Covid

The Golders Green partnership minyan Kol Rina will hold High Holy Day services for the first time in five years thanks to popular demand from the community.

The lay-led grassroots prayer group, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, meets every few weeks for Shabbat to lead both men and women in Orthodox prayer to the extent permitted by Jewish law, and has added Rosh Hashana, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services to its offerings this year.

The High Holy Days services will feature a line-up of regular ba’alei tefillah (prayer leaders) and guest ba’al tefillah Shimmy Lopian from Israel, and there will be corresponding programmes for children, toddlers and teens.

Kol Rina’s offering is inclusive while keeping in line with Orthodox tradition, meaning that congregants of all ages and experience are encouraged to participate in areas of the services within the parameters of Jewish law. It is run under the guidance of Rabbi Daniel Sperber, Professor of Talmud at Bar-Ian University in Israel and an international halachic authority.