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A "trans-geographical" community meeting in different London locations is being planned by an Orthodox rabbinic couple.

Rabbi Naftali and Dina Brawer have been running "pop-up" experimental Shabbat services, as well as study groups, over the past year.

They want "a community that binds people together through shared values rather than geography", Rabbi Brawer said. It will be called Mishkan, the Hebrew name for the Tabernacle which moved with the Israelites through the wilderness.

"We are looking to 'augment' what traditional communities offer by curating content-rich Jewish experiences in a more flexible framework," Dina Brawer explained.

Mishkan will have an emphasis on prayer, learning and social action. Rabbi Brawer already runs a weekly class on the Zohar, the central text of Jewish mysticism, at a café in Golders Green.

Their experimental Shabbat service, held every few weeks in different areas of London. incorporates meditation and singing niggunim, Chasidic-style melodies. The aim is to create "rich, meaningful prayer experiences" for people who have found regular synagogue offerings too formulaic.

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