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What is Zuta?
We are a Twin-Cities-based heymishe minyan, a homey group of friends that gets together in backyards and living rooms every other week or so to sing, daven (pray), learn Torah, and break bread.
We are Jews who live and gather on Dakota and Anishinaabe land, on either side of the Mississippi. Our community is made by and for the people who show up. We don’t have a fixed approach to services—it’s a dealer’s choice lay-led minyan. But we value accessibility and heart. We sing and otherwise make noise. We eat yummy vegetarian food. We hope to learn from the wisdom of our ancestors. We welcome all. We make mistakes, and hope to be forgiven. Come join us!
Schedule
Zuta meets every other Shabbat morning. Here are our upcoming dates (in 2024):
- September 21, 2024
- Sept. 28 (Selichot – with Beth Jacob and Shir Tikvah, more info here)
- Oct. 5
- Oct. 17 (Sukkot Day 1)
- Oct. 19 (Shabbat Sukkot)
- Oct. 24 (Shmini Atzeret)
- Nov. 2
- Nov. 16
- Nov. 30
- Dec. 14
- Dec. 28
- January 11, 2025
- Jan. 25
- Feb. 8
- Feb. 22
Location: Each week is hosted by different people in our community. Join our mailing list to get emails with the meeting locations.
Timing: We start to gather and schmooze at 9am, but like any Jewish community, folks will trickle in and out throughout the morning. Davening starts at 9:30. We generally transition to Torah reading in the 11’s and start lunch after that.
What should I bring?
- For davening: We use a mishmash of siddurim and help each other find the pages. If there’s a particular siddur you prefer to use, or if you have extras, please bring them.
- For potluck lunch, bring something vegetarian that meets your own dietary needs, with enough to share. Please label your dish with ingredients and allergen info.
Guidance for Safeguarding Community Health
As we enter the winter season when respiratory illnesses tend to spike, the Zuta community wishes to center practices that will allow our community to care for each other’s health and welcome full participation in our community. To that end, we will have the following practices in place when gathering indoors:
- If you have symptoms of respiratory illness, please stay home. We will miss you and look forward to seeing you next time. Please stay home even if you’re responsible for leading part of the service and aren’t able to let anyone know – we’ll adapt.
- We will run an air purifier. If a host does not have an air purifier, another attendee will bring one along. When reasonable, we will keep windows open to further ventilate the space (although generally if it is warm enough to have windows open we’ll probably be outside anyway).
- When we are not eating, please wear a mask (ideally N95 or similar). This applies during services, torah discussions, and so on. It’s OK to take your mask off briefly to drink water; we understand that young children may not be able to mask consistently; etc.
- When we transition to lunch, we will remove masks.
Zuta is not asking participants to test for Covid. As of Fall 2023, research suggests that asymptomatic testing is not very accurate, and we are asking people with symptoms to stay home rather than test. We also recognize that Covid is just one of several respiratory illnesses circulating, all of which we wish to take seriously.
Contact Us/Join our Mailing List
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