Friday Evening

• A Family Service takes place on the first Friday night of each month beginning at 7:30pm.  This service is children-friendly and is followed by an Oneg Shabbat.

• Kabbalat Shabbat Services occur on the middle two or three Fridays of each month.  They begin at 6:30 p.m. and are preceded by party sandwiches at 6:00 p.m.
• On the last Friday of each month from 6:15 to 7:00 p.m. Bring the children you love ages two to four as well as younger and older siblings for a short and sweet Shabbat service followed by blessings for candles, juice and Challah. Pyjamas optional! At 8:30 p.m., the service will often feature our adult choir and our youth choir.  In addition, we have special programs and guest lecturers. This service is followed by an Oneg Shabbat.  

Summary of Friday Shabbat Services

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Saturday Morning

Download a copy of our Shabbat Morning Service Explanation booklet.   (Adobe Reader required)

• Downstairs, a rabbi-led Torah study begins at 9:00 a.m.  A light breakfast is served.
• This is followed by a lay-led service in the library at 10:30 a.m.
• Bar and Bat Mitzvah services are held in the sanctuary beginning at 10:30 a.m.
• A Kiddush follows services. 

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Daily Minyan

• Monday to Friday, daily services begin at 7:15 a.m.

• Sunday and statutory holidays, services begin at 9:00 a.m.

The minyan services are lay-led and provide an opportunity for daily prayer, observing a Yahrtzeit  and for congregants in mourning to have a place to say Kaddish.  The services are about twenty minutes long.

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Holidays and Festivals

Services are held Erev (the evening before) and the day of all holidays. Pre-reader, youth and adult services are held for some holidays.  Special study sessions are scheduled for learning and discussion of the holiday's significance.  Holiday dates and the times of services and any related events are given in the monthly Temple bulletin.

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