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Below you will find a summary of our Friday service lineup, with exciting new additions and familiar favorites!

1st Fridays

Tot Shabbat
     - 5:30pm: Pizza Dinner (registration required)
     - 6:00pm: Songs and a story, geared towards children 0-5 years old

Kabbalat Shabbat Service
     - 7:00pm: Our standard Shabbat service brings warmth and depth to the worship experience with modern Jewish music, traditional melodies, and Middle Eastern rhythms.

2nd Fridays

“Throwback Shabbat”
     - 7:00pm: This Kabbalat Shabbat Service blends favorite “classic” TBT and camp melodies for a comforting and nostalgic Shabbat experience.

3rd Friday - Quarterly Rotation of Creative Shabbat Experiences

“Behind the Scenes” Learner’s Minyan
     - 5:30pm: Potluck Dinner & Conversation
     - 6:00pm: A hands-on prayer experience for people who are looking to understand the choreography and structure of our liturgy. While each service will focus on a specific section of the liturgy, every service will include Mi Shebeirach and Mourner’s Kaddish. 

“Coffeehouse Jazz Shabbat”
     - 5:30pm: Potluck Dinner
     - 6:00pm: An alternative prayer experience, focusing on a theme and bringing jazz to the forefront to feed your soul. 

Family Shabbat with Shir Chadash (our new kids choir)
     - 5:30pm: Potluck Dinner
     - 6:00pm: A 45-minute family-friendly service centered around lively melodies, a story, and connections to our liturgy. 

4th Friday - Quarterly Rotation of Community-Led Services 

Kol HaShabbat
     - 7:00pm: Led by Eran and talented congregant musicians, this service blends instruments and harmonies, inviting the community into a moving t’filah experience.

BTY-Led Shabbat
     - 7:00pm: Kabbalat Shabbat service led by the talented teens of our B’nai Torah Youth (BTY). 

Community-Led Shabbat
     - 7:00pm: Led by members of our community, this service offers a warm and participatory Shabbat experience. Together, we share in prayer, song, and reflection, each voice adding to the spirit of our communal t’filah. Want to participate? Read below!

A note from our Board President, Andy Held, on the power of community-led Shabbat Services:

"In my Rosh Hashana address, I asked you to think about ways to Grow Together with the people in your life, and with our Temple community. I have an item to add to that list – how can you grow closer to your Judaism?

I am a Jew. I will never give up my Jewish identity – too many members of my family died for being Jewish. I have found a few things in my life that help me feel connected to my Jewishness:

•  The Passover seder, when my family retells the story of my grandfather leading a seder on a German ship in 1939 with my grandmother and his two young daughters as they were fleeing the Nazis.
• Every B’Mitzvah I attend; specifically, the passing Torah L’Dor V’Dor, from Generation to Generation. It connects me with thousands of years of Jewish history, passing Torah down through the ages. Being present while the Torah is passed in our sanctuary, by families in our community, is always moving to me.

I’ve added a third thing to my list recently: being part of the Community Led Kabbalat Shabbat services. For over 2000 years of Jewish history, our ritual and our prayer were led by us – by anyone and everyone in our community. Being on the bimah and helping to lead our community in prayer and reflection is a powerful experience – a deep connection to my Judaism. And it was fun! I got to pick readings from two of my favorite poets.

Growing Together is our theme for the year. Growing Together as humans, as members of the TBT community, and as Jews. I invite you to be part of our Community Led services - it may be a way you can Grow Together with your own Jewishness.

Want to participate in one of our community-led services? Email Lis: lcardy@templebnaitorah.org."