Understanding the Shabbat Service
... mark the beginning of Shabbat on Friday evenings by lighting candles, accompanied by a prayer. While many families do this at home, it is our tradition to also light candles in the synagogue. The Friday evening service is called Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming the Sabbath). Jewish mystics of the Middle ...
... mark the beginning of Shabbat on Friday evenings by lighting candles, accompanied by a prayer. While many families do this at home, it is our tradition to also light candles in the synagogue. The Friday evening service is called Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming the Sabbath). Jewish mystics of the Middle ...
Talmud Torah
... Americans; but why then do we choose to know so little about our heritage as Jews? We should know more about the “source” of our heritage - at least enough to be able to communicate with those who adopted and adapted it. Tradition tells us the Torah, or Jewish Written Law, consists of the five books ...
... Americans; but why then do we choose to know so little about our heritage as Jews? We should know more about the “source” of our heritage - at least enough to be able to communicate with those who adopted and adapted it. Tradition tells us the Torah, or Jewish Written Law, consists of the five books ...
synagogue services
... Some prayers are quietly recited, and others are chanted and sung in traditional melodies by the reader and by the congregation. Any person may lead the prayers. In smaller synagogues this may be a member of the congregation, the rabbi, or a minister without rabbinical qualification. Larger synagogu ...
... Some prayers are quietly recited, and others are chanted and sung in traditional melodies by the reader and by the congregation. Any person may lead the prayers. In smaller synagogues this may be a member of the congregation, the rabbi, or a minister without rabbinical qualification. Larger synagogu ...
A Visitor`s Guide Shabbat Morning Service Heska Amuna Synagogue
... Sh’ma – a basic Jewish prayer Amidah – standing prayer, the central prayer of every service Chumash – the book containing the Torah (first five books of the Bible ) and Haftarah (section from the Prophets ) Mi shebeirach (lit. may the one who blessed) – the blessing for the sick Musaf – the addition ...
... Sh’ma – a basic Jewish prayer Amidah – standing prayer, the central prayer of every service Chumash – the book containing the Torah (first five books of the Bible ) and Haftarah (section from the Prophets ) Mi shebeirach (lit. may the one who blessed) – the blessing for the sick Musaf – the addition ...
This week, we read the second of the three Haftorot
... This week, we read the second of the three Haftorot leading up to Tisha B’Av. These readings are intended to serve as a reminder to Jews—they are meant to tell us why we were exiled. Distribute the Haftarah pages (one per camper). Ask the campers to scan the page, and to come up with the main idea o ...
... This week, we read the second of the three Haftorot leading up to Tisha B’Av. These readings are intended to serve as a reminder to Jews—they are meant to tell us why we were exiled. Distribute the Haftarah pages (one per camper). Ask the campers to scan the page, and to come up with the main idea o ...
The Torah
... The most important of these is the Torah (‘teaching’) which is made up of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy – the five ‘Books of the Law’. These are handwritten on parchment scrolls for reading in the synagogue. In the synagogue the scrolls are kept in the Holy Ark. Th ...
... The most important of these is the Torah (‘teaching’) which is made up of the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy – the five ‘Books of the Law’. These are handwritten on parchment scrolls for reading in the synagogue. In the synagogue the scrolls are kept in the Holy Ark. Th ...