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Services are now online via Zoom

SHABBAT
Friday at 6PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi and Cantor
This will include Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, a sermonette from the Rabbi, and Ma'ariv led by the Rabbi.  
We will leave the zoom room open for 24 hours.  If you wish to have your own private prayers before the ark you can jump into the room and see a steady streaming image of our sanctuary.
Saturday Morning with Rabbi Fruithandler
9:00 - 9:30 - Shacharit
9:30 - 10:00 - Abbreviated Torah Service, including Torah reading, questions on the Parashah, and a Haftarah
You can follow along to the Torah reading in English HERE and in Hebrew HERE
10:00 - 10:20 - Being Jewish during a pandemic - Rabbi Fruithandler's sermon
10:20-10:50 - Musaf
10:50 - 11:15 or so - Schmoozing 
Meeting ID: 699 404 914
 

Shabbat Services at WJC

Saturday morning services are split into three parts: Shacharit, Torah Service and Musaf.  

Shacharit is the name for the service that begins every day.  It starts with pesukei d’zimra (introductory psalms and prayers) and includes both the shema, with its accompanying blessings, and the Amidah.  On Shabbat, the blessings with the shema change slightly and the silent portion of the Amidah is unique to Shabbat morning.   

The Torah service is meant to be the climax of the service.  Each Saturday  morning we re-live the powerful moment at Sinai.  We go up to the Ark (the place we store our torahs) as if we are ascending Mount Sinai to receive the original Torah. We then break the weekly Torah reading into eight small sections called aliyot.  Each person or group that comes up for an aliyah is playing a part in the same play.  Each person is enacting the role of Moses going up to the Torah and bringing its wisdom to the people. 

Following the aliyot, we lift and dress our Torah and chant a haftarah. The haftarah is a weekly selection from the prophets. It comes from a time when Torah study was forbidden so the ancient teachers taught about the prophets instead.  Finally, we say a few prayers for our community and countries.  After we march the Torah home to the Ark, the rabbi or speaker teaches about a relevant topic of Judaism.  

Musaf literally means “additional.” In the days of the ancient Temple, when prayer was almost exclusively in the form of sacrifice on the alter, there was a special additional sacrifice for Shabbat called the Musaf and we continue to honor that tradition. Most of the Musaf service is a special Amidah that includes a reminder of the majesty of the Temple and the importance of Shabbat. Finally, we conclude with Ein Keloheinu, Aleinu, Mourner’s kaddish and Adon Olam.  

Celebrate your next Shabbat with us.

Friday Night

 
 
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
: 6:30pm
Candle Lighting
: 6:58pm

Shabbat Day

 
 
Shabbat Service with Auf Ruf
: 9:00am
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Thu, March 28 2024 18 Adar II 5784