Shabbat & Holiday Services
Shabbat is always a special time at Temple Emanu-El. Each Shabbat we join together in our sanctuary and invite Shabbat in with family and friends. We welcome the old, the new, and all those in between to join us and celebrate Shabbat in a meaningful way.
Join us for First Fridays at the beginning of each month. We will begin First Friday evenings with Share Shabbat. This will be an interactive Kabbalat Shabbat for all ages – expect a lot of singing, clapping, instruments, and maybe even dancing. All the ruach (spirit) will make it especially friendly for everyone. Following will be a shorter evening Shabbat service, followed by oneg. First Fridays are the crossroads of our community. Let us meet there. Start times for all services are on the Calendar on the Home Page.
Holiday services and festival observances unite the entire congregation. Beginning the year with a Break-the-Fast after Yom Kippur, we frequently dine together before Shabbat services and festival celebrations. Decorating the Sukkah is a family event, and on the Shabbat during Chanukah we light our family Chanukiot together in the sanctuary. About one-hundred members attend the congregational Seder at Passover. Our Jewish year revolves around communal prayer and participation as we join to celebrate the sacred.
Related Pages & Prayers:
Shabbat Prayers
(Candle Lighting, Kiddish, HaMotzi)