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Religious services are at the heart of our activities and are designed to be participatory. Women and men are encouraged to take part equally. Services span the Jewish festival calendar and life cycle events. A brief outline of Adas Israel services appears below. See the Adas Israel
Chronicle for additional information on times and locations of specific services not listed. Babysitting is also available during many of the services. |
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Daily Minyan
A traditional daily service in the Miller Chapel, led by Hazzan Jenna
Greenberg, along with congregation members.
Weekdays
7:30 a.m. and 5:45
p.m.
Sundays and Legal Holidays
9:00 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
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Shabbat Worship |
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Friday
Sundown service in the Kogod Chapel:
5:45 p.m. A traditional Kabbalat Shabbat service with extensive participation by congregants
Friday evening sanctuary service: 8:15 p.m. Featuring sermons by the rabbinic staff or distinguished guest speakers, and liturgy led by the cantor,
often with adult or youth choir and musical accompaniment.
Save these dates for Youth Choir Shabbat! November 30,
December 14,
January 18,
February 22 (tentative), March 7,
April 11,
May 9, and
June 6. |
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Saturday
Morning Services begin at 9:30 a.m. in the
Charles E. Smith Sanctuary led by our Rabbi and Cantor (9:15 a.m. on Rosh Hodesh and certain holidays). The service includes a D'var Torah and sermon
by the Rabbi and often includes participation by members and B'nai Mitzvah.
Shabbat Mincha times vary throughout the year. Please check printed
announcements for current info.
December, 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 5 & 12, 4:45 p.m.
Jan 19 & 26, 5:00 p.m.
Feb 2 & 9, 5:15 p.m.
Feb 16 & 23, 5:30 p.m.
March - October, 5:45 p.m. |
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Saturday Morning Shabbat Babysitting: Throughout the
year, supervised babysitting is available on the second floor in our
nursery school playroom beginning at 10:00 a.m. |
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Additional Shabbat Services |
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Friday night |
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Ruach Minyan
The Ruach Minyan is a traditional, spirited, lay-led,
egalitarian Kabbalat Shabbat service which began in 2005 as
a collaboration with the Van Ness Minyan. It meets on the
first and third Fridays of each month (in the Miller Chapel
or Sisterhood Hall) beginning at 6:30 p.m. during the year,
and 7:00 p.m. in the summer. The Minyan is usually followed
by either a community dinner at Adas Israel, or a potluck at
a location offsite. Visit
adasisrael.org/RuachMinyan.htm for more information, including details on service schedule and dinners. |
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Saturday morning |
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Adas Israel Traditional
Egalitarian Minyan
This lay-led service meets every Shabbat at
9:30 a.m. in the Kogod Chapel (Gewirz Hall in the summer months). Members of the minyan lead the davening,
read Torah, and deliver a short d'var Torah. The
service is traditional in content and egalitarian in implementation with
a full Torah reading. We welcome visitors, guests, and other "first
timers".
Visit the Traditional Minyan webpage,
http://www.adasisrael.org/minyan/.
For more
information, please send us email at
traditionalminyan@adasisrael.org. For a list of Traditional Minyan contacts,
click
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Havurah Service
A lay-led, participatory service that has met for 35 years on the first, third, and fifth Shabbat mornings of each month at 9:45
a.m., September through June. Rotating volunteers lead services, read Torah and conduct an in-depth discussion of the weekly Torah portion. All are welcome, including children, who are included in age-appropriate roles in the Torah service. A
Kiddush follows the service.
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Learners' Minyan
A service for those who wish to become better acquainted with the structure and ritual of Shabbat
worship, meets in the Library. More...
stay tuned for dates for 5769... |
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Youth Services |
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Schedule is
subject to change. Exceptions to the schedule will be listed in weekly
announcements. |
Weekly,
(exceptions may apply)
Tot Shabbat, Ages
3 – 5: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., led by Menuhah Peters
for parents and children (an introduction to services).
Summer 2008: July 12, 19, August 2, 9. Resumes weekly in the
fall.
Grades K – 1: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Shabbat service.
Summer 2008: July 12, 26; August 16, 26, 11:00 a.m. |
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First, third, and fifth Saturday
Youth Community Service for
Grades 2 – 6:
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Led by either Rabbi Charles Feinberg
or Education Director, Josh Bender. On break for the summer,
will resume in the fall
Parent-Child
Torah Study for Grades 4 – 6:
10:30 - 11:00 a.m., preceding the Youth Community Service
On break for the summer, will resume in the fall. |
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Friday night
Preschool family service
A popular service for parents and nursery age children, featuring singing, dancing, and Jewish story telling. Generally conducted on the third Friday evening of each month during the school year,
6:15 p.m. Preceded by an informal Shabbat dinner.
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Friday night
NEW!
Shabbat Mishpacha
Friday night service and dinner for grades K – 4 and their families (siblings welcome) with
Rabbi Feinberg and Robyn Helzner. Dinner, 5:30 p.m. (RSVP by
the Tuesday preceding the dinner to
talia.feinberg@adasisrael.org). Service, 6:15 p.m., refreshments follow.
No RSVP required for service.
Join us on February 29, March 28, May 30 |
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High Holy Days |
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Holidays |
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Adas Israel is renowned for its impressive variety of religious services offered on the High Holy Days, in the main sanctuary and auxiliary auditoriums. High Holy Day services commence with our specially commissioned Selichot service, "Hush of Midnight", which has been aired nationally on network television. A highlight of our worship is the celebrated, poetic and musical Musaf service on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, which draws worshippers from throughout the city. High Holy Day worship includes family services, youth services, featuring a procession of children from our schools. Although tickets are assigned, an open seating policy applies for many High Holy Day services.
Fall Haggim
5768
High Holy Day
Service Schedule and Guide to Home Observance (pdf) |
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Shavuot 5768
Passover 5768
Purim 5768
Hanukkah 5768
Fall Haggim
5768
Selichot 5768 (Saturday, September 8)
Information on Holidays, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism website
USCJ Five year Holiday Calendar (2007 - 2012)
(includes dates for High Holy Days) |
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Last updated June 5, 2007 |
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