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August 2018
Kabbalat Shabbat – Welcoming Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcoming Shabbat Services, are held weekly on Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. The time changes to 5:30 p.m. during the fall and winter. The 5:30 service time will begin November 10th following the Fall time change.
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15 a.m. every Saturday. Shabbat liturgy, nusach and Divrei Torah delivered by our Rabbi make each Shabbat inspiring for those attending. There are also many occasions throughout the year when the congregation will hold special Shabbat services, from a scholar-in-residence Shabbat to a university student Shabbat and more. Congregants are encouraged to contribute to Shabbat services by chanting a Haftorah or delivering a D’var Torah. Please contact the Rabbi to make arrangements. The Rabbi will also be…
Find out more »“Who’s In Charge Around Here?” NaKh & Nosh Returns With Judges 1
After the end of the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges opens with utter disorganization. Joshua is out of the picture, and the Land of Israel is a near battlefield. Amidst this chaos a few short stories rise to the surface: the truncated tale of Adonivezek the thumbless, the "all's-well-that-ends-well" anecdote about Kalev's daughter Akhsah, and a few attempts at conquest where our ancestors didn't get what they wanted. We'll read these stories to explore why they're holy yet…
Find out more »Young Families Potluck Picnic and Playtime
Sunday, August 19th, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Westmount Playground A get-together especially for families with infants and toddlers and those who love them. Weather-permitting, we’ll get together at Westmount playground for a vegetarian brunch potluck and playtime. RSVP by Friday, August 17 to Rabbi Weiss: Rabbirayshweiss@gmail.com
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat – Welcoming Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcoming Shabbat Services, are held weekly on Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. The time changes to 5:30 p.m. during the fall and winter. The 5:30 service time will begin November 10th following the Fall time change.
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat morning services begin at 9:15 a.m. every Saturday. Shabbat liturgy, nusach and Divrei Torah delivered by our Rabbi make each Shabbat inspiring for those attending. There are also many occasions throughout the year when the congregation will hold special Shabbat services, from a scholar-in-residence Shabbat to a university student Shabbat and more. Congregants are encouraged to contribute to Shabbat services by chanting a Haftorah or delivering a D’var Torah. Please contact the Rabbi to make arrangements. The Rabbi will also be…
Find out more »Chai Mitzvah Meeting
Chai Mitzvah is a program to enhance Jewish engagement. Like a book group, Chai Mitzvah network groups meet monthly for meaningful text-based discussions. What sets Chai Mitzvah apart from education programs is that each person in the group builds their 'Jewish Bucket List' by adopting or deepening a spiritual practice, engaging in a social action project of their choosing, and identifying something Jewish to learn about. The cost of all of the packets is $36 USD, which each participant pays…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat – Welcoming Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat - Welcoming Shabbat Services, are held weekly on Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m. The time changes to 5:30 p.m. during the fall and winter. The 5:30 service time will begin November 10th following the Fall time change.
Find out more »September 2018
Shabbat Morning Service -Selichot
Selichot falls on Shabbat this year and the Shabbat service for Selichot will begin at 9:00am. Selichot are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on Fast Days.
Find out more »NaKh and Nosh: Bible Beyond the Torah
Although Jews are the people of the book, there are many parts of the Jewish bible, the TaNaKh, we never read in services. The word TaNaKh is an acronym for the Jewish bible's 3 categories of books: the Torah (the five books of Moses), Nevi'im (the Prophets), and Ketuvim (the Scriptures). Over the course of the Jewish year, we read the full Torah, but we never read the full books of NaKh (Nevi'im and Ketuvim). But that has changed at…
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