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Ritual Practices
Alvin Stern
During the summer months, while there are few meetings at TBS, and no Hebrew School, Jewish life continues, especially at TBS! Morning and evening minyans are held each day at 7 AM (Monday through Friday, 8:15 on Sunday mornings) and 8 PM (Sunday through Thursday). People attend these services to say Kaddish during the year of mourning, at Yahrzeits and some attend to be there for those who need a minyan to comfort them.
Each Shabbat we have Kabbablat Shabbat on Friday afternoons at 6:15 PM, morning services at 9:30 AM with Torah discussions as well as davening, and in the afternoon Mincha/Ma’ariv services (check Temple Talk for the times).
In addition, during the summer we commemorate the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’Av with special services on Monday night, July 23 and again Tuesday morning at 6:30 AM with the chanting of Eicha (Lamentations).
There are plenty of opportunities to perform mitzvot during the summer, as well – such as visiting the sick, comforting mourners, giving Tzedakah and reading books and articles of Jewish content. Summertime is perfect for having friends over for a leisurely Shabbat dinner – enjoying the peaceful twilight hours, or getting together for a Shabbat lunch meal.
Finally, the summer means that Rosh HaShana is not far away. It is time to begin preparing for the High Holidays – sending greeting cards, visiting the graves of loved ones, asking our friends and families for forgiveness for wrongs we may have done in the past. Of course, beginning with the first day of Ellul (August 15), we sound the shofar each weekday morning – in a sense sounding the wake-up call that a new year, a new cycle is about to begin. |
