Thursday, September 09, 2010
A Healing Service is an opportunity for people to share, gain and give support, in an intimate and prayerful community. Sitting informally together in a circle Rabbi Liben leads a service of about half an hour in length that includes singing, sharing, blessing and prayer. It is mostly English, but it includes some Hebrew. It may include guided visualization, or a few minutes of quiet meditation. The prayers emphasize hope, and encourage one to value the preciousness of every God-given moment. It is a service for the renewal of the spirit.
Who is it for? Anyone. Some people who come to a Healing Service are living with illness, or with medical challenges. They may come for support, or they may come to celebrate their ongoing successes. Others are family members who live with the responsibility of caring for loved ones. Others come simply because it provides an opportunity for respite, reflection and renewal in the midst of a busy life.
How does it differ from a "regular" service? Although a regular service in our chapel also includes some prayers for healing, and opportunities to add our individual prayers of the heart, they are really quite different. The community in the minyan builds from our mutual commitment to fulfill the requirements of daily prayer. The community in the Healing Service derives from the unique needs and hopes that we share at that moment. While we use the same booklet from service to service, the format is more open-ended and flexible. Mourners Kaddish is not a part of this service. However, people who want to say Kaddish are able to go to the chapel for minyan at the conclusion of the Healing Service.
All are welcome to attend the Healing Service. You need not be a member of Temple Israel to attend. The service starts at 7:00 p.m. - for dates call the main office.
Who is it for? Anyone. Some people who come to a Healing Service are living with illness, or with medical challenges. They may come for support, or they may come to celebrate their ongoing successes. Others are family members who live with the responsibility of caring for loved ones. Others come simply because it provides an opportunity for respite, reflection and renewal in the midst of a busy life.
How does it differ from a "regular" service? Although a regular service in our chapel also includes some prayers for healing, and opportunities to add our individual prayers of the heart, they are really quite different. The community in the minyan builds from our mutual commitment to fulfill the requirements of daily prayer. The community in the Healing Service derives from the unique needs and hopes that we share at that moment. While we use the same booklet from service to service, the format is more open-ended and flexible. Mourners Kaddish is not a part of this service. However, people who want to say Kaddish are able to go to the chapel for minyan at the conclusion of the Healing Service.
All are welcome to attend the Healing Service. You need not be a member of Temple Israel to attend. The service starts at 7:00 p.m. - for dates call the main office.
Friday Night Services...
are held at 7:45 p.m. on the first week of the month and feature the "First Friday Speaker Series." On other weeks, an early Kabbalat Shabbat service is held at 5:45 p.m.
Shabbat Services
Evening: 5:45 p.m. or 7:45 p.m. depending on scheduled events.
Morning: 9:15 a.m. to approximately 12 noon. Special preschool and grade school programming as well as babysitting available periodically.
Afternoon: 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. (Nov.-Feb. Ma'ariv/Havdalah and Mar.-Oct. Mincha/Torah)
Daily Minyan
Held in Our Chapel
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.Monday and Thursday: 6:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday: 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Friday at 7:00 a.m.
Times may change during holidays and morning minyan starts at 6:30 a.m. on Rosh Hodesh, so please call the Temple to verify times.
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