SHABBAT

You're welcome and invited to Open the Door of Jewish Life…to Shabbat…together!

Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple offers a variety of Shabbat experiences to give voice to the varied sounds of prayer in our community. Experience the spirituality of Shabbat with family and friends, while instilling or reinforcing an appreciation of Judaism. Shabbat affords us an opportunity for worship, for study, for prayer, and reflection on what is most precious in our lives. You are invited to the Shabbat experience that speaks to you. These services are open to all.  If you would like to learn more about Fairmount Temple and are interested in becoming part of this synagogue-community, call us at 216-464-1330.

Special Services

Please NOTE that in July and August (2008), Fairmount Temple will one main service on Friday nights - at 7 p.m. in July (July 4,11,18, 25) and at 6 p.m. in August (Aug. 1,8,15, 22, 29).  These services are a time to experiment with the start times, as well as the elements and music of the services.  Weather permitting, services will be held outside.

The Regular Service Schedule will resume in September.  This does not affect the Chevrei Tikva Shabbat and KIDushat Shabbat schedule listed below.  If any questions about a service start time, please call us at 216-464-1330.

Kabbalat Shabbat
First Friday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
This service is a wonderful way to greet Shabbat with upbeat, contemporary music in a spirited informal atmosphere.

 

Chevrei Tikva Shabbat
First and Third Friday of each month at 8 p.m.
All are welcome to participate in Chevrei Tikva Chavurah, which has special outreach to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews, their families and friends. This is a welcoming community celebrating Shabbat in the Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning or in the Hilda Bogomolny Faigin Activity Center. 
 

Chavurat Shabbat
Second Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
This guitar-led service features joyous and exuberant singing in a casual atmosphere and is especially inviting to families with school-age children.

KIDushat Shabbat
Fourth Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
This 45-minute service is especially inviting to young families with preschool-age children. It's very interactive, fun and a wonderful way to introduce Anshe Chesed's next generation to the joy and celebration of Shabbat.

Weekly Services

Shabbat Evening Service
Every Friday Evening
At 8:00 p.m. every Friday, through traditional music, we greet Shabbat in familiar and beautiful ways. Followed by a Shabbat Oneg.

Shabbat Torah Study and Minyan
Every Saturday Morning
Enhance your understanding of the Torah, or take the time to learn something new. Torah study, led by the distinguished educator Dr. Alan D. Bennett, is offered every Saturday and begins at 9:15 a.m., followed at 10:30 a.m. by an informal participatory Minyan in the Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning.

Shabbat Morning Service
Every Saturday morning
The Shabbat Morning Service at either 10:30 a.m. or at 9:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays, with Torah at its center, is an opportunity to learn and pray, together, followed by a kiddush.

If you are homebound or ill and are unable to attend Shabbat Evening or Morning Service, you can listen to the Service live over your telephone. Click here for directions.

All are welcome to join us as we open to the doors to Jewish Life…to Shabbat…together!