Every Shabbat (Friday) evening, led by our clergy at 6:15 p.m.  Often our worship service includes blessings for congregants celebrating a special milestone such as a baby naming, wedding blessing, birthday or anniversary.  We are offering in-person services (participants must be masked with social distancing), live-stream and Zoom (reach out to Jenny Marmaros at Jmarmaros@fairmounttemple.org by Fridays, 2 pm.)

Please watch our calendar (here) for updates as occasionally a service may be streamed only.  Information about Shabbat Services updates is available in our weekly eblasts.  If you are not on the email list, please send your name and email address to Laura Munson at Lmunson@fairmounttemple.org.

Some of these additional worship opportunities below are on hold but hopefully back to regular schedule soon.
These include:

• Simchat Shabbat – Once a month  (Oct. 2, Nov. 20 and Dec. 11)

Simcha means joy, and this Shabbat experience for Preschoolers and their families is filled with joy! Join our clergy in song and story each month via our live-stream. Click on our calendar to see upcoming dates and/or reach out to Elizabeth Kleckner for more details and to RSVP at Ekleckner@fairmounttemple.org.

• Kabbalat Shabbat – Held a few times a year at 6:15 p.m. (On Hold)

This service, followed by a hot and hearty Oneg, includes contemporary music, a live band, a projected prayer book, and teachings offered in a spirited, informal environment.  Often Kabbalat Shabbat worship serves is a setting for guest artists, teachers and activists to join our clergy in leading and inspiring us.

• Shabbat Atid (“The Future”) – (On Hold) Once a season, 6:15 p.m.  Our  clergy co-lead this Shabbat Worship for the whole community with Religious School students as readers and musicians, as the voices of many generations join together.  This service happens once a season.

On Shabbat mornings, we offer:

• Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning Worship –  (See Temple Calendar for timing each week)
  Joyous worship, held at either 9:15 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. on many Shabbat Mornings in either our Bonda Chapel or Mandel Sanctuary, is led by clergy together with B’nai Mitzvah celebrants. Students guide the liturgy as they accept adult responsibility in the Jewish community, reciting and teaching from the Torah, and joining Anshe Chesed families and guests to celebrate our Shabbat worship and our Kiddush reception that follows.

• Shabbat Minyan
  A lay-led Saturday morning is held on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. in the Lelyveld Center for Jewish Learning (Library). All are welcome and this minyan follows a 9:15 Torah Study.  Come to one or both.  Check calendar here.