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Daily Minyan & Shabbat Access
Join Us In-Person or online
All daily minyan services (Sunday morning through Friday morning) are offered in-person and online at the regular times. Breakfast is offered after morning minyan on Wednesdays.
Our Zoom option remains for all weekday minyanim and Friday night services. Our enhanced livestream is available for Shabbat and begins regularly at 9:00 AM on Saturday mornings.
Closed captions are available on the enhanced livestream by clicking "CC" on the bottom right of the livestream window.
Closed captions are available on Zoom by clicking "CC" at the bottom of the Zoom screen toolbar.
Join us via zoom (weekday services)
https://zoom.us/j/788352437 *New* Password: 6301
join us by phone (all services)
Dial-in: 1-929-436-2866
Enter Meeting ID: 788 352 437 #
OR one-tap mobile by clicking: +19294362866,,788352437
Please note that while we do not anticipate exceeding it, there is a participation limit on these lines.
Prayers for Israel
"Psalms for this Time of Crisis in Israel," The Rabbinical Assemblyworship schedule
DAILY MINYAN
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:15 AM & 8:00 PM
Friday, 7:15 AM
Sunday, 9:00 AM & 8:00 PM
Please note: On Holidays and Jewish Festivals, weekday minyanim begin at 9:00 AM.
SHABBAT & FestivalS*
Fridays: 6:15 PM
Saturdays: 9:00 AM
*Festival morning services: 9:00 AM
FEDERAL HOLIDAYS
Morning minyan begins at 9:00 AM on the following federal holidays:
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, December 25*, New Year’s Day*, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, and July 4*. (*If the federal holiday falls on Shabbat, the holiday will be observed the day before, on Friday. If it falls on Sunday, the observance will be the following day, on Monday.)
Minyan on other federal holidays begins at the regular time of 7:15 AM.
prayer books
PURCHASING PRAYER BOOKS FOR HOME USE
Books may be ordered by clicking the links below or by calling distributor, G & H Soho, at 201-216-9400, ext. 2.
Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals $25.00
Siddur Sim Shalom for Weekdays $25.00
Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary $59.00
Mahzor Lev Shalem $49.00
Large Print Siddur Sim Shalom for Weekdays $30.00
Large Print Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat/Holidays $60.00
LINKS TO VIEW pdfS OF PRAYER BOOKS
WEEKDAYs
Weekday Morning (with Torah Readings)
Weekday Afternoon
Weekday Evening
Friday Evening
Shabbat & Festival Evening Service
Saturday & Festival Mornings (Bar/Bat Mitzvah Service)
Siddur Sim Shalom Shabbat & Festival Morning
Shabbat Afternoon Mincha
We are delighted to welcome you to B’nai Israel. At B’nai Israel, we are very proud of our daily minyan, which convenes on each weekday morning at 7:15 AM and at 8:00 PM in the evening. On Sundays, minyan is at 9:00 AM and 8:00 PM It provides a meaningful community for those who are saying kaddish, but it is much more. The minyan is a testament to our concern for the value of tefillah b’tzibbur, communal prayer. In non-Covid times, coffee and cake are served each morning, with a more elaborate breakfast on Sundays and Wednesdays.
If you are new to the congregation, please be sure to introduce yourself to the clergy and other members of the minyan. We are always eager to welcome newcomers and to include your loved ones’ names before the recitation of kaddish and other prayers. We look forward to “davening” with you.
We look forward to worshipping with you.
Fri, December 1 2023
18 Kislev 5784
Livestream
Shabbat Services
Friday at 6:15 PM
Saturday at 9:00 AM
the latest
The Strength We Need (Parshat Vayetzei, November 25) by Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz
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Shamash Award Nominations
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Join us for Religious School!
Registration remains open for our Lessans Talmud Torah. Generations of families have trusted us with their children's Jewish education. Learn more.
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weekday services
Sunday | 9:00 AM & 8:00 PM
Monday–Thursday | 7:15 AM & 8:00 PM
Friday | 7:15 AM
*Service times vary on holidays.
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shabbat services
Friday | 6:15 PM (7:00 PM during Summer)
Saturday | 9:00 AM & 12:30 PM (Minha)
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inclement weather policy
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We are accessible
B’nai Israel is proud to be accessible to all.
Large print siddurim, assistive listening devices and page magnifiers are readily available. Our entire building and grounds are wheelchair accessible. We can provide sign language interpreters upon request and subject to availability.