Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, White Plains, NY

Celebrating Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat Service

September 10, 2010 - 6:15pm - 7:15pm

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Shabbat Service

September 11, 2010 - 9:45am - 12:30pm

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Junior Congregation (ages 7-11)

School-age children of all ages and abilities are welcome to join this prayer service led by our own Bet Am Teens. This joyous group shares the experience of community prayer and song and explores the weekly parashah through parashah plays and discussion.

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Tot Shabbat (ages 2-6)

Preschoolers and their parents share Shabbat morning engaged in playful song and dance as well as age-appropriate prayer and torah study. The program is free and open to members and non-members. It meets monthly from 10:30 -11:30 am on the first Saturday of the month except in January and April when it meets on the second Saturday.

Shabbat Service/Yom Tov

torahJoin us as we circle the sanctuary seven times with our Torah scrolls, complete the Torah and begin it again. We call up our children for a group aliyah under a chuppah. We remember loved ones who taught us Torah by reciting “Yizkor.”  We honor our “chattan and Kallah of the Torah". See flyer.

A festive kiddush follows the service.
 

Family Shabbat Dinner

This is a special Friday night service followed by a Family Shabbat Dinner for Torah Lataf/Kindergarten, Kitot Aleph and Bet/Grades 1 and 2

Day School families are invited to participate.
 

Shabbat Meditation Before Tefilah

Have you been interested in cultivating meditative skills as a way of quieting the mind, entering contemplative states, expanding self awareness, and having greater access to a direct experience of prayer that holds personal meaning?  We cannot promise that all this will happen after our first meeting, but what we can offer is a series of experiences with our congregant teacher to take place before Shabbat Tefilah in the Synagogue  from 9 to 10 a.m. It is our hope that those wishing to enter a contemplative path will have an opportunity to create an ongoing practice.

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Shabbat Congregational Dinner

Our communal Shabbat dinner after the service is an enjoyable way to dine with old, new, and soon-to-be friends in the congregation. Come sing Shabbat songs, learn some Torah, and have some fun with our member Don Capelin’s audience-participation trivia game. Guests are most welcome - it’s a lovely introduction to our community.