Shabbat Services

SHABBAT EVENING SERVICES
  are held at the Synagogue every Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Shabbat (shah-BAH-T)

The Jewish Sabbath, a day of rest and spiritual enrichment.
Shabbat begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at nightfall on Saturday.

Shabbat, it is a precious gift from G-d, a day of great joy eagerly anticipated throughout the week,
a time when we can set aside all of our weekday concerns and dedicate ourselves to higher pursuits.
In Jewish literature, poetry and music, Shabbat is depicted as a bride or queen,
as in the popular Shabbat hymn Lecha Dodi Likrat Kallah (come, my beloved, to meet the [Sabbath] bride).
It is said "more than Israel has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept Israel."

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Shabbat Shalom (shah-BAHT shah-LOHM)

Literally, sabbath peace or peaceful sabbath. A general, all-purpose Shabbat greeting.

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Oneg Shabbat
 

The idea of holding gatherings on Sabbath afternoon , at which time lectures are given, games played and sons sung, was first
suggested and instituted by Russian-born Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) the poet laureate of the Jewish people. He held
the first ONEG SHABBAT in his home in Tel Aviv after he settled there in 1924.

The name for the celebration was suggested to him by the verse in Usaiah (58:13) Ve-karata la Shabbat oneg. The name was later
applied to the lecture series and/or social hour held in Synagogues on Friday nights.

In Temple Beth El Oneg Shabbats are sponsored by families wanting to remember the anniversary of the death of a loved one.
They are also sponsored by families wanting to celebrate an event in their lives such as:
A Bar/Bat Mitzvah, graduation, wedding or just because they would like to.
Oneg Shabbats are held after the Friday night service, they consist of light refreshments

If you would like to sponsor an Oneg or need more information please call Lori 965-6630.

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