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Prayer is a language that each of us speaks and hears in a different way. When we pray together, we try to find meaning within the chorus of diverse voices. With engaging sermons, stimulating teachings, and meaningful prayer intertwined with music, our clergy show us how the lessons from the past are relevant to our lives today.
Through a wide range of spiritual experiences we offer something for everyone, including weekly Shabbat evening and Shabbat morning services. In addition, special services are held throughout the year which include “Pray and Play,” “Shalom Yoga,” and so much more.
Our services are fully egalitarian (men and women participate equally). We believe we have found a healthy balance between the traditional and the creative. Services are a blend of Hebrew and English that helps everyone feel comfortable. Our prayer book, Mishkan T’filah, contains transliterations adjacent to all Hebrew prayers so that everyone, including guests, can participate easily and fully. We use both traditional and contemporary melodies. People who attend vary from those with traditional backgrounds to Jews by choice as well as guests of all faiths.
Schedule of Services:
Shabbat Evening Service
Erev Shabbat Services: Fridays, 7:00 pm (except the 1st Friday night of the month)
Kabbalat Shabbat Services: 1st Friday night of the month – 6:30 pmMorning Service
Saturdays
10:30 am, September - JuneHoliday Services & Special Events
Please see our Calendar for a full listing of services
Rock Shabbat Services
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Rabbi's Most Recent Shabbat Greetings:
We now conclude the Joseph trilogy as well as the Book of Genesis with its final portion, Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26). This portion is a study in paradox. Its name means “And he lived,” yet it opens with Jacob on his deathbed. At the same time, it concludes not only Jacob’s life, but the entire book of Genesis, the book of beginnings. As we approach the beginning of a new calendar year, 2026, Vayechi offers a powerful lens through which to reflect on how Jews understand endings, transitions, and hope.
The Torah does not end Genesis (Bereishit) with triumph or resolution. It ends in Egypt, in exile. Joseph dies, is placed in a coffin, and the future redemption is only a promise, not yet a reality. This is striking. One might expect the Torah to conclude its first book in the Land of Israel, or with fulfillment. Instead, it teaches us something essential: Jewish beginning often emerge from unresolved endings.
Jacob spends his final moments not reminiscing, but blessing the future. He blesses Ephraim and Menasheh, Joseph’s children born in exile, establishing a radical precedent: that holiness and continuity are possible even outside familiar or ideal circumstances. To this day, Jewish parents bless their sons to be “like Ephraim and Menasheh,” not like Abraham or Jacob. Why? Because Ephraim and Menasheh knew how to be fully Jewish in a world that was not built for them.
That lesson resonates deeply as we stand at the edge of a new year. 2026 arrives with uncertainty – globally, communally, and personally. Like the end of Genesis, it does not arrive neatly wrapped. Many of us enter the new year carrying unresolved grief, unanswered questions, and unfulfilled hopes. Vayechi reminds us that this does not disqualify us from blessing, growth, or purpose. On the contrary, it may be precisely where Jewish life begins anew.
Jacob also gathers his children and speaks to them honestly, sometimes harshly, about who they are and who they can become. His blessings are not generic; they are truthful. Jewish hope is not rooted in denial, but in clarity. As we begin a new year, Vayechi challenges us to ask: Do we know ourselves well enough to bless our own future honestly? Can we name both our strengths and our fractures and still move forward?
Finally, Genesis closes with a promise from Joseph: “God will surely remember you.” (50:26) It is not yet redemption, but it is memory infused with faith. The Jewish story does not require certainty to continue; only commitment.
As we step into 2026, Vayechi teaches us that the endings are not failures; they are conditions for growth. We also remind ourselves that exile is not the absence of God, but often the setting where faith matures. And we are reminded once again, blessing the future does not require perfection, only courage. We close Genesis not with arrival, but with direction. And that may be the most Jewish way to begin a new year of living.
Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek – Be strong; stay strong; together may we strengthen one another.
SHABBAT SHALOM
