Friday service changes

Start times and tenor of some Friday evening services are changing as of Jan. 13.

The first Friday of the month will continue to be a family service, starting at 5:30 p.m. and using the Reconstructionist children’s siddur “Kol Hano’ar.”  It will be followed by a dairy potluck dinner.

All other Fridays, services will begin at 7:30 p.m., unless changed to accommodate a congregational dinner or special event and specifically noted.

The second and fourth Fridays of the month will be a “mostly-English” service using the Reform siddur “Mishkan Tefillah” and including a Torah service with one aliyah. Rather than chanting in Torah trope, the rabbi will read from the scroll, interspersing the Hebrew with English translation. It also will include a short dvar torah or guest speaker.

The third Friday of the month will be a "mixed Hebrew-English" service out of “Mishkan Tefillah” without a Torah service but with a dvar torah or guest speaker.

Any fifth Friday of the month will be a “learning" service with study, practice and focus in Hebrew and English on particular components of the Friday night liturgy.