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Worship Services

Our synagogue is an affiliate of the Conservative Movement. Our Rabbi Noach Shapiro leads services on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.  Our cantor participates in leading services about twice each month. Along with our rabbi and cantor, congregants daven, read Torah and participate in all aspects of worship, including congregant-led services.

Congregation Shomrei Emunah is committed to an egalitarian approach; men and women play an integral role in all our services.

Weekly Services at Shomrei

Friday Evening

  • Our  Kabbalat Shabbat Service  This is a brief service with no oneg so that you can attend services before Shabbat dinner. Check our full calendar for start time.

  • Taste of Shabbat is a once-a-month (more often during summer months) casual service and pot-luck dinner in a congregant’s home. This is a warm and informal way to begin Shabbat and get together with other members of the Shomrei community. The evening starts with a “Meet and Shmooze” time followed, by a Kabbalat Shabbat Service and then dinner.  It’s helpful to call the host family to RSVP so that they know how many people are coming and that food is on the way. Feel free, however, to come, even if you did not RSVP. Contact the office for location and check our full calendar for start time.

  • Our monthly Shabbat Experience for Families with Young Children offers a meaningful Shabbat experience with singing and prayer for children aged 7 years and younger with their families. The program starts at 5:30 pm and includes dinner as well as the service. The cost for the dinner is $15 for adults and $8 for children. Children younger than age 2 are free.

  • NEW - On the same Fridays as the Shabbat Experience, a Shomrei family will host an 8:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat service at their home. There will be an oneg following the service, with desserts provided by the host family. This later Friday night service was very popular over the summer and that's why we're continuing it. If you didn't try it then, why not try it now? It's a great way to spend time with fellow members of the Shomrei community.

Shabbat Morning

  • Our Traditional Shabbat Morning Service is held every week at 9:30 am in the main sanctuary (except when we have a Learning Service and the Traditional Service is held in the Youth Activity Lounge)

  • Adults and children of all ages are welcome to our monthly Learning Service (aka Family Service) at 10:30 am in the main sanctuary. The Learning Service has lots of singing, prayers in English as well as Hebrew, and an interactive Torah activity. This service is for children and adults of all ages who want to become more familiar with the Shabbat liturgy and offers an opportunity to participate in ways that you have never done before or haven’t done in a long time - for instance by leading a portion of the service, chanting the prayers before and after the Torah portion, reading from the Torah. A truly wonderful Kiddush follows services.

  • Shomrei offers a Young Children’s Service once a month at 11:00 am on Saturday morning. Like the Friday night service, this monthly program offers a meaningful Shabbat experience with singing and prayer for children aged 7 years and younger with their families.

  • Our monthly Junior Congregation Service also starts at 11:00 am and is geared for our JLC children aged 7 and older. Parents are welcome to attend with their child.
    Saturday Afternoon.

  • Shalom Services - All are welcome to participate in Shomrei Emunah’s Monthly Shalom Service on selected Shabbat mornings.   This alternative Service is designed to nourish one’s spiritual self in various ways including yoga, meditation, experiential prayer, singing, and Torah study.   The purpose of the service is found in its name,‘shalom’, in that it will facilitate for the participants a peaceful connection to Shabbat, our community and one’s inner self. Attend all or any part of the service that you would like:

    • 9:30-10:15          Meditation or Yoga

    • 10:20-11:15        Davening and Singing

    • 11:15-noon         Torah study, reading and closing prayers

    Check the weekly newsletter for the dates for this year's Shalom Services.

Shabbat Afternoon

  • Mincha-Maariv-Havdalah Services are held on the first Shabbat of each month at Rabbi Shapiro’s home. We start with a brief Mincha service. This is Rabbi’s Shapiro’s favorite service and includes a prayer during the Amidah that is only said at this service. The Mincha is followed by eating and singing at the Shalosh S’udot (the 3rd Shabbat meal). After the S’udah is Maariv followed by Havdalah. Note that the time of this service will get later as the days lengthen.

Sunday Morning

  • The Sunday morning minyan starts at 8:30 am and ends with a delicious breakfast. This brief service enables Shomrei members to say Kaddish within the Shomrei community rather than having to go to a different synagogue.

Holiday Services

Services (including Tot and Jr. Congregation) are held for each of the Jewish Holidays.  The schedule for services is announced prior to each holiday. See our weekly flyers for the most up-to-date information about dates and times.

Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Simchat Torah
Tu b’Shevat
Purim
Passover
Yom Ha-atzma-ut
Shavuot
Tisha b’av