Special Shabbat N’kabla: Shabbat with TBZ from home

שבת נקבלה

Shabbat N’kabla: Receiving Shabbat

Share Shabbat With TBZ From Home

Dear TBZ community:

As you read in our message yest erday , we have decided to cancel in-person Shabbat services for the next two weeks. Given the rapidly changing nature of this outbreak, we will carefully and constantly reassess the situation, so please check for updates in your email and don’t hesitate to call our office if you have any questions 617-566-8171.

Although we have been advised to practice social distancing, we remain committed to continue human connection in other ways. I offer here some ways to be in community, each from our own place.

This evening, March 13th, join us for Kabbalat Shabbat through Zoom , 6:00pm - 6:40pm:

https://zoom.us/j/918335646

Meeting ID: 918 335 646

Naoh Weinberg, Tyler Dratch, Amit Segal and I will be leading you through a song-full Kabbalat Shabbat service from 6-6:40pm.

To be ready, please make sure to download Zoom . (Directions for how to use Zoom can be found below.)

We will be using a one page Siddur made for today, you can find that page HERE .

If you wish to join us, have your candles, your Kiddush cup, and your challah (or any bread) available to say the blessings together with us.

I also invite you to end Shabbat Together by logging into a Community Havdalah on Zoom , Saturday, March 14th at 7:45pm:

https://zoom.us/j/858895576

Meeting ID: 858 895 576

If you can, have your Havdalah ritual objects ready! You will need a candle, wine or grape juice, and besamim (spices to smell).

Resources for Shabbat Day:

We invite you to spend the day of Shabbat in reflection, learning, and family.

As you know, we encourage not using technology on Shabbat, but if, at this time, technology will be helpful for you to stay connected and have a Shabbat celebration, we offer these resources for you:

Video of TBZ member Rabbi Jordan Braunig D’var Torah on this week's Parsha:

Dvar Torah Rabbi Jordan Braunig, Shabbat Ki Tisa March 13, 2020

Video of TBZ Torah Readers reading this week's Parsha:

Torah Reading, Shabbat Parshat Ki Tisa- Shabbat Parah, March 13, 2020

Follow along with the Torah reading text in Hebrew or English HERE.

Video of Reb Moshe leading a Meditation Session:

Meditation practice with Reb Moshe- Shabbat Ki Tisa, March 13, 2020

A kid-friendly video of this week's Parsha Ki Tisa:

If you are saying Kaddish , please know that we will say Kaddish together at our Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat (as we will intentionally gather together via Zoom), this evening. Rabbi Daniel Siegel wrote a Kaddish for when there is no Miniyan . You can find the text HERE .

I conclude by sharing with you A Prayer of Hope During this Pandemic by Rabbi Naomi Levy.

We are frightened, God,

Worried for our loved ones,

Worried for our world.

Helpless and confused,

We turn to You

Seeking comfort, faith and hope.

Teach us God, to turn our panic into patience,

And our fear into acts of kindness and support.

Our strong must watch out for our weak,

Our young must take care of our old.

Help each one of us to do our part to halt the spread of this virus

Send strength and courage to the doctors and nurses

In the frontlines of this battle,

Fortify them with the full force of their healing powers.

Send wisdom and insight to the scientists

Working day and night across the world to discover healing treatments.

Bless their efforts, God.

Fill our leaders with the wisdom and the courage

To choose wisely and act quickly.

Help us, God, to see that we are one world,

One people

Who will rise above this pandemic together.

Send us health God,

Watch over us,

Grace us with Your love,

Bless us with Your healing light.

Hear us God,

Heal us God,

Amen.

At TBZ, we are committed to finding ways for us to be in community and connected to each other during this challenging time. Please check your email as we update you of more virtual offerings for connection and messages to uplift us and connect us.

Gratitude to all who participated in putting this message of connection together.

May this Shabbat bring blessings to all of you and your loved ones.

May we find strength in these trying times and commit ourselves to connect and be in community even if physically we can’t be together.

May we have a joyful Shabbat!

Shabbat Shalom,

Rav Claudia

Zoom Directions:

For those of you who are new to Zoom, this informative article provides some instructions on how to use Zoom on various devices.

Here are the links to our Zoom meetings this weekend:

https://zoom.us/j/918335646 (for Kabbalat Shabbat)

https://zoom.us/j/858895576 (for Havdalah)

You can even call into a Zoom meeting from a landline telephone:

Dial (929) 436-2866
Enter the meeting ID followed by the # key. The meeting ID varies: 918335646 for Kabbalat Shabbat; 858895576 for Havdalah
If asked for your participant ID, simply press the # key.

If you would like support during the day to set up Zoom on your device, TBZ Board Members David Neiman ( dneiman@alumni.brown.edu or 617-938-8325) and Eddie Taub ( eddie@intellectgames.com or 508-479-6206) will be available to help you.

If you didn’t have a chance to see the message from TBZ president Sara Smolover and myself to our community. Please watch:

Message from Rav Claudia and TBZ President Sara Smolover, March 12, 2020

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Rav Claudia, Senior Rabbi - ext. 11, ravclaudia@tbzbrookline.org

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Rav Tiferet, Director of Congregational Learning & Programming - ext. 14, ravtiferet@tbzbrookline.org

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Susan Diller, Executive Director - ext. 10, sdiller@tbzbrookline.org

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Lindsay Eagle, Administrative Assistant - ext. 13, leagle@tbzbrookline.org or office@tbzbrookline.org