Streaming Services

Friday Evening Shabbat Services

You are invited to join us for Shabbat evening worship in one of three ways: Participating onsite in our sanctuary, connecting online via Zoom through this link, or watching the live stream (see below for instructions).

Please note that NONE of our July services start at 7:30.  See each week for details.

Friday June 28 - 6:00pm Sunset Kabbalat Shabbat and Installation - Led by our rabbi and cantor, our 6pm service intertwines lively music, dance, and celebration to create a worship  experience for our whole community. Children and adults of all ages enjoy playing instruments, singing, and celebrating together during this warm and welcoming service. We will also be installing our new Temple Sholom officers and trustees. Before the service, we have a family friendly Nosh at 5:30pm. Shabbat Sh'lach L'cha

Friday July 5 - 6pm - Fourth of July ShaBBQ - Join us for our annual tradition.  We have a BBQ on the patio followed by a casual Shabbat service around our BBQ tables. Register here for the event - Temple Sholom will provide the main courses, please bring a salad, side, or dessert to share. Shabbat Korach

Friday July 12 - 7pm - Shabbat Shiraz - Our nosh for adults -  We'll have a tisch-style Shabbat service, while we sit around a large table and enjoy some wine and hors d'oeuvres.  Feel free to bring a bottle to share. Shabbat Chukat

Friday July 19 - 6pm - Community Shabbat AT THE JCC - There will be NO service at Temple Sholom this evening. Instead bring your own picnic dinner, blanket and/or chairs, and join us at the JCC camp ground (1391 Martine Avenue) for a service led by the clergy of our nearby synagogues. (If you have a yahrzeit, names will be on a sheet, but not read aloud.  Let us know if you would like to mark a yahrzeit on a different date.) RSVP here.  Shabbat Balak

Friday July 26 - 6:00pm Sunset Kabbalat Shabbat and Installation - Led by our rabbi and cantor, our 6pm service intertwines lively music, dance, and celebration to create a worship  experience for our whole community. Children and adults of all ages enjoy playing instruments, singing, and celebrating together during this warm and welcoming service. We will also be installing our new Temple Sholom officers and trustees. Before the service, we have a family friendly Nosh at 5:30pm. Shabbat Pinchas

In August, services will be informal - still at 7:30pm, seated in a circle, and with a Torah discussion instead of reading.  There is no formal oneg, but attendees can often be persuaded to go out for ice cream after the service.

Friday August 2 - 7:30pm   Shabbat Matot/Masei

Friday, August 9 - 7:30pm Shabbat D'varim

Friday, August 16 - 7:30pm Shabbat Va'etchanan

Friday, August 23 - 7:30pm Shabbat Eikev

Friday, August 30 - 6pm - Labor Day ShaBBQ - Join us for our semi-regular tradition.  We have a BBQ on the patio followed by a casual Shabbat service around our BBQ tables. Feel free to bring new people for a first time at Temple Sholom. Register here for the event - Temple Sholom will provide the main courses, please bring a salad, side, or dessert to share. Shabbat R'eih

Saturday Morning Shabbat Worship

You are invited to join us for Shabbat morning worship in one of three ways: Participating onsite in our sanctuary, connecting online via Zoom through this link, or watching the live stream (see below for instructions). All Saturday morning services begin at 10am.

We have no regular Saturday shabbat services in the summer. We'll resume with our next B'nei Mitzvah celebration on Saturday, September 7, 2024.

Upcoming B'nei Mitzvah

Online instructions for all services:

1) Connect and participate - You have the option to be seen by the other participants (and on the YouTube below), to see who else is on the Zoom part of the service, and to participate when invited.

Join: Follow the Zoom link (in blue above for the service you wish to join). Even if you have never used Zoom, you can use this link on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Agree to the download and a window will open.  We ask you to stay muted through most of the service (Not only are background noises distracting, but it will make your video move to the featured position, instead of the service leaders.) 

View: You should have the choice of gallery (graphic of nine squares in a square formation) or speaker view.  Gallery gives you a "Brady Bunch" arrangement of many of the participants. Speaker view gives you a row of participants with the speaker featured in a larger square.  We recommend speaker view for the service. At times during the service, we will post slides with the prayers  At that time, the windows of participants will shrink to the side or top of your screen.

Chat: You can also chat with other participants through the chat feature - with all participants, or with specific ones in the pulldown tab.  Be careful which you select.  The service leaders may not be able to check messages sent to them during the service.

Video: You can toggle between being seen by others or not, with the video icon in the Zoom window.  It is usually next to the microphone icon that toggles whether you are heard or muted.

2) Watch - through the embedded YouTube viewer below you can watch the service that is being led remotely.  No one can see you, nor can the service leaders hear your participation, or see your comments in real time.  (The link should be live by a few minutes before the service. If the link is not working for you, try refreshing your screen, or closing your browser and re-opening it.)

You can find a collection of previous Temple Sholom services preserved on our YouTube channel - sholomnj.