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).

Friday January 10 - 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat - Join us as we mark the seventh day and celebrate creation and the exodus from Egypt with a service of song and prayer. Shabbat Vayechi

Friday, January 17 - 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat - MLK Service - Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and mark the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Sh'mot

Friday, January 24 - 7:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat - Our Shabbat service will feature remarks by Neil Yerman, sofer (scribe), as he shares his experience bringing our Holocaust scroll to London for a commemoration of the Westminster Memorial Scrolls Trust. Shabbat Va-eira

Friday, January 31 - 6pm - Sunset Kabbalat Shabbat - We will begin with a family-friendly nosh (at 5:30) and continue with a lively service at 6pm. Hebrew School prayer buddies of the week from January will be honored. Shabbat Bo

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.

Saturday, January 11 - 10am - Shabbat Pray & Play (in person only) - Join us for a caregiver and child (birth to age 5) appropriate service, with instruments and play, followed by bagels and time to meet other families and children. It's casual, so be prepared to sit on the floor and spin the parachute. 

Saturday, January 18 - Shabbat Shacharit - Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and mark the bat mitzvah of Miriam Serna.

Saturday, January 25 - 10am - Pot Luck Shabbat (in person only) - This casual service, with discussion and learning, ends with a pot luck lunch. Everyone is welcome - no matter what their level of knowledge or comfort with the service, or dietary concerns or restrictions.

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.