Streaming Services

Shavuot Services

Sunday, June 1 - 7pm Shavuot Aravit and Confirmation Service - Please join us and the families of our Confirmation class of 5785, as they lead us in prayer, chant the Ten Commandments and the book of Ruth, and share how they will be the next links in our chain of tradition shalshelet hakabbalah. Please use this link to join us on Zoom.

Monday, June 2 - 10am Shavuot Yizkor Morning Service and Potluck Lunch - Our morning Shavuot service, which will include the holiday yizkor will be followed by a potluck lunch. Please bring your dairy favorites.  You can join in the service by Zoom here, but not the cheesecake.

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 June 6 - 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 Naso

Friday June 13 - 7:30pm Kabbalat  Shabbat - Installation of New Officers and Trustees - Join us as we mark the seventh day and celebrate creation and the exodus from Egypt with a service of song and prayer. We will also be installing our Temple Sholom officers and trustees. Shabbat B'ha'alot'cha

Friday June 20 - 7:30pm Kabbalat  Shabbat - Juneteenth Shabbat - We will not only mark creation and the Exodus from Egypt, but also remember the emancipation of African Americans from chattel slavery, as we commemorate Juneteenth. Shabbat Sh'lach L'cha

Friday, June 27 - 6pm - Sunset Kabbalat Shabbat - - Our inclusive service 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 May will be honored and instruments will be handed out. This will be Rabbi Abraham's last Friday evening service at Temple Sholom. Shabbat Korach

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, June 7 - 10am - Shabbat Shacharit. The service will be led by Bet Mitzvah, Leelyn Juris, as he celebrates this moment in his Jewish life with friends, family, and community.

Saturday, June 14 - 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. This month will be led by Rabbi Abraham and perhaps some surprise guests.

Saturday, June 21 - 10am - Shabbat Shacharit. The service will be led by Bet Mitzvah, Sean Isaacs, as he celebrates this moment in his Jewish life with friends, family, and community.

Saturday, June 28 - 10am - Shabbat Shacharit. The service will be led by Bat Mitzvah, LeeKate Herman, as she celebrates this moment in her Jewish life with friends, family, and community.

Fall 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.