Mar 19, 2025 | ECC Event, Temple Event
Sing, Dance, and Celebrate Shabbat Together!
Schedule:
- Selected Friday Evenings (TAE Calendar)
- 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Tot Shabbat Service
- 6:30 – 7:00 PM: Shabbat Oneg in Rooms 5/6 with cookies and chocolate chip challah
This Shabbat service is designed for preschool-aged children and their parents. It provides an opportunity for young children to experience a fun, age-appropriate service that includes singing and dancing. This is the perfect way for young children to get acquainted with Jewish traditions! There is a delicious cookie Shabbat Oneg following the service.
Mar 12, 2025 | Shabbat Services
Services at Temple Adat Elohim
TAE Traditional Shabbat Service
Pray and sing during our warm, relaxed, and “hamish” Shabbat evening services.
- Selected Fridays
- Time: 7:00 PM, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
- Location: Temple Adat Elohim
Join us for a warm, relaxed, and “hamish” Shabbat experience where we come together in prayer, song, and community. Our traditional service provides a calming and meaningful way to end the week, reflect, and find connection. Bring your family and friends to share in the joy of Shabbat. Stay after the service to indulge in Shabbat Oneg treats and lively conversation.
Shabbat services may include:
🙏 Uplifting prayers and reflections
🕯️ Candle lighting and heartfelt blessings
📖 Inspiring teachings and insights
💕 A moment to honor and remember loved ones
🫶 A welcoming space to gather and grow
Musical Shabbat Service
Celebrate Shabbat with music, joy, and heartfelt community.
- Usually the Fourth Friday of Each Month
- Time: 7:00 PM, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
- Location: Temple Adat Elohim
Join us for an inspiring and joyful Erev Shabbat experience where music is at the center of our worship. Led by Cantor Shukiar, the Band of Milk and Honey, and the TAE Chorale, this uplifting service invites everyone to sing, pray, and rejoice in community. Come early, bring your voice, and stay after for sweet Oneg treats and warm conversation.
Shabbat services may include:
🎶 Live musical evening with band and choir
🕯️ Candle lighting and meaningful blessings
📖 Prayers and melodies that lift the spirit
💕 A moment to reflect and connect
Shabbat Shabbang Family Service
A Shabbat experience for the whole family!
- Selected Fridays
- Time: Varies, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
- Location: Temple Adat Elohim
Our Shabbat Shabbang Family Services, designed for all ages, offer an hour filled with lively music, meaningful prayers, and birthday blessings. Often led by a Religious School class, this special service brings our community together in an uplifting way. This engaging and family-friendly service sometimes begins early to accommodate families with young children.
Shabbat Shabbang service include:
🎶 Religious School classes leading the service
📖 A child-friendly Shabbat story
🌟 Meaningful prayers and birthday blessings
🫶 A warm and welcoming community experience
Tot Shabbat Service
Sing, Dance, and Celebrate Shabbat Together!
- Selected Fridays
- Time: 6:00 – 6:30 PM, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
- Location: Temple Adat Elohim
This Shabbat service is designed for preschool-aged children and their parents. It provides an opportunity for young children to experience a fun, age-appropriate service that includes singing and dancing. This is the perfect way for young children to get acquainted with Jewish traditions! Stay after the service for a delicious cookie Shabbat Oneg filled with playtime and time to connect with other families!
Tot Shabbat may include:
🎶 Singing and dancing to lively Shabbat songs
📖 A short, interactive Shabbat story
🕯️ Lighting candles and saying blessings together
🫶 A warm and welcoming community experience
Meditation Services
Find Peace. Connect Spiritually. Cultivate Joy.
- Most Saturdays
- Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
- Location: Varies
Join us Saturday mornings for our weekly, community-led weekly meditation service, where we weave together meditative traditions from Judaism and beyond to deepen our ability to live joyful, meaningful, and wise lives. Please email Ken Elman for location information at kenelman@gmail.com.
Meditation practices may include:
🌀 Mindfulness
💛 Loving-kindness meditation
🚶 Walking meditation
🌅 Morning blessings of gratitude
🎶 Singing of Chassidic niggunim (songs without words)
🎵 Kirtans and more
No prior experience is needed All are welcome to find stillness, connection, and renewal in this sacred practice.
Mar 12, 2025 | Temple Event
Travel to Israel with Cantor David
June 25 – July 6, 2026
Temple Adat Elohim invites you on an unforgettable journey to Israel – one of the many innovative ways we build connection and community! Our family Israel trip is a great way to form deep friendships with other members of our congregation and Cantor David.
Exciting news! Registration opens on Monday, May 12, for TAE’s family trip to Israel for temple partners on the interested list. Led by J2 Adventures, the trip will take place June 25 – July 5, 2026. To join the interested list, view the itinerary, or learn about the cost, please email Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com.
✨ Why join us?
Communal travel fosters deep connections, lifelong friendships, and stronger Jewish identities. Our congregational trips sell out fast—don’t miss this opportunity!
- ✅ Perfect for families
- ✅ Celebrate a bar/bat mitzvah (for adults & children!)
- ✅ Explore Israel’s beauty, history, and culture
🌍 Trip Highlights from Past Trips:
- Wandered through the Old City of Jaffa
- Visited the Museum of the Jewish People & Caesarea
- Experienced the magic of Tzfat, the center of Jewish mysticism
- Rode a camel and take part in an archaeological dig
- Jeep or ATV’d through the Golan Heights
- Enjoyed wine tasting at Pelter Winery & a chocolate workshop
- Floated in the Dead Sea & conquer Masada
- Celebrated a b’nai mitzvah overlooking Jerusalem
📖 Read about a past trip! TAE in Israel 2019 Blog
For questions, contact Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com or (805) 497-7101.
Travel to Israel with Cantor Shukair
June 25 – July 6, 2026
Temple Adat Elohim invites you on an unforgettable journey to Israel—one of the many innovative ways we build connection and community!
Communal travel fosters deep connections, lifelong friendships, and stronger Jewish identities. Our congregational trips sell out fast—don’t miss this opportunity!
Our family Israel trip is a great way to form deep friendships with other members of our congregation and Cantor David.
✨ Why join us?
- ✅ Perfect for families
- ✅ Celebrate a bar/bat mitzvah (for adults & children!)
- ✅ Explore Israel’s beauty, history, and culture
🌍 Trip Highlights from Past Trips:
- Wandered through the Old City of Jaffa
- Visited the Museum of the Jewish People & Caesarea
- Experienced the magic of Tzfat, the center of Jewish mysticism
- Rode a camel and take part in an archaeological dig
- Jeep or ATV’d through the Golan Heights
- Enjoyed wine tasting at Pelter Winery & a chocolate workshop
- Floated in the Dead Sea & conquer Masada
- Celebrated a b’nai mitzvah overlooking Jerusalem
📖 Read about a past trip! TAE in Israel 2019 Blog
For questions, contact Cantor David at dshukiar@adatelohim.com or (805) 497-7101.
Feb 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
“As the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.” (Translation – JPS 1917)
This verse establishes the key traditions of Purim: celebrating with feasting, joy, sharing food (mishloach manot), and giving charity (matanot la’evyonim). It reflects the transformation from danger to deliverance, which is the essence of Purim.
Feb 7, 2025 | Social Action
February 2025
TAKE ACTION AGAINST COLLEGE CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM
Jewish students across the country are facing a surge in antisemitism, yet too many schools fail to address the crisis. From rising hatred on college campuses to the lack of Holocaust education in schools, we must act now.
Temple Adat Elohim’s Kulanu Team is a small group of TAE congregants working together to develop programs to fight rising antisemitism. We are seeking new members to bring fresh ideas for educational and/or advocacy initiatives for our congregation, as well as the local community.
