Shabbat Services
Services at Temple Adat Elohim
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Starlight Shabbat Services
Celebrate Shabbat under the stars during our joyful, musical outdoor service.
✨ Fridays from July 25 – August 29, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
📍TAE Courtyard
One of our favorite TAE traditions, Starlight Shabbat is part of our beloved Summer Shabbat Series. These outdoor services offer a refreshing change of pace and have become a seasonal highlight for many congregants. In our beautiful courtyard, we gather in the fresh air to pray, sing, and celebrate as the sun sets. With joyful music, a relaxed atmosphere, and the spirit of community all around, Starlight Shabbat captures the magic of summer.
Invite friends and family to join you and stay after for a sweet Shabbat Oneg after the service.
This service may include:
🎶 Music and prayers
🌆 Sunset and evening sky
🕯️ Candle lighting
🧘♀️ Blessings shared in community
🍪 Shabbat Oneg
Senior Summer Sendoff
Do you have a graduating high school senior? We would love to celebrate this exciting milestone with you during one of our Starlight Shabbat services!
✨ Any Friday, from July 11 through August 29, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 TAE Courtyard
Please RSVP at least one day before the service you plan to attend so we can have your graduate’s special gift ready. Click here
This service may include:
🙌 Special blessing from Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar
🫶 A meaningful gift from the congregation
🎓 Recognition of your senior’s accomplishments
💖 Loving sendoff from our temple community
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.
“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)
February 2025