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.
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” traditional 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
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 Shabbat service 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
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 services 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
Sing, Dance, and Celebrate Shabbat Together!
Selected Fridays
Time: 6:00 – 6:30 PM, followed by a Shabbat Oneg
Location: Temple Adat Elohim
Our Tot Shabbat services are designed for preschool-aged children and their parents. They provide an opportunity for young children to experience a fun, age-appropriate service that includes singing and dancing. They are 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
Find Peace. Connect Spiritually. Cultivate Joy.
Most Saturdays
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location: Varies
Join us Saturday afternoons for our weekly, community-led 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.
Summer Starlight
Celebrate Shabbat under the stars during our joyful, musical outdoor service.
✨ Fridays from July 11 – 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.
View Our Live Services
Join us for Shabbat services every Friday at 7:00 PM. While we hope you’ll join us in person to feel the warmth of our community, you’re always welcome to tune in live from wherever you are!
If the video or chat don’t load, you can watch the service directly on Vimeo and participate in the live chat.
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 is now open for our family trip to Israel with Cantor David and led by J2 Adventures. The trip will take place June 25 – July 5, 2026. Take advantage of the early bird special and save $150 per traveler by registering before October 5, 2025! Click hereto learn more or register. Questions? Please email Cantor David atdshukiar@adatelohim.com.
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
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!
Exciting news! Registration is now open for our family trip to Israel with Cantor David and led by J2 Adventures. The trip will take place June 25 – July 5, 2026. Take advantage of the early bird special and save $150 per traveler by registering by October 5, 2025! Click hereto learn more or register. Questions? Please email Cantor David atdshukiar@adatelohim.com.
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
“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.
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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.
“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)
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