Shabbat Shalom! Mincha is at 4:10 and Kabbalat Shabbat starts at 5:30pm on the 3rd floor this week
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events
Davening this week: Kabbalat Shabbat starts at 5:30pm on the 3rd Floor Mishkan Tefila Sanctuary with Artist in Residence Eitan Kantor
January 17th Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinner
Community Announcements:
Mazal Tov to Elizabeth Perten and Brahm Yachnin on the birth of their child!
Uplifting Our Davening Through Music
Weekly Shabbat Dinners
Davening this week: Join KICKS starting with Kabbalat Shabbat at 5:30pm in the 3rd floor Mishkan Tefila Sanctuary.
Mincha this week starts at 4:10 to conclude the fast day, followed by learning with Rabbi Hamilton.
Starting at 5:30pm, KI’s first Artist in Residency, Eitan Kantor will be leading Kabbalat Shabbat! He is a musician, educator and composer based in Denver, and the Music Director of the Hebrew Educational Alliance. You can learn more about Eitan and listen to some of his music here.
IN PERSON: In the Rabb Chapel at 384 Harvard St. Brookline, MA
ZOOM: Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Here
Kiddush this week is sponsored by the KICKS Kiddush Fund, so thanks to all who have donated! If you'd like to sponsor kiddush in someone’s honor, please email us or to make a donation to the Kiddush fund, please send a check to KI with a note in the memo line that specifies KICKS Kiddush Fund. Thanks!
Visit our website or past Divrei Torah given at KICKS.
January 17th Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinner
Join members of the KICKS community on Friday evening, Jan. 17, for a home-hosted Shabbat dinner. We're excited for this chance to get to know each other outside of KI! Dinners will follow KICKS services and start around 7:00/7:15pm. [KICKS will begin at 5:30pm.]
If you would like to sign up to host, please do so here.
If you would like to sign up as a guest, please do so here.
The deadline to sign up for this dinner is Tuesday, January 14 at 12 noon. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Community Announcements:
Mazal Tov to Elizabeth Perten and Brahm Yachnin on the birth of their child!
Mazal Tov to KICKS leadership team member Elizabeth and Brahm on the birth of their child!! If you would like to bring them a meal, please email kikabbal...@gmail.com for the meal train info.
Uplifting Our Davening Through Music - A 3-Part Series Led by Ariel Wyner
Thursday, December 19, 2024 ⋅ 7:30 – 9:30PM
Thursday, January 16, 2025 ⋅ 7:30 – 9:30PM
Thursday, February 20, 2025 ⋅ 7:30 – 9:30PM
Calling all daveners, and both aspiring and active shlichei tzibbur! Join Ariel Wyner, our Director of Spiritual Engagement, in the Chapel for a 3 part mini-series on strengthening our davening leadership skills, being more in tune with the kahal (community), and embracing new melodies. Learn more about each session and register>>
Weekly Shabbat Dinners
KI warmly invites you for Shabbat dinner every Friday evening! Dinner includes wine, juice, challah, and catered meal including fleishig (meat) entrée, vegetarian entrée, sides, seltzers, and dessert. Walk-ins are welcome but registration is strongly requested in order for KI to prepare accordingly. Come be with existing friends and meet new ones as we launch this important community program! Suggested donation $18 per person. Please RSVP Here.
View this week's full schedule of online davening, learning, and community building at KI.
Looking forward to sharing Shabbat with you,
The KICKS Leadership Team:
Stephanie Berkowitz
Gabrielle Gareau
Ira Kirschner
Deb Laufer
Elizabeth Perten
Aron Unger
Please email us with questions, comments, feedback, and to sign up for the listserv: KIKabbal...@gmail.com
Congregation Kehillath Israel
Website: https://kicks.community/
Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/328611620204/
KICKS is a warm community of spiritually engaged Jews that strives to create soulful, energetic Friday night t'filah and nourishing, inclusive communal activities. We cultivate a traditional-egalitarian davening atmosphere that is committed to powerful prayer experience, within the broader communal fabric of Jewish learning and socializing in Brookline and Boston. We welcome new faces and seasoned ones; people of all ages, backgrounds, genders, and orientations; and encourage everyone to join us in taking responsibility for the group experience.