Shabbat Shalom! - Shabbat Neshama tonight in CMT sanctuary
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events
Davening this week: services start at 6pm in the Chapel
Pride Shabbat: June 19th
KICKS PIcnic: July 10th
Community Announcements:
Shabbat Neshama
Davening this week: Join KICKS starting with mincha at 6pm in the 3rd Floor CMT Sanctuary. We'll sing, share words of Torah, and prepare to welcome Shabbat together.
Visit our website or past Divrei Torah given at KICKS.
Pride Shabbat
Friday, June 19: Services start at 6pm and kiddush at 7:15pm
KICKS invites you to celebrate love, inclusion, and community at our Pride Shabbat Services! Join us for an evening honoring LGBTQ+ individuals, families, friends, and allies with song, reflection, and togetherness. All are welcome —come as you are to share in the spirit of unity and belonging. We hope you come and stay for kiddush afterwards!
KICKS Shabbat Picnic: Friday, July 10, 7:15PM
Join us for a Shabbat dinner picnic on Friday, July 10 after KICKS! Please bring your own pareve/dairy meal and something to share. We plan to eat outside, weather-permitting, starting around 7:15PM. Even if you are not able to join us for KICKS in-person that evening, please feel free to join us just for Shabbat dinner. We look forward to enjoying your company! RSVP HERE so we know how many chairs to set up.
Community Announcements:
Shabbat Neshama
Join us in the CMT sanctuary with the entire 384 Harvard Street campus for Shabbat Neshama, a new initiative focused on song, connecting to our roots, and heartfelt prayer across all generations. The name, meaning “Shabbat of the Soul,” comes from the Talmudic tradition of neshama yeiteira, which teaches that we gain a second, elevated soul when we welcome Shabbat. Join us for a heightened, soulful Shabbat experience, coming together in song and prayer with full body and spirit.
5:15PM: Kid-friendly appetizers & small bites
6:00PM: Kabbalat Shabbat followed by community Kiddush and dinner.
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.