Shabbat Shalom!
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events
Davening this week: services start at 6pm in the Chapel
Community Announcements:
1, 2, Barchu! - For Aspiring Shabbat Ma'ariv Leaders
Shabbat Neshama(April 24, June 12)
Weekly Shabbat Dinners
Davening this week: Join KICKS starting at 6pm in the Chapel. We'll sing, share words of Torah, and prepare to welcome Shabbat together.
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 Larry Cohen in honor of Susan Worst and Gary Zaidenweber’s birthdays!
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.
Community Announcements:
1, 2, Barchu! - For Aspiring Shabbat Ma'ariv Leaders
Led by Ira Kirschner
April 6 for 5 weeks at 7:30PM
If you have ever attended Shabbat Maariv services on Friday nights and wondered if you can lead the service - this course is for you! Over five sessions we'll go over the Maariv service, break it down, and learn the meaning of the various prayers. We will then learn how to lead it with a traditional nusach and melodies (prayer chanting)!
At the end, our goal is that all participants will schedule themselves to lead Shabbat Maariv at KI in the coming year. The course will also feature one-on-one work with the teacher, and group work on building confidence in leading the community in prayer. We will conclude this course with a Siyum (completion celebration) and workshop with Ariel Wyner, our Director of Musical Engagement. Cap of 20 people, no charge!
Please note that there's no class on May 4 and that it is intended for those who can already sing a prayer in Hebrew and read Hebrew well enough to use the siddur independently.
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.
Shabbat Neshama
Join us in the Social Hall on February 13, March 13, April 24, June 12 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. Please be sure to sign up for dinner 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/
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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.