Shabbat Shalom!
KI Community Kabbalat Shabbat (KICKS)
KICKS Events
Davening this week: services start at 6pm in the Chapel
Dec. 5 Home Hosted Dinner
Community Announcements:
Shabbat Neshama (January 2, February 13, March 13, April 24, June 12)
Weekly Shabbat Dinners
Davening this week: Join KICKS starting with Mincha 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 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.
Friday, Dec. 5 Home-Hosted Shabbat Dinner
Join members of the KICKS community on Friday evening 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 7:30pm. [KICKS will begin at 6pm with Minchah.
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, Dec. 2nd at 12pm. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Community Announcements:
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 November 7, January 2, 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/
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.