מנין לחול

Minyan (מנין) is a hebrew word which implies a quorum of 10 people which is required to hold a complete prayer service including specific prayers such the Kaddish, the Kedusah during the Amidah, public Torah reading, and others.

We are a fully egalitarian synagogue which counts Jewish men and women who are above b’nai mitzvah age (13 for boys, and 12 for girls). Talit and tefillin are worn during these minyanim. As a fully egalitarian synagogue, we encourage both men and women to wear these timeless prayer garments.

We currently do not hold a daily morning (Shacharit) and evening (Maariv) minyan, but we meet for weekday minyan twice a month.

1. Rosh Chodesh – this minyan meets every Rosh Chodesh where we sing Hallel (the service of Thanksgiving), read Torah, and pray as a community. This is a more traditional service.

2. מנין חוויה (Minyan Chavaya)* – The Experiential Minyan. This minyan meets the second Wednesday of every month led by Rabbi Baum. This minyan is a not a traditional minyan, although most aspects of a regular minyan are present. Our Experiential Minyan allows our participants to explore various parts of the service that they normally could not do during a regular morning minyan through meditation, discussion, and various other ways.

Our minyanim begin at 7:45 am. Please look at our calendar for dates.
*our Experiential Minyan will resume on October 13th, 2010