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Shabbat

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Shabbat Times

Times supplied by www.HebCal.com.  (Also see the weekly parsha)

Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Chodesh: Adar: February 23rd and 24th

HEA Sisterhood Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Shawn Fields-Meyer
Friday, February 24, 7:30 pm
Lecture and Oneg Shabbat. No charge.
>> Please RSVP to Naomi Kirshner or 303-758-9400 x213.

Kabbalat Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday evening) services are conducted each week at the times listed above under Kabbalat.

Neshama Minyan
Friday, February 24, 6pm – 8pm at the Goldberger Youth Center (Across the street from HEA): 3599 S Ivanhoe St., Denver, CO
Do you like attending Shabbat services and meeting new people in an intimate setting? Come join us for a lively Kabbalat Shabbat service that is to the melodies of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Neshama minyans are followed by a dairy potluck Shabbat dinner. The entree for the potluck is being provided by JConnect. Open to all, but to ensure adequate amounts of food for the main dish, and to find out what is needed for the potluck, please RVSP (see below).
>> To RVSP, please contact Josh Berman at jeberman02@gmail.com.
>> Contact Danielle Menditch to be put on the Neshama Minyan email list.

Shabbat Nashira - Let Us Sing
A new, soulful musical Shabbat service on select Friday evenings starting at 6:00pm
Will resume April 20, 2012. 2012 dates: April 20, May 4 (No Dinner), May 18, June 8 (No Dinner), June 29, August 17, September 7, October 19

Shabbat Morning
Services in the main sanctuary begin at 8:50 a.m.

Shabbat Musaf Teachings
Musaf Class - 11:30 am, HEA Library
Come Learn With Us!
>> See the Adult Education Page for more information

Shabbat Children's Programs
All youth programming is provided each week as an option to our members and our guests.  There is no charge and reservations are not required. 

  • Free Babysitting
    Provided each Shabbat morning for children ages infant to 5 years from 9:00 a.m. until the conclusion of services in Room 202.
  • The Tot Shabbat Parent-Child Service
    For our preschool-aged children and their parents begins immediately following the Rabbi's sermon, at approximately 11:30 a.m. in the babysitting room, Room 202.
  • Junior Congregation
    Our Junior Congregation programming familiarizes our students with the Shabbat community and Shabbat prayers. In Junior Congregation, students build a community which provides developmentally appropriate opportunities to act as prayer leaders and to create their own commentaries on Torah as they learn the relevance of the lessons of Torah in their daily lives.
    Junior Congregation is offered each Shabbat for pre-kindergarten (a minimum of 4 years of age by October 1 of the current school year and potty-trained) through 5th grade from 10:30am until services conclude, at approximately 12 noon.
    Beginning November 1, 2010 Junior Congregation will hold 3 separate classes each Shabbat:
    - Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old by October 1 of the current school year) through 1st Grade:
    In room 101/102 in the main building. Naomi Kirshner continues to lead. This class provides a small snack which may contain egg & dairy products. Parents must check their children in and out of this program.
    - 2nd-3rd Grades:
    At the Goldberger Youth Center. Bill Geller returns to lead this group. This class provides a small snack which may contain egg & dairy products.
    - 4th-5th Grades:
    At the Goldberger Youth Center. Sherry Grinsteiner continues to lead this group.
    - 6th Grade and Above:
    This age group is encouraged to attend and participate in services in the main Sanctuary as they prepare for Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
    Students transition forward beginning at Memorial Day weekend each spring. Transitions must be complete by Labor Day weekend each fall.

    >> For more information regarding Shabbat Youth Programming, contact Sharon Andersen, Assistant Education Director.

Shabbat Mincha/Ma'ariv
Shabbat afternoons are a special time at the HEA.  Mincha services start in the late afternoon (see above), followed by seudah sh'lisheet (or shalosh shudas) shared with friends and the community.  After some rousing z'mirot and benching of the birkat ha'mazon, the evening is concluded with the Ma'ariv service.

Yahrzeits
Join us at any of our services to recite Kaddish for a loved one.  Contact the office if you plan to attend a Torah service so you can be given an Aliyah in memory of your loved one.

Shacharit, Torah and Musaf services are conducted each Saturday morning starting at 8:50 a.m.  The Calendar lists whether there are any special events being celebrated each Shabbat.


Reference and Resource Materials
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See the HEA Shabbat and Torah Blessings

>> Also check our Events and Programming page for more information about holiday celebrations.