YCFS is a spirited and child-centered Shabbat service for children (2nd grade and younger) and their families. It is led by Rabbi Allison Berlinger. YCFS is a wonderful opportunity for families to share in the religious school experience, socialize within our community and help our children discover their Jewish selves in a musical and entertaining service. YCFS is held throughout the year, either on Friday nights or Shabbat mornings.

Our next Young Children's Family Service will be in early September. All are welcome! For more information or to receive a full calendar of YCFS services, please call Alice Schoen at (203) 542-7165 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

High Holiday Melody Guide

Welcome to my new library of Congregational melodies for the High Holidays. Below is a list of several melodies from the different services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that help to create our prayer experience. For many of us, the sounds of these melodies are like the shofar call -- a yearly reminder that it is time to gather once again as a community and re-establish our relationship with God.

As your Cantor it is my hope that we can share this musical experience of the High Holidays by singing many of these beautiful melodies together as a congregation.  Your collective voices have the power to lift the spiritual nature of our services and make these High Holy Days memorable ones for our entire community.

Wishing you a New Year filled with Health, Happiness and Peace,
Cantor Asa

Erev Rosh Hashanah:                                       

                                                                        
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur:
Torah Service:

Prayers

Below you will find a list of prayers from each of our Shabbat services at Temple Sholom . Friday night services are split into two parts: Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat) and Maariv (evening prayer). Saturday services include Bircot HaShachar (morning blessings), Pseukei D’Zimrah (songs of praise), Shacharit (morning prayer), Torah service, and Musaf (additional Shabbat service). 
 
All recordings are accompanied by pages from our prayer book Siddur Hadash, so that you may see each prayer in its actual context. I hope this will guide you to a greater intimacy with these ancient texts of our tradition and will inspire you to add your voice to our Shabbat.

In the lists below, click the name of the prayer to open a PDF file. When you click "click here to listen", if your browser has an automatic audio player, the file (MP3's) will start to play immediately. Or, if you prefer, you can right click the file and download it ("Save As") to your computer.

The pages presented here, for use in learning the Friday night and Saturday morning liturgy, are reproduced from the prayer book used at Temple Sholom: SIDDUR HADASH (Edited by Greenberg and Levine) © the Prayer Book Press of Media Judaica. If you would like to purchase a full copy of this Siddur (prayer book) copies are available in the Temple Sholom Sisterhood gift shop

(phone 203-869-7191  ext. 117)
or directly from the publisher:

The Prayer Book Press of Media Judaica
1363 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605
203-384-2284

The Prayer Book Press of Media Judaica,
1363 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06605
203-384-2284

Friday Night Services

KABBALAT SHABBAT

MAARIV / EVENING SERVICE

Saturday Morning Services

BIRCOT HASHACHAR / MORNING BLESSINGS

PSEUKEI D'ZIMRAH / SONGS OF PRAISE

SHACHARIT

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