Shabbat Service Times
Friday evening services are held twice a month:
First Fridays - Vegetarian Potluck Dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by Family Service at 6:30 p.m.
Third Fridays - Community Service at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday morning services are held each week at 9:30 a.m.
The first Shabbat morning service of each month is designated as a "Learner's Service" with extra explanations of the structure and meaning of the service and questions and answers with the rabbi.
Kiddush and Torah Study follows services on Shabbat mornings at 11:00 a.m.
All services are held in the Ada and Paul Paresky Sanctuary at CBI’s Lois Street Synagogue.
For dates and times of upcoming services, including holidays, check our Events page.
What to Expect at Our Services
Many people who attend Jewish services, especially first-timers and non-Jews, want to know what to expect. Worship at CBI is informal, song-filled and participatory. Most of our music invites group singing and we provide rhythm instruments - maracas, tambourines and bells - to help you join in the celebration. It doesn't matter if you don't know Hebrew or if you don't know the words - we invite you to hum, tap and clap along!
About half of our prayer is in Hebrew, the ancient language of Jewish faith and worship. Our prayer books include complete English translations and transliterations to allow all to participate meaningfully.
Both men and women, Jews and non-Jews, are encouraged to wear a kippah (yarmulke) during worship, but it is not required. Jewish men and women above the age of bar/bat mitzvah are encouraged to wear a tallit (prayer shawl) during morning services, but it is not required. Wearing the tallit is not appropriate for non-Jews. Kippot and tallitot are available at the synagogue.
Attire at CBI is informal. We are a "country" synagogue where many people wear their neat weekend clothes to services. On special occasions, such as the High Holidays or at the celebration of a bar or bat mitzvah, people do dress a bit more formally - jackets are appropriate for men; dresses, skirts or pants suits for women.
We respectfully request that clothing be appropriately modest. If you're attending a bar or bat mitzvah celebration, dress for the service, not for the party that follows.
The following Shabbat information is supplied by the Union for Reform Judaism:
