Or Chadash is a Beit Kenesset

Or Chadash is a Beit Kenesset, a house of assembly, a Beit Tefillah, a house of worship, and a Beit Midrash, a house of learning. This Friday evening we are modifying our Shabbat Service to unify these three aspects of our

Or Chadash is a Beit Kenesset, a house of assembly, a Beit Tefillah, a house of worship, and a Beit Midrash, a house of learning. This Friday evening we are modifying our Shabbat Service to unify these three aspects of our Jewish community into a single event. Back by popular demand is our now famous Learners' Shabbat. Tonight, as we gather as a community, we will worship and read from the Torah, and we will learn about the Torah and the rituals surrounding the public reading of the scrolls on Shabbat.

Please join us for our first fun, informal, educational and prayerful Learners' Shabbat Torah Service. We are fortunate to be using a Torah recently acquired on long term loan from Temple Beth Mordecai in Perth Amboy (where Betsy Zalaznick grew up) and hearing Betsy read Torah at services for the first time.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Joseph M. Forman