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[HANASHIR:8901] Re: Kabbalat Shabbat

Is your early service every week? Or only certain weeks. At Kol Ami, we recently started an earlier Kabbalat, as well, but it is not every week. If I can get there in time, I'll come tonight.

>From: Prezbimbam (at) aol(dot)com
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: [HANASHIR:8889] Re: Kabbalat Shabbat
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:15:39 EDT
>
>I am the "songleading" (guitar) part of a new Kabbalat Shabbat Service on
>Fridays from 6-6:45 p.m. at Temple Beth Torah in Wellington (Reform). We are
>"experimenting" through May and I was wondering if anyone else was involved
>in this type of Service. Since there is no "history" to the music "that's
>been included forever," I'm also experimenting with mostly "newer" music from
>Craig Taubman - Rom'mu, L'cha Dodi, Debbie Friedman - World of Your Dreams -
>going with the idea that everyone is singing it to each other as a way of
>blessing each other instead of a formal final benediction, Doug Cotler (Bayom
>Hahu), Haporeis S. Shalom (Jeff & Danny - not new, but a new song for peace
>that not everyone knows and is beautiful), etc. We've averaged from 20-40
>congregants in the first 3 weeks and we've very pleased with the turnout and
>response. Is anyone else involved in this type of Service? Any suggestions?
>We are also trying to tie in a short song with the short weekly drash. I've
>been preparing song sheets each week as well and last week added some "song
>leading" techniques to draw some more voices out and it was great. If anyone
>lives in the area, we're definitely continuing through May and then the
>committee will decide from there - re: summer, etc. We'd welcome any
>suggestions!
>Meredith Hirschberg
>Wellington, FL

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