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Participating in our Services

We'd love you to participate in our services:

  • Be an Usher.  Download a copy of the Usher Guide here.
  • Be a Gabbai.  This requires a bit of Hebrew fluency.  Download a copy of the Gabbai instructions here.
  • Read Torah.  We'd love for you to take an aliyah as often as you wish.  You may sign up on our Torah reading schedule, which can be found online here.
  • Lead services.  We'd love to hear you doven!  Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  to be put on the schedule.
  • Come regularly.  Our services are traditional, with a great deal of chanting and singing in Hebrew.  We want you to be comfortable and participate.  To that end, we have published a Guide to our services, called “Tefillah Tidbits,“ available online here, or available in a downloadable Booklet here or a  Fullsize version here.

We have also produced a three CD set, entitled Shabbat@Ahavas Israel, containing the entire Friday night and Shabbat morning services, along with the complete Shabbat home ritual.  Each CD (or individual tracks) is available from the Amazon Music store.

Comprehensive and instructive...this beautiful CD set will enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of Shabbat from Kabbalat Shabbat, Ma'ariv and the home Shabbat prayers through the entire Shabbat morning service.

As you listen to Cantor Stuart Rapaport, follow along in your Siddur Sim Shalom or read the booklet notes on the Shabbat prayers. PDF files of the CD booklets can be downloaded using the following links: Volume #1 and #2 Booklet and Volume #3 Booklet.

Volume 1 - Shaharit for Shabbat

Birkhot Hashahar (Morning Blessings)
Pesukei D'Zimra (Verses of Praise)
Shaharit service
Shema and its blessings
Amidah
Volume One is available here

 

Volume 2 - Torah Service/Musaf for Shabbat

Torah Service
Musaf Service
Conclusion to the Shabbat Morning Service
Volume Two is available here

 

Volume 3 - Friday evening and Home Shabbat prayers

Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming of Shabbat)
Ma'ariv - Shabbat evening service
Home Shabbat prayers
-Candle blessings
-Shalom Aleikhem
-Children's blessings
-Kiddush for Shabbat evening
-Netilat Yadayim/Hamotzi
-Birkat Hamazon (Grace after meals)
-Kiddush for Shabbat lunch
-Havdalah
Volume Three is available here

 

Sample tracks from Shabbat @ Ahavas Israel:
  • El Adon - Volume 1 Track 16:  Download 
  • Amidah (beginning) - Volume 1 Track 26:  Download 
  • Shalom Aleikhem - Volume 3 Track 27:  Download