Mission Statement
At Congregation Tehillah, we search for meaningful and just expressions of our Judaism in today's world. We invite you to come as you are, bringing your unique story. We are a Jewish community where music, learning and spirituality come together. We are committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability, and economic status.
Shabbat Online
Click on the following links to participate:
Online Service
Siddur
3/28 Zooming to Pesach
There will be a community-wide event at 8:45 PM saying Farewell to Shabbat/Melave Malka (bidding farewell to the Sabbath Queen) followed by insights on the seder from Riverdale community leaders from HIR, RJC, TRM, Kehillah, YIOZ, CSAIR, Riverdale Temple, Chabad, and Congregation Tehillah. Rabbi Linda will be teaching, and she would like us to join her. She wants to see some friendly faces!
Coping with Covid-19
Hebrew School
מַה טּוֹבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
Hebrew School Registration is now open:
Worship
Join us ONLINE every Friday evening and for Kabbalat Shabbat to sing, pray and enjoy each other's company.
Check the calendar for innovative morning Shabbat services: Tot Shabbat for families with young children, meditative walk and learning service.
Tikkun Olam
TEHILLAH IN THE WORLD is our commitment to social action through:
Bend the Arc
Circle of Support
Interfaith Connections
Riverdale Jewish Unity
Working closely with refugees.
Mitzvah of the Week
This week is HIAS Refugee Shabbat. We invite you to watch and listen to the conversation Rabbi Linda had with the three women who went to the Mexican border with Marti Michael -- Leah Ferster, Carol Gross, and Arleen Stern. It is an important conversation about what is best about human beings -- something we need to hear at this moment. The conversation is a potent reminder about the goodness of people who are coping with the worst possible situation. May we understand them to be the true exemplars they are.
Click HERE to view/listen to our HIAS Shabbat Program
Message from our friend Marti Michael, who led the trip.
Per Marti: "We have started a new fund because Team Brownsville has asked volunteers coming from across the U.S. by plane not to come. Though World Central Kitchen has stepped up and is now driving food across the border in a truck (food we volunteers used to transport in wagons by hand), Team Brownsville, now with far fewer volunteers, is left to purchase and transport other supplies: clothing, hygiene products (we just funded and send soap to help with the now more necessary constant hand washing), OTC medicine, books and supplies for the school. Etc., etc. It’s yet another step into insurmountable crisis, but we must help, from afar.
"Help us help them! Here’s the link to my GoFundMe
Thank you!
"How much does a bar of soap cost? They are a population that will be decimated without proper supplies. Every little bit helps."
Social Media
In this episode of Tehillah Talks (You Too Must Befriend the Stranger), we have a conversation with an immigrant about her experiences coming to and growing up in America and becoming Jewish.
- Coming to America
- Hiding who you are
- Assimilation
- Choosing to be Jewish
Now available on Apple Podcasts
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Wash Your Hands
(Thank you Shakespeare)
Rabbi's Message
Parashat Vayikra
Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26
The reality that yesterday began the month of Nisan strikes an interesting counterpoint to the way many of us have been feeling -- namely, out of control. There is a minority opinion in the Talmud that the world was created on the 1st of Nisan. They believed this day is the time when the sun, moon, and seasons were created and time itself came into being.