 Worship & Holidays
Below is a comprehensive list all upcoming Temple worship and holiday services. For more information on the Jewish holidays, click here. To see all Temple events and services, click here, or you may consult the Temple Calendar.
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September 2010
Calling all 7th-12th Graders…Start the New Year off with a BANG!
Come together with your friends in a unique High Holy Day Worship experience designed especially for you! Join Rabbi Locketz in the Beit HaT’fila at 11:45 (this service will coincide with the 2nd service in the main sanctuary) on both Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur for a prayer extravaganza that will welcome in the year 5771 with style!
Questions? Want to volunteer to be a student service leader? Want to know why you should make this a part of your High Holy Day schedule? Contact Rabbi Locketz to get the service parts and/or answers you need by emailing jlocketz@templeemanuelpgh.org or calling 412.279.7600.
Calling all 7th-12th Graders…Start the New Year off with a BANG!
Come together with your friends in a unique High Holy Day Worship experience designed especially for you! Join Rabbi Locketz in the Beit HaT’fila at 11:45 (this service will coincide with the 2nd service in the main sanctuary) on both Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur for a prayer extravaganza that will welcome in the year 5771 with style!
Questions? Want to volunteer to be a student service leader? Want to know why you should make this a part of your High Holy Day schedule? Contact Rabbi Locketz to get the service parts and/or answers you need by emailing jlocketz@templeemanuelpgh.org or calling 412.279.7600.
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These happy young people practice spinning their graeggers prior to the Megillah reading and Purim shpiel.
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For the second year, we will be having Temple Emanuel’s Sukkah Hop Oct. 19. If you are interested in receiving a Sukkah this year, please contact the office @ 412.279.7600 ASAP.
On recommendation of the Worship Committee and our Rabbis, Temple Emanuel Board of Trustees has authorized the purchase of 500 Mishkan T’filah Shabbat Prayer Books.
Here is a summary of High Holy Days services. Details are available in the calendar items posted on the Temple Web site.
A second Chevre Kadisha ("Holy Society" involved in Jewish burial practices) has been formed in Pittsburgh and we are in need of volunteers.
There are a myriad of worship activities at Temple, truly something to suit everyone and anyone: a variety of erev Shabbat services (Family, Kol Emanuel, Kabbalat and now a new Temple band), Torah study and Shabbat morning services, Havdalah at the Mahlers’, Torah for Tots, Tu B’Shevat this month.
A second Temple Emanuel Shabbat band, the Mahler Family Band, debuted at our Feb. 23 Shabbat service.
Copies of the Rabbis' sermons are available in the Temple office.
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The Worship Committee offers a menu of Shabbat worship services that it hopes will satisfy each congregant’s taste, including a family service, a Kol Emanuel service featuring Temple's own band performing contemporary Jewish music, and a service featuring the new Mahler Family Band.
The congregation is invited to attend Temple Emanuel's "Shabbat La Mispacha" (Shabbat for the Family) dinners. They are held at 6:30 p.m. on the first Friday night of each month during the school year, followed by the Family Shabbat Service at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
If you need transportation or if you can offer a ride to Shabbat services or Temple activities, contact Claire Gerhardt at (412) 279-5093.
Temple Emanuel is looking for capable babysitters to help out during Shabbat evening services. Interested teenagers will be paid $10 per service and are asked to commit to one Shabbat per month. Call Lori Blattner in the Temple office at (412) 279-7600 for more information.
Contact the Temple office at 412-279-7600 by 3 p.m. prior to Friday Shabbat services to arrange to listen to the services at home.
Please help continue the tradition of the Oneg Shabbat following all Friday evening services.
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Click here for news and information about the Temple Worship Committee, including monthly articles written by committee members.
The Worship Committee wants to know if Temple's worship services fulfill your spiritual needs. Please call or e-mail Rabbi Mahler at (412) 279-7600 or ravmayim@aol.com, or committee Chairman Howard Louik at (412) 343-3766 or hlouik@earthlink.net with your comments.
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Click here or go to our HOLIDAYS page for news & information about Jewish holidays, including a listing of Temple holiday-related events and a calendar of all Jewish holidays.
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Temple Emanuel requests that cell phones and pagers be turned off in the Sanctuary and the Beit HaT'fila. In addition, photography is not permitted during worship services. Babysitting is available at all Friday night Shabbat services. Click here to learn more about the various Shabbat services offered here at Temple. Large-print prayerbooks and a braille prayerbook are available in the Sanctuary. Click here to learn more about Temple Emanuel's two prayer spaces, the Sanctuary and the Beit HaT'fila. The Beit HaT'fila was built in 2002 as part of Temple's extensive expansion project.
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Rabbi Mark Mahler strums his guitar prior to a Simchat Torah service.
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A younger Temple member lights the Chanukah candles at the start of a Temple Chanukah party.
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Neal Berntsen, one of Temple's shofar blowers, sounds the notes that are played around the world on Rosh HaShana.
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