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A Weekend of Music & Reflection at Beth El Synagogue Center
On Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, 16, Beth El will host two full days of singing and prayer with special guests.
Beth El Synagogue Center at 1324 North Ave. in New Rochelle will hold a weekend of soulful music and prayer beginning on Friday, Sept. 15 at 6:15 p.m. with services led by Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Mechon Hadar's Center for Jewish Communal Music, and Deborah Sacks Mintz, a Singing Communities Consultant of Mechon Hadar's Rising Song Institute. Specifically, this will be an unforgettable evening of Nigun (soulful songs), Infused Shabbat Preparation co-lead by Joey and Deborah and Kabbalat Shabbat co-lead by Joey and Deborah at 6:45 p.m. At 8 p.m., Shabbat Dinner will be served.(Cost: $18/adult; $10/child 3-13, ages 2 and under free. Please register by Sunday, Sept. 10 here.
At 9 p.m., join us for Transformation of a Nigun based on Joey's extensive experience with Nigunim (wordless melodies), nusah, (prayer chant) and other musical styles. Joey and Deborah will teach how to explore the soul of any melody.
Saturday's program begins at 9 a.m with Joey and Deborah leading morning services infused with moving song and prayer. Joey will give the D'var Torah. Following Kiddush, the pair will lead a "Building Singing Communities" session where they will discuss strategies for bringing people together to make music a lasting and joy-filled force in shul and Jewish life. We will sing, discuss, and have time for Q&A. That evening, the weekend culminates Saturday evening at 8:15 p.m. for a nosh. Join Joey, Deborah, and special guests from the Hadar Ensemble for a deeply meaningful concert/kumzitz at 8:45 p.m. with a Musical Selichot service to follow. For more information, contact Abby Wise at awise@bethelnr.org.
