Welcoming Shabbat with a Liverpool Version of Shalom Aleichem

Last month the Friday evening service at Congregation Shir Shalom in Buffalo, New York welcomed Shabbat with traditional lyrics, and music by the Beatles.

Congregation Shir Shalom is a merged Reform and Reconstructionist synagogue, the first in the world. They are diverse, multigenerational and inclusive of traditional, non-traditional and interfaith couples.

The service included traditional parts of the Friday night service, set to familiar Beatles tunes. In the video below, the congregation sings Shalom Aleichem set to the Beatles song With the Help of My Friends.

If you don't remember the Beatles' original version, the video appears below, after Shalom Aleichem.

Enjoy and Shabbat shalom.

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Welcoming Shabbat with L'cha Dodi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles

Last year we started a new Friday tradition at Jewish Humor Central of posting a new version of L'cha Dodi, Shalom Aleichem, or Adon Olam to welcome Shabbat. Some of the melodies are new, some are familiar, and some are sung in places that you wouldn't expect. 

This week we didn't have to travel too far to find an energetic version of L'cha Dodi sung at Sinai Temple, the first Conservative congregation in Southern California. 

This version of L'cha Dodi, led by Cantor Marcus Friedman with music by Daniel Raijman, was taken from a live recording on Shabbat Shirah, Friday January 22nd 2016 at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.

Enjoy and Shabbat shalom!

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Rabbi Itche Kadoozy Learns How to Make a Perfect Yom Kippur Speech

As we head to our synagogues, shuls, and temples tomorrow night and Shabbat for Yom Kippur services, we will be a willing audience for sermons delivered by our rabbis, who have been preparing for weeks to deliver a meaningful spiritual message to their congregations.

In most synagogues, Yom Kippur brings out the largest audience of the year, and the rabbis do all they can to deliver their most powerful message.
 
The Itche Kadoozy Show, started in 2003 as a muppet-like series about Jewish holidays, has gone through a few revisions and relocations and has emerged as a series on a funny new Jewish web site called shmideo.com.

In this episode, the muppet characters, including one who is a talking slice of gefilte fish complete with carrot on top, teach Rabbi Itche Kadoozy the five rules for the perfect Yom Kippur speech. It's cute, funny, and most important, meaningful.

Enjoy!

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(A tip of the kippah to Jack Kustanowitz for bringing this video to our attention.)