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The Bar/Bat Mitzvah can choose to lead either the Reform, Conservative, or Jerusalem Shabbat service. The minhagim (community customs), nusachim (order of the prayers and musical melodies), length, amount of Hebrew, and other important differences distinguish these three Saturday morning worship options, as well as special considerations for our Zoom Reform and Zhabbat (Conservative) services. B'nai Mitzvah and their families are encouraged to sample them all!

Shabbat Saturday Morning Services

	Page	numbers
	Mishkan T'filah (blue)	Siddur Lev Shalem (red)
Blessing for Putting on the Tallit This blessing is said while holding the tallit (prayer shawl) before wrapping oneself in it and draping it around their shoulders. The tzitzit (fringes along the bottom) serve to remind us of the Torah's mitzvot and the ideal of holiness as explained in the book of Numbers.	86	102

Morning Blessings ((ברכות השחר Each of these 14 blessings evoke wonder and appreciation for the daily miracles in our lives.	94-98	103-104*

Eilu d'varim "These are the things...of which a person enjoys the fruit of the world...Bu the study of Torah encompasses them all."	102	*

Ashrei (Psalm 145) A joyous song of praise, written in alphabetical acrostic.	111-112	136*

Chatzi Kaddish This "partial" Kaddish calls us to praise the name of G-d.	120	148*

Yotzer	124	150


V'ahavta		130	155


Amidah (Avot, G'vurot)		140, 142	159-160

Concluding Prayers/Musaf

	Page	numbers
	Mishkan T'filah (blue)	Siddur Lev Shalem (red)
Ashrei	**	181-182

Mizmor L'David	**	183

Kaddish Shalem (Mourner's Kaddish)		189

V'shamru (Kiddush for Shabbat Morning)		191

* NOTE: For Conservative Saturday morning services, the פסוק' דזמרא (P'sukei D'zimra) portion is not led by a Bar/Bat Mitzvah; this section ends with the Chatzi Kaddish. Conservative B'nai Mitzvah may include Shacharit with permission from Rabbi K'vod, and recordings of these prayers and blessings is available upon request

Tue, April 23 2024
15 Nisan 5784