This amazing student led service, directed by Shira Taylor-Gura and teen volunteers, is designed for our youth to get practice in leading and participating in a Shabbat morning service. Children have the opportunity to read Torah, deliver a D’var Torah, a short explanation of the Torah reading, and pray in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Everyone who attends Junior Congregation can volunteer at any time during the service. Each week a different grade is featured, and it is on those shabbatot that we ask for those in the class to step up and help lead the bulk of the service. If you are interested in reading Torah, please contact the office and someone can assist you.

Message from the Klay Kodesh:
A Holy Time in a Holy Place

Our goal as Jews is to make all time holy. Still, in our busy lives, we have precious little time to pause and reflect on the gifts that are ours, what matters most in our lives, and how we can move a bit further on the path of becoming the person Gd wants us to be.  That’s why we, Jews of all ages, need synagogue services with personal prayer time, so very much.

Beth El Youth Services offer the unique opportunity for family prayer and study. Synagogue is to Judaism what home is to family. Here we can experience together genuine intimacy, a respite from the turmoil of daily lives, and a calming feeling of belonging.

Youth Services, however, are more than self-serving. They remind us, adults and children of our interdependency, of our mutual obligation to our Jewish community.

How do we know that our prayers are answered? As one Talmudic sage put it, “He or she who rises from prayer feeling like a better Jew, a better human being, a nicer person; that person’s prayers have been answered”.

So enjoy this unique growth opportunity, for yourself, for your family, and for our community.  Insights gained here will change the course of your life; memories made here will last a lifetime, priorities set today will influence generations to come.

We are delighted that you have chosen to spend this precious time with us.

The Ten Commandments of Beth El Youth Services

1. Be kind and respectful, act with Kavanah (intention)
2. Listen and Participate
3. Concentrate
4. Ask good questions
5. Dress appropriately
6. Sign In- It’s your responsibility
7. Please, no gum chewing
8. Please, no cell phones
9. Bring Your Friends

Have Fun!!

Why should you join us at services?

• Fun with Friends
• Learn new things about services
• Show your stuff to your family and friends
• Be eligible for one of the prestigious service awards given out at the end of the year

In order to get credit for coming to services please mark yourself in our Junior Congregation and Little Minyan books. If you or your child does not mark yourself in, we cannot count those services toward your total.

Contact Information
For other questions about Youth services at Beth El Please Contact : Director of Community Life
Ronit Boyd
856-675-1166 ext.130   or e mail   rboyd@bethelsnj.org

Schedule of Junior Services 2008–2009   5769  Not Available

Junior Congregation Schedule
Shira Taylor Gura and Dana Rubinstein, Coordinators