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Please note: Shabbat services will continue to be livestreamed from the Main Sanctuary for all to enjoy AND a limited number of congregants and guests will be able to attend in person. Please use your best judgement when considering your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Congregants are encouraged to participate from home, and yet, our doors will be open on Shabbat. Vaccinations, masks, and distancing will be required for anyone who chooses to attend in person. Please be sure to fill out our Self-Assessment (pre-screening) Form before entering the building.

What to Bring at the Door (short version)

3 items are required for entry
- A big green checkmark (phone or paper) as a result of filling out the COVID Screening form properly
- Proof of vaccine (phone or paper)
- Identification with your birth date
- Mask that properly covers your nose, mouth, and chin is MANDATORY at all times for everyone 2 years old and up

Siddur pages for our services can be found below under Siddur Pirchei Kodesh.

Daily Services

Weekday & Sunday morning (Shacharit) Services will be multi-access (“hybrid”) with in-person worship in the Herman Chapel as well as the option to join online via Zoom. Evening Mincha/Ma’ariv Services will remain online.

Service Times

Our Shacharit Service (both in-person in the Herman Chapel and on Zoom) is held daily at 7:30 am (9:00 am on Sundays and statutory holidays)
Our Mincha/Ma’ariv Service (only on Zoom) is held Monday through Thursday at 6:00 pm

Join our Daily Services

Weekday Morning Shacharit Service:
https://zoom.us/j/93902401402?pwd=dGlOR2dEcGs1RVc0OVFwdkFtOVo5UT09
Password: 667580
Weekday Evening Mincha/Ma’ariv Service:
https://zoom.us/j/96751003961?pwd=THNVdHdxTG4zVk02eFRiemxQSG92dz09
Password: 193785

Yahrzeit and Mi Shebeirach Daily Lists

Below you will find the names of those we are remembering for Yahrzeit and for Shloshim. Please note, the lists are updated every Monday. If there is a name you wish to have added to the list, please email [email protected]

At this time we think of those who are in need of healing of body, mind, and soul please find the names below. If there is a name you would like to have added to the Mi Shebeirach list, email JoAnne Bieman at [email protected]

Daily Yahrzeit List (current week) Daily Yahrzeit List (upcoming week) Daily Mi Sheberach List

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh, just the sixth siddur in the 150 plus years of Holy Blossom’s history, is the only prayerbook we ourselves have produced.

Infused with the ethos of the tradition and of Peoplehood, this book is most responsive to the contemporary moment. There are few siddurim in the liberal Jewish world to match Siddur Pirchei Kodesh for its fullness, its elegance, its Jewishness. This is a siddur to cherish both while praying in our synagogue and while reciting blessings at home. It can be read as a history; it can be studied as a way into Judaism and Jewish prayer; it is an important face of our congregation. The siddur is to be celebrated.

If you are interested in purchasing a siddur, please complete the order form.

Please find the Holy Blossom Temple Siddur Pirchei Kodesh Service pages for download below.

Mincha Service (weekdays) Ma’ariv Service (weekdays) Morning Service (weekdays) Erev Festival Service Pages Festival Morning Service Pages Festival Evening Service Pages Special Days Service Pages HBT Shiva Prayer Book

Shabbat

Click here to join our Shabbat Services online

Click here if you are planning to join us in person, you will need to fill out a pre-registration form!

Kabbalat Shabbat

Fridays at 6:00 pm in the Mishkan on the second floor

Our Temple welcomes Shabbat with a warm, communal worship experience. This simple, engaging service is filled with congregational participation and community spirit. An informal service, Kabbalat Shabbat has become an important part of the week for many of our congregants.

Family and Tot Shabbat

Fridays, (various dates), 5:30 pm

From tots to teens, everyone is included and has a role in our family Friday night Services. The music of Shabbat enhances the feeling of community as we welcome Shabbat with our families. Click here for more information, dates, and registration!

Shabbat Morning

Saturdays, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Usually held in our beautiful sanctuary, our Shabbat morning service is the centrepiece of our week. The voices of our Cantors and Temple Singers lead our prayers in celebration of Shabbat.
The teachings of our Rabbis explore Jewish ideas and Jewish ideals.
The life cycle occasions of our congregants – Baby naming, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Aufruf, Special anniversaries, Significant Birthday, acknowledging recovery, accomplishment or loss – bring our congregation together in sacred community to share in each others’ joy and sorrow.

Family Service

Saturdays (various dates), 11:00 am

Join us as we delight in the music and song of David Gershon, the beauty of our Shabbat blessings and prayers, the remarkably enduring lessons of Torah and the joyous celebration of our Temple community among our young…and younger!
Family Service will be held, with some exceptions, every two weeks. It will alternate with Friday evening’s Tot Shabbat Service.
Learn more & join us here: https://holyblossom.org/event/family-service/all/

Shabbat at the Barns

Saturdays (various dates), 9:30 am

Shabbat at the Barns is held 4-5 times throughout the year with the Leo Baeck Day School.
Join us for a welcoming Tot Shabbat-style service, open to the public, in the theatre near the playground at 9:30 am
Please contact Neomi Offman for more information: [email protected]

Music of Worship

Music is a language with the ability to permeate our outer shells and nourish our souls on a profound level. Holy Blossom is a place where music has always been an integral component for our congregation and defining what it stands for. It has developed our Jewish identities and connected us with the local community and the world at large.

Whether you experience music through our dynamic and engaging worship or you enjoy the sounds of our renowned concerts and musical events, Holy Blossom is the place to experience, create and feel music through a vast range of participation.

As part of your musical experience at Holy Blossom, there are opportunities for you to engage on multiple levels – and platforms. Whether you decide to join our Temple Singers, take part in one of our hilarious Purim Spiels, attend a tot Shabbat with a child or grandchild, are delighted/moved by the musicality of a world-class artist, or celebrate through worship and life-cycle events, music at Holy Blossom transcends the generations and elevates us in very meaningful ways.

Our Senior Cantor and Music Director, David Rosen, joined Holy Blossom in 2020 and carries on the legacy of our former cantors – including Cantor Emeritus Benjamin Maissner – with enthusiasm, a depth of musical knowledge and a wide range of experience. Under his dynamic leadership and guidance, Holy Blossom proudly embraces music as a vehicle for connection, engagement, and spirituality.

Click here to enjoy our Music of Worship at Holy Blossom

Sermons

Clergy Profiles, Sermons

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Saturday, May 14, 2022 https://youtu.be/Z0ue1KTBpiw

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Friday, March 13, 2022 https://youtu.be/hXETO6RAIOQ

Sermons

Shabbat Morning Service Sermon in Song: Cantor Benjie Schiller

Shabbat Shira Take 2: Saturday, April 30, 2022 https://youtu.be/3SoEFooce-I

From our Clergy, Sermons

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Shabbat Shira Take 2: Friday, April 29, 2020 https://youtu.be/O9KV1YXRlLo

Holy Days and Festivals

Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim (Hebrew: ימים טובים‎, lit. ‘Good Days’, or singular יום טוב Yom Tov, in transliterated Hebrew [English: /ˈjɔːm ˈtɔːv, joʊm ˈtoʊv/]), are holidays observed in Judaism and by Jews throughout the Hebrew calendar. They include religious, cultural and national elements, derived from three sources: biblical mitzvot (“commandments”); rabbinic mandates; Jewish history and the history of the State of Israel.

Jewish holidays occur on the same dates every year in the Hebrew calendar, but the dates vary in the Gregorian. This is because the Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar (based on the cycles of both the sun and moon), whereas the Gregorian is a solar calendar.

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar marked by the appearance of the new moon.

Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. Throughout the years it has had different interpretations from Rashi to Rabbi Eliezer but the sages agreed in recognizing this holiday (minor) as a Women’s Holiday. Currently, women have reclaimed this holiday by expressing their own spirituality.

Women of Holy Blossom invite you to join our Rosh Chodesh Shaharit services at 7:30am (Sundays 09:00am). Please note the following Rosh Chodesh dates for the upcoming year.

Tishrei	Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Heshvan	Thursday, October 7, 2021
Kislev	Friday, November 5, 2021
Tevet	Sunday, December 5, 2021
Shvat	Monday, January 3, 2022
Adar 1	Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Adar 2	Friday, March 4, 2022
Nisan	Shabbat, April 1, 2022
Iyar	Monday, May 2, 2022
Sivan	Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Tammuz	Thursday, June 30, 2022
Av	Friday, July 29, 2022 *

* Sunday services begin at 09:00am

1950 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5P 3K9
(416) 789-3291
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Founded in 1856, Holy Blossom Temple is Toronto’s first synagogue with a rich history of tradition and modernity in our religious and spiritual expression.

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Daily Services

Service Times

Join our Daily Services

Yahrzeit and Mi Shebeirach Daily Lists

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Family and Tot Shabbat

Shabbat Morning

Family Service

Shabbat at the Barns

Music of Worship

Sermons

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Shabbat Morning Service Sermon in Song: Cantor Benjie Schiller

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Yael Splansky

Holy Days and Festivals

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar marked by the appearance of the new moon.

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Using Zoom

New here? Take a guided tour of holyblossom.org

WorshipTogether

Worship

Daily Services

Service Times

Join our Daily Services

Yahrzeit and Mi Shebeirach Daily Lists

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Family and Tot Shabbat

Shabbat Morning

Family Service

Shabbat at the Barns

Music of Worship

Sermons

Holy Days and Festivals

Rosh Chodesh

Rosh Chodesh is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar marked by the appearance of the new moon.

Trending Now

Using Zoom

New here? Take a guided tour of holyblossom.org

Worship
Together