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.
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.
Click here to join our Shabbat Services online
Fridays at 6:00 pm in the Mishkan on the second floor
Fridays, (various dates), 5:30 pm
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.
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Deanna Levy2022-08-04 08:50:432022-08-04 08:50:43Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Yael Splansky
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 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
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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.
