Worship

Daily
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Daily Services

Register for in-person Shacharit services in the Mishkan Mondays – Fridays at 7:30 am and Sundays at 9:00 am here: https://slotted.co/hbtdailyservices

Register for in-person Shabbat services here: https://slotted.co/hbtshabbatservices

In-person attendees must be double vaccinated and registration for the limited spaces is required. Covid-19 protocols will be in place, including wearing masks, physical distancing and no food. Attendees will also need to fill in the pre-screening form prior to arrival (within two hours before).

Note: Mincha/Ma’ariv Services (Mondays – Thursdays at 6:00 pm) are on Zoom only

Service Times

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

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

Shabbat

Click here to join our Shabbat Services online

Click here to register to join in-person Shabbat services: https://slotted.co/hbtshabbatservices

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.

5:30 pm Family and Tot Shabbat

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.

Contact Lindsay Mockler for more information: [email protected]

Shabbat Morning

Saturdays, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Usually held in our beautiful sanctuary, our Shabbat morning service is the centerpiece 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 Anniversary, 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, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (starting January 2022)

Celebrate Shabbat at this all-ages service. An engaging and family friendly service service led by our Rabbis and David Gershon, with age-appropriate break out sessions.
A family learning opportunity, in conjunction with our Youth Education Centre (YEC) is starting soon. Contact Lisa Isen Baumal for details: [email protected]

Shabbat at the Barns

Shabbat at the Barns is held 4-5 times throughout the year with the Leo Baeck Day School.
Rabbi Helfman, Rabbi Katz, and Eric Petersiel lead 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]

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 email [email protected].

Please find the Holy Blossom Temple Siddur Pirchei Kodesh Weekday Morning & Afternoon Service pages for download below.

Evening Service (weekdays) Morning Service (weekdays) Erev Festival Service Pages Festival Morning Service Pages HBT Shiva Book

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

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Goodman

https://youtu.be/YuqFL9tQavw

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Goodman

https://youtu.be/QuCEO0btoNk

From our Clergy, Sermons

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Helfman

https://youtu.be/s8x5tj5dsrc Click here for the transcript

From our Clergy, Sermons

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Splansky

https://youtu.be/YdaZnfDQxZo

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

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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.

Daily
Services.

Worship

Daily Services

Service Times

Join our Daily Services

Yahrzeit and Mi Shebeirach Daily Lists

Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Shabbat Morning

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

Music of Worship

Sermons

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Goodman

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi Goodman

Shabbat Morning Sermon: Rabbi Helfman

Kabbalat Shabbat Drash: Rabbi 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

DailyServices.

Worship

Daily Services

Service Times

Join our Daily Services

Yahrzeit and Mi Shebeirach Daily Lists

Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat

Shabbat Morning

Siddur Pirchei Kodesh

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

Daily
Services.