Shabbat

Friday Evening

Shabbat services at Congregation Etz Chaim are a beautiful time for our community to come together and pray as one community. Our Shabbat services are as unique from one week to the next as our congregants. We have services that highlight various themes such as Social Action Shabbat, Leadership Shabbat, Camp Shabbat, etc. Our services are filled with beautiful music with a range of styles and composers performed groups such as our Choir, Congregational Band (Tree Life Ramblers), Junior Choir or individuals like our Song Leader, Music Director, or our musically talented Rabbis. You can read more about our music program on our music page.

We have a wonderful oneg (joyful food) treat after each service occasionally sponsored by one of our members. Onegs can be sponsored in honor of a loved-one or a special occasion.

We have several Shabbatot where a community meal is offered to help make our Shabbat and community experience more joyous. Some examples include our Winter Soup Shabbatot, Chinese Food Dinner, Chanukah Dinner, Mishpachat Shabbat, Bring your own dinner Shabbat, and smaller interest or social group dinners.

Babysitting may be available and geared towards children 0-7 when requested. 

Inclusion

For any accommodations for those who are joining in person or remotely, please complete this form or contact rachel@mycec.org, and we will try to meet those requests.

ASL/Closed Captioning/Children's Corner/Adaptive Material and how to request.

Our services are also streamed live via YouTube for enjoyment at home. You can see past recordings of our Shabbat Services on our YouTube channel. 

Saturday Morning

Torah Study

B'nai Mitzvah

You can check out our calendar to confirm dates, times, and register to participate.

Mi Sheberach
One of the central Jewish prayers for those who are ill or recovering from illness or accidents is the Mi Sheberach. Names provided in this Mi Sheberach Form will be added to the list read at services when the Torah is read. Please only add names if you are a direct family member or have permission from the family to submit their name.

Kaddish

Torah Reading

Shabbatify
You can listen to your favorite tunes throughout Shabbat on Spotify!
Sign up for a free account to listen to our curated playlist.