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Beit Tefilah Israeli, Sabbaths and holidays

Musical Kabbalat Shabbat in August

Tisha B'Av - Past, Present, Future

Musical Kabbalat Shabbat in August

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Welcoming Shabbat together, with music, singing, Israeli prayer, and a community atmosphere!!

You are invited to take a breath before Shabbat, and join a communal, Tel Avivian Israeli prayer that blends old and new, Jewish and Israeli, and personal and communal. Suitable for all ages!! With Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Debi Dror, vocalist Atalia Levi, and musician Matthias Schloman, and additional musicians.

We meet every Friday at 6:30 PM at Beit Shalom Aleichem, Berkovich 2, Tel Aviv.

You are invited to bring a food or drink item for the Kiddush following Kabbalat Shabbat.

To register for the upcoming Shabbat
Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays, Sabbaths and holidays

Tisha B'Av – Past, Present, Future

Tisha B'Av - Past, Present, Future

On destruction and on hope

The evening

At the museum we

 
Tisha B'Av is a traditional and national day of remembrance and mourning. This year, we come together to mark the date. Hadad Institute in Tel Aviv, the Egalitarian Minyan, the Koret Center, and Beit Tefilah Yisraeli.
On the night of Tisha B'Av, we will gather together to reflect and learn about fracture and destruction – alongside hope and healing. 
In the evening, we will journey through the past, present, and future. We will reflect on the memory of the past, through reading the Book of Lamentations and a visit to Jewish history throughout the museum, and pause on the present, in learning circles about mourning and pain led by facilitators from the egalitarian minyan, the Hadar Institute, and the Ko'ra Center. 
This evening, we will conclude with a look into the future, with a conversation about hope and healing with Liat Azili, an educator, who will speak with Rabbi Dr. Rani Jaeger from Beit Tefilah Yisraeli.
 
Registration fee of 30 shekels
 
Please register at the link provided 👇
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Beit Tefilah Israeli, Sabbaths and holidays

Shabbat receptions at the Tel Aviv Port

Returning to Tel Aviv Port

Returning to the Tel Aviv Port - even in September!

The happiest Kabbalat Shabbat in the country

At Tel Aviv Port

We are excited about the return to Port of Tel Aviv
for Musical Kabbalot Shabbat 🤩
 
Beit Tefilah Israeli and and Tel Aviv Port invite the general public
To welcome the Sabbath together with music, Israeli prayer, a communal atmosphere with music and song
Breeze and dancing against the backdrop of the sunset in front of the sea
 
🎼With the musical ensemble of an Israeli prayer house and other surprises
 
🌺Join us every week,
Friday, Sep 4 – Kabbalat Shabbat celebrating Rosh Hashanah and children's blessing for the school year
Friday 18.9 Kabbalat Shabbat themed around Selichot
Doors open 5:30 PM – Event starts at 6:00 PM
 
📍Tel Aviv Port, central check-in area near the roundabout
✅Admission is free with advance registration.

 

Saving a spot

Save a place to welcome Shabbat by the sea

  • Free admission
  • Suitable for the whole family
  • The number of places is limited.
Beit Tefilah Israeli

Kabbalat shabbat at the port of Caesarea

Kabbalat Shabbat at Caesarea Port

Returning to Caesarea Port starting June 12

The happiest Kabbalat Shabbat in the country

Returning to Caesarea

 

Friday 6/12, 6/26, 7/10, 4/9, 8/19 at 18:00

Music and prayer are two universal languages that express the depths of the soul and spirit. Both connect us to each other, to nature, and to something greater than ourselves. What is it about music that enables a meaningful prayer experience? What is the place of sacred and profane in synagogue music? And what is the role of the piyyutim?

In one of the most magical places in Israel, on Fridays at sunset, we will gather for a musical and communal Shabbat reception at the seam between weekdays and Shabbat. A Kabbalat Shabbat for the whole family, with Israeli prayer, singing, a breeze, music and a communal atmosphere.

Where: The renovated Caesarea Port, on the central lawn, on Fridays at 6:00 PM

In advance registration

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For registration for the Shabbat reception in Caesarea
Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays

Weeks Correction 5786 – "Your Torah is my delight"

Your Torah is my delight - Tikkun Shavuot on the theme of humor

Correction of Shavuot 2026 at an Israeli prayer house

Your Torah is my delight.

A Shavuot Correction, 5786: On Jewish and Israeli Humor as a Stance on Life

 

Thursday, May 21st, 2026 from 8:30 PM until late

Music and prayer are two universal languages that express the depths of the soul and spirit. Both connect us to each other, to nature, and to something greater than ourselves. What is it about music that enables a meaningful prayer experience? What is the place of sacred and profane in synagogue music? And what is the role of the piyyutim?

On the night of Shavuot, when we gather to study, question, renew, and receive the Torah, this year we have chosen to dedicate the Tikkun Leil (night vigil) to humor. Not as an escape from seriousness, but as one of the deepest ways to encounter it. In Jewish tradition, in Israeli humor, in satire, in buffoonery, in cinema, and on stage, humor is much more than entertainment: it is a language of wisdom, a tool for critique and correction, a way to cope with pain and difficulty, and sometimes even a spiritual stance of humility, freedom, and hope. On this Shavuot eve, we will seek to learn the power of laughter – the laughter that subverts conventions, that brings hearts closer, that allows difficult truths to be spoken gently, and that reminds us that even in the midst of brokenness, embarrassment, and uncertainty, humans are capable of continuing to play, create, question – and live.

Participants:

Prof. Aryeh Sober | Prof. Yishai Rosen-Tzvi  | Eran Ben Zeev | Galit Reichman | Amir Sperling | The Policewoman Az-Olay | Avi Greinik | | Maayan Weinstein | Esteban Gottfried | Rani Yeager | Rivi Dror | Atalia Lavie and more

Lecturers:

when?

Thursday, May 21st, 2026 from 8:30 PM until late

where?

Beit Shalom Aleichem, Berkovich 2, Tel Aviv

Admission is free with advance registration.

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Your Torah is my delight - on Jewish and Israeli humor as a life stance

The full program

Thursday, May 21, 2026, the eve of Shavuot

Registration form for the 5786 Tikkun Shavuot session
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Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays, Community, Sabbaths and holidays

Weekly musical Kabbalat Shabbat

Kabbalat Shabbat is a weekly event.

Musical Kabbalat Shabbat at Beit Shalom Aleichem every Friday

Welcoming Shabbat together, with music, singing, Israeli prayer, and a community atmosphere!!
You are invited to take a breath before Shabbat, and join a Israeli, Tel Avivian communal prayer that blends the old with the new, the Jewish with the Israeli, and the personal with the communal. Suitable for all ages!!

With Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Didi Dror, the acclaimed singer Atalia Levi, and musician Matthias Shlomo, and other musicians.

We meet every Friday at 6:30 PM at Beit Shalom Aleichem, Berkovich 2, Tel Aviv.
You are invited to bring a food or drink item for the Kiddush following Kabbalat Shabbat.

Admission is free with advance registration. Leave your details.

Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays

Distinction between Memorial Day and Independence Day 2026

Havdalah
A ceremony of transition between Memorial Day and Independence Day

A time to mourn and a time to dance

Havdalah - a ceremony of transition between Memorial Day and Independence Day

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A time to mourn and a time to dance
 
 
Difficult days are passing us by, and the moment of transition between the day of mourning and the day of joy is especially difficult. This is a uniquely Israeli trait, which found expression in the Havdalah – a time to weep and a time to heal. This year, the transition is even more difficult and the current context undermines many of the sentences that make sense throughout the holiday.
 

However, this moment calls for fulfillment, for words, and for togetherness.

About two decades ago, a small group of people who founded Israeli house of prayer in Tel Aviv It came together to try to provide a response to the ritual need that the juxtaposition of these days invites us to. The proposal received was to dwell precisely on this gap of time, between mourning and joy, and fill it with a ceremony that combines Jewish and Israeli materials and form. A ceremony of Havdalah. A Havdalah between Memorial Day and Independence Day.
The distinction between Memorial Day and Independence Day is built from ancient and new, traditional and contemporary creative materials. Through poetry, prayer excerpts, hymns, reflections, and Israeli songs, we manage to create a gradual emotional transition between the polar states of sorrow and joy, and to observe the human capacity to move between changing mental states using different layers of the Hebrew language. At the center of the ceremony is a free variation of the Havdalah blessing between Shabbat and weekdays, adapted to the unique transition between the sanctity of Memorial Day and the sanctity of Independence Day.

This year, more than ever, it is essential that we go through this moment together. Beit Tefilah Israeli invites the general public to a joint Havdalah with Israeli music, prayer songs, and soul healing.

 
The Havdalah ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 21st. We will meet at 6:00 PM. Arriving early is recommended.
Event location: Beit Shalom Aleichem – Berkovich 2, Tel Aviv
 
Admission is free, subject to availability. Register here!
 

Here you can download the Havdalah order for 5786.

To download the Havdalah arrangement
Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays, Community, Sabbaths and holidays

Our Memory – A Sharing Circle on Memorial Day Evening

Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering and testimonies

Our Memory - A Sharing Circle on Memorial Day Evening

Monday 4.26.20 at 8:00 PM at "Bipnuchu" - Itamar Ben Avi 9 Tel Aviv

Our Memory: Community Memory Spaces You are invited to "Our Memory." A community gathering for sharing on Memorial Day evening, which we will hold on Monday, April 26th, at "Befanechu" - 9 Itamar Ben Avi Street, at 8:00 PM. "Our Memory" initiates a request to create 78 parallel events across Israel, taking place after the state ceremonies on Memorial Day eve for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars. The initiative seeks to create community, intimate, and small spaces that allow participants to share stories, memories, and thoughts in a close conversation. The exact mix and content of each meeting are flexible and determined according to the spirit of the event's leaders – this is a basic characteristic that allows each community to imbue it with the appropriate content. At the heart of the meetings is the desire to create personal and open dialogue, which builds collective memory from individual memory. From the understanding that sharing personal memory lays the foundation for a shared future. The encounter between different stories surrounding pain and the Israeli narrative allows for deep, unhindered connection, strengthening our social fabric.

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Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays, Community, Sabbaths and holidays

House of Study: Rituals, This Time - A Divorce Ceremony

Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering and testimonies

Study Hall for Ceremonies: 15.4 - Divorce Ceremony

15.4.26 19:00-21:00 On the divorce ceremony with Rabbi Shlomo Zacharov

"Rabbi Akiva taught: If a man and a woman merit it, the Divine Presence rests between them. If they do not merit it, fire consumes them. (Babylonian Talmud, Sotah 17a) How can Rabbi Akiva's words be reconciled with a world where one in three couples separates or divorces? And how can one "separate forces" according to Judaism? In this session, we will meet with Rabbi Shlomo Zacharoff, who serves, among other roles, as the Chairman of the Halachic Committee of the "Knesset Harabanim" of the Masorti Movement in Israel and manages its Rabbinical Court for Divorce. Together with Rabbi Shlomo, we will delve into the Jewish divorce ceremony and learn about its origins, the course of the ceremony, the content of the Get (divorce document), how it is written, what it obligates and what it permits, and much more. A session of learning, conversation, and sharing. Wednesday | April 26, 2020 | 7:00 PM–9:00 PM "Befanuchu" Space 9 Itamar Ben-Avi Street, Tel Aviv.

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Beit Tefilah Israeli, Holidays, Community, Sabbaths and holidays

Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering

Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering and testimonies

Holocaust Remembrance Day Gathering - T.A.A.C. Committees

Holocaust Remembrance Gathering - "The Responsibility to Remember and Remember Responsibly" This year too, we will mark the "Gathering" ceremony. We will meet on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 8:00 PM for an hour in which we will together take responsibility for the memory of the Holocaust. We will say Kaddish, hear testimony, and remember our family members who perished and the communities that were and no longer are. This year we will hear Charlie's testimony: At the office of an Israeli synagogue: 9 Itamar Ben Avi Street, Tel Aviv. Admission is free. Please register in advance.

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