On Simchat Torah, we rejoice and dance and sing songs as we parade the Torah around the room, making seven circuits called hakafot. If you'd like to sing along, download and listen to these recordings to learn!
Learn the Liturgy
The prayers we use at Beth Immanuel go back many generations. Some were offered thousands of years ago in the days of the Apostles when the Temple was still standing!
It takes a while to learn how prayer works in Judaism and what it all means; especially the parts that are in Hebrew! If you are new to the concept, don’t worry. Just relax and try to enjoy this opportunity to connect with the Creator.
When you visit our synagogue you will be handed a book called a Siddur. However, don’t feel like you have to follow along in this book with the congregation. Go ahead and peruse the Siddur as you like, set it aside and watch, or just close your eyes and pray and meditate in your own words.
On this page we are building our library of melodies so that people can learn to sing along with us if they desire. Enjoy!
Learn these beautiful high holiday melodies to enhance your participation in the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
Put on your headphones, close your eyes, and enter the world of a traditional Messianic Synagogue.
Our main services are on Shabbat. In honor of Shabbat being a day when we abstain from creating, we do not record our Shabbat services. We also keep the Sabbath pure, simple, and grand with a completely acapella service--no musical instruments.
Rosh Chodesh, the festive start of the new month, affords us a special opportunity. Since it is not a day of rest like Shabbat, we are free to record our services. We also sing the Hallel psalms, which is the perfect chance to pull out a guitar and rejoice.
This is an unedited, 2-hour recording of our Rosh Chodesh Adar service which took place on Sunday, February 26. It is recorded with a stereo microphone, so use headphones for a binaural experience.
Enjoy!