Religious services / Tefilah

Life Cycle Events

We serve as an extended family, which values friendship and chavurah (communal friendship) to respond to the spiritual and social needs of our members.

Our Jewish tradition heightens the meaning we find in times of joy, helps find clarity in times of confusion and strives to ease the pain in times of loss. The congregation and its rabbis are always ready to help shape and share in simchas such as brit milah, bat/bar mitzvah, conversion and marriage, while, in times of trouble, when facing illness, dealing with divorce or faced with the loss of a loved one, congregants will find NSTE a supportive community.

Members are invited to celebrate milestone anniversaries at the Temple during Friday night services when our Rabbis can offer their special blessings, sanctifying this important life cycle passage. Rabbis are always ready to shape and share your life cycle events with you.

Services Available:
Brit Milah (Circumcision),
Baby naming
Bar and Bat Mitzvah - booklet

Weddings both on-site and off-site, with a chuppah available for hire for off-site weddings.

Special birthdays/anniversaries

Funerals/cremations

Yahrtzeit (Anniversary of the day of death) observance.

Members may receive notification of the forthcoming Yahrtzeits of family members and friends if they wish. The names are read out at the Shabbat services following the actual Yahrtzeit which corresponds with the Hebrew date (or English date on request).

Personal Counselling.

Education/Youth Education, Our synagogue Centre/function hire, kashrut, Ways to show financial support, Our synagogue Centre/Hertzberg Library.

Conversion

Conversion to Judaism is a deeply personal matter. That is why at North Shore Temple, Rabbi Robuck works closely and respectfully with those who elect to choose Judaism, their partners and their families.