Prayers & Songs

• Etz Chayim Service for the Shabbat Table - a booklet of commentary, Shabbat prayers and songs (in English, Hebrew and transliterated Hebrew) prepared by Rabbi Ari Cartun for congregational Shabbat dinners and for home use.  This file is 1.86 Mbytes in size (long download).
• MiDor L'Dor Shabbat Dinner Prayers & Songs - a simple guide to Shabbat prayers and songs (in English and transliterated Hebrew) specially prepared for families with young children by Education Director Melissa Rogoway.  This file is 355 kbytes in size.
• Havdallah Songs & Prayers - a one page guide to the Havdallah ceremony (in English, Hebrew, and transliterated Hebrew).  This file is 73 kbytes in size.
• Parents' Blessings of their Children text and voice on how to bless our daughters and sons.

Commentaries and suggestions on Shabbat and how to celebrate it

• Making Shabbat More Fun for Young Children at Home and at Synagogue, written by Rabbi Ari Cartun.  This file is 129 kbytes in size.
• Backgrounder-The Sabbath, written by Rabbi Ari Cartun.  This file is 126 kbytes in size.

To create a Shabbat experience, individuals and families may wish to download and print the following documents -- they are Adobe Acrobat files, readable on both Macs and PCs using Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free from Adobe