Prayer Services

Daily Minyan - morning and evening - Beth Sholom prides itself in having one of the most successful, daily minyamin in the country. Every morning over forty "Minyannaires" gather to daven. They invite you to join them in the Price Chapel. Daily services are lay-led. for the past 25 years, the morning Minyan has been directed by Harold Paul, with assistance from Gerry Block, and our ritual Director Shalom Zachmy.

Our evening service is organized by our Men's Club and is lay-led. Both services offer a wonderful way to start or end your day, as well as providing a warm refuge for those needing to say the Mourners Kaddish.

Food For The Body breakfast is served each weekday after services at 8 am.

More Food For The Soul following services on Monday and Tuesday mornings, There is Torah study at 8:30 am. on Wednesday morning, the service includes teachings from one of our clergy, or the many clergy who are members of Beth Sholom.

We invite you to join us in the Price Chapel.

Daily Services

  • Monday & Thursday Mornings, 7:20 a.m.
  • Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday Mornings, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday Morning, 9:00 a.m.
  • Monday - Thursday Evenings, 7:00 p.m.
  • Sunday evening at Beth Sholom Congregation - Summer: 5:00 p.m., Winter: 7:00 p.m., at Adath Jeshurun 7:30 p.m. (alternates monthly)

Services are conducted for the High Holidays and all festivals and observances annually on a regular schedule, from Selihot preceding Rosh Hashanah, through Tisha B'av.

Children's services on Shabbat and the High Holidays are divided into appropriate age groups. For our youngest members, we provide baby-sitting services. Beth Sholom also provides a convenient shuttle bus service for off-site parking during the High Holidays.

The Shabbat Prayer Experiences at Beth Sholom

SynaplexTM - Beth Sholom has been selected as a Synaplex* Philadelphia congregation. Our membership seeks connection to Judaism in many different ways. Synaplex helps us to meet that goal as part of our Shabbat experience.Once each month our congregants choose from a range of Shabbat options, from the time-honored to the innovative. We offer engaging programming as diverse as traditional worship, Torah Yoga, in-depth text study, or a workshop on alternative approaches for the Seder, to name just a few. Synaplex is a Shabbat experience that speaks to Your Heart, Your Mind and Your Soul.

* SynaplexTM Philadelphia is a pilot project of Jewish Outreach Partnership of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with STAR(Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal). It is funded by a grant from the Center for Jewish Life & Learning of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Beth Sholom is a vibrant, diverse and religiously reflective and growing community. We adhere to the ideals of Conservative Judaism with our commitment to "tradition and innovation." Most Friday nights we have services both at 6 pm and 8 pm.

Friday Nights

  • 6pm: Our 6 pm "come as you are service" is a meditative and musical experience that might remind you of a Shababt at camp. Services end with Challah and juice and are over by 7 pm, so you can go home for a Shabbat meal.
  • 8pm: Our 8 pm service seeks to conserve the Tradition of a formal Friday night service. It features cantorial pieces and a full sermon. A festive Oneg Shabbat follows.
  • The Neshamah Service: The Service of our Souls

    Twice each month, once at 6 and one at 8, Hazzan Tilman, and Rabbis Glanzberg-Krainin and Merow along with members of a Beth Sholom musical ensemble called Neshamah lead a musical and experiential service. In this service the Friday night prayers are sung to Hasidic niggunim and contemporary music. We even dance once in a while!

    Weekly Shabbat Services

    • Friday Evening, 6:00 & 8:00 p.m.
    • Saturday Morning, 9:15 a.m.
    • Minha-Arvit-Havdalah - Saturday afternoon, 10 minutes before sunset
    • Aleph-Dalet (grades 3-6) - Saturday Morning
    • USY High School Services - Saturday Morning

    Join us each week at Shababt minchah for a short and sumptuous Seudah shlishit, third Shabbat meal. This is a lay project of those who pray at our weekly Shabbat minchah service. Join them for afternoon services and a L'chayim.

    Services are conducted for the High Holidays and all festivals and observances annually on a regular schedule, from Selihot preceding Rosh Hashanah, through Tisha B'av.

    Children's services on Shabbat and the High Holidays are divided into appropriate age groups. For our youngest members, we provide baby-sitting services. Beth Sholom also provides a convenient shuttle bus service for off-site parking during the High Holidays.

    Additional Shabbat Programs

    Lunch and Learn - After Shabbat mornings services twice a month. A light lunch is served, followed by a stimulating hour of Torah study, led by the professional staff and lay leaders alike.

    Learner's Minyan - Meets on Shabbat mornings and serves to introduce adult learnenrs to the beauty and meaning of prayer, the morning Shabbat Service, and the reading of Torah and Haftarah.