קהילת עמנו אל
K’hilat Imanu El – Our Emanu-El Congregation
תורה
Torah
Study
עבודה
Avodah
Celebration
תקון אולם
Tikkun Olam
Mending the World
Shalom and thanks for visiting our Temple Emanu-El website
We are a Reform Jewish Congregation in Rochester, New York. Our members are Jews by birth, Jews by choice, and those drawn to Judaism, including multiracial, LGBTQ+, and interfaith households. We see ourselves as a family, where everyone’s participation is sought and appreciated. We invite you to attend our services and events, and share in our warm, informal approach to Reform Judaism.
Coming Up at Temple Emanu-El
Men’s Club
Tues, Jan 14, 9am at Riki’s Family Restaurant
Spiritual Practices Team Meeting Online
Tues, Jan 14, 7pm via Zoom
Shabbat Service
Fri, Jan 17, 7pm at the JCC
Chevre Torah Study Groups Online
Sat, Jan 18, 10am and 11:05am via Zoom
Temple Emanu-El Board Meeting Online
Tues, Jan 21, 7pm via Zoom
See Our Full Calendar of Services and Events
Rabbi Drorah Setel’s Dec 19 Message
This week’s Torah portion recounts Jacob’s farewell to his family on his deathbed. He blesses his grandsons, Ephraim and Menasheh, with the following words:
The Messenger who has redeemed me from all harm—
Bless the lads.
In them may my name be recalled,
And the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac.
So may they be teeming multitudes upon the earth.
For generations of Jews, these words were familiar from the Bedtime Sh’ma (sh’ma al ha-mita), a ritual omitted from American Reform prayerbooks. I first encountered this practice while studying at rabbinical school in London, where the Reform prayerbook follows Sephardic traditions and includes prayers for both morning and evening.
Our Covid Policy
We are following the Covid risk for Monroe County as reported by the U.S. Covid Tracker on the CovidActNow website:
—When the risk of Covid is low, masking at Temple Emanu-El is optional.
—When the risk of Covid is medium, masking at Temple Emanu-El is required. We urge attendees to use N95 or KN95 masks. Masks will be available for those who need one.
—When the risk of Covid is high, we will meet via Zoom only.
TigerChat – Aiding Communication
TigerChat is a phone app that’s been developed by the Center on Access Technology at RIT. The app allows you to converse with or listen to another person or group using automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology that converts spoken words into typed text. You can read our services as they happen! The app was designed to work on the RIT campus, and RIT has extended it so that it now also works in the JCC.
