JOIN US FOR SHIR TIKVAH’S 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

An Extraordinary Friday May 24, 2013 6:30 pm dinner; 8 pm service at the St. Paul JCC (our original home) A beautiful service with Green Mill pizza dinner, honored guests, speakers & extra-special oneg.

Let’s Have a Ball! Saturday May 25, 2013 7 pm at Metropolitan Ballroom Live bands, dancing, eating & joyful revelry. A Guide to Shir Tikvah’s new

“First Friday” Shabbat Service

5773 1360 W. Minnehaha Parkway Minneapolis MN 55419 (612) 822-1440 shirtikvah.net t Welcome to our new FIRST FRIDAY Shabbat Service! SERVICE ORDER Niggun Andalus: A wordless melody to welcome Shabbat (Joey Weisenberg) Hinei Mah Tov: How good it is for us to dwell together (Page 10, Hillel Tigay) History: We sing a new song to the Eternal (Page 13, Shlomo Carlebach) A few years ago, a small group of tzofim 150, we praise God in a variety of ways: with Shiru L’Adonai: (scouts)—members of Shir Tikvah who are majestic music in some and with tof (drum) Rom’mu: There is no limit to God’s expansive love (Page 17, Hillel Tigay) passionate about our prayer life—set out in others. The music is neo-chassidic, Eastern The heart & soul of Kabbalat Shabbat, we greet Shabbat as a to explore innovative Jewish worship in European, Middle-Eastern, and North Afri- L’cha Dodi: loved one at a wedding (Page 20, Aaron ben Soussan) congregations across the United States and can. Some of the music will feel new. Some - - - - -Greet Your Neighbor: Israel. They discovered striking similarities of it will resonate deeply. Some of it might in the davvening (services) at many of these just touch an ancient, unspeakable core deep Chatzi : Affirming God’s creativity(Page 26, — “traditional melody”) spiritual communities—IKAR in Los Ange- inside your soul. les, B’nai Jeshurun and Rommemu in New Bar’chu: Call to Prayer (Page 28, nusach) York, and Kol HaNeshama in Jerusalem. Choreography: Y’hi Shalom: Y’hi Shalom b’cheilekh shalvah b’arm’notayich (Neshama Carlebach) Each congregation has a davvening style Davvening leaders will sit around a table at May there be peace in our homes, tranquility throughout all lands. that is deeply spiritual, almost entirely sung. the front of the sanctuary in a style found These communities shared an intense in many Eastern European and Sephardic Sh’ma V’Ahavtah: We are one, God is one (Page 36, nusach) commitment to the interdependence of congregations. The community will sit in a Mi Chamocha: Redemption prayer (Page 40, Rabbi Ken Chasen) spirituality and social justice and tremen- circle, facing one another. Microphones will dously diverse communities. Each group not be used; instead, in real time, our voices V’shamru: Shabbat is our spiritual anchor (Page 44, Shlomo Carlebach) had families with young children, Jews in will gather strength with the community. If ------Gratitude their 20s and 30s, those who were new to you have difficulty hearing, we invite you to —even those who had grown up in sit close to the leaders. : Opening our hearts to God’s call (Pages 46-64) classical Reform synagogues. These places are vibrant, buzzing with spiritual energy, Why the First Friday? D’var Neshamah: Words of the Soul (Congregant) and thriving in their prayer life. For the last 25 years, Shir Tikvah has not held ------Announcements services on the first Friday of the month. This Inspiration: pilot service is a welcome experiment to our Aleinu: Adoration (Page 282, nusach) Our inspiration comes from a desire to ever-diverse spiritual life. The T’filah(Prayer) explore the idea of kavannah (spiritual Committee welcomes your feedback. Kaddish List: The Rabbi will read the list of those we are remembering. When your intentionality). It also includes the explora- loved one’s name is mentioned, you are invited to share a brief word or two about them. tion of percussion during prayer to enable us To learn more about worship at Shir Tikvah, to “keep the beat.” As explained in Psalm please go to our website: www.shirtikvah.net Mourner’s Kaddish: Remembering our loved ones (Page 294) Niggun Andalus ------Candles, & Motzi