The Highland Park Minyan features traditional egalitarian Shabbat morning services with spirited singing, serious davening, uninhibited discussions, and delicious lunches. We have services on all the Jewish holidays, and periodically, on Friday evenings. We warmly welcome new members to join us.
We meet at 10:00 am on the first and third (and fifth) Shabbat of every month at the Annex of the Reformed Church of Highland Park. Following services, at about 12:45pm, we share a pot-luck lunch.
Prayer ServicesOur services are peer-led and consist of selections from the traditional P’sukei d’Zimrah and a full Shacharit service, all with much chanting and singing. We use a new siddur (Siddur Eit Ratzon http://newsiddur.org/index.html) for our services. The siddur was developed by one of our members.
 We read from the Torah following the triennial cycle, so that we read approximately one third of the parshah each time we meet. After the haftarah is chanted, one of our members initiates a discussion related to the parshah. After the Torah is returned to the Ark, the service concludes at about 12:45pm with Aleinu, Kaddish, and Adon Olam.
Leyning and Torah ReadingFollow this link for information about leyning and reading haftorah.
LunchEveryone is invited to attend a kosher dairy/pareve pot luck lunch immediately following services. We provide challah, wine and grape juice for all, and each person (except first-timers) brings a kosher dairy or pareve dish (main dishes, side dishes, salads, vegies, deserts, fruit, seltzer, water, and the like) which serves six to eight people. Fish is fine. We welcome those with kosher kitchens to bring food that you have prepared. We welcome those whose kitchens are not kosher to bring pre-prepared foods with a kosher symbol (hechsher) or cold foods that you have prepared that have certified kosher ingredients such as tossed salads (kosher salad dressing), tuna salad, and the like. If you are inviting guests, please be sure to bring enough food for six to eight people per guest invited.
DirectionsTake Route 27 to Highland Park. Enter the Annex from the municipal parking lot that is between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. The Annex is the building immediately to the right of Irayna Court. We meet upstairs.
MembershipIf you would like to become a Minyan member, please contact Judy Richman, richman.judy@gmail.com.
Listen to Shabbat morning servicesWhether you are at home or traveling, you may not have access to a Shabbat morning service. You are welcome to join our Shabbat morning service, on your schedule, online by following this URL http://newsiddur.org/about_Listen.html. A CD is also available. Below is a photo of our members who took part in the recording.
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