A group of friends from the West Side Minyan and Minyan Rimonim (both of which are part of Congregation Ansche Chesed) founded TeleTefila shortly after Purim, 2020, when it became clear we could no longer meet in person, due to the Covid pandemic. Since then, our merry band has expanded to include friends from Massachusetts to Delaware.
Starting in 2023, both Minyan Rimonim and the West Side Minyan began holding hybrid services, where you can participate in person or on ZOOM. TeleTefila continues to meet online on the other Shabbatot and on Festivals.
The West Side Minyan, Minyan Rimonim, and TeleTefila have significant overlap in membership. They are, however, independent of one another and have some differences in practice. Hopefully, this chart will clarify the differences:
West Side Minyan | Minyan Rimonim | TeleTefila | |
Format | Hybrid | Hybrid | Online |
Masking | Required except when leading davening, leining, or giving a d'var Torah. | Required except when leading davening, leining, or giving a d'var Torah. | You're in your home, do what you like! |
Baalei T'fila and Baalei K'ria (Davening leaders and Torah readers) | Lay | Lay | Lay |
Egalitarian | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Siddur | "Slim Shalom" | "Slim Shalom" | Whatever you like |
Where | 6th floor of Ansche Chesed and Zoom | 6th floor of Ansche Chesed and Zoom | Zoom |
Counting a minyan | In the room + people visible on Zoom | In the room | People visible on Zoom |
Time | 9:40 am: Birchot haShachar & P'zukei D'zimra 10:00 am: Shacharit |
10:00 am: Birchot haShachar, P'zukei D'zimra, and Shacharit | 9:40 am: Birchot haShachar & P'zukei D'zimra 10:00 am: Shacharit |
Shabbat and Festivals | Meets on the second Shabbat of each month, and holds Festival services when they fall on the second Shabbat. West Side Minyan continues to hold High Holy Day services, as it has for many years. | Third Shabbat of each month, but does not meet on Festivals even when they fall on the third Shabbat. | Every Shabbat and Festival that does not conflict with WSM or Rimonim. (Usually just the first day of Festivals.) Also, TeleTefila observes Havdalah together online and a Kaffeeklatsch on Wednesday evenings.
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Shacharit | Heicha Kedusha (only first three blessings said aloud) | Silent, followed by Reader's Repitition | Heicha Kedusha (only first three blessings said aloud) |
Kadishes | All | All | Some |
Torah | Triennial. Maftir aliya only on special occasions | Full K'ria with Maftir aliya | Triennial. No Torah scroll; no aliyot. Maftir aliya only on special occasions. Aliya Chatima in English. |
D'var Torah (DT) | Yes. Sometimes includes a Torah discussion. | Yes | Yes. Sometimes includes a Torah discussion. |
Haftara | No | Yes | Yes. If the Sephardic Haftarah is significantly shorter, we read that. |
Musaf | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Governance | Steering Committee | Vaad | Leadership & Staff |
Coordinators | Davening: Iris Leining: Barbara Sontz DT: Carol |
Davening: Nos Leining: Larry W (odd months); Ellen (even months) DT: Jeremy G |
Leadership & Staff Leining: Gila |
Website | http://www.westsideminyan.org/index.htm It's outdated but there's a lot of interesting information, particularly under the Resources tab. | http://minyanrimonim.org/ Outdated. | You're already here! |
Order of service and page numbers | |||
Guide for davening leaders and Shamashim | WSM guide | Rimonim guide | --- |
If you have questions, drop a note to info@TeleTefila.com . We'd love to hear from you.
These times, for New York, NY, come from HebCal.com and are provided as a convenience. They are updated every sunday evening. We do not observe everything on the HebCal list. See our Calendar below for details. Havdalah: We follow the AppleBank calendar (which has the Haskamah of Rav Applebank) for the correct time to make Havdalah. The Rav's Havdalah calculations — which are reflected in our Calendar — vary from Hebcal by only a couple minutes. Instructions: If you click on the name of the parsha, you'll get the chapter and verse for this week's readings on the HebCal website. You'll also see "Pocket Torah," audio recordings of every Torah verse, according to the notation of A.W. Binder and Lawrence Avery. From HebCal, you can click and get the actual Hebrew and English texts of the readings, curtesy of the Sefaria.org website. |
You are invited to every service and activity on this Calendar!
We're now in the year 5784, the second year of the triennial Torah reading cycle.
The year 5785 begins on the evening of Wed, Oct 2.
The third year of the triennial Torah reading cycle for TeleTefila and the West Side Minyan begins on Sat, Oct 26.
WEST SIDE MINYAN ROSH HASHANA HYBRID SERVICES — You must have a ticket to enter the building! You can get tickets by calling the Ansche Chesed office at 212 865-0600 until noon on Wed, Oct 2. (If you just want a ticket for Yom Kippur Day, call the office on or after Mon, Oct 7.) All West Side Minyan services are also available online. Scroll down for details. |
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Wed, Oct 2 6:45 pm |
West Side Minyan
ROSH HASHANA I Evening — ZOOM ONLY Logon: http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting Sign up for digital Mahzor Lev Shalem: https://anschechesed.shulcloud.com/form/digital-mahzor-request-2024.html Page number cross reference: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mahzor-Class-2-Page-Numbers.pdf |
Thu, Oct 3 9:30 am |
West Side Minyan
ROSH HASHANA I Morning — HYBRID Ansche Chesed, FIFTH FLOOR If you're attending in person, a mask is required, except when you're leading part of the service. Logon: http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting Sign up for digital Mahzor Lev Shalem: https://anschechesed.shulcloud.com/form/digital-mahzor-request-2024.html Page number cross reference (for many machzors): https://www.myjewishlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mahzor-Class-2-Page-Numbers.pdf Ansche Chesed Tashlikh Thu night — No WSM, No TeleTefila, No Ansche Chesed livestream.
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Fri, Oct 4 9:30 am |
West Side Minyan
ROSH HASHANA II Morning — HYBRID Ansche Chesed, FIFTH FLOOR If you're attending in person, a mask is required, except when you're leading part of the service. Logon: http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting Sign up for digital Mahzor Lev Shalem: https://anschechesed.shulcloud.com/form/digital-mahzor-request-2024.html Page number cross reference (for many machzors): https://www.myjewishlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mahzor-Class-2-Page-Numbers.pdf |
Sat, Oct 5 | TELETEFILA Shabbat Haazinu 9:40 am — P'sukei D'zimra (Verses of Song): Led by Miriam H-K Login is the same as for the Shabbat morning service. See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting. Page numbers can be found here. 10:00 am — Shacharit: Debby M Torah (Deauteronomy) — FULL K'RIA
Haftarah for Sephardim (when Shabbat Shuva coincides with Haazinu): Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20 · 12 p’sukim -- Miriam H-K Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.
TELETEFILA 7:12 pm — Havdalah: led by Miriam H-K Havdalah begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time. Login information for Havdalah can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#havdalah. [Words for Miriam haN'viah: https://ritualwell.org/ritual/miriam-ha-nviah-1 ] [Deb Kayman chants Havdalah as her father, Harold Kahen, used to.] |
Wed, Oct 9 7:15 pm |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
Fri, Oct 11 6:30 pm |
West Side Minyan
Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre — ZOOM ONLY Logon: http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting Sign up for digital Mahzor Lev Shalem: https://anschechesed.shulcloud.com/form/digital-mahzor-request-2024.html Page number cross reference: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mahzor-Class-2-Page-Numbers.pdf |
Sat, Oct 12 | West Side Minyan
Yom Kippur Day — HYBRID 9:30 am — Shacharit et al. 4:45 pm — Mincha and N'ila Ansche Chesed, FIFTH FLOOR If you're attending in person, a mask is required, except when you're leading part of the service. Logon: http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting Sign up for digital Mahzor Lev Shalem: https://anschechesed.shulcloud.com/form/digital-mahzor-request-2024.html Page number cross reference (for many machzors): https://www.myjewishlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mahzor-Class-2-Page-Numbers.pdf |
Mon, Oct 14 | Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day |
Wed, Oct 16 | Erev Sukkot I Central Synagogue (Reform) — 6:00–7:00 pm — Livestream |
Thu, Oct 17 | TeleTefila: Sukkot I |
Fri, Oct 18 | NO WSM, NO TeleTefila -- Sukkot II |
Sat, Oct 19 | Shabbat Chol haMo-eid Sukkot -- Rimonim Hybrid Megillat Kohelet TENTATIVE Pot Luck Kiddish in rooftop Sukkah |
Wed, Oct 23 | Rimonim: Leil Sh'mini Atzeret Dinner [no Zoom] |
Thu, Oct 24 | TeleTefila: Sh'mini Atzeret Day Evening: Leil Simchat Torah |
Sat, Oct 26 | TeleTefila: Shacharit |
Thu, Oct 31 | Halloween |
Sat, Nov 2 | TeleTefila: Shacharit |
Sun, Nov 3 | Daylight Saving Time ends |
Tue, Nov 5 | Election Day |
Sat, Nov 9 | WSM Hybrid: Shacharit Kiddush L'vana |
Mon, Nov 11 | Veterans Day |
Sat, Nov 16 | Rimonim Hybrid: Shacharit |
Sat, Nov 23 | TeleTefila: Shacharit |
Thu, Nov 28 | Thanksgivng Day |
Sat, Nov 30 | TeleTefila: Shacharit |
Sat, Dec 7 | TeleTefila: Shacharit |
Sat, Dec 14 | WSM Hybrid: Shacharit |
Sat, Dec 21 | Rimonim Hybrid: Shacharit |
Tue, Dec 24 | Rimonim: Jews Night Out Christmas Eve |
Wed, Dec 25 | Leil Chanukah -- Light first candle Christmas Day |
Sat, Dec 28 | TeleTefila: Shabbat Chanukah |
Tue, Dec 31 | New Year's Eve |
Wed, Jan 1 | New Year's Day Light 8th Chanukah candle in evening |
Thu, Jan 2 | Eighth Day of Chanukah |