TeleTefila.com exists to serve the davening and social needs of all those who have been closed out of their synagogues by the Coronavirus pandemic. We use ZOOM to hold Shacharit services every Shabbat morning, Havdalah at the close of Shabbat, Kaffeeklatsch every Wednesday evening. We celebrate the Jewish festivals and some secular holidays together, and organize virtual shiva minyanim when needed. We also schmooze up a storm, have online "picnics" and play Whist together. And it's all done via ZOOM.
A group of friends from the West Side Minyan and Minyan Rimonim, both of which are affiliates of Congregation Ansche Chesed, founded TeleTefila shortly after Purim, 2020, when it became clear we could no longer meet in person. Since then, our merry band has expanded to include new friends from Massachusetts to Delaware.
What is our practice? At Shabbat and Festival services are slightly abridged and we read Torah following the Triennial cycle. Since we don't have a Torah scroll, we read from a chumash without aliyot or Torah blessings. We chant Haftarah every week. To see which services we hold, scroll down to our Calendar. For more details about what we do at Shacharit, you can see our Order of Service. If you don't want to operate your computer on Shabbat or a Festival, you can log in to our services on the evening before.
Our schedule for the next few weeks is posted below, with links to the login information.
If you have questions, drop a note to info@TeleTefila.com. We'd love to hear from you.
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These times, for New York, NY, come from HebCal.com and are provided as a convenience. They are updated every sunday evening. TeleTefila does not observe everything on the HebCal list. See our Calendar below for details. Torah: We read Torah according to the triennial cycle. In 5783 (2022–2023), we're in the first year of the cycle. Haftarah: We read the conventional Haftarah every week. If the Sephardic Haftarah is significantly shorter, we read that. 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. |
| Sat, Mar 18 | TELETEFILA
Shabbat Vayak-heil & P'kudei 9:40 am — P'sukei D'zimra (Verses of Song): Led by Ilana In P'sukei D'zimra, we relax and open ourselves to our spiritual side. It's like a prequel to the formal service that follows. Depending on who’s leading, P'sukei D'zimra may consist of Psalms, kavanot, or meditation. 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: Art Torah — 2 "scrolls": Exodus and Exodus — Triennial
Chazak/Chizki — Miriam H-K Maftir for Shabbat haChodesh (Exodus): 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim - Carol Haftarah for Shabbat haChodesh: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 · 28 p’sukim - Ilana Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.
7:48 pm — Havdalah: led by Deb 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 ] |
| Sun, Mar 19 | TeleTefila Book Club For more information: http://www.teletefila.com/bookclub.html |
| Wed, Mar 22 7:15 pm |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
Sat, Mar 25
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RIMONIM HYBRID
Shabbat Vayikra 10:00 am — P'sukei D'Zimra & Shacharit: Larry K (remote) Torah (Leviticus), Full k'ria:
Haftarah: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 · 31 p’sukim: TBA Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.
TELETEFILA
7:55 pm — Havdalah: led by TBA Havdalah begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time. Login information for Havdalah/Kiddush L'vanah can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#havdalah. [Words for Miriam haN'viah: https://ritualwell.org/ritual/miriam-ha-nviah-1 ] |
| Wed, Mar 29 7:15 pm |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
| Sat, Apr 1 | TELETEFILA Shabbat Tzav Havdalah |
| Wed, Apr 5 | Leil Passover NO Kaffeeklatsch |
| Thu, Apr 6 | First Day of Passover You're invited to ZOOM or Livestream the Ansche Chesed Festival Service Second seder in evening |
| Fri, Apr 7 | TELETEFILA Second Day of Passover Larry does PDZ |
| Sat, Apr 8 | RIMONIM HYBRID Shabbat Chol haMo-eid Pesach Shir haShirim TeleTefila Havdalah Count Omer |
| Wed, Apr 12 | TELETEFILA 7th Day of Passover Yizkor NO Kaffeeklatsch |
| Thu, Apr 13 | 8th Day of Passover NO Rimonim, NO WSM, NO TeleTefila |
| Sat, Apr 15 | POSSIBLE WSM HYBRID Havdalah Count Omer |
| Wed, Apr 19 | Kaffeeklatsch Count Omer |
| Sat, Apr 22 | RIMONIM HYBRID TeleTefila Havdalah Count Omer |
| Wed Apr 26 | Kaffeeklatsch Count Omer |
| Sat, Apr 29 | POSSIBLE WSM HYBRID Fifth Shabbat of the month Havdalah Count Omer |
