TeleTefila.com

Online Shabbat Morning Services and a variety of social events

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About us

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.

Times and texts for this Shabbat and/or Festival

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.

Calendar through April 2023

Sat, Mar 18

TELETEFILA

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Shabbat Vayak-heil & P'kudei
Shabbat haChodesh
Shabbat M'var'chim haChodesh

 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  

  • Aliya Chatima (Exodus): 40:34-38 · 5 p’sukim - David

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
DT: Iris
   Birkat haChodesh: Rosh Chodesh Nisan yihyeh b'yom chamishi (Wednesday night and Thursday) — Miriam H-K
Musaf: Miriam H-K
Psalm/Reading: Marge

Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.

  • Login information for Shabbat and Festival morning services can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting.
  • Page numbers: People who attend our services use at least four different siddurim (prayer books). We do not announce page numbers because it would be a tircha d'tzibbur (burden on the congregation). Instead, we have a charts with the page numbers for various services posted at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#order . Please prepare ahead of time by printing out the chart or marking your siddur with bookmarks or Post-Its®.
  • Preparing for services: See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#preparing.
  • Muting: For most of the service, please mute yourself. Further explanation can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#muting
  • Kiddush: After services, we take a 10-minute break to grab some food. Then we make Kiddush and Motzi together. If your custom is to wash before a meal, please do so before Kiddush. After Motzi, we have an extended schmooze. On occasion, we have a discussion in place of schmoozing.

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 7:48 pm  — Havdalah: led by Deb K
Followed by schmoozing!

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

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Kaffeklatsch

Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info.

Sat, Mar 25

 

RIMONIM HYBRID

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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
DT: TBA
Musaf: Ilana (in person)

Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.

  • Login information for Shabbat and Festival morning services can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#connecting.
  • Page numbers: People who attend our services use at least four different siddurim (prayer books). We do not announce page numbers because it would be a tircha d'tzibbur (burden on the congregation). Instead, we have a charts with the page numbers for various services posted at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#order . Please prepare ahead of time by printing out the chart or marking your siddur with bookmarks or Post-Its®.
  • Preparing for services: See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#preparing.
  • Muting: For most of the service, please mute yourself. Further explanation can be found at http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#muting
  • Kiddush: After services, we take a 10-minute break to grab some food. Then we make Kiddush and Motzi together. If your custom is to wash before a meal, please do so before Kiddush. After Motzi, we have an extended schmooze. On occasion, we have a discussion in place of schmoozing.

TELETEFILA

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 7:55 pm  — Havdalah: led by TBA
NO Kiddush L'vanah
Followed by schmoozing!

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

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Kaffeklatsch

Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info.

Sat, Apr 1

TELETEFILA

Shabbat Tzav
Shabbat haGadol

Havdalah

Wed, Apr 5

Leil Passover
First seder in the evening

NO Kaffeeklatsch

Thu, Apr 6

First Day of Passover
NO TeleTefila, NO Rimonim, NO West Side Minyan

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
KIDDUSH L'VANA

Count Omer