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. |
Plan for hybrid services until the High HolidaysWSM hybrid – 2nd Shabbat of each month RIMONIM hybrid – 3rd Shabbat of each month, except August when it will be the 1st Shabbat |
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You're invited to every service and event on this calendar! |
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| Sat, Jun 10 | WEST SIDE MINYAN ZOOM SERVICE
Shabbat B'haalot'cha This is a ZOOM-only service, following the minhag of the West Side Minyan. 9:40 am — P'sukei D'zimra (Verses of Song): Led by Larry K 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. 10:00 am SHARP! — Shacharit: Michael W Torah (Numbers) — Triennial reading Gabbai: Amy Brown
NO Haftarah at WSM hybrid services About WSM hybrid services, including a guide for leading davening: http://www.westsideminyan.org/wsm-davening-guide.html If attending on ZOOM:
TELETEFILA
9:09 pm — Havdalah on ZOOM: 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 ] |
| Wed, Jun 14 7:15 pm |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
| Sat, Jun 17 | RIMONIM HYBRID SERVICE
Shabbat Sh'lach L'cha 10:00 am SHARP — P'sukei D'zimra & Shacharit: TBA Shamash: Jeremy Goldman Torah (Numbers) — Full k'ria:
Haftarah Joshua 2:1-24 · 24 p’sukim: TBA About Rimonim hybrid services, including a guide for leading davening: http://minyanrimonim.org/rimonim-davening-guide.html If attending in person:
If attending on ZOOM:
TELETEFILA
9:12 pm — Havdalah on ZOOM: led by TBA 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 ] |
Wed, Jun 21 |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
| Sat, Jun 24 | TELETEFILA
Shabbat Korach 9:40 am — P'sukei D'zimra (Verses of Song): Led by TBA 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: TBA Torah (Numbers) —Triennial reading:
Haftarah I Samuel 11:14-12:22 · 24 p’sukim: TBA Shacharit begins promptly, 10 minutes after the posted starting time.
TELETEFILA
xx:xx pm — Havdalah: led by TBA 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 ] |
| Wed, Jun 28 7:15 pm |
Kaffeklatsch Join us for our weekly schmoozefest! See http://www.teletefila.com/login.html#kaffee for login info. |
| Jul 1 | TeleTefila |
| Jul 4 | Independence Day |
| Jul 5 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Jul 8 | WSM Hybrid |
| Jul 12 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Jul 15 | Rimonim Hybrid |
| Jul 19 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| July 22 | TeleTefila |
| Wed, Jul 26 | Leil Tisha B'av NO Kaffeeklatsch |
| Thu Jul 27 | Tisha B'av |
| Jul 29 | TeleTefila |
| Aug 5 | Rimonim Hybrid |
| Aug 9 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Aug 12 | WSM Hybrid |
| Aug 16 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Aug 17 | Elul begins in the evening |
| Aug 19 | TeleTefila |
| Aug 23 | Kaffeeklatscj |
| Aug 26 | TeleTefila |
| Aug 30 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Sep 2 | TeleTefila |
| Sep 4 | Labor Day |
| Sep 6 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Sep 9 | WSM Hybrid S'lchot at night |
| Sep 13 | Kaffeeklatsch |
| Fri Sep 15 | First night of Rosh haShana |
| Sat Sep 16 | First Day of Rosh haShana WSM Hybrid Service |
