
Friday in the Foyer Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Oct 03, 2025Welcome Shabbat with family and friends in Har Zion’s beautiful foyer, and enjoy lighting Shabbat candles before the service. Bring your own, or we will provide one.
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Welcome Shabbat with family and friends in Har Zion’s beautiful foyer, and enjoy lighting Shabbat candles before the service. Bring your own, or we will provide one.
View Event DetailsJoin us for Shabbat Morning services. Featuring a variety of traditional, modern, cantorial, and Hassidic melodies, the service is lead by Rabbi Glick and Cantor Figa. Service at 10 AM and Kiddush to follow
View Event DetailsFor KRS parents (and often also the students). Parents are encouraged to join Family School both to further their Jewish education and to create community within KRS.
View Event DetailsKnow how to read Hebrew but not sure what the prayers mean? This new class will help you take the next steps on your Hebrew journey and feel more comfortable in prayer settings.
View Event DetailsThe week-long harvest festival of Sukkot commemorates the dwelling of the Israelites in tents during their 40-year journey in the Sinai desert. We eat meals and sleep in a sukkah, and shake the etrog and lulav. Har Zion preschool children decorate the temple sukkah.
View Event DetailsHar Zion Preschool closes on River Forest and public school holidays and on the major Jewish Holidays.
View Event DetailsThere are in person and streamed holiday services at 10am on the first two days of Sukkot; they use same the Zoom ID and siddur as the Shabbat morning services. The temple office is closed.
View Event DetailsA Sukkot celebration in the Sukkah for all children ages 1-7! The children with decorate, and then eat lunch in, the Har Zion Sukkah.
View Event DetailsThe Har Zion davening team meets for our lively Friday night musical services. Participants sing, dance and revel in lively renditions of popular religious tunes. These services are the perfect way to start Shabbat.
View Event DetailsSalmon in the Sukkah is an annual event at Har Zion, a Shabbat dinner eaten…
View Event DetailsJoin us for Shabbat Morning services. Featuring a variety of traditional, modern, cantorial, and Hassidic melodies, the service is lead by Rabbi Glick and Cantor Figa. Service at 10 AM and Kiddush to follow
View Event DetailsCome to this Musical Shabbat service to hear from the Green/Adamah Committee what you can do for the Earth, and enjoy a kiddush featuring foods from the temple gardens.
View Event DetailsTot Shabbat begins with time for the children to play and their adults to schmooze (chat), followed by and for a short, age-appropriate service.
View Event DetailsSchool-aged children are invited to join in a service using a siddur for them, led by Har Zion teenagers. Two Saturdays a month, at 10:30am.
View Event DetailsSave Sunday afternoon, October 12, for a presentation on the architectural history of Har Zion, in our continuing celebration the Har Zion community having moved into our building 75 years ago!
View Event DetailsThe temple office and building are closed on most US Federal holidays.
View Event DetailsIn 5786 in the diaspora, Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown of Monday, October 13. It…
View Event DetailsThere are in person and streamed holiday services at 10am on Shemini Atzeret and on Simchat Torah; they use same the Zoom ID and siddur as the Shabbat morning services. The temple office is closed.
View Event DetailsIn 5786 in the diaspora, Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown of Monday, October 13. It…
View Event DetailsSimchat Torah marks the end of the annual Torah scroll reading and the beginning of the new cycle for the coming year. It is celebrated with musicians, singing, dancing, and merry processions of people carrying Torahs and children waving flags.
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