Shabbat Morning Services + Lunch n' Learn - Dec 17

Join us for soulful and song-filled Shabbat morning services, followed by a home-cooked Shabbat lunch and learning!

Our guest teacher at lunch will be Chaim Grafstein.

With the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah, Jews celebrate the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple and the victory of the Maccabeans over the Greek Hellenists. This interreligious conflict raises questions about how Jews through any era have interacted, and ought to interact, with their non-Jewish neighbours. Together, we will read and examine Moroccan Jewish stories and legal texts that explore the ways we have interreligious relationships.

Chaim Grafstein is a PhD student at the University of Toronto's Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. His research examines how Rabbi Yosef Messas's book Nahalat Avot attempts to shape the socio-political life of Moroccan Jews.

Please come on time so we can start services strong with a double minyan,* especially for anyone saying kaddish.

Want to read Torah or Haftarah? Email Adina.

Supervised childcare will be provided in Makom's playroom during services.

Lunch is FREE; donations are greatly appreciated!

Covid Precautions

To make services safer for community members who have health concerns, everyone age 5+ must wear a surgical or higher-quality mask (KN-95, KF-94, etc.) throughout services. Children 2-4 can wear any mask they'll keep on. We'll provide masks for those who don’t have.

After services conclude and folks who aren't staying have a chance to leave, those staying for lunch are welcome to remove their masks.

*As a diverse and inclusive Jewish community, Makom has mens', womens', and mixed seating sections. Female, male, and gender non-binary Jews can lead parts of services, read and be called up to the Torah, and count in our double minyanim of both 10 Jewish men and 10 Jews regardless of gender. Makom services follow the traditional Ashkenazi liturgy (prayer text).