About Minyan Urim
We are a five year old and growing community at the Yale Slifka Center in New Haven, CT, consisting of Yale University students and others from the New Haven area. In our services, we strive to create an uplifting and enthusiastic tefilla, while maximizing the active participation of our community members.
Consistent with our commitment to halacha, we have sought out opportunities afforded by traditional Jewish sources for increasing the inclusion of women in our tefillot. In our Shabbat morning services, both women and men have aliyot and read Torah and Haftarah. Women generally lead P’sukei D’zimra and the Torah service, while men lead Shacharit and Mussaf. We have a mechitza separating women and men during tefilla.
We hope you’ll find Minyan Urim to be an open and friendly environment. Come visit us and see what we’re all about!
Consistent with our commitment to halacha, we have sought out opportunities afforded by traditional Jewish sources for increasing the inclusion of women in our tefillot. In our Shabbat morning services, both women and men have aliyot and read Torah and Haftarah. Women generally lead P’sukei D’zimra and the Torah service, while men lead Shacharit and Mussaf. We have a mechitza separating women and men during tefilla.
We hope you’ll find Minyan Urim to be an open and friendly environment. Come visit us and see what we’re all about!
Meeting Dates - Fall 2010
This semester, we are meeting on the following Shabbat mornings and holidays at at the Slifka Center
(80 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511). Shabbat morning meetings are at 9:15 am; other times to be announced:
(80 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511). Shabbat morning meetings are at 9:15 am; other times to be announced:
- September 4
- September 9 - First day of Rosh Hashana - 9 a.m.
- September 11 - Shabbat Shuva
- Yom Kippur:
- Friday, Sept. 17 - 6:35 pm (Kol Nidrei/Maariv)
- Saturday, Sept. 18 - 9 am (Shacharit/Musaf)
- Saturday, Sept. 18 - 5 pm (Mincha/Neila)
- September 30 - Shemini Atzeret
- October 1 - Simchat Torah
- October 9
- October 23
- November 6
- (tentative: November 20)
- December 4 - Shabbat Chanukah
Contact Us
If you are interested in:
- Leading any of the tefillot, please contact Sam Greenberg. For other questions about tefillot, please contact our gabbaim: Rebecca Linfield and Yishai Schwartz.
- Reading Torah or Haftarah, please contact Rebecca Schlussel.
- Giving a Dvar Torah, please contact Sara Ronis.
- Contributing to or sponsoring Kiddush, please contact Shikma Zaarur.
Getting involved
We're very interested in hearing your feedback and ideas for the minyan and other potential programs! Please be in touch with Ted or Rivka.
We always like having new people lead tefillot or read Torah or Haftarah. If you are interested in learning or need help, please contact us at info@minyanurim.org.
We always like having new people lead tefillot or read Torah or Haftarah. If you are interested in learning or need help, please contact us at info@minyanurim.org.
Keeping in touch
To join our email list, please click here.
You can also join our facebook group.
If you have general questions, please feel free to be in touch with us at info@minyanurim.org.
You can also join our facebook group.
If you have general questions, please feel free to be in touch with us at info@minyanurim.org.
Where are we?
Other Resources and Links
Background information
- Qeri’at ha-Torah by Women: A Halakhic Analysis (Rabbi Mendel Shapiro, Edah 1:2)
- Congregational Dignity and Human Dignity: Women and Public Torah Reading (Rabbi Daniel Sperber, Edah 3:2)
