Public service Shabbat Lech Lecha

Admission for guests as part of the Jewish Film and Culture Days 2025 / 5786: From 10:30 am

Cantor Moshe Hayoun will lead the prayer service, which actually begins at 9:30 am. The first part consists of the daily morning prayer, supplemented by some additional solemn prayers and psalms for the Shabbat.

However, it only gets really exciting at around 10:30 a.m. when the Torah scroll, written by hand on parchment with a quill pen, is ceremoniously lifted out of the shrine and the weekly section is read. Lech Lecha from the first book of Moses is read out in the original Hebrew.

After the end of the service, we go together to the community hall for the Kiddushthe traditional blessing over wine and bread, followed by a communal meal and a prayer of thanksgiving.

Thierry Frenkel will explain the structure of the Jewish prayer service, explain traditions and rituals and will be happy to answer questions from visitors during the Kiddush.

Note
Participation in the service itself is of course free of charge. A fee (€15/€10) is charged for participation in the Kiddush. Registration by name is required in any case for security reasons. You can find all the details here www.jg-fr.de/veranstaltungen