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Young Families Shabbat Programs

How to Welcome Shabbat at Home

Rabbi Steven Rein and Hazzan Elisheva Dienstfrey lead us through the blessings to welcome Shabbat in our homes. Follow along with these videos and guide pages.

Video Library - How Do We Live a Jewish Life?

Wed, January 22 2025
22 Tevet 5785

Shabbat Resources

Looking for resources to enhance your family Shabbat?

Shabbat 101 (My Jewish Learning)

Shabbat Blessings (My Jewish Learning)

Shabbat (with kids) Cheat Sheet (18 Doors)

How to Do Shabbat for the Modern Family (18 Doors)

What is Shabbat? (Bim Bam)

Animated Weekly Torah Portions for Children (Bim Bam)

Making Challah for Shabbat (PJ Library)

Havdalah Resources

Learn more about Havdalah and download a blessings booklet. (Flip on the short side if printing double sided.)

Learn the Havdalah songs and blessings along with Hazzan Elisheva Dienstfrey:

- Havdalah first paragraph

- Havdalah blessings over wine, spices and candle (fire)

- Havdalah last paragraph

- Havdalah songs, HaMavdil, Shavua Tov, Eliyahu HaNavi

Events for Children and Families

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Saturday ,
JanJanuary 25 , 2025

Shabbat Family Jam
Shabbat, Jan 25th 11:00a to 12:00p
Families with children birth to age five are invited to join us for this family-friendly Shabbat celebration. We gather almost every Saturday morning during the school year to celebrate Shabbat, enjoy a Torah story, and have fun with friends.
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Wed, January 22 2025 22 Tevet 5785

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Agudas Achim Congregation
2908 Valley Drive
Alexandria, VA 22302

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703-998-6460 or 703-782-3976

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Candle Lighting

This week's Torah portion is Parshat Vaera

Candle Lighting

Friday, Jan 24, 5:03pm

Havdalah

Motzei Shabbat, Jan 25, 6:04pm

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Young Families of Alexandria/Arlington

Resources

How to Welcome Shabbat at Home

Video Library - How Do We Live a Jewish Life?

Lighting Shabbat Candles

Birkat Banim: Blessing our Children

Shalom Aleichem

Kiddush

Handwashing and Motzi

Shabbat Resources

Looking for resources to enhance your family Shabbat?

Havdalah Resources

Events for Children and Families

Contact Us

Candle Lighting

This week's Torah portion is Parshat Vaera

Candle Lighting

Havdalah

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