Beth Jacob does have Kabbalat Shabbat services but ... how do I say this nicely... they are not well attended at times, primarily because I think many people are at home preparing dinner and the bigger deal for people at Beth Jacob tends to be Shabbat morning. The singing when there aren't a lot of people there can be kind of... umm.... painful at times for me. It's not really that I can't stand the singing--I can deal...but Kabbalat Shabbat can be *soooo* lovely...
Beth Jacobites have (ok some of them) have a sort of running joke that, you know...it's a great minyan but most of the time half of the people are singing beautifully and the other half are off key and singing ridiculously slowly. It's part of our character and charm.
Anyway, that being said, I WILL be at Kabbalat Shabbat this week because we are having a family/wedding party Shabbat dinner at the shul and everyone will be there, etc. Unfortunately, my family being there will also not help the singing. ;) If you look at what groups I am in, I'm sure you can wager a guess why that is. But you guys could come and help! :)
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Beth Jacob does have Kabbalat Shabbat services but ... how do I say this nicely... they are not well attended at times, primarily because I think many people are at home preparing dinner and the bigger deal for people at Beth Jacob tends to be Shabbat morning. The singing when there aren't a lot of people there can be kind of... umm.... painful at times for me. It's not really that I can't stand the singing--I can deal...but Kabbalat Shabbat can be *soooo* lovely...
Beth Jacobites have (ok some of them) have a sort of running joke that, you know...it's a great minyan but most of the time half of the people are singing beautifully and the other half are off key and singing ridiculously slowly. It's part of our character and charm.
Anyway, that being said, I WILL be at Kabbalat Shabbat this week because we are having a family/wedding party Shabbat dinner at the shul and everyone will be there, etc. Unfortunately, my family being there will also not help the singing. ;) If you look at what groups I am in, I'm sure you can wager a guess why that is. But you guys could come and help! :)
I also friended you. :)