Tikkun Leil Shabbat

Tikkun Leil Shabbat is a welcoming, restful, songful community where we glimpse redemption at dusk on Friday evenings, eat things with tofu and noodles in them, learn from each others’ thoughts and experiences, and educate ourselves about the good work people are already doing to make our city a gentler and fairer place for everyone who lives here.

All of the services are fully egalitarian, full Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv with much singing. Micro variations to the words of the prayers are up to the person leading services. Sometimes we sit in a circle and the service is accompanied by acoustic guitar and percussion. Sometimes we sit facing East and the service is unaccompanied. The style of service is announced in advance.

Tikkun Leil Shabbat participants bring a wide range of prayerbooks, including Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Reform, and nondenominational siddurim, and some participants prefer to pray without a printed text. We provide some copies of Siddur Chaveirim Kol Yisraeil (“the purple siddur”), which contain the text of the evening service in Hebrew, in English, and transliterated phonetically in English letters. We encourage you to bring a siddur of your own if you can.

Please bring a vegetarian entrée or salad to share. Your dish should fit into one of two categories:

Location

Church of the Pilgram
2201 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20008