Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe

09/06/2026

This Friday for our Frontiers in Judaism class we'll be talking about the (many) changes that we make to our davening for Rosh Hashanah. Please join us after shacharis this Friday morning at KTM for class and breakfast

09/04/2026

KTM celebrating our 85th anniversary this weekend!

Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech
23 Elul

Friday, September 4
Shacharit: 6:55 AM
Candle Lighting: 6:55 PM
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM

Shabbat, September 5
Shacharit: 8:45 AM
Anniversary Kiddush in the Levenson Family Social Hall following services
Mincha: 6:45 PM
Seudah Shlish*t speaker: Yehuda Gale
Maariv: 7:48 PM
Havdalah: 7:55 PM

NOTE:
Sunday, September 6
Midnight Selichot with Dr. Jesse Hefter: 12:00 AM

Shabbat Shalom!

09/01/2026

Eighty-five years ago this week, Congregation Kadimah held our first services, in the building that remained our home until the new building was constructed a few years ago. (This was of course two decades or so before our merger with Toras Moshe.) We will be commemorating the occasion with a fancy kiddush, and would like to invite you to participate. Please see details in your email and on our website.

Kadimah-Toras Moshe: Where all are welcome.

08/31/2026

This Friday after shacharis we'll be talking about the classical phrase Ani L'Dodi v'Dodi Li: I am to my beloved, and my beloved is to me, the initials of which spell out the month of Elul. What are the deeper messages in this phrase? Join us around 7:45 am for the discussion over breakfast in the Levenson Family Social Hall

08/28/2026

KTM times for Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo, 16 Elul

Friday, August 28
Shacharit: 6:55 AM
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM
Candle Lighting: 7:07 PM

Shabbat, August 29
Shacharit: 8:45 AM
Kiddush in the Levenson Family Social Hall following servies
Mincha: 6:55 PM
Seudah Shlish*t speaker: Nomi Burstein
Maariv: 8:00 PM
Havdalah: 8:07 PM

Shabbat Shalom!

08/21/2026

KTM times for Shabbat Parshat Ki Teitzei, 9 Elul

Friday, August 21
Shacharit: 6:55 AM
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM
Candle Lighting: 7:18 PM

Shabbat, August 22
Shacharit: 8:45 AM
Pre-Mussaf speaker: Shoshana Traum
Kiddush in the Levenson Family Social Hall following servies
Mincha: 7:10 PM
Seudah Shlish*t speaker: Dan Simkovitz
Maariv: 8:11 PM
Havdalah: 8:18 PM

Shabbat Shalom!

08/13/2026

From Lord Rabbi Sacks of blessed memory: The parsha of Shoftim is the classic source of the three types of leadership in Judaism, called by the Sages the “three crowns”: of priesthood, kingship and Torah.1 This is the first statement in history of the principle, set out in the eighteenth century by Montesquieu in L’Esprit des Lois (The Spirit of Laws), and later made fundamental to the American constitution, of “the separation of powers.”

The parsha of Shoftim is the classic source of the three types of leadership in Judaism, called by the Sages the “three crowns”: of priesthood, kingship and Torah.1 This is the first statement in history of the principle, set out in the eighteenth century by Montesquieu in L’Esprit des Lois (T...

08/09/2026

This Friday morning, following shacharis, Rabbi Aldrich will give the Frontiers in Judaism class: Roomba Rampage: The Kiddush Caper, which details how we should think about handling a cleaning robot that went rogue during Kiddush Shabbos morning. Please join us!

08/07/2026

KTM times for Shabbat Parshat Re'eh, 25 Av

Friday, August 7
Shacharit: 6:55 AM
Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat: 7:00 PM
Candle Lighting: 7:38 PM

Shabbat, August 8
Shacharit: 8:45 AM
Kiddush in the Levenson Family Social Hall sponsored by the Snyders
Mincha: 7:30 PM
Seudah Shlish*t speaker: Ben Snyder
Maariv: 8:32 PM
Havdalah: 8:38 PM

Shabbat Shalom!

08/06/2026

Within every family, every community, and every organisation, there are tests, trials and tribulations. Do these lead to arguments, blame and recrimination? Or does the group see them providentially, as a route to some future good (a “descent that leads to an ascent” as the Lubavitcher Rebbe always used to say)? Does it work together to meet the challenge? Much, perhaps all, will depend on how the group defines its reality. This in turn will depend on the leadership or absence of leadership that it has had until now. Strong families and communities have a clear sense of what their ideals are, and they are not blown off-course by the winds of change.

One of the gifts of great leaders, and one from which each of us can learn, is that they frame reality for the group. They define its situation. They specify its aims. They articulate its choices. They tell us where we are and where we are going in a way no satellite navigation system could. They sh...