We encourage Shir Hadash members to go to Congregation Sinai on Friday, March 28. Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz will be at Shir Hadash on the evening of Saturday, March 29 for a special concert!

Congregation Sinai: 1532 Willowbrae Ave San Jose, CA 95125

Congregation Sinai and Congregation Shir Hadash are excited to collaborate on a Musician in Residence Weekend on Thursday, March 27 – Saturday, March 29, 2025 featuring Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz.

Deborah serves the Hadar Institute as Director of Tefillah and Music, supporting communities and individuals who seek to deepen their practice of empowered song and connective prayer. An artist and composer, she has collaborated on over two dozen albums of new Jewish music with treasured colleagues, including two albums of her own original music: The Narrow and the Expanse (2020) and Yetzira (2023).

The weekend will include davening, singing, learning, and a Saturday night concert full of soul-igniting melodies and ethereal harmonies. All events other than the concert will take place at Congregation Sinai. The Saturday night concert will be held at Congregation Shir Hadash. All events are free of charge with the exception of the Friday dinner, which requires advance reservations.

Thursday, March 27 7:00 pm Tefila Workshop (Sinai) - To Hold and Be Held, To Convene and Collaborate
This experiential workshop will explore strategies for harnessing the songful potential of any given room when serving as shaliach tzibbur - leader of communal prayer - with an eye towards both holding the community, and allowing them to hold us in return.

Friday, March 28 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv with R. Deborah Sacks Mintz (Sinai) 
Enter Shabbat with musically and spiritually uplifting Friday evening davening. Please note: Shir Hadash will be joining Sinai for Friday night services.

• 6pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service at Congregation Sinai
• 7:30 pm Catered Shabbat Dinner at Congregation Sinai – By reservation only, RSVP here for the dinner.
• 8:45 pm Nigun Circle at Congregation Sinai - Elevate the oneg (delight) of Shabbat through the depths and joys of communal song. Through the meditative power of the nigun–wordless melody–we’ll raise our voices, lift our spirits, and encounter the harmonies sourced deep within us all.