Shabbat at Central Synagogue is a unique and meaningful experience. More than five hundred people fill the Sanctuary on Friday evenings as the congregation and our welcome visitors join in worship and song. The smaller group on Saturday mornings provides a more intimate and participatory worship setting to learn and celebrate with our b’nei mitzvah families.
Service Times
Congregational Service: 6:00 pm, Fridays in the Main Sanctuary
Congregational Service: 9:30 am, Saturdays (most weeks), in the Main Sanctuary
Congregational Service: 11:30 am, Saturdays (occasional), in the Main Sanctuary
The Mishkan: 9:30 am, Select Saturdays, location alternates between the Community House and Pavilion. Security will direct you.
Ways to Join Us
In Person
Our Shabbat services are always open to the public–visit us.
Via Live Stream
All services in our Main Sanctuary are live streamed using high-definition cameras. Visit our live streaming page (active during services).
By Phone
404-602-9526, passcode: 759682# or call toll-free 1-877-864-6450*
*If your phone plan has free long-distance calling or unlimited minutes, we ask that you consider using the (404) number to help us defray these expenses so that we can continue to provide this important service.
On TV
Shalom TV broadcasts our Shabbat services Fridays live at 6:00 pm and again at 10:00 pm. Find your local Shalom TV channel.
Shabbat Prayer Books
For Friday night Shabbat worship, Central Synagogue uses Mishkan Tefilah: A Reform Siddur, published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis. This innovative format includes the Hebrew text with both a transliteration and English translation.
“The essential foundation of Reform Judaism—its emphasis on ethical action and social justice—is still the overriding theological message of the Mishkan T’filah liturgy: God demands something of us. This message is present throughout the interpretive readings and is best encapsulated in the prayerbook’s introduction to the Amidah: ‘Pray as if everything depended on God. Act as if everything depended on you.” The Reform message is as strong as ever, and this prayer book will help unify Reform Jews to pray together with that message in mind.” —excerpted from Rabbi Buchdahl’s review of the Mishkan Tefilah in Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility. Read the full book review.
Order the Mishkan T’filah online from CCAR Press.
Do you have an iPad? Follow along with the Mishkan T’filah app. Download from iTunes
For Saturday mornings, we have crafted our own Shabbat prayer book. Download our Shabbat morning prayer book here.
For Holiday and Festival services, you may follow along using the Mishkan T’filah: A Reform Siddur: Holiday and Festivals. Order online from CCAR Press here or download the Kindle Edition here.
We also refer to Rabbi Gunther Plaut’s The Torah: A Modern Commentary, available to order from the URJ.
Shabbat for Kids & Families
Shabbat Central
Shabbat experience for families with children ages 0-5. Open to all!
Learn more »
Shabbat Yeladim
Shabbat experience specifically designed to engage the hearts and minds of children grades K-5. Open to Central Synagogue members.
Learn more »
SUPPORT CENTRAL TODAY!
Your tax-deductible contribution to our Annual Yom Kippur Appeal will provide for Central’s exceptional educational, community, and spiritual programs and help enrich the Jewish experience of our members and the community-at-large.