Wayne leads Thank Goodness It's Shabbat (TGIS) on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at Temple Israel on Longwood Avenue in Boston. TGIS is Temple Israel's name for Tot Shabbat. All are welcome to attend. You and your children can come just once or every time we get together. Most of our children are infant through four years old, but we love to see five and six, and even seven year olds too.
As the weeks progress we will be adding information, song lyrics, and links so that you and your children can sing and dance at home, and check out exactly what we do (songs, stories, prayers, lyrics, dances) at TGIS. Please feel free to email Wayne if you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to share. We really appreciate your input!
This is our basic outline. The middle of our service is determined by current holidays and the weekly torah portions, also known as parshas. We will try to add the holiday and parsha materials we use in links at the bottom of this page as well as links to other appropriate websites.
Song - Shalom Chaverim (with sign language)
Song - Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem
Name Song - Paw Paw Patch
Song -Thank You God by Peri Smilow
(We have the children share things they're thankful for each week
Holiday and/or Parsha stories, songs, and activities
Song: Hinei Mah Tov
Hinei Mah Tov uma na-im
shevet achim gam ya-chad
Song - Ach Shuv with Torah
(march to the ark and get toy torahs
We open the ark and take out the torah)
Song - Ki mitsiyon tetse tora
March around the room with our torahs
Song : Torah Torah Torah
Prayer:
Shema Yisreal, Adonoi elohaynu, Adonoi echad
Blessing over Children:
Y'varechacha Adonoi V'yish'm'recha
Ya'er Adonoi panav eilech vichuneka
Yisa Adonoi panav eilecha v'yasem l'cha shalom
You should have a beautiful, wonderful Shabbat, and enjoy your mothers and your fathers
After God made the whole world, what did he do? He rested.
When you go home have a nice lunch with your family and rest.
We return the Torah to the ark, and return toy torahs
Song: Yom Rishon
Song - Adon Olam (call and response version)
Hamotzi
Prayer over juice
(Families with new baby or new members or new to TGIS honored by holding juice):
Baruch ata Adonoy, Eloheinu melech ha-olam
Borei peri ha gafen (drink juice)
Ha-Motzi: (wash hands, children repeat each word, then no talking)
Baruch ata Adonoy, Eloheinu melech ha-olam
asher kidishanu be-mitzvotav
ve-zivanu al netilat yadayim
Ha-Motzi: CHILDREN raise challah, everyone touches someone so we are all connected as one community:
Baruch ata Adonoy, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz
children say "Amen" (rip bread and eat)
Song: Time to Go by Wayne Potash
Song: Shabbat Shalom (Bim Bom)
Shabbat Blessings Link Hebrew, English and audio
Tot Shabbat website has lots of audio songs including Hinei Mah Tov, and Wayne's Six Days To Make the World
Special thanks to Meryl Goldwag, Susan Glickman, and the staff at the temple for helping me prepare a wonderful Shabbat program.
Here are links to our additions for the weeks listed.
September 12, 2009
September 26, 2009
October 10, 2009
October 24, 2009
November 14, 2009
November 28, 2009
December 12, 2009 Chanukah
