Who We Are Gan Shir Hadash is a model early childhood program dedicated to the pursuit of ‘best practices’ in early childhood education and development. Currently, we provide programming for children aged 2-3.5 years old at the start of the school year. Some of our special features include: An unrivalled high staff-to-child ratio, with small class sizes and two to three…
Shir Hadash was founded by Rabbi Ian and Dr. Rachel Pear in the fall 2000. It’s first center — initially in a community center, then a “Cursed Building” and ultimately a bomb shelter — was in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachlaot. Today, that center continues to operate under the name Kol Rina. A great number of Shir Hadash’s most innovative…
Weekday Shacharit Daily Sunday – Friday: 8:15 AM Including Chol HaMoed, Fast Days and Rosh Chodesh Slichot during Elul take place prior to this morning minyan, except for the first Slichot which takes place Motzei Shabbat at midnight. Shabbat Schedule Friday Night Mincha: 25 minutes after candle-lighting Kabalat Shabbat: 35 minutes after candle-lighting Maariv: 55 minutes after candle-lighting DURING SUMMER…
SEPTEMBER 2019 Mazal Tov to Josh Wajcman and Andrea Rosen who became engaged to be married yesterday (September 5). May they merit to build a bayit ne’eman b’yisrael! We regret to inform you of the passing of Morton Schwartz, father of Dr. Phillip Schwartz. The funeral will take place this evening, September 3 at 6:30 PM at Beit Ha’hesped, Har…
In preparation for opening our new gan classroom for next year, some local children under the guidance of Avigayle Adler Katz started working on mural of author Maurice Sendek’s famous book Where the Wild Things Are. When next at Shir Hadash be sure to check on their progress!
Shir Hadash is honored to host one of Israel’s premier teachers of Torah each week as he uncovers, innovates and inspires in his unique and always original analysis of parshat hashavua. Wednesday nights at 8 PM, with Ma’ariv to follow.
Essential to Judaism – and to Shir Hadash – is the concept of joy. For that reason, I thought it might be of some value to share a few ‘sources’ about this value, and thereby elevate it from a vague concept to which one might be prepared to gives lip service to a more concrete, and more urgent characteristic to…
Have you visited our friend Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein’s amazing creation to help facilitate Talmud learning? If not, it’s a must stop on your internet itinerary. Click here for a review by the Jerusalem Post.
From our friends at Chabad: 18 Tisha B’Av Facts Every Jew Should Know By Menachem Posner 1. Tisha B’Av Is the Saddest Day of the Jewish Calendar Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (Aug. 10-11, 2019), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Referred to by the prophet as “the fourth [month] fast,”1 it is second in severity only to Yom Kippur,…