Due to the expected inclement weather on Sunday, January 25, all programs and services at Temple Israel will be cancelled. Evening minyan will be on TIGN Zoom only.

On Monday, January 26, all in-person programs and services at Temple Israel will be cancelled. This includes the Beth HaGan Early Childhood Center. The synagogue business office will be closed, but staff will be working remotely and available to take your call. For the Players rehearsal, please be on the lookout for a separate email. The Shoah Book Club will take place on TIGN Zoom. Morning and evening minyan will be on TIGN Zoom only.

Temple Israel of Great Neck

Lekh-Lekha

We meet Abraham, who, at 75, leaves his home in Mesopotamia, at God’s command, and travels to Canaan with his wife, Sarah, and his nephew, Lot, to become the father of a great nation in this portion. Abraham meets a number of challenges which test his faith in God and his resourcefulness. He has a son with Hagar, Sarah’s handmaid, since Sarah appears to be barren. He also enters into covenant (b’rit) with God which is symbolized by circumcision (b’rit milah), thus laying the ground for the development of the Jewish people and its special relationship to God.

Torah Reading:

Lech-Lecha: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27

Haftarah:

Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16

Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism