Join us for soulful and song-filled Shabbat morning services, followed by delicious Shabbat lunch!
Saturday November 2
9:30am – 2:30pm
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Services don’t require registration. Lunch registration required by Friday, Nov 1 at 12noon.
We have various price options so that finances aren’t an impediment to anyone’s participation.You can become a Makom Member first and save 10%.
Supervised childcare will be provided in Makom’s playroom during services.
At lunch, we’ll learn with Dr. Joshua Picard on “Best. Prophet. Ever. Reading Rambam’s Seventh Principle of Faith in an Islamic Context.”
Joshua is the postdoctoral fellow for the Evolution of the Jewish Family in Islamic North Africa working group with the Department of History and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. His research focuses on the colonial encounter between France and the countries of North Africa, especially Tunisia, with particular focus on the roles and experiences of Jewish communities on both sides of the Mediterranean. His current book project concerns the origins and ratification of the ‘Ahd al-Aman, the 1857 Tunisian reform edict that liberalized commercial law and formally recognized limited civil rights in Tunisia. His current research also includes Judaeo-Arabic satirical verse as a vehicle of social criticism, philanthropy and education reforms among North African Jews, and the place of the colony in nineteenth and twentieth-century conceptions of Jews as a distinct racial category.
Please try to come on time so we can start services strong with a double minyan,* especially for anyone saying kaddish.
*As a diverse and inclusive Jewish community, Makom has mens’, womens’, and all-genders’ seating sections. Female, male, and gender non-binary Jews can lead parts of services, read and be called up to the Torah, and count in our double minyanim of both 10 Jewish men and 10 Jews regardless of gender. Makom services follow the traditional Ashkenazi liturgy (prayer text).
Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom and playroom are not. There are wheelchair accessible washrooms one block away at the coffee shop at the corner of Bathurst and College. If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.