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The Society of Jewish Science joins the New Synagogue of Long Island for a Kabbalat Shabbat Service Friday, 6/6/25 - 6:30PM   Come join us tonight for a Kabbalat Shabbat service both In-person and on Zoom! We look forward to seeing you, learning together, and discussing the Torah! Service will be led by Rabbi Scott Matous...

The Society of Jewish Science Kabbalat Shabbat Hybrid Service Friday, 5/30/25 - 6:30PM (In person and on Zoom)   Come join us this Friday evening, May 30th, at 5:00pm where we will eat together and discuss the Torah portion and upcoming Holiday of Shavuot (this is in-person only). Following (at 6:30pm) we...

The Society of Jewish Science Kabbalat Shabbat Zoom Service only! Friday, 5/23/25 - 6:30pm   Parshah Behar-Bechukotai This week we have a double Torah portion, “Behar - Bechukotai.  Behar means “on Mount [Sinai]” and is found in Leviticus 25:1. It is, at this time on Mount Sinai, that G-d is...

Come join us this Tuesday evening, June 11th, at 6:30pm as we mark the beginning of the festival of Shavuot. This holiday marks the anniversary of the seven week period, after Passover, when we received the Torah on Mount Sinai. That is why Shavuot is also called Zeman Matan...

This week’s Torah portion is “Metzora,” which is often mistranslated as “leper” and found in Leviticus Chapter 14.  We’re continuing with the teaching about people, clothing, and homes that are afflicted with tzara’at (a skin disease or infection).  Tzara’at is the physical result of a...

Society of Jewish Science Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, April 12, 2024 - 7:00PM (Hybrid Service - in person/Zoom) Parshah Tazria This week’s Torah portion Tazria, which means “conceives”, is found in Leviticus 12:1–13:59. Here we continue discussing the laws of “tumah v’taharah”, ritual impurity and purity. The parshah begins by explaining that...

Chag Sameach Pesach 5784 Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 6:30PM (In person only)   Makor’s Society of Jewish Science Invites you to attend “A Taste of Israel” Passover Seder on the Second night of Passover, Tuesday evening, April 23rd, 2024 - 6:30 PM Limited seating RSVP to rabbiyymatous@hushmail.com Light Dairy Foods will be served Please let us know...

Invites you to the wonderful and marvelous musical - Oy Father ...

  Society of Jewish Science Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, March 29, 2024 - 7:00PM (Hybrid Service - in person/Zoom)   This week we continue with Parshah “Tzav” which means “command, instruct, to give direction” and it is found in Leviticus 6:2. Here, G-d tells Moses to instruct Aaron and his sons regarding...