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Please indicate which of the following your community will provide
AudienceCity
Name of Synagogue/community
AddressContact personEmail addressPhone numberComments
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Orthodox minyan with separate leyning and parallel hakafot
Manhattan, NYThe Beis Community
587 Fort Washington Avenue
Naima Hirsch
naima@beiscommunity.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women only
Huntington Woods/ Oak Park
Kehillat Etz Chayim
14601 Lincoln , Oak Park, MI
Rachel Lopatin
Rtesslerlopatin@gmail.com
312-813-4158
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlySkokie
Skokie Women’s Tefillah Group
8825 East Prairie Rd (at SVAJ) , Skokie, IL 60076
Rachel Steinsimesstein@gmail.com847-542-2730
Join us in the Social Hall for Women’s Tefillah, Hakafot, Torah Reading , Divrei Torah and Kiddush
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, They publicly recognize a woman in the community for her exemplary service to the synagogue community. (I'm blanking on what they call the "award.") It is announced just before Chatan Torah and Chatan Bereishit.
The hakafot are held in the same space. Men have their circle and women have their own circle with their own Torah. For the layning, the women go to the building next door for the women's reading. Everyone comes back together for Chatan Torah and Chatan Bereishit and the female honoree is announced to the combined audience and then everyone sings Eishet Chayil.
Washington, DC
Kesher Israel Congregation - The Georgetown Synagogue
2801 N Street NWAlyza Lewinalyza4@gmail.com12022859732
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlyWest Orange
West Orange Women's Tefillah
21 Lakeview DrivePam Greenwood
pam.greenwood@gmail.com
9085146988
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
Women onlyMelbourne, Australia
WOMEN’s ORTHODOX TEFILLAH IN VICTORIA INC.
Gandel Besen CampusNomi Kaltmann
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyPotomac MD
Beth Sholom Congregation
11825 Seven Locks Road Potomac Md 20854
Sarah Antine
Casesarasara@gmail.com
301-279-7010
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Women can have Aliyot in the presence of a minyan of 10 men
One of the readings allows women to read and have aliyot
JerusalemMizmor LeDavid 2 Nachum Shadmi St.Mindy Kornberg
mizmorledavid@gmail.com
972548052518
Mechitza is down middle Equal spaces for men & women to dance. Hakafot are divided between men and women
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyMelbourne, Australia
Unaffiliated with any shule - modern orthodox
Private home - email contact for address
Sharona Jotkowitz
sjotkowi@scopus.vic.edu.au
0408381100
Please email or call for address
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
The leining part is a separate women-only, and there is also Mechitzah service the rest of the time.
Rockville
Kehilat Pardes - The Rock Creek Synagogue
13300 Arctic Ave.Lily Landau
office@kehilatpardes.org
301-962-9400 x5247
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, Women's Aliyot
hakafot are same room but seperate dancing, aliyot/leining are men and women in separate rooms
New YorkThe Downtown Minyan7 e 10th streetAriane Barrie-Sternarianemichelle@nyu.edu
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlyPat JerusalemKehillat Pat @Nishmat27 Berl Locker StZev Weisingerbzweisinger@gmail.com0586150756
There is no women's leining at all. It will not be tolerated. (It sounds not PC but please trust me, it is not to insult anyone and I cannot go into detail on a public document as to why this is the case- feel free to ask me via email or call)
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Women's Kohelet reading on Shabbat Hol Hamoed
Women onlyAtlanta
Congregation Ohr HaTorah
2056 Lavista Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329
Deborah Wenger
debwenger@comcast.net
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyNew York
Congregation Ramath Orah
550 West 110th StreetJosephine Schizerjoschizer@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanModínKehillat RenanaReuven 4, ModiinNechama Veedernechamav@gmail.com972-54-221-4759
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, our Rabbanit giving divrei Torah and shiurim
Women onlyProvidence
Congregation Beth Sholom
275 Camp StreetBrauna Doidge
braunadoidge@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyBerkeleyVictoria Sutton
1630 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94703
M. Victoria Sutton
maharatvictoria@gmail.com
5108435246
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyNew York
Sixth Street Community synagogue
325 e 6th st ny, nyTali neuhuas
talimzilberman@gmail.com
9177477245
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
For Hakafot and reading women are separate; D'var on Shmini Atzeret is by a woman; services are with the entire congregation -- men and women
PhiladelphiaMekor Habracha1500 Walnut StreetSunnie Epsteinshulisrose@aol.com215-817-0353
Please note that in the morning, services begin at 9:15 am. While this community is always special and inclusive, this Chag is particularly remarkable.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyMelbourne, Australia Independent South CaulfieldAmy Feiglin+61 435 753 553
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyPotomac, MD
Beth Sholom Congregation
11825 Seven Locks Road
Zahava HurwitzZhurwitz@gmail.com
In Beth Sholom women also participate in reading Megillat Kohelet on Shabbat chol hamoed.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, תפילת שחרית ומוסף, הלל, הזכרת נשמות, תפילת גשם עם תוספת בתי אמהות והקפות יצירתיות
Women onlyירושליםשירת שרה, בתוך מכון פרדס
פייר קניג 29 תלפיות, ירושלים
שרה פרידלנד בן ארזהsarafba50@gmail.com0525118920
מי שרוצה להוביל הקפה - תפנה אלי בהקדם.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, Partnership Minyan
Partnership minyanShohamIsrael Hatefen 2 Nurit Jacobs Yinon nuritjy@gmail.com0524880700Welcome
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanZichron YaakovKolotDerech Sarah 3Tamar Laveefamily.lavee@gmail.com+972-586999683
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Dancing is in same room, just separate sides of mechitza. Leining is usually woman only in a separate room.
Brooklyn, NYProspect Heights Shul
TBD - We are still working out details
Shushana Young
shushanayoung@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyNew YorkThe Stanton Street Shul

180 Stanton St., New York, NY 10002
Rachel Mincerrzohn.mincer@gmail.com212-677-0365
We have a separate women's Torah reading on Simchat Torah morning. All women who want to can get aliyot. We do the hakafot together, both in the evening and the morning. Women dance with a Torah and also share in leading the hakafot.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanWest Orange, NJMaayan5 Swayze StreetDaniel Geretzrabbi@maayan-nj.org7322661214
Full Simchat Torah services at night and in the morning in partnership minyan format. Please email for davening times.
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Women will be called up to the torah during the time that all the men have an aliya
Women onlyD.N. Emek Bet SheanDvora LissKibbutz Shluchotdvora lissdvoraliss@yahoo.com0546746026
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyרתמיםרתמים, מועדוןרתמים, רמת הנגבקרן פוגלkerenfogel@gmail.com+972526038505
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyOxford, UK
Oxford Jewish Congregation
21 Richmond Road, Oxford, OX1 2JL, UK
Sarah Montagu
womenstefillah@ojc-online.org
+44 1865514356
This year will be the 33rd year of the women's hakafot and leining in Oxford on Simchat Torah; we look forward to welcoming all women, including the students at both Universities.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlyMaalei Adummim
Mitzpe Nevo - (neighbourhood)
All shuls in Mitzpe Nevo but Parsha Shlam in Pne Shmuel shul hall
Channa Hoffmanchanna_il@yahoo.com+972524569768
We are a Mizrahi community where men and women are equal but not the same. Most men go 3 times a day to shul and learn dav yomi, most women do not. We are a neighbourhood with about 450 families. There are 10 shuls and we have a Hesder Yeshiva. I am very happy being a woman. I do not need an alyah in shul, I don't want to dance with a Sefer Torah. I am happy behind a mehitza.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
none of the above, just a Modern Orthodox shul
BaltimoreNetivot Shalom7602 Labyrinth Road
Judy Floam - Leyning organizer is Beatrice Lang, if you are interested in leyning I can put you in touch with her
jmfloam@gmail.com410-486-0724
We are a woman-friendly shul and would love to have you join us. We have dancing with the Torah in maariv and shacharit on Simchat Torah.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Men and women are invited to share divrei Torah between hakafot
this takes place as part of our regular minyan
KatzrinOr Hatzafon
Miklat 14, Rechov Eshchar, Katzrin
Esterester@kosherfrugal.com053-530-1139
Everyone is welcome to join us!
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyModiin
Ad-hoc for Simchat Torah
Ulpana girls high school in Modiin
Annie
annie.landarosen@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Egalitarian minyanJerusalemSod Siach Yehuda HaLevi SchoolTbcTime and further info tbc
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Details not yet confirmed
Trichitza minyan, partnership/egal
JerusalemShabbat baboker Jerusalem, tbcTbcDetails not yet released
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Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanParisECUJE / Lecture Sefer
119 Rue la Fayette, 75010 Paris
Liliane Vanalecturesefer@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyLos Angeles B'nai David-Judea 8906 W Pico BlvdAdynna Swarz Director@bnaidavid.com 3102769269
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, There is one woman who leins, but I'm sure she would love to let someone else. it's not strictly organized
The hakafot is in the shul, men on the men's side women on the women's side, but the women's Torah reading is just women
Stony Brook
Stony Brook Hebrew Congregation
Melville Library 5560N, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Rabbi Shlomo Agishtein
Stonybrookhc@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyChicago
Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation
450 W Melrose St Chicago IL 60657
Rabbanit Leah Sarnarabbanit@asbi.org7732489200
Women's hakafot at nighttime and day time, women's torah reading and kibbudim during the dayttime.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women’s Led Dvar Torah program open to men and women to
TorontoShaarei Shomayim 470 Glencairn AveMarcy Ages
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyCambridge, MA
Orthodox Minyan at Harvard Hillel
52 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02139
Talia Weisberg
weisbergtalia@gmail.com
Time is an estimate
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Kallat Torah/Bereishit
No minyan because there usually isn't enough men
Paris
Espace Culturel Universitaire Juif d'Europe
119 rue la FayettePr Vanalecturesefer@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlySkokieOr Torah
3800 Dempster Street, Skokie, IL 60076
Marla Kirshner (office)Office@ortorah.org847-679-3645
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyNew York City
Congregation Ramath Orah
550 West 110th StreetAbbey Soclof
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyBala CynwydSha'arei Orah
131 Montgomery Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Yael Kellerkeshorah@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlySilver Spring Kemp Mill Synagogue
11910 Kemp Mill Rd. Silver Spring, MD
Dina Levitt
Dinakochlevitt@gmail.com
301-980-2651
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanModiinDarchei NoamRechov Emek Hachula 52Lisa Silvermanlisajs@hotmail.com972586889676
Services both erev simchat torah and morning
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlySydney, Australia
Sydney Women’s Tefilah Group
BJE, 56 Roscoe Street, Bondi
Shelley Einfeld
shelley@einfeldip.com.au
0414809004
Sharing Hakafot with Or Chadash Synagogue; separate Torah reading for women
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Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
Women onlyMelbourne Mizrachi
81 balaclava road, caulfield north
Michal KaufmanOffice@mizrachi.com.au+613 83172555All welcome
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, The women are to busy dancing for shiurim while the men are dancing. Simchat Torah kibbudim include one woman(chatan torah, chatan braysheet, Kalat Torah)
Standard O/MO kehilla. Everyone is welcome to dance with a Torah.
Albany, NY
Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob
380 Whitehall Road, Albany, NY 12209
Seanan Herrick, office manager
518-489-5819 x. 3
We are always looking for people to come visit Albany. We will have a table at the upcoming OU Job Fair
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, women leading hakafot and certain parts of tefillah
mehitzah, with mean leading most parts of tefillah
rehovot, israelRehovotTachkemoni schoolOmri Flickeromriflicker@gmail.com058.628.7976
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlySt. Louis
Bais Abraham Congregation
6910 Delmar Blvd. Ruth Schachter-Cohenoffice@baisabe.com3147213030
There will be women's hakafot on Monday, October 21 as part of the larger celebration (full mechitza). The Women's Tefila Group will meet for a Torah reading (women only) on Tuesday, October 22.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Leining is women only, but hakafot are together.
BrooklynCongregation Kol Israel
603 st. johns place, Brooklyn, NY, 11225
Sam Reinstein
Rabbisam@ckibrooklyn.org
2016744794
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Orthodox mechitza minyan men and women
Bronx, NYThe Riverdale Minyan
4545 Independence Ave. Lower Level Bronx NY 10463
R' Dan Margulies
rabbi@theriverdaleminyan.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Egalitarian minyanBrookline
Washington Square Minyan
384 Harvard Street Brookline MA
Rebecca Magazine Malamud
Info@wsminyan.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Traditional Mechitza Minyan
Teaneck
Congregation Keter Torah
600 Roemer AvenueHoward GruenspechtHoward@ketertorah.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyJerusalemYael shulrechov yael bakadevorah preiss-bloom
devorahpreiss@gmail.com
0526139946
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyjerusalemShirat Sara
at Pardes- rechov Pierre Koenig
Debbie Sinclair
debdansinclair@gmail.com
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Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyJerusalem ירושליםRamot Bet רמות ב
6 Even Shmuel St רח אבן שמואל 6
Tova Osofskytova@isratec.co.il0545434834
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanToronto
Toronto Partnership Minyan
1950 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5P 3K2
Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein
tpmsouth@gmail.com
We are only at this address on Simchat Torah
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyNewton
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah
35 Morseland Avenue, Newton, MA
Shoshie Lockshin
shoshanna.lockshin@gmail.com
Dancing PM & AM, AM followed by leining and aliyot for all women
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Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim, Shiurim or Divrei Torah during men's hakafot
Women onlyBaltimoreNer Tamid
6214 Pimlico Rd, Baltimore, MD
Rebbetzin Hindy Motzen
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyBaltimoreBeth Tfiloh
3300 Old Court Rd, Pikesville, MD 21208
Cherie Seidman Brownstein
csbrownstein@btfiloh.org
410-413-2220
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, Pot Luck Luncheon
Partnership minyanNew RochelleKol Echad
newrochellekolechad@gmail.com
Joshua Blechner
newrochellekolechad@gmail.com
Please email us for more info
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanSkokie, IL
Kol Sasson Congregation
8825 East Prairie Road
Skokie, IL 60076
GabbaiGabbai@kolsasson.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
Men and Women with Mechitza in the middle
West Hartford
Young Israel of West Hartford
2240 Albany AveRabbi Tuvia Brander
Rabbi@youngisraelwh.org
8602333084
Dancing PM & AM; Just one of the reasons why we love West Hartford. Check us out at youngisraelwh.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women dance with Torah on women's Sid of mechitza during hakafot. Separate leining is held for men and women
TeaneckNetivot Shalom811 Palisades Ave. Debra Passner
info@netivotshalomnj.org
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a TorahWomen onlyForest Hills
Chavurat Yisrael in Forest Hills, Queens
69-10 108th Street
Apt. 1-O
Rebecca Spilkerspilke@gmail.com9176486500
If there any other Orthodox shul in Queens that has this available?
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Women onlyZichron YackovMoed
100 Hamyadaim st. Zichron Yackov Israel
Margalit Cohen
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit, Aliyot (women who choose to be called to the Torah will recite Biblical verses in lieu of the traditional brachot)
Women only
Huntington Woods/Oak Park, MI
Congregation Or Chadash
25401 Coolidge Hwy., Oak Park MI 48237
Deborah Kovsky-Apap
dkovskyapap@gmail.com
2489109008
Join us downstairs in the social hall!
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlyJerusalemVeani TfilaUsishkin 38, RechaviaNava Levine-Coren
navalevinecoren@gmail.com
V'Zot Habracha is read by women from the kehilla; after which all of the women stand in a circle and sing as the Torah is passed around the circle for each woman to hold, and pray, for a few seconds.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Egalitarian minyanjerusalemShabat Baboker
Gedalyahu Alon 11, Jerusalem, Israel
Inbar Avni
shabbatbaboker@gmail.com
0545307084
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women only
Talpiot-Arnona, Jerusalem
Kehilat Talpiot Hachadasha (Beit Boyer)
36 Efrata StreetVaad Beit Boyerbeitboyer@gmail.com
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a TorahWomen onlyCedarhurst
Five Towns Orthodox Feminists
RSVP for addressSami GroffSami.groff@srz.com516-458-2769
We would love to have many women join us to celebrate and dance with the Torah on Simchat Torah morning. Please email or text us and we will provide the address.
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Kallat Torah/Bereishit
Partnership minyanNew YorkDarkhei Noam
Symphony Space- 2537 Broadway (at 95 Street)
Jordana Goldenjordana@dnoam.org917-208-0122
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women, Guest woman scholar giving divrei Torah and shiurim
Orthodox minyan with men and women, mechitza
Cambridge
University of Cambridge Jewish Society
3 Thompson’s LaneSylvie Hodes
sylvie@hodesfamily.co.uk
07759653456
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Women's hakafot-dancing with a Torah, Leining opportunities for women
Women onlySeattleMercaz Seattle
Near 35th and 60th Ave NE
avianddina@gmail.com
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