Temple Sinai

Last semester Krista and I attained a Jewish Temple called Temple Sinai for the first time. We were led by Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn who did a wonderful job and made us all feel welcomed. This welcoming community is located right next door at 6227 St. Charles Avenue. When Krista and I arrived at the Temple, I noticed how beautiful the Temple was. It was different. We were greeted and given two books the Torah and the Mishkan T'filah as we walked in to this small room.The seats where arranged so that all could see the front, in a circle kind of pattern. We started out with a prayer followed by singing songs even though I can't read or understand Hebrew I found them peaceful and enjoyed hearing them. Next we began reading from the Mishkan T'filah which is wrote backwards as is the Torah. The books layout is different from other books, it has Hebrew and English writings. When reading first the Rabbi would read then us depending on the books instructions. We pray again only we pray to individual. Once prayer is over the Rabbi removes the scroll Torah from the arc and walks around allowing everyone to touch their Torah to the scroll. After he reads from it in Hebrew, he places it back in the arc. Then he preaches and compares stories to the Torah. At the end he reads announcement and remember deaths. Then we all pray and exit where we returned our books and we offered wine. I enjoyed the service at Temple Sinai, I felt welcomed by everyone.  For anyone planning to attained Temple I recommend this one also you should call and talk to the Rabbi for more information about attaining.

You can visit their website at http://www.templesinaino.org/ .

Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn