Worship at Temple David

Temple David invites you to attend and participate in our regular and festival services.

Weekly services include Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday nights commencing 6.30pm, and Shabbat Shaharit and Torah service on Saturday mornings from 10.30am to 12.15pm.  Services are lead by our experienced lay-leaders.

Jewish festivals thoughout the year are honoured and celebrated with a combination of services and special events.  These include a communal Second Night Seder at Pesach, services and social events in the Sukkah at Sukkot, full choral services at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, dancing with our Torahs at Simchat Torah, and so forth. The upcoming events can be found on the calendar to the right of this information.

Prayer book

Our congregation has recently started to use the new World Union edition of Mishkan T'Filah, a prayer book developed in North America but adapted for use in the Southern hemisphere. A key feature of this siddur (prayerbook) is the extensive use of transliteration, allowing even those who do not read Hebrew text to be able to participate fully in the prayers.

Onegim

We hold occasional "pot luck" or "bring and share" Onegim (Community Meals) after the Shabbat evening services, offering you a chance to socialise and meet other congregants, and to join in with Israeli dancing after the meal.

Information for visitors

While visitors are always welcomed, due to the ever increasing security risks faced by synagogues all over the world, we request that you inform the Temple office beforehand if you wish to attend any service, and that you bring ID with you. 

Spare Tallit and Kippot are always available for guests from other congregations.