Welcome to New Toco Shul
New Toco Shul (NTS) is an intellectually diverse synagogue in the Toco Hill community of Atlanta, GA. We pride ourselves on offering learning opportunities that represent the spectrum of Orthodoxy. Our shul is a warm and welcoming place where everyone knows your name. |
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| Rabbi Dr. Don Seeman is the rabbi of the New Toco Shul. He is also an associate professor of Religion and Jewish Studies at Emory University, and was involved with our shul from the beginning. Before moving to Atlanta he lived and taught in Jerusalem, was a Wexner Fellow and earned a PhD in Social Anthropology. |
Now @ NTS
Friday Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv (Early Shabbat): 6:30 pm
...with a D'var Torah from Rabbi Don Seeman
π―οΈπ―οΈ Candlelighting (Early Shabbat): Not before 6:49 pm (plag)
π―οΈπ―οΈ Candlelighting (B'zman): 7:48 pm
Shacharit: 9:00 am
...followed by Kiddush (sponsored by the congregation)
...followed by a Shiur after Kiddush with Rabbi Don Seeman on
βShabbat HaGadol Drasha in 15 Minutes: Is Passover the Root of All Jewish Awareness?
(Hasdai Crescas Thinks So, So Should You)"
~ Babysitting begins at 9:30 am (ages 4+)
~ Children's Parasha Learning meets before Kiddush
Pre-Mincha Shiur: 6:45 pm with Rabbi Don Seeman on
"Sigmund Freud (Psychoanalysis), Claude Levi-Strauss (Anthropology)
and the Ishbitzer Rebbe (Torah) on Neurosis, Incest, and What Makes us Human"
Mincha: 7:45 pm
...followed by Seuda Shelishit
...with a D'var Torah from Rabbi Don Seeman
Motzei Shabbat Maariv: 8:45 pm-ish
π₯ Havdalah: 8:55 pm
- MAZEL TOV to Aryeh and Amanda Rosenfield on the birth of a baby boy!
- βMark your calendars... please Join us Shabbat Morning May 4 for a VERY IMPORTANT announcement about our shulβs future home!
- π Our seforim have arrived! Thank you to everyone who participated in our book drive with Koren Publishers. After our 30% discount, we purchased over $2,000 worth of seforim for our community and families. Please pick up your personal orders at daily minyan or be in touch with Rabbi Seeman.
π« This is a good time to remind you that we are not a lending library. Books may only be removed from the premises by special arrangement with Rabbi Seeman. If you have NTS books at home, please return them. You are always welcome to read at shul! - π To sponsor Kiddush or Seuda Shelishit, please reach out to Rabbi Seeman or exec@newtocoshul.com. Pricing is on our Contact Us page.
- π Thank you to all the Seuda Shelishit sponsors!
~ April is sponsored by Hillarie Clein. Thank you!
~ Sedah Shelishit other months are still available for sponsorship! - π£οΈ If you would like to give a D'var Torah over at Seuda Shlishit, please let Rabbi Seeman know.
Please consider donating to the following Israel-based charities that need immediate help:
- Magen David Adom Israel - https://www.mdais.org/en/
donation - Hadassah Hospital Israel - https://www.hadassah.org/
donate/simple - United Hatzalah Israel - https://israelrescue.org/
- Leket Food Israel - https://www.leket.org/en/
online-donation/ - IDF Soldiers Fund in Israel - https://www.ufis.org.il/en/
donation-en/ - Zaka Israel - https://zakaworld.org/
Shabbat Afternoon Series by Rabbi Don Seeman
Ongoing Shiurim/Classes @ NTS
- Sunday at 7:00 pm: Jewish Law and Life in America with Rabbi Michael Broyde
- Monday at 4:30 pm: Netivot Shalom on the Weekly Parasha with Rabbi Reuven Travis (email Rabbi Travis for link)βββββββ
- Wednesday at 8:30 pm: A Stronger Klal Yisroel: A New Initiative for Toco Shuls. This is a series learning Hilchos Shabbos (Tzurba M'Rabannan). The learning will rotate between various shuls. All are welcome!