The Siddur That Set Philadelphia Dancing

When folks from Philly saw the swinging spirituality at New York's B'nai Jeshurun, they determined to bring the experience to their community. Friday Night Alive! was the result. Several synagogues hosted a city-wide singing-dancing Kabbalat Shabbat led by visitors from B'nai Jeshurun. Some 800 people attended every Friday Night Alive! service.

We prepared a siddur for the program, with Hebrew, complete transliteration and translation, and full instructions. It was so popular that congregations all over the city ordered the book to use again and again.

Inside you'll find the complete Friday Night service, with all the psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat translated into English rhyme, the berachot of the Amidah clearly marked, explanatory notes by Ellen Bernstein as well as Joe Lewis, and of course line-by-line translation and transliteration alongside the Hebrew.