01 – The Books We Use

We hope you will follow along and join right in during prayers. While most of our prayers are in Hebrew, the holy language of prayer, all our books have English translations with which you can follow along.

During Saturday (Shabbat) morning services we use two books:

• The siddur (prayer book) – the small blue book entitled “Sim Shalom Siddur for Shabbat and Holidays”, located in the pews.
• The chumash (Pentateuch) – the larger red book entitled “Etz Hayyim”, found in the bookcases just inside and to the right of the sanctuary entrance.

Both books open right to left, as all Hebrew texts do. There is a page indicator located on the bimah (pulpit) to help congregants follow along.