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Tikkun Leil Shabbat is an
/ref> The original Tikkun Leil Shabbat was founded in summer 2005 "as a summer experiment with no intention of continuing", but it continued beyond that summer as a result of grassroots demand, meeting in participants' homes. It merged in 2006 with the DC Reform Chavurah, keeping the name Tikkun Leil Shabbat for the combined community, and outgrowing apartments to meet in larger spaces. In order to serve a diverse constituency, the merged community adopted a practice of having TLS services alternate between two styles: circle seating with musical instruments (similar to
"D'var Tikkun: A Teaching About a Social Justice Issue"
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Tikkun Leil Shabbat
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Tikkun Leil Shabbat is an independent minyan
An independent minyan is a lay-led Jewish worship and study community that has developed independently of established denominational and synagogue structures within the organized Jewish community. Some began in the late 1990s and most since the ...
or chavurah
A ''chavurah'' or ''chaburah'' (חבורה Hebrew: "fellowship", plural ''chavurot'') is a small group of like-minded Jews who assemble for the purposes of facilitating Shabbat and holiday prayer services, sharing communal experiences such as life ...
in Washington, DC
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, organized entirely by volunteer leadership and sponsored by Jews United For Justice, DC's local Jewish social justice organization. The name of the community is a reference both to Tikkun Leil Shavuot
(''Ḥag HaShavuot'' or ''Shavuos'')
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and tikkun olam
''Tikkun olam'' ( he, תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, , repair of the world) is a concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world.
In classical rabbinic literature, the phrase referred to leg ...
. Its primary activity is Friday night ("leil Shabbat"), but it also meets on Jewish holidays and at other times. Tikkun Leil Shabbat attracts upward of 200 participants on Friday nights.
Like many minyanim and chavurot, Tikkun Leil Shabbat is not affiliated or identified with any Jewish denomination, and explicitly identifies as a diverse community, composed of "Jews from birth, Jews by choice, people committed to both traditional and non-traditional Jewish practice, non-Jews, and people exploring Judaism; LGBT and straight; people of color, Sefardi, Mizrachi and Ashkenazi; Virginians, Marylanders, DC residents, and people from other places; Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Reform, Renewal, secular, and Jewish without labels; people with no formal Jewish education, Jewish educators, and people with all other types of Jewish backgrounds".Tikkun Leil Shabbat website/ref> The original Tikkun Leil Shabbat was founded in summer 2005 "as a summer experiment with no intention of continuing", but it continued beyond that summer as a result of grassroots demand, meeting in participants' homes. It merged in 2006 with the DC Reform Chavurah, keeping the name Tikkun Leil Shabbat for the combined community, and outgrowing apartments to meet in larger spaces. In order to serve a diverse constituency, the merged community adopted a practice of having TLS services alternate between two styles: circle seating with musical instruments (similar to
Kol Zimrah
Kol Zimrah is an independent ''minyan'' or ''chavurah'' founded in 2002, based in New York City and meeting primarily on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Its motto is "meaningful prayer through music".Jay Michaelson"A Prayer Group of Their Own" ''The ...
in New York), and row seating without instruments. Both styles include the full Shabbat liturgy in Hebrew.
Notable innovations
Tikkun Leil Shabbat has a focus on social justice, and this is manifested in part through the ''d'var tikkun'' at each service.Joelle Novey"D'var Tikkun: A Teaching About a Social Justice Issue"
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d'var torah
Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts. According to Rabbinic Judaism, the study is done for the purpose of the '' mitzvah'' ("com ...
, each TLS service concludes with a speaker from a local organization working on a social justice issue, and over 60 organizations have participated. The ''d'var tikkun'' and follow-up emails from TLS include ways for participants to get involved with the organization's efforts.
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Tikkun Leil Shabbat
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