
A partnership minyan is a prayer group that is both committed to maintaining halakhic standards and practices and also committed to including women in ritual leadership roles to the fullest extent possible within the boundaries of Jewish Law. This means that the minyan is made up of 10 men, men and women are separated by a mechitzah, and the traditional liturgy is used. However, women may fully participate in kriyat ha'Torah, including layning and receiving aliyot, and may lead parts of the prayer service such as psukei d'zimrah and kabbalat Shabbat, which do not contain d'varim she b'kedusha. Each partnership minyan has its own practices, but a resource detailing the customs of some existing partnership minyanim and their halachic sources are available in English or Hebrew. This guide can be used by anyone considering beginning such a minyan in their community.
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Below is a list of partnership minyanim organized by country and state. The practices of the minyanim listed vary from one to the next. JOFA does not endorse the practices of any particular minyan.
All minyanim on this list have given permission for their information to appear. Please read the notes associated with that minyan before attending.
If you know of a minyan that is not on this list, but would like to be included, please have them send their information to website@jofa.org.
UNITED STATES
CALIFORNIA
NAME: 10 and 10 Minyan LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA (Pico Robertson) WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: 10and10-minyan@yahoogroups.com
CONNECTICUT:
NAME: Minyan Urim LOCATION: New Haven, CT WEBSITE: http://www.minyanurim.com/ EMAIL: minyanurim@hotmail.com
ILLINOIS:
NAME: The Minyan of Evanston LOCATION: Evanston, IL (near Chicago) WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: jonawolf@aol.com
NAME; Kol Sasson LOCATION: Skokie, IL WEBSITE: http://www.kolsasson.org EMAIL: ruchelaya@yahoo.com
MASSACHUSETTS:
NAME: Minyan Tehillah LOCATION: Cambridge, MA WEBSITE: http://www.minyantehillah.org/ EMAIL: minyantehillah@gmail.com
NEW JERSEY:
NAME: Or Chadash LOCATION: Highland Park/Edison, NJ WEBSITE:http://www.or-chadash.org/ EMAIL:info@or-chadash.org
NAME: Shira Chadasha LOCATION: Teaneck, NJ WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: shira365@optonline.net
NEW YORK:
NAME: Kol Echad LOCATION: New Rochelle, NY WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: trachtma@lij.edu
NAME: Darkhei Noam LOCATION: New York, NY (Upper West Side) WEBSITE: www.dnoam.org EMAIL: info@dnoam.org
NAME: Yavneh - The Jewish Living Project LOCATION: New York, NY (Upper East Side) WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: ravkalb@hotmail.com PHONE: 646-812-2783
NAME: MigdalOr LOCATION: New York, NY (Washington Heights) WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: MigdalOr.Minyan@gmail.com
NAME: Minyan Shachar LOCATION: Riverdale, NY WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: sally46@gmail.com mirschac@aol.com
NAME: Tehillah Forest Hills LOCATION: Queens, NY WEBSITE:n/a EMAIL: TehillahFH@gmail.com
WASHINGTON D.C. NAME: Rosh Pina LOCATION: Washington, DC WEBSITE: http://www.roshpinadc.org EMAIL: roshpinadc@gmail.com AUSTRALIA
NAME: Shira Hadasha Melbourne LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia (Caulfield) WEBSITE: www.shira.org.au/ EMAIL: song@shira.org.au
CANADA
NAME: Toronto Partnership Minyan LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada WEBSITE: www.torontopartnershipminyan.com EMAIL: torontopartnershipminyan@gmail.com
ISRAEL
NAME: Kehilat Shira Hadasha LOCATION: Jerusalem, Israel (German Colony) WEBSITE: www.geocities.com/shira_hadasha/ EMAIL: There is no central email address; a number of addresses are available on the website for various purposes. NAME: Darchei Noam LOCATION: Modiin, Israeli WEBSITE: n/a EMAIL: darchei.noam@gmail.com
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