Kol Zimrah

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Kol Zimrah is an independent minyan or chavurah founded in 2002, based in New York City and meeting primarily on the Upper West Side. Kol Zimrah's tagline is "meaningful prayer through music".[1] Kol Zimrah meets regularly for Friday night services which combine Hebrew liturgy with musical instruments and singing.[2] Kol Zimrah does not identify itself with any Jewish denomination, and has a style of prayer that does not fit neatly into the styles associated with any of the institutional movements.[3] Like other chavurot, Kol Zimrah has no rabbi or other professional leadership, and is run completely by volunteers. Kol Zimrah uses the two-table system at its potluck dinners in order to accommodate different standards of kashrut in a pluralistic community.[4]

Kol Zimrah has also inspired the creation of another minyan with the same name in Jerusalem, and has a "sibling" relationship with Tikkun Leil Shabbat in Washington DC, one of the few other minyanim which has services in the same style (musical instruments and the traditional structure of the liturgy).

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  1. ^ Kol Zimrah website.
  2. ^ The Forward, November 14, 2003, "A Prayer Group of Their Own"
  3. ^ Zeek, Spring/Summer 2007, "D.I.Y. Judaism: A Roundtable on the Independent Minyan Phenomenon", p. 25
  4. ^ Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 29, 2006, [http://www2.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20061029Dietarychangesafoo.html "Dietary changes afoot, but are they kosher? That depends what it means"]

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