Message from the founders
We were motivated to set up this kind of prayer community in Borehamwood because we felt a need for a spiritual, uplifting, and inclusive orthodox Jewish prayer space in our community. Speaking as two women, we are both fortunate to have had experiences of participation in Jewish prayer and ritual within an orthodox space before, and felt that it gave us an exceptional connection to our Judaism, and ultimately to Hashem. In the Borehamwood Partnership Minyan, we want to create a space where men and women can experience a similar uplifting connection.
We're embarking on a journey. It will be a journey of learning and study as we explore the sources behind why this kind of minyan is halachically permissible, and as we learn Torah together. It will be a journey of exploring new frontiers, as we adjust to a new experience, and as some of us learn to lein and lead davening for the first time. And it will be a journey of spirituality and prayer, as we come together for our first few minyanim. We look forward to taking this journey together.
Miriam and Gaby
We're embarking on a journey. It will be a journey of learning and study as we explore the sources behind why this kind of minyan is halachically permissible, and as we learn Torah together. It will be a journey of exploring new frontiers, as we adjust to a new experience, and as some of us learn to lein and lead davening for the first time. And it will be a journey of spirituality and prayer, as we come together for our first few minyanim. We look forward to taking this journey together.
Miriam and Gaby
Our Name
After asking our community what our minyan meant to them, the two things that came out most strongly were how our services our spiritually uplifting and inclusive. We wanted to choose a name that encapsulates those qualities. Following much discussion, it was decided that the name for our minyan would be:
“Kehillat Nashira”
The word Nashira means “we will sing”. It appears at the end of Psalm 21, in the verse:
רוּמָה ה בְּעֻזֶּךָ נָשִׁירָה וּנְזַמְּרָה גְּבוּרָתֶךָ
Ruma Hashem beuzecha, nashira unezumra gevuratecha
Be exalted Hashem in your strength: we will sing and chant of your power.
So the word Nashira reflects both the spiritual aspects of the minyan, and its inclusive nature, in that we are all joining together to exult Hashem through singing and davening. Kehilla means community. We hope the minyan will keep developing into a vibrant community, and one where everyone is made to feel welcome.
“Kehillat Nashira”
The word Nashira means “we will sing”. It appears at the end of Psalm 21, in the verse:
רוּמָה ה בְּעֻזֶּךָ נָשִׁירָה וּנְזַמְּרָה גְּבוּרָתֶךָ
Ruma Hashem beuzecha, nashira unezumra gevuratecha
Be exalted Hashem in your strength: we will sing and chant of your power.
So the word Nashira reflects both the spiritual aspects of the minyan, and its inclusive nature, in that we are all joining together to exult Hashem through singing and davening. Kehilla means community. We hope the minyan will keep developing into a vibrant community, and one where everyone is made to feel welcome.
