Humanistic Kabbalat Shabbat Service

This link opens up a Humanistic Kabbalat Shabbat Service (pages 4-17), which includes a selection of poems, prayers and songs in Hebrew and English. Yedid Nefesh, a Kabbalistic hymn that often precedes Kabbalat Shabbat, is included in the candle lighting ceremony. The service begins with selected verses from the Song of Songs, traditionally chanted in its entirety before Kabbalat Shabbat in Sephardic communities. The Kabbalat Shabbat service itself contains selected verses from the Psalms and hymns of the traditional service, alongside contemporary Israeli songs and poems. This resource is from Kehilat Kolenu, a Humanistic Jewish congregation in Melbourne, Australia which provides inclusive, musical services for Kabbalat Shabbat and Chaggim.