Mizmor LeDavid is a neighborhood halachic, Zionist synagogue that strives to create an inviting, warm environment with spirited, serious participatory prayer and in-depth Torah learning.
We daven Nusach Sfard in Chasidic & Carlebach style, with a commitment to learning and spirited participation.
Mizmor LeDavid meets at the Mesorati High School, 8 Beitar Street, in the auditorium. There is another minyan that meets there, we are the one further north. Accessible from Beitar, the single gate at the bottom of the semi-circle of steps, or from the north end of Efrata Street, through the gate on the right, then turn left.
Mizmor LeDavid has the opportunity to receive city land near our current rented facility – the auditorium of the Mesorati High School which is not suited to our needs as a shul. In order to apply for the land, we need to have significant funds in our bank account, as well as demonstrate community interest through a large number of financial pledges. Please join our efforts by contributing.
Participatory Davening
Mizmor offers lively services on Shabbat and weekly, including musical hallel on weekdays.
Spiritual Learning
Classes taught in English by shul members meet weekday mornings and Shabbat afternoon.
Community Activities
Shul members organize holiday celebrations, singles events, and hikes and shabbatons.
Keren Doris Tzedakah
Mizmor holds fundraisers to support the Keren Doris fund which helps the indigent elderly in the neighborhood.
Gender and Halacha
Mizmor encourages women’s participation within the bounds of halacha, including giving divrei Torah and reading Torah on Simchat Torah.
Mizmor Garden
The garden not only provides delicious, healthy produce for the community, but is a springboard for teaching sustainable agriculture.
Comments
“Despite the cramped (some people even daven outside and listen through the open windows) and often overheated surroundings, I have yet to find a minyan that matches the energy and spirit of Mizmor. There are some other fantastic, and fairly famous minyanim around this neighborhood, but none of their Kabbalat Shabbat experiences are as consistently moving or energetic as those of Mizmor. The passion overwhelms all of the detractors (little personal space, uncomfortable seating). Often I feel as if the energy builds, and then when it finally reaches its breaking point, participants begin dancing. Sometimes I force myself to stop my own singing, and just listen. The fact that I feel fully integrated into the davening while I’m just sitting there, speaks to the total experience of this particular t’fillah.”
Daniel Shipley, Student, Tel Aviv
“There was an announcement that on Simchat Torah women could read from the Torah. It’s an orthodox beit knesset, so I was shocked and excited at the opportunity. Before I knew what I had done, I emailed back to tell them that I wanted to read… At Mizmor le David, people know what’s going on, they know exactly how it is supposed to be read. It’s serious, it’s a mitzvah…On my walk home, I was glowing. I felt so alive, so proud of myself. So proud of my own reading and that I helped other people do their own mitzvah. Maybe it was just Torah, or maybe it was what Torah helped me give to others that made me so happy.”
Andrea Wiese, Teacher, Detroit
“The ruach here is tremendous, with people singing in wonderful harmonies at the top of their lungs to mostly Shlomo Carlebach melodies . . . The Saturday Musaf at Mizmor LeDavid was the best Musaf I have ever seen.”
Rabbi Mark Bloom, Congregation Beth Abraham, Oakland
Mizmor LeDavid was founded by Neil and Frances Kummer. Neil Kummer is the President of Mizmor LeDavid. Mizmor LeDavid is dedicated to the memory of David Margolis, z”l.