Installation of Rabbi Margo and Cantor Lehman
We joyfully invite you to the Installation of our new Clergy. Rabbi Joshua Margo and Cantor Gabriel Lehrman will be formally installed, officially joining Rabbi Emily Hyatt, Rabbi Elizabeth Sacks, and Cantorial Soloist Steve Brodsky as part of Temple Emanuel’s Clergy team.
Friday, January 30
5:30 p.m. - Pre-oneg
6:00 p.m. - Shabbat Shira Worship and Installation Service
It is fitting that on Shabbat Shira, the "Shabbat of Song," we install Cantor Gabriel Lehrman and Rabbi Joshua Margo. This shabbat will be a celebration of music and our new clergy featuring the Shabbat Band. Special guests will join us for a meaningful ceremony to officially install Rabbi Margo and Cantor Lehrman, sealing them as integral members of our clergy team and our community.
6:00 p.m. - Movie Night for Kids
Drop your children off to watch a movie while you attend Installation Shabbat services. If staying for dinner, they can choose to eat with their peers or with you in the North Social Hall. After dinner, they can come back to play games, make crafts, and be in community with other students.
8:00 p.m. - Installation Shabbat Dinner
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat meal marking the installation of our new clergy.
Saturday, January 31
9:30 a.m. - Torah Study with Rabbi Scott Sperling - Moses and the Challenge of Jewish Leadership
Special guest Rabbi Scott Sperling is not only a friend and mentor of Rabbi Margo, he spent 40 years as a congregational rabbi in cities from the East to West coasts and in between. Exploring the week's Torah portion, he will dive into what we can learn about Jewish Leadership with an engaging interactive lesson.
11:00 a.m. - Shabbat Community Service
This special Saturday morning service will feature all five of our clergy team in the beautiful, intimate space of our Feiner Chapel together. Don't miss this - the only chance to sing and worship with all of our clergy in this space for the whole year!
12:30 p.m. - Shabbat Community Lunch
Join us for our traditional Saturday kiddush lunch. Be sure to register this week so we know you are coming!
7:30 p.m. - Clergy Installation Concert - Kumzitz: Gathering Together in Song
A "kumzitz" ("come, sit " in Yiddish) is an intimate, casual Jewish gathering for song and storytelling. You are invited to "come, sit" with Cantor Lehrman and Rabbi Margo, getting to know them through the music that has shaped their lives - accompanied by Steve Brodsky and the Shabbat Band. Between songs, they will share stories about why these melodies matter and introduce new music they are excited to bring to Temple Emanuel. Join us for an evening that harnesses the power of communal singing to help us all feel more connected, grounded, and uplifted.
We are excited to welcome our Special Guests
Rabbi Scott Sperling
Rabbi Scott Sperling is a veteran Reform rabbi and educator who concluded his rabbinic career in 2024 as Interim Associate Rabbi at The Temple in Atlanta. He served congregations nationwide and held leadership roles with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Association of Reform Zionists of America. A longtime teacher and scholar-in-residence, he taught at Shenandoah University and other institutions. Rabbi Sperling, a UCLA graduate ordained at Hebrew Union College–JIR, lives in Decatur, Georgia with his wife Laura and children.
Rabbi Chayva Lehrman
Rabbi Chayva Lehrman (she/her) is the rabbi of Congregation Am Tikvah in San Francisco. She grew up in the Bay Area and studied Linguistics and Middle Eastern Studies at Wellesley College before working in the U.S. House of Representatives and USAID. Chayva studied at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was ordained by Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, where she also earned a master’s degree in Jewish Nonprofit Management. During rabbinical school, she served congregations across California, Alaska, and Montana.
A note about Installation
In November, we installed Rabbi Emily Hyatt and Rabbi Elizabeth Sacks as our new Senior Rabbis. We are excited to embark on a new era of Temple Emanuel leadership. Senior Rabbis Hyatt and Sacks will work together to uphold both the solidity and the creativity that have always been the hallmark of our congregation.
Temple Emanuel
51 Grape Street, Denver, CO 80220
P: (303) 388-4013
F: (303) 388-6328
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