Tikkun Leil Shabbat

Tikkun Leil Shabbat is an independent minyan or chavurah in Washington, DC, organized entirely by volunteer leadership and sponsored by Jews United For Justice, DC's local Jewish social justice organization.

[1] Its primary activity is Friday night ("leil Shabbat"), but it also meets on Jewish holidays and at other times.

[5] It merged in 2006 with the DC Reform Chavurah, keeping the name Tikkun Leil Shabbat for the combined community, and outgrowing apartments to meet in larger spaces.

[6] In order to serve a diverse constituency, the merged community adopted a practice of having TLS services alternate between two styles: circle seating with musical instruments (similar to Kol Zimrah in New York), and row seating without instruments.

The d'var tikkun and follow-up emails from TLS include ways for participants to get involved with the organization's efforts.