Beth Israel continued its beloved summer tradition of Kabbalat Shabbat on the beach, held Friday, August 15. Worshippers gathered on the Huntington Avenue beach in Margate, where cool ocean breezes and the cries of sea gulls provided a serene backdrop for the service led by Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach and Cantor Marshall Portnoy. For more than 30 years, Beth Israel has hosted this unique experience—the first congregation in the area to bring Shabbat to the shore.

Cantor Marshall Portney led the congregation in song.

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Congregants follow along in song and prayer from their beach chairs during Beth Israel’s summer Shabbat beach service.