Pilgrimage to Poland - Part 10

On our return to Warsaw we took some time to rest from our day’s touring, to prepare for Kabbalat (Evening) Shabbat services at a local synagogue and Shabbat dinner at our hotel.

We were advised at the last minute that we would not be attending the local synagogue; rather Kabbalat Shabbat services would be in the hotel led by one of the guides from a companion group which had combined with our tour group for Shabbat services and dinner.

I was a looking forward to Kabbalat Shabbat services at an actual “working” local synagogue since all the synagogues we had visited during our week-long tour w...