Beit Tikvah

Kabbalat Shabbat Service
2020-01-31 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
7:30 PM Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service.
Service leader: Nina Storch

Oneg Shabbat following the service.
Please bring a vegetarian or dairy nosh to share.

The Jewish Book Thing
2020-01-28 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-01-27 19:45 - 21:45, 2020-01-26 16:30 - 18:00
The Jewish Book Thing at Congregation Beit Tikvah
Sunday January 26th, 4:30 – 6:00pm
Monday January 27th, 7:45 – 9:45pm
Tuesday January 28th, 5:00 – 6:30pm

When Hope Sigler, a lay Torah reader at Congregation Beit Tikvah, passed away at the age of 44, she donated her extensive collection of hundreds of Jewish books to the community she belonged to and loved. It was her desire that these books be read.
Unfortunately, due to a planned renovation at the Roland Park Community Center where Beit Tikvah is housed, we will be forced to eliminate our library. Whether you are a lifelong Jew, new to Judaism, or just exploring, this is an opportunity to take one book or several, with the understanding that they will be read and enjoyed.
Bring your own bags or boxes to carry out the treasures you find.
Financial contributions based on your ability to pay will be graciously accepted.
For more information or questions, email info@beittikvah.org.

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER - Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz
2020-01-18 09:30 - 12:30
SERVICE CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

Adult Hanukkah Party: Doughnuts, Drinks, & Dreidels
2019-12-27 19:30 - 21:00
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Doughnuts, Drinks, & Dreidels: Community Adult Hanukkah Party

Celebrate the Festival of Lights at Congregation Beit Tikvah with an adult Hanukkah party. In the Israeli tradition of eating sufganiyah, or fried jelly doughnuts for the holiday, we’ll have a doughnut decorating competition, with winners in a variety of categories. And then, the eating will commence. Sharing is encouraged. Just bring your creativity and your sweet tooth.

Indulge (wisely) in a Hanukkah-inspired adult beverage, but not too much, because you don’t want to spin more than a top when playing dreidel.

Finally, bring your menorah or hanukkiah and candles for a synchronous candle lighting. If you don’t have one, no worries, just enjoy the beautiful glow.

Feel free to bring your friends and neighbors. And, if you have one, bring your lucky dreidel. We’ll bring the chocolate gelt.

RSVP by Sunday, December 22 to info@beittikvah.org

Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz
2019-12-14 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion
led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz
Does Sibling Rivalry Ever End?
We will read and discuss key episodes from the stories of Joseph and his brothers, from this season’s Torah readings. The story begins with bitter sibling rivalry. We will follow the story as the tension further develops, peaks and resolves, and we will look for meaningful guidance for overcoming conflict in our world today.

Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share at the Kiddush.

Kabbalat Shabbat Service with SONiA
2019-11-22 19:30 - 21:00
7:30 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Sonia Rutstein (SONiA disappear fear) – service leader

Community Oneg following the service.
Please bring a vegetarian or dairy nosh to share!

Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz
2019-11-09 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 AM Shabbat Service followed by Kiddush and discussion
led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz
Abraham, Sarah & Welcoming the Stranger
We will study the traditions of welcoming the stranger as found in this week’s Torah portion, Lech Lecha. How can these traditions impact us today? How should we apply them as contemporary Jews and American citizens?

Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share at the Kiddush.

Beit Tikvah Community Meeting
2019-10-22 18:30 - 20:30
Join us at 6:30 pm for dinner and a Community Meeting to plan for the year ahead.
Dinner will be provided.

Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah
2019-10-18 18:30 - 20:00
Celebrate Sukkot with a potluck Shabbat dinner in our Sukkah. Enjoy a festive meal and recite a blessing over the lulav and etrog.

Please bring a vegetarian dish to share.

Sukkot
2019-10-13 18:00 - 2019-10-20 19:00
Sunday, October 13th – Sunday, October 20th
Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration.

Yom Kippur
2019-10-08 18:00 - 2019-10-09 19:30
Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance.

Tuesday, October 8th Service at 6:00 PM
We begin Yom Kippur with meditative music and private reflection in the sanctuary and the lighting of individual memorial candles in the reception area at 6:00 p.m. Kol Nidre will start at 6:30 p.m. Please be in the sanctuary by 6:25 p.m.; no one will be admitted during the recitation of Kol Nidre until it has concluded.
Wednesday, October 9th Service at 10:00 AM
We continue our personal and communal reflections on teshuvah/returning and nurturing Jewish spiritual ideals.
• 10:00 a.m. Shacharit Service and talk by Rabbi Heifetz
• 12:30 p.m. Yizkor (Memorial) Service
• 1:00 p.m. Musaf Service and Conclusion
• 5:00 p.m. Mincha Service and Book of Jonah reading & discussion
• 6:00 p.m. Ne’ilah Service (includes personal prayer time at the Ark)
• 7:15 p.m. Concluding Prayers and final sounding of the shofar at 7:20 p.m.
• 7:30 p.m. Break Fast Meal (reservations required)

The High Holy Day Palette 5780/2019 (PDF)

Rosh Hashanah
2019-09-29 19:30 - 2019-10-01 19:30
Jewish New Year services — A time for rejoicing!

Sunday, September 29th Service at 7:30 PM
Apples & Honey Dessert Reception following the service

Monday, September 30th Service at 10:00 AM
Following the service, a special Tashlich will be led by Rabbi Heifetz
Tashlich of Temporal Sand Art
Tashlich traditionally involves the casting of bread or stones into a natural body of water in a participatory, communal ceremony. Through this act, each participant distances herself or himself from past sins and harmful patterns, for the sake of a fresh start to the new year. This year for Tashlich at Beit Tikvah, we will create a temporal group art piece using natural sand and stones. The experience will encourage personal reflection, contemplation, and renewal. No artistic skill or experience is required.

The High Holy Day Palette 5780/2019 (PDF)

Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz
2019-09-14 10:00 - 13:00
Shabbat service followed by Kiddush, lunch, and discussion with Rabbi Doug.
Service begins at 10:00 AM
Kiddush and Lunch at 11:00 AM
Discussion with Rabbi Doug at 11:30/12 – 1 PM
The Shofar Blast: a Call to the Soul
We’ll focus the study session on the parable of the Shofar, told by the great Hassidic teacher, the Ba’al Shem Tov. The very unique mystical story explains the meaning of the Shofar, the symbol of the upcoming High Holiday season, through a message of comfort and deep challenge that’s relevant to each and every person. Time allowing, we’ll compare it to a parallel story about the shofar from another Hassidic teacher, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev.

*Please bring a vegetarian or dairy dish to share at Potluck lunch

Kabbalat Shabbat Service
2019-08-23 19:30 - 21:00
7:30 PM-9:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat Service followed by a community Oneg

*please bring a vegetarian or dairy nosh to share!

Tish'a B'Av Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug
2019-08-10 10:00 - 13:00
Shabbat Service at 10 AM
Sponsored Kiddush and Lunch at 11 AM
Torah Study with Rabbi Doug at 11:30/12 – 1 PM

Kabbalat Shabbat Service
2019-07-26 19:30 - 21:00
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat Service followed by a community Oneg

*please bring a vegetarian dish to share

July 6th Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug
2019-07-06 10:00 - 13:00
Shabbat service followed by Kiddush, lunch, and discussion with Rabbi Doug.
Service begins at 10:00 AM
Kiddush and Lunch at 11:00 AM
Discussion with Rabbi at 12 PM

*Please bring vegetarian dish to share for Potluck lunch

Pride Kabbalat Shabbat
2019-06-21 19:30 - 21:00
7:30-9:00 PM: PRIDE Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Welcoming the LGBTQIA community! Service followed by a community Oneg*

Oneg, Hebrew: (“Joy of Sabbath”), informal Sabbath (or Friday evening) gathering of Jews in a synagogue to express outwardly the happiness inherent in the Sabbath holiday.

Shabbat Service-June 8th
2019-06-08 09:30 - 12:30
Shavuot is June 9th-10th, please join us for a Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug
Service is from 9:30-10:30 AM.
Kiddush Lunch 10:30-11:30 AM.
Discussion with Rabbi 11:30-12:30 PM

*Please bring vegetarian dish to share for Potluck lunch

Congregant-led Service
2019-05-31 18:30 - 20:30
Join us for a Mediterranean-themed Potluck dinner followed by a Congregant-led Erev Shabbat Service
Date: Friday, May 31st
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: Congregation Beit Tikvah: 5802 Roland Avenue
Please bring a vegetarian Mediterranean-style dish to share!

Potluck Dinner: 6:30-7:30 PM
Shabbat Service: 7:30-8:30 PM

Shabbat Service at Brightview Senior Living
2019-05-11 10:30 - 13:30 | Brightview Towson, 20 East Burke Avenue, Towson, Maryland, 21286
May 11 @10:30 AM-1:30 PM
Shabbat service held at Brightview Senior Living in Towson, followed by Kiddush luncheon sponsored and provided by Brightview. Discussion led by Rabbi Douglas Heifetz.

Registration required by Sunday, May 5

email info@beittikvah.org with your RSVP

Address: 20 East Burke Avenue, Towson, MD, 21286

The Eternal Light: Illumination & Inspiration for Today
This week’s Torah portion, Emor, mentions the Eternal Light (ner tamid) that was lit in the ancient tabernacle. Over thousands of years, the eternal light has become a central architectural motif of most synagogues. What was its meaning? How does it shed light (so to speak) on the needs of leaders, social movements and organizations today?

Community Passover Potluck Seder
2019-04-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Baltimore Science Fiction Society, 3310 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224
Friday April 19th-6:30-9 pm
Community Passover Potluck Seder at the Baltimore Science Fiction Society
Address: 3310 E. Baltimore Street
**Please bring a meat or vegetarian dish. no Chametz please, and please label your contribution. Contact Miriam@bsfs.org with how many in your party and your food contribution. LIMITED SPACE and on street parking.

Congregant-led Shabbat Service, Kiddush & Discussion with Dr. Barry Gitlen
2019-04-13 09:30 - 13:00
“Magic, Mystery, and the Ecology of Exodus” Dr. Barry Gittlen, Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University

Please bring a vegetarian nosh to share at the Kiddush.

2019 Reconstructionist Day of Learning and Celebration
2019-03-31 14:45 - 19:30 | Oseh Shalom, 7515 Olive Branch Way, Laurel, Maryland, 20707
Please join us on Sunday, March 31 at Oseh Shalom for a day of learning with scholar S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Ph.D., followed by a program of honor and buffet dinner. For more information and to register, please click here.

Jewish Vegan Cooking Demo
2019-03-23 19:00 - 21:30
JEWISH VEGAN COOKING DEMO
By Marcia Schveibinz
Saturday, March 23, 2019, at 7pm Congregation Beit Tikvah
Corner Community Center
5802 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210
Learn to prepare vegan hamentashen and a variety of fillings.
Marcia will also give ideas for vegan Passover dishes. Each attendee will receive a
copy of Vegan Passover Recipes by Chef Nancy Berkoff, RD. Free for Beit Tikvah, Vegetarian Resource Group, Baltimore Vegan Drinks, and Jewish Veg members. $5 donation suggested for others. Please let us know if you are coming at https://www.facebook.com/events/347058466085887/
Or email vrg@vrg.org
Marcy Schveibinz became interested in food and nutrition when growing up in Buffalo, NY with her Dad who became a “health nut,” and started eating “whole wheat bagels” which weren’t easy to get in the ’70s! Marcy has a degree in nutrition from Buffalo State College. She is a national board certified health and wellness coach and did her training through the Mayo clinic. She has two vegan children.
Vegetarianism is not eating meat, fish, or fowl. Vegans are vegetarians who also don’t eat dairy, eggs, or other animal products.
In Genesis 1:29, God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed bearing herb, which is upon the surface of the entire earth, and every tree that has seed bearing fruit; it will be yours for food.
We were instructed in the first conversation with a human to eat plants, not animals (that is being vegan). Isaiah revisited these instructions in the most iconic verse of his written prophecy. In imagining the Messianic era, Isaiah wrote: “ ‘The wolf and the lamb shall dwell together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,’ saith the LORD.”
Thousands of years ago, Isaiah realized that the trailhead on the path to peaceful coexistence is found in our stomachs, in our dietary choices.
According to the Jewish Veg society, “The prohibition on killing animals for food remained in place for 1,000 years. Only after the Flood … did God permit meat-eating for the first time, and even then only with severe restrictions and deep reservations. None other than Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, one of the founders of Modern Orthodoxy, described meat-eating as the most reluctantly granted permission in all the Torah:”
For more information on the Jewish vegan cooking demo, call (410) 366-8343.
For more information on Beit Tikvah, visit https://beittikvah.org/
For more information on vegan nutrition, see https://www.vrg.org/nutshell/vegan

Surprise Discoveries of Jewish Ancestry- The Story of Our Journeys
2019-01-25 18:30 - 21:00, 2019-01-25 18:30 - 20:30
The evening begins with a vegetarian potluck dinner at 6:30pm. Hear the amazing stories told by two men in our congregation, and how they came to discover their Judaism. Learn through their stories how it changed their family dynamic and personal identities.

Shabbat Morning Service, Study and Kiddush
2019-01-12 09:30
9:30 AM – noon Shabbat morning service led by Rabbi Doug Heifitz followed by kiddush and discussion: The Midwives & Resistance: a study from Exodus.
Carmen Garcia Bob, LT NC USNR , is graduating as MSN RN with honors from Frostburg State. To celebrate, she will sponsor the Kiddush.
