7:30 pm LGBTQIA+ Pride Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Beit Tikvah was the first Reconstructionist Jewish community in Baltimore to formally welcome the LGBTQIA+ community. We invite everyone to join us in celebrating Pride at this year's Pride Kabbalat Shabbat Service. RSVP to info@beittikvah.org if you'd like to join us for this […]
10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service In Person! Come to our first in-person Shabbat morning service since the pandemic began last year! We look forward to seeing everyone again. This is a participatory service and you can choose to take a reading if you wish. In this week's parsha (Torah portion), Balak, the king of Moab, […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Join us for our last Zoom service. Discussion Topic: Upside-Down Letters in the Torah and the Carry-On Bag Rule At this time of year we read the Book of Numbers, describing the middle years of the Israelites' travels after leaving Egypt. In Chapter 10, we find 72 […]
10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Expanding the Boundaries of Love and Connection - the Tu B'Av Holiday The holiday of Tu B'Av, known as the 'love holiday', occurs in late July this year. We'll study the biblical roots of the festival, and see how it encourages us to expand the accepted […]
10:00 am Shabbat Service & Special Guest Speaker Guest Speaker: Dr. Barry Gittlen, Professor of Biblical and Archaeological Studies, Towson University Jonah and the Paradox of Prophecy Too often the book of Jonah is seen as a tall tale for children, trivialized, or simply passed off as a fish story. But Jonah should be read […]
7:30 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Service Led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Our first service of the Days of Awe begins tonight. Please join us for an Apples & Honey Dessert Reception following the service. Note: This service is available BY RESERVATION ONLY. Send a High Holy Days Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Friday, August 27 if you […]
10:00 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Morning Service Led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Note: This service is available BY RESERVATION ONLY. Send a High Holy Days Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Friday, August 27 if you would like to join us for this or any other High Holy Day service. Please click this link to go to […]
12:30 p.m. Tashlich: "Casting off the chains of the past" Led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz Tashlich is the traditional ritual of ‘casting off’ old behaviors and patterns that no longer serve us, so that we can start the New Year more free and less encumbered by the past. This year we will hold our […]
6:30 p.m. Observance of Yom Kippur Begins. Individual lighting of memorial candles. Meditative music and private reflection prior to the start of the Kol Nidre prayer. 7:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz (Please be in the sanctuary by 6:55 p.m.; no one will be admitted during the recitation of […]
Yom Kippur Morning Services led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz 10:00 a.m. Morning Service 12:00 p.m. Yizkor (Memorial) Service 12:30 p.m. Musaf (Additional) Service Note: This service is available BY RESERVATION ONLY. Send a High Holy Days Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Friday, August 27 if you would like to join us for this […]
