Afternoon & Closing Services led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz 5:30 p.m. Mincha (Afternoon) Service 6:30 p.m. Ne'ilah (Closing) Service (includes personal prayer time at the Ark) 7:50 p.m. Final sounding of the shofar Break-the-Fast Meal following conclusion of services (separate reservation required) Note: This service is available BY RESERVATION ONLY. Send a […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service In celebration of World Space Week (October 4 - 10), during this congregant-led service we will explore prayers and readings referring to the majesty of God's creation of the heavens. This week’s parsha, “Noach" (Noah), reminds us that we may not turn our back on the earth, while we […]
10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz Did Hagar Really Come Back? For Parshat Vayera, we'll read about the expulsion of Hagar, Abraham's first wife. The story tells of her cruel treatment at Abraham and Sarah's hands. However, in spite of her misfortune, many commentators imagine that this episode didn't end her […]
10:00 am Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz When Slow and Steady Wins the Race The Torah readings at this time of year bring us the narratives of Isaac, the middle one in a line of three classic Jewish patriarchs from the biblical Book of Genesis. In many ways, Isaac is the least […]
7:30 pm Thanksgiving Kabbalat Shabbat Service Come to this Congregant-led service and hear member Norman Hogeland play his original compositions with a Thanksgiving theme. Share your reflections on gratitude. Feel free to bring a dessert or healthy nosh to share at the community Oneg Shabbat. A reservation is required to attend all services. […]
6:30 pm Hanukkah Happening Join the Beit Tikvah community for a Hanukkah Happening! Bring a vegetarian dish to share and a hanukkiah (holiday menorah) with your candles. We will start with a community candle lighting on this sixth night of Hanukkah. If you are bringing a dish to be served hot, we'll warm it […]
7:30 pm Tu Bishvat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Celebrating Trees in Mid-Winter - Hidden Potential for the Earth and Our Souls Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Earth Day (this year on January 17), is a time to appreciate the gifts of nature and recommit to caring for all of […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Join us for a Community-led Shabbat Service on Global Community Engagement Day (this year on January 28). In this week's Parsha Mishpatim, we have a large section of blueprints for community. Exodus 21.1-24.18 includes regulations about Israeli serfdom, capital crimes of violence, injuries […]
7:30 pm Erev Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Wisdom for Creative Collaboration - Building the Tabernacle Our weekly Torah portions at this time of year focus on our ancestors' efforts to build the Mishkan (tabernacle) in the desert after they left Egypt. The undertaking especially involved key […]
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service NOTE: This service will be on Zoom. Celebrating Workers Please join us for a participatory congregant-led service that focuses on society's workers. In this week's parsha, Vayakhel, the women and men of Israel joyously and skillfully build the Mishkan. May all our interactions with each other be so mindful and […]
