7:30 pm Passover: Embracing Matzah Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz No Room for Fluff - The Inner Meaning of Matzah During our service on this night before Passover, we explore the spiritual meaning of matzah and the avoidance of leavened products during Passover. Beyond the most obvious dietary meanings, Jewish tradition has often associated […]
7:30 pm Holocaust Remembrance Day Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz The Rise of Fascism & The Tower of Babel For Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) we reflect on the rise of the Nazi fascist movement. As part of our service, we will read the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which many […]
7:30 pm Earth Day Kabbalat Shabbat Service with Kol Ami of Virginia A Virtual Field Trip Friday, April 23 is the day after Earth Day, a perfect time to reflect on this beautiful planet and the natural blessings God has bestowed upon us. We are taking a virtual field trip to join with Kol Ami, […]
7:30 pm A Virtual Field Trip to San Antonio, Texas! First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Service Please join us for this virtual field trip to a Reconstructionist synagogue 'deep in the heart of Texas' -- Congregation Beth Am in San Antonio. The service will include a preview of the holiday of Shavuot. They are looking forward […]
7:30 pm Shavuot Holiday Week / Shabbat Service with Rabbi Doug Heifetz The Genesis of Creativity On Shavuot, we celebrate the origin of Torah, our most precious spiritual inheritance and guide. For our Shabbat study topic, we'll look at the Torah's description of the origin of the universe, found in the first verses of the Book […]
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 […]
