Beit Tikvah

Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
2023-07-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
10:00 am Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
It’s Always About Love, But THIS Shabbat Especially!
So much love this Shabbat! The weekly Torah portion mentions love over and over again. The holiday of Tu B’Av, sometimes considered to be the “Jewish Valentine’s Day”, falls just a few days later. We should try to feel the love all the time, of course, but why this Shabbat especially? And how does this relate to our world today? Come join in, nosh, study a bit and discuss.
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share at the community Kiddush. Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Joint Service with East Bank Havurah
2023-08-11 18:30 - 21:00
6:30 pm Joint Service with East Bank Havurah
Potluck Dinner & Jewish Journeys
East Bank Havurah & Beit Tikvah are partnering to celebrate Shabbat on Friday evening, August 11. Beginning at 6:30 pm SHARP, we will have candle lighting, kiddush, and motzi, followed by potluck dinner in the social hall at Beit Tikvah, 5802 Roland Avenue (accessible building). Enter parking lot via Bellemore Rd. At 7:30 pm we will sing our way into a program of sharing: a member of each congregation will talk about their “Jewish journey.” The evening will conclude with a healing circle, which is a tradition of East Bank Havurah, mourner’s Kaddish, and announcements. A Zoom link will be provided ahead of time for the program starting at 7:30 pm.
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share at the potluck dinner. Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.
If you wish to receive the Zoom link for this service, please send a request to info@beittikvah.org.

Shabbat Service with the Rabbi
2023-08-26 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Shabbat Service with the Rabbi
The Soul’s Wakeup Call
Is it possible that you’re missing out on some of your deepest opportunities for growth, healing, fulfillment, and harmony with others? How can you know? What if you were to awaken to a crucial area that you’ve neglected? It’s certainly not too late to explore and act!
Come get inspired during our study/discussion session after the service on August 26th. It falls near the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul, a month of soulful awakening and preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, less than a month later. We’ll study the shofar call (ram’s horn blast), which happens every day during Elul, and helps to stir our souls to greater awareness. The session is inspired by a chapter from a book entitled “This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared”, by Rabbi Alan Lew, of blessed memory. Purchasing or borrowing the book is highly recommended, but not required to attend.
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share at the community Kiddush. Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
2023-09-15 19:00 - 20:30
7:00 pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Please join us for an Apples & Honey Dessert Reception following the service.

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Rosh Hashanah 1st Day
2023-09-16 09:30 - 14:00
Rosh Hashanah 1st Day
9:30 am Meditation
10:00 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service
12:30 pm ‘Artistic’ Tashlich
1:00 pm Potluck Lunch – Vegan/vegetarian/dairy dishes only.
Please list ingredients on homemade dishes.

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day
2023-09-17 11:15 - 14:00
Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day
11:15 am
– Creative Shofar blowing
– Potluck Lunch – Vegan/vegetarian/dairy dishes only.
Please list ingredients on homemade dishes.
– Tashlich at the stream

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Kol Nidre
2023-09-24 18:30 - 20:00
Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur Service
led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz
6:30 pm 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
Please be in the sanctuary by 6:55 pm. Doors then will close and will reopen at the conclusion of the Kol Nidre prayer.

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Yom Kippur Morning Service and Yizkor (Memorial) Service
2023-09-25 10:00 - 15:00
Yom Kippur Morning Service and Yizkor (Memorial) Service
led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz
10:00 am Morning Service
12:00 pm Yizkor (Memorial) Service
2:00 pm Discussion period

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Yom Kippur Afternoon Service and Closing Service
2023-09-25 17:00 - 20:00
Yom Kippur Afternoon Service and Closing Service
led by Rabbi Doug Heifetz
5:00 pm Afternoon Service and Closing Service
Includes personal prayer time at the Ark.
7:00 pm Final sounding of the shofar

Break Fast Meal following conclusion of services (reservations required)

Please send your Reservation Form to info@beittikvah.org by Monday, September 4, 2023.
For forms and more information, see our High Holy Days 2023 webpage.

Sukkot Service & Potluck Dinner
2023-09-29 19:00 - 21:00
Sukkot Service & Potluck Dinner
Join us for a congregant-led short service in celebration of Sukkot, the biblically mandated Harvest Festival. Our ancestors, far more in tune with the seasons, learned to leverage Nature’s gifts. Folksinger Norm Hogeland will lead us in song.
Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Potluck Dinner.
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Healing Service and Potluck Supper
2023-10-13 18:30 - 20:30
Congregation-Led Healing Service and Potluck Supper
Join us for a congregant-led healing service in this difficult time.
Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Potluck Supper.
Due to increased security concerns, please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org if you plan to attend.

Peace Concert
2023-10-19 19:15 - 21:15
Peace Concert
Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Doors Open 6:45 PM
at Roland Park Community Center, 5802 Roland Avenue, Baltimore
Requested Donation: $10 at the door
While we watch the devastation in the Middle East our hearts ache for the lives lost on both sides. Since they could not go to Israel, a group of local and international musicians are coming together to bring some healing to our community and to Israelis and Palestinians.
Our members SONiA disappear fear and Seth Kibel will present an evening of songs at Roland Park Community Center sponsored by Beit Tikvah. They will be joined by other musicians as well as Huda Asfour, a young Palestinian woman, and Rabbi Naomi Zaslow from Congregation Beth El.
Proceeds of the concert will go to four organizations — two groups (one Jewish, one Palestinian) that advocate for a peaceful solution, and two aid groups which benefit those lost and refugees from Gaza.
Standing Together: https://www.standing-together.org/en
J Street: https://jstreet.org/
Magen David Adom — https://afmda.org/
Egyptian Red Crescent: https://www.egyptianrc.org/Home

Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
2023-11-18 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
Sibling Rivalries in Genesis
This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, introduces the bitter rivalry between Jacob and Esau, and their eventual tentative reconciliation. Their story falls in the middle of the Book of Genesis, which highlights numerous other sibling rivalries throughout the generations. How does Genesis encourage us to move from rivalry to support? What is its relevance for us today?
Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Kiddush. Due to increased security concerns, please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org if you plan to attend.

Beit Tikvah Book Club
2023-12-04 19:00 - 21:00
Beit Tikvah Book Club – first meeting
On Zoom
Rabbi Doug is leading a monthly book club focused on Reconstructionist writings.
First book is “A Guide for the Perplexed” by Dara Horn.
If interested, please contact us at info@beittikvah.org for information and the Zoom link. The novel is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle or Audible.

Chanukah Party & Potluck
2023-12-08 18:30 - 21:00
Chanukah Party & Potluck Dinner 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
While the present-day Maccabees are in Gaza, let’s celebrate the Maccabees of yore together here.
Join us for a Chanukah party and potluck dinner! Bring your Chanukiah (menorah/candleholder) and latkes!! Folksinger Norm Hogeland will lead us in song.
Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the community pot-luck dinner.
RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Guest Rabbi Leads Shabbat Service
2024-01-13 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Guest Rabbi Leads Shabbat Service
Guest Rabbi: Rabbi Ruth Smith
Kiddush following the service is sponsored by Miriam Winder Kelly in memory of Patrick J. Kelly, Jr.
After Kiddush, Rabbi Ruth will lead a learning session and discussion on “Agents of Resilience: Techniques for Dealing with Difficult Times.”

RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Potluck Dinner, Tu B'Shvat Seder, Remembrance for Ira P. May z"l
2024-01-26 18:30 - 21:00
Potluck Dinner, Tu B’Shvat Seder, and Remembrance for Ira P. May z”l
Join us on this special evening for:
6:30 pm – Potluck Dinner
7:15 pm – Tu B’Shvat Seder
8:00 pm – Remembrance of the Life of Ira P. May z”l
You are welcome to attend any or all parts of the evening.
We begin with a Potluck Dinner at 6:30 pm. Please bring a dairy, vegetarian, or vegan dish to share. (We’d like to start the dinner right at 6:30 so we’ll be able to move on to the Seder at 7:15 pm.)
The participatory Tu B’Shvat Seder will celebrate the “New Year for the Trees” as this holiday has come to be known. Originally an ancient holiday to mark the beginning of a new growing year, Tu B’Shvat has evolved to symbolize an appreciation for our planet and environmental awareness. During the Seder, we’ll enjoy several different types of fruit as we reflect on the elemental forces of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire.
After the Seder, we will have a Remembrance of the Life of Ira P. May z”l, who passed away last week. Ira was a Beit Tikvah Board Member, a Techie, a Scientist, a Family Man, and an all-around “Mensch.” He will be missed by the many people whose lives he touched.
RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
2024-02-10 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Rabbi Doug Heifetz Leads Shabbat Service
Rabbi Doug Heifetz will lead this Shabbat morning service and discussion. This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, turns from the spectacular revelation of the ten commandments at Mt. Sinai to a discussion of relatively mundane laws. It turns from the clear call “Do not murder”, to a discussion of what to do in case of accidental death or manslaughter. Why the sudden turn? Isn’t this a letdown? Shouldn’t religion stick with the high and lofty stuff? What can we learn for our daily lives from this literary shift?

Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Kiddush. Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org if you plan to attend.

Congregant-Led Erev Shabbat Service
2024-02-23 18:30 - 21:00
6:30 pm Congregant-Led Erev Shabbat Service
We begin with a Potluck Dinner at 6:30 pm. Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share.
Our service starts at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion of this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Tetzaveh, led by our Beit Tikvah member Miriam Winder Kelly. Miriam has researched attributes of the 12 tribes putting them into a spreadsheet to compare how they are presented in Jewish literature such as the Mishnah, Talmud, and modern writings. She will present this fascinating project and ask us to figure out where we fit into this array of strengths and weaknesses to claim a tribe as our own.
Come be part of this fascinating exploration!
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Guest Rabbi Leads Shabbat Service
2024-03-09 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Guest Rabbi Ruth Smith Leads Shabbat Service

Rabbi Ruth Smith will lead this Shabbat morning service and discussion.
When a Door Closes, a Window Opens: The Babylonian Exile and Its Meaning for Us Today
As we prepare for Purim, we look at the Jewish community living in Babylon. Who were they? What kind of political and financial power did they have? How do their lives mirror our own, and what is their place in the history of Judaism? We will put the “Babylonian Exile” into the context of the world at the time as we explore the period between the destruction of the First Temple and the destruction of the Second Temple. It is a period which saw the transition of Judaism from a minor cult positioned between two warring empires: Egypt and Assyria, to a community situated in the heart of the Persian Empire.

Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Kiddush.
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Beit Tikvah Book Club
2024-03-11 19:00 - 21:00
7:00 pm on Zoom – Beit Tikvah Book Club
Join Rabbi Doug Heifetz and other book lovers to talk about “My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew” by Abigail Pogrebin.
A finalist for the 2018 National Jewish Book Award, this book is a lively chronicle of the author’s journey into the spiritual heart of Judaism. “My Jewish Year” travels through the Jewish calendar’s signposts with candor, humor, and a trove of information, capturing the arc of Jewish observance through the eyes of a relatable, wandering — and wondering — Jew. The chapters are interspersed with brief reflections from prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers.
If you’d like to join us for this event, please contact us at info@beittikvah.org for information and the Zoom link. The novel is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle or Audible.

Purim Megillah Reading
2024-03-22 18:30 - 21:00
6:30 pm Purim Megillah Reading and Potluck Dinner
Happy Purim!
Join us for a potluck dinner followed by a community reading of the Megillah (in English). Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share.
Feel free to come in costume (or not) and bring noisemakers to drown out the name of the villain Haman as we read the Megillah.
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.

Rabbi-Led Shabbat Service
2024-04-13 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Rabbi Doug Heifetz Leads Shabbat Service

Rabbi Doug Heifetz will lead this Shabbat morning service and discussion.
Freedom from the Shackles of Ego: Why Isn’t Moses in the Haggadah?
This lunch study & discussion will focus on the Haggadah – the booklet Jews read together at our festive seder meals for the upcoming Passover holiday. The Haggadah retells and expands upon the story of our Israelite ancestors leaving Egypt. In the original story, from the biblical Book of Exodus, Moses is the central human character. However, most traditional versions of the Haggadah don’t mention Moses at all. Why not??!! The basic answer is very traditional and pious, but it can also inspire even the least pious and least traditionally-minded among us. Come and discuss!

Please bring a dairy, vegan or vegetarian dish to share for the Community Kiddush/lunch. Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org if you plan to attend.

Passover Potluck Seder
2024-04-26 18:30 - 21:00
6:30 pm Passover Potluck Seder
Important Reminder: For those of you who made the required reservations by April 24th, we’ll see you at the Potluck Seder.
If you didn’t make a reservation by the April 24th deadline, you’ll have to wait until next year! NO WALK-INS ADMITTED!

Beit Tikvah Book Club
2024-04-29 19:00 - 21:00
7:00 pm on Zoom – Beit Tikvah Book Club
Join Rabbi Doug Heifetz and other book mavens to talk about the next selection of the BT Book Club: “Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai” by Matti Friedman.
The untold story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs
In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen — thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end — traveled to the chaos and bloodshed of the Sinai desert when Egypt attacked Israel on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur. Moving around the front with a group of local musicians, Cohen sang for hundreds of young soldiers, men and women at the worst moment of their lives. Those who survived never forgot the experience. And the war transformed Cohen, reigniting his creativity and inspiring him to compose some of his most memorable songs. Who by Fire provides a riveting account of those weeks in the Sinai, drawing on Cohen’s previously unpublished writing and original reporting to create a kaleidoscopic depiction of a harrowing, formative moment for both a young country at war and a singer at a crossroads.

If you’d like to join us for this event, please contact us at info@beittikvah.org for information and the Zoom link. The book is available on Amazon in paperback, hardback, Kindle or Audible.

Congregant-Led Shabbat Service
2024-05-18 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 am Congregant-Led Shabbat Service
Join us for a Congregant-led Shabbat morning service for Parsha Emor with Kiddush and a discussion in observance of Armed Forces Day today.
Reminder: May 18 is the 25th day of the Omer, halfway between Passover and Shavuot!
10:00 am Service (mainly in English)
11:00 am Community Kiddush – Please bring a dairy, vegan, or vegetarian dish to share.
11:45 am Discussion: Remembering those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org.
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NOTE: IF YOU HAVE UNOPENED SURPLUS PASSOVER NON-PERISHABLES that you don’t plan to use, bring them to Beit Tikvah for donation to a local food pantry.

Prepare Spiritually for Shavuot with Yiscah Smith - Thursday Evening at Beit Tikvah
2024-06-06 19:30 - 21:30
Prepare Spiritually for Shavuot with Yiscah Smith:
Teachings & Meditations from the Piaseczner Rebbe
Join co-sponsors East Bank Havurah, Congregation Beit Tikvah, and Chevrei Tzedek Congregation in welcoming Yiscah Smith as our scholar-in-residence to help us prepare for Shavuot.
Yiscah Smith is a thought leader, spiritual activist, and agent of change who addresses the spiritual practice of encountering the Divine spark within, the foundation of authentic living. Yiscah teaches Jewish contemplative practice and spiritual texts at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and at Applied Jewish Spirituality in Israel as well as through the Institute for Jewish Spirituality in the U.S.. Yiscah has earned a reputation as a sought-after inspiring international public speaker and a teacher of the Piaseczner Rebbe’s works.

The following free events are included in this program:

Thursday evening, June 6th, 7:30 pm, at Congregation Beit Tikvah
(In person and on Zoom)
‘Encountering the Divine Through Emotional Intelligence’
(Roland Park Community Center, 5802 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210)

Saturday afternoon, June 8th, 12:00 noon (approximately), at Chevrei Tzedek Congregation
(In person only)
‘The Emotive Aspects of Talmud Torah’
(Edward A. Myerberg Center, 3101 Fallstaff Rd, Baltimore, MD 21209)

Saturday evening, June 8th, 8:00 pm, at Congregation Beit Tikvah
(In person and on Zoom)
‘The Eternal’s Gift of Torah’
(Roland Park Community Center, 5802 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21210)

Click here for more information about the program.

Registration is required in order to attend one or more of these free events, either in person or via Zoom.
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. NO WALK-INS.

Prepare Spiritually for Shavuot with Yiscah Smith - Saturday Afternoon at Chevrei Tzedek Congregation
2024-06-08 12:00 - 15:00

Prepare Spiritually for Shavuot with Yiscah Smith - Saturday Evening at Beit Tikvah
2024-06-08 20:00 - 22:00

Beit Tikvah Community Meeting
2024-06-23 16:30 - 18:00
4:30 pm Beit Tikvah Community Meeting
Join us at the Roland Park Community Center on Sunday, June 23 at 4:30 pm for a conversation about future plans at Beit Tikvah.
Please RSVP to info@beittikvah.org by 12:00 Noon on Sunday, June 23rd to let us know if you wish to attend the meeting in person or on Zoom.
