Beit Tikvah

Dessert & Shavuot Discussion
2025-06-01 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)
dessert & Shavuot discussion (weather permitting on the covered portico overlooking the lovely garden), conversation on How Do We Relate To Torah When We Can’t Hear G-d

Zoom service with Rabbi Heifetz
2025-06-06 19:00 - 21:00
New online Zoom service with Rabbi Heifetz

Guest Lead-Services, with Kiddush and discussion
2025-06-14 10:00 - 12:00
Cantor/Chaplain Nancy R. Ginsberg will guest lead Services with Kiddush and discussion, including pride Shout-out

Beit Tikvah Social
2025-06-22 18:00 - 19:30
BT social during @ RPCC outdoor concert ( singer Angela Taylor) 6-7:30 PM
(feel free to bring dairy/vegetarian/vegan options to share or not)

Pot-Luck and Congregant Led Service
2025-06-27 18:30 - 20:30
6:30 PM Community Pot-Luck (please bring healthy Dairy/Vegetarian/Vegan contribution) and Congregant Led Service (mainly in English).
We are having a Welcoming Shabbat for Pride and Juneteenth. Our discussion for Parsha Korach is how do we chose our leaders and how that matters in the context of Mishpatim –the social legislation in Exodus on the laws of Welcoming the Strangers.
RSVP info@beittikvah.org

Pot-Luck and Congregant Led Service
2025-07-18 18:30 - 20:30
6:30 PM Community Pot-Luck and short Congregant Led Service

Zoom Service led by Rabbi Heifetz
2025-07-25 19:30 - 21:00
New online Zoom service with Rabbi Heifetz
Rest Stop, or Journey’s End?
Why did some of the tribes of Israel stop their journey before crossing into the Promised Land? How do we know when it’s time to revise or release a goal?
Join at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82007502820

Beit Tikvah Social
2025-07-27 18:00 - 19:30
BT social @ RPCC outdoor concert by fantastic musician Seth Kibel, 6-7:30 PM

Rabbi Douglas Heifetz Lead-Service, Kiddush and Discussion
2025-08-02 10:00 - 12:30
Rabbi Douglas Heifetz Lead-Service, Kiddush (please bring healthy Dairy/Vegetarian/Vegan contribution) and Discussion: From Shiraz to Sinai: Persian Jewish Voices in Poetic Form
The recent peak of hostilities between Israel and Iran can easily blind us to the glorious culture of the Persian (Iranian) Jewish community. Thus, it’s a perfect time to read and discuss some of the best of ancient Persian Jewish poetry, with themes of love, mysticism, and moral searching.
RSVP info@beittikvah.org

Community Pot-Luck and Congregant Led Service
2025-08-15 18:30 - 21:00
6:30 PM Community Pot-Luck and Congregant Led Service

Zoom Service led by Rabbi Heifetz
2025-08-22 19:30 - 21:00
This Is Your Wake-Up CallThe contemplative month of Elul begins in just a few days. It arrives like an alarm—quiet, but insistent. These are the 40 days traditionally set aside for soul-searching and inner growth, a sacred countdown toward the High Holidays.
In the opening words of this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh, the great sage the Vilna Gaon hears a personal summons: to take responsibility, to trust in something greater than ourselves, and to believe in the power to begin again—not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today.
Let’s explore what it means to act now—to stop waiting for the world to change, and to hear the ticking clock of teshuvah before the gates begin to close.
Join at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82007502820

Rabbi Douglas Heifetz Led-Service, Community Kiddush and Discussion: "Don't Blow It - Just Listen"
2025-09-06 10:00 - 13:00
The shofar, or ram’s horn, is the key symbol of the High Holiday season and the preceding month of Elul. Yet, there’s a curious distinction in tradition: we are never commanded to play or blow the shofar. Instead, we are called to hear its sound. What’s the significance of this? And how does it open the gateway into a new year?

Book Club Zoom: "The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy"
2025-09-14 14:00 - 17:00
“Adam Nimoy has written about the challenges growing up with his famous father and about their estrangement later in life. The fact that Leonard and Adam found a way to rebuild their relationship should resonate with anyone who struggles with difficult family dynamics.”—George Takei
https://www.meetup.com/the-baltimore-jewish-book-club/events/

Rosh Hashana Theme: "Gardens of Hope": Planting and Nurturing for Resilience' Erev Rosh Hashanah Service followed by Dessert Reception
2025-09-22 19:00 - 21:00
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service followed by Dessert Reception
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Rosh Hashana Theme: 'Gardens of Hope: Planting and Nurturing for Resilience' Service, Community Potluck and Art Project
2025-09-23 10:00 - 16:00
Rosh Hashanah Service, followed by Kiddush and pot luck luncheon, art project, and Tashlich at the stream near Whole Foods.
‘Gardens of Hope: Planting and Nurturing for Resilience’. Community Pot-Luck and Art Project:This brief, reflective art ritual invites participants to symbolically “release” what they no longer want to carry into the new year, and to plant intentions for resilience and growth—guided by our High Holiday communal theme. Participants will decorate cards (or seed paper) with watercolor, words, or natural materials, representing something they are ready to let go of or something they hope to nurture this year. The artwork will be released during Tashlich or taken home to compost or plant
Followed by Tashlich at stream next to Whole Foods
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Rosh Hashana Continued with community pot-luck and discussion 'Compassion, resilience and Jewish law' and short Mincha
2025-09-24 10:00 - 13:00
Discussion on ‘Resilience, Compassion and Jewish Law’ with pot-luck lunch and short Minchah (afternoon) service.
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Yom Kippur Service: Resilience, Compassion and Jewish law.
2025-10-01 18:00 - 20:00
Kol Nidre Service. Please be seated by 5:50 pm.
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Yom Kippur Service and Yizkor : Resilience, Compassion and Jewish law
2025-10-02 10:00 - 20:00
Yom Kippur Service (including Yizkor) 4:30 pm – Closing/Ne’ilah Services 7:30 pm – Havdallah and Break-the-Fast Meal.
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Sukkot w/ Pizza in the Hut and short Congregant Led Service & discussion
2025-10-10 19:00 - 21:00
Pot-Luck (Dairy/Veg./Vegan contribution) w/ Pizza in the Hut and short Congregant Led Service & discussion
High Holidays – IN PERSON and on Zoom —No one turned away due to financial challenges but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED for SECURITY
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Annual Meeting
2025-11-09 17:00 - 19:00
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Rabbi Douglas Heifetz leads Service and Torah Discussion. Followed by Kiddush and celebration for Nan Tuckett & Bill Marker's 20th Anniversary. Kiddush will be provided by Bill and Nan. Food! Singing! Dancing!
2025-11-15 10:00 - 13:00
Service and discussion: The Torah of Love.
This week’s Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, tells of the marriage of Rebecca and Isaac. Although previous chapters mentioned many other couples and marriages, this episode mentions love for the first time. What was unique about Rebecca and Isaac’s marriage? What was their love secret? How does it apply to relationships today?
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Rabbi Led-Service, Community Kiddush (Dairy/Veg./Vegan contribution) and Discussion: Which Side Are We On? (in the Hanukkah Story)
2025-12-06 10:00 - 13:00
Let’s discuss the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah. Most Jews learn the historical Hanukkah story as a very black-and-white episode. In this telling, the heroic Maccabees stood up against the tyrannical Hellenistic (Greek) king and the king’s Jewish collaborators. But what if we don’t really identify with the zealous Maccabees? What if we see our reflection more clearly in the memory of the Hellenistic Jews of that time, the ones who compromised more readily with foreign rulers and the culture they represented? Can we still celebrate the Maccabees? How does this impact the meaning of the holiday for us now?
RSVP: info@beittikvah.org

Chanukah Party!
2025-12-19 18:30 - 20:30
Bring your channukiot for candle lighting and voices for singing,
Pot-luck will include FRIED-foods , etc. The short Congregant Led Service (will include a dramatic Reading of How The Grinch Stole Shabbat
RSVP to Treasurer@BeitTikvah.org

Ukulele Service & Kiddush
2026-01-23 18:30 - 21:00
6:30-7:30 pm Miriam Winder Kelly will be sponsoring the vegetarian/dairy kiddush in memory of Patrick J. Kelly Jr. (RSVP to Miriam@bsfs.org).
7:30-9 pm Nina Storch will lead a UKULELE service including a reading of this week’s parshah “Bo” (Exodus 10:1 – 13:16) in English and a discussion.

Tu B'Shvat Seder (belated)
2026-02-06 18:30 - 21:00
6:30-7:30 pm Potluck (dairy, vegetarian, vegan) and schmoozing.
7:30 pm Tu B’Shvat seder celebrating the bounty from the trees.
