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High Holy Days at Beth Israel

High Holy Days will be celebrated at Beth Israel's beautiful campus this year! Learn more and submit your ticket request order form:

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Spiritual Enrichment & Worship

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Providing diverse opportunities to find inspiration, meaning, comfort, and spiritual enrichment, both personally and communally.

- from our Mission Statement
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Worship Overview

Every Shabbat and Holy Day, our Congregation gathers to worship God in the beauty of the Reform Jewish tradition. Shabbat is a time to pause each week and put aside the demands on our lives. It's a time for personal and collective reflection and renewal. Congregation Beth Israel offers a variety of ways to worship. We invite members and nonmembers to discover worship that is meaningful to you.


Friday Erev Shabbat Services

1st Fridays:

     6:00 p.m. Tot Shabbat Service
     A short Shabbat service with singing, simple prayers and stories designed for families with young children
     RSVP for the family-friendly dinner which follows in most months.  No Tot Shabbat in January 2013.  See
     Tot Shabbat page for details.

     6:00 p.m.  Shabbat Simchah Service
     Shabbat service for families with young children (K-3) who have "graduated" from our Tot Shabbat filled with
     singing, stories and prayer.
     After the service, please join us for dinner with the Tot Shabbat families.  RSVP for Tot Shabbat by the Monday before.

     8:00 p.m.  Erev Shabbat Service
     Welcome Shabbat with this service geared toward adults and featuring Beth Israel's Shabbat & Festival Choir.

2nd Fridays:

     6:15 p.m.  Family Shabbat Service
     A family-friendly service open to all and featuring music by the Teen and Youth Choir and Chai Band.

     8:30 p.m.  Soul Food Shabbat Service
     This intimate, informal, musical service in the Foster Family Chapel is food for the soul.

3rd Fridays:

     6:00 p.m.  RUACH Teen Shabbat
     This service is open to all post B'ai Mitzvah teens.  See Teen Worship page for details.

     6:15 p.m.  Erev Shabbat Service

Last Friday of each Month:

     6:15 p.m.  Erev Shabbat Chai Service featuring Beth Israel's Chai Band

All Other Fridays:

     6:15 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service 

 

Saturday Shabbat Services

Shabbat Morning Torah Study
Saturdays, 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Start your Shabbat morning with a lively Torah discussion led by one of our rabbis. Bagels and coffee served. Feuerstein Family Activity Center

Shabbat Morning and Afternoon Services
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
A celebratory service led by clergy and bar/bat mitzvah and open to all. Glickman Galinson Sanctuary

Lay-Led Morning Service
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.
A relaxed, informal service filled with enthusiasm and inspiration and welcoming to all. Foster Family Chapel
 

Erev Shabbat Services

erev shabbat servicesClergy-Led Friday Evening Services

Join us every Friday evening to welcome Shabbat with song, prayers and blessings. These services often feature notable speakers and the beautiful music of our Youth and Teen Choir, Adult Choir and Chai Band.

Minyan Lay-Led Services

minyan lay-led serviceLay-Led Informal Minyan Service

Every Shabbat at 10:00 a.m. members of the congregation lead an informal service open to all in the Foster Family Chapel. Called the Minyan Service, it features prayer, singing and Torah discussion in a relaxed and friendly setting. Attending the Minyan service is a wonderful way to become more familiar with a Shabbat morning service and to venture into participation in a service. 

Shabbat Services

torahs sanctuary congregation beth israel Clergy-Led Shabbat Morning and Afternoon Services

Most Saturdays Congregation Beth Israel holds Shabbat services in the mornings at 10:00 a.m. and afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in our beautiful Glickman-Galinson sanctuary. These services celebrate the Bar/Bat Mitzvahs of our members and are open to the entire community. Please join us and celebrate Shabbat!