Shabbat
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FRIDAY EVENINGS
Shabbat Potluck Dinners - check here or on the calendar for upcoming dinners
Shabbat Evening Services
6:00 pm | Fridays
Our Shabbat evening service will embrace you and touch your soul. Fresh and familiar music will enable you to give voice to your own spirit. Special occasions in the lives of our congregants, Jewish teachings, sermons from our rabbis and extraordinary music will enhance “Shabbat, our sanctuary in time.”
Kodesh and Coffee
After services | Fridays
Join our warm and welcoming Temple Beth Sholom family after Shabbat evening services. Meet with old friends and make new friends, enjoy light refreshments, and celebrate the joy of Shabbat together.
SATURDAY MORNINGS
Torah Study
9:30–10:30 am | Saturdays
Start your Saturday morning with Torah study and a bagel with a schmear of cream cheese. Prior to our Shabbat morning minyan, you will study parashat hashavua, the weekly Torah portion. The rabbis will lead a discussion of ancient commentaries and teachings and reveal the Torah’s modern and relevant lessons.
Shabbat Morning Service
10:30 am | Saturdays
Join us weekly to renew your spirit in our beautiful sanctuary or chapel. Our clergy and members of our congregation help to lead the prayers and read the Torah.
Tot Shabbat
10:00 am | Saturdays
This lively service, for pre-school-age children and their families, combines prayer, music, stories, snacks and much more. (Offered when Temple Beth Sholom Innovative School is in session.) For details contact Director of Congregational Engagement Mark Baranek.
Shabbat Shaboom
5:30 pm | Select Fridays
Temple Beth Sholom in conjunction with the Fantastic Party Factory offers a fun Friday night Shabbat series designed to integrate young children.
Family Shabbat
Each Saturday morning, jLAB students in grades K-5 and their parents (and other significant grown-ups) gather together in the chapel from 9:30–10:00 am for a lively Shabbat morning t'filah experience. This is a great opportunity to learn the prayers of our liturgy and connect with the words of our prayer service. All those with children in this age group are welcome to join us! Contact Director of SLJ Barb Shimansky for more details.
B’nei Mitzvah Service
Our b’nei mitzvah services are held at 10:30 am and 4:30 pm. These services occur only when a member of the Temple is celebrating the occasion of becoming bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. Please see the calendar section on the main web page for the current schedule.
Note: We are happy to share TBS services with those unable to attend in person through automated recording and livestreaming, available on our website and on our YouTube channel. The camera will be focused on the bimah and areas to the side and front of the Ark. Your presence in those areas indicates your consent to your image appearing on the livestream. Tune in live or watch previously streamed services and programs.
Tue, June 6 2023
17 Sivan 5783
Main Calendar
PARSHAT B'HAALOT'CHA
- God speaks to Moses, describing the menorah for the Tent of Meeting. The Levites are appointed to serve as assistants under Aaron and his sons. (8:1-26)
- Those who are unable to celebrate Passover during Nisan are given a time in the month of Sivan to observe a "second Passover." (9:1-14)
- A cloud by day and fire by night show God's Presence over the Tabernacle. When the cloud lifts from the Tabernacle, the people leave Sinai, setting out on their journey, tribe by tribe. (9:15-10:36)
- The Israelites complain about the lack of meat, and Moses becomes frustrated. God tells him to appoint a council of elders. God provides the people with meat and then strikes them with a very severe plague. (11:1-34)
- Miriam and Aaron talk about the "Cushite woman" whom Moses has married. In addition, they complain that God speaks not only through Moses but also through them. Miriam is struck with leprosy, and Moses begs God to heal her. After her recovery, the people resume their journey. (12:1-16)
Additional Torah commentaries can be found on the Reform Judaism website.
