Our Shabbat Program
Our Saturday Shabbat schedule has been enjoyed by many. From 10:00-10:20AM is Shabbat Morning Meditation. Please arrive at least five minutes before 10 so we are ready to begin the meditation at exactly 10 AM. Rabbi Haddon provides us with worship service from 10:30-11:30 and we end the morning with Oneg Shabbat and Torah Study from 11:45-12:45. Our complete schedule of services and events are provided below and can also be found under the Schedule tab in our website.
Worship Service
Our Shabbat worship services are slightly shortened, but include the essential elements, including: a torah reading, all of the significant parts of the worship liturgy, plenty of music, a brief sermonette, and (probably fewer) responsive readings in English.
Oneg Shabbat and Torah Study
To give greater depth and coherence to our prayers and to increase our understanding of our tradition, adult education focuses on the Torah.
TEXT: Sacred Judaism: The Tanach, in English, edited by Jaraslav Pelikan, published by The Jewish Publication Society, 1985.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Study
Study and preparation is already underway for this year’s B’not Mitzvah class however interest should always be directed to Rabbi Haddon by email, jonrab33@gmail.com.
Our Saturday Shabbat schedule has been enjoyed by many. From 10:00-10:20AM is Shabbat Morning Meditation. Please arrive at least five minutes before 10 so we are ready to begin the meditation at exactly 10 AM. Rabbi Haddon provides us with worship service from 10:30-11:30 and we end the morning with Oneg Shabbat and Torah Study from 11:45-12:45. Our complete schedule of services and events are provided below and can also be found under the Schedule tab in our website.
Worship Service
Our Shabbat worship services are slightly shortened, but include the essential elements, including: a torah reading, all of the significant parts of the worship liturgy, plenty of music, a brief sermonette, and (probably fewer) responsive readings in English.
Oneg Shabbat and Torah Study
To give greater depth and coherence to our prayers and to increase our understanding of our tradition, adult education focuses on the Torah.
TEXT: Sacred Judaism: The Tanach, in English, edited by Jaraslav Pelikan, published by The Jewish Publication Society, 1985.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Study
Study and preparation is already underway for this year’s B’not Mitzvah class however interest should always be directed to Rabbi Haddon by email, jonrab33@gmail.com.
Shabbat Morning Meditation
Starting on August 18th, Beth David will offer a 20-minute meditation in the sanctuary, from 10am-10:20, prior to Shabbat services. The meditation is a quieting practice, in which you will also have an opportunity to focus on a virtue you’d like to strengthen. The meditation was created by Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira (1899-1943), an extraordinary Polish Hassidic teacher, leader, practitioner and innovator.
Rabbi Shapira founded one of the largest yeshivot in inter-war Poland. Caught up in the Nazi invasion, R. Shapira refused to leave his flock and was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was an important spiritual leader. He managed to bury a cache of his writings in the ghetto prior to his deportation to the Trawniki labor camp in the spring of 1943. In Trawniki, he again refused an offer of escape in order to support his people; he was murdered by the SS in early November 1943.
The meditation will be led by Carol Ascher, who is in her second year of training in spiritual direction at NYU’s Hebrew Union College. Carol learned the quieting practice of R. Shapira from Rabbi Jonathan Slater, a scholar of Hassidism and co-teacher of the spiritual direction program at Hebrew Union College.
*Please arrive at least five minutes before 10 so we are ready to begin the meditation at exactly 10 AM.
Starting on August 18th, Beth David will offer a 20-minute meditation in the sanctuary, from 10am-10:20, prior to Shabbat services. The meditation is a quieting practice, in which you will also have an opportunity to focus on a virtue you’d like to strengthen. The meditation was created by Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira (1899-1943), an extraordinary Polish Hassidic teacher, leader, practitioner and innovator.
Rabbi Shapira founded one of the largest yeshivot in inter-war Poland. Caught up in the Nazi invasion, R. Shapira refused to leave his flock and was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, where he was an important spiritual leader. He managed to bury a cache of his writings in the ghetto prior to his deportation to the Trawniki labor camp in the spring of 1943. In Trawniki, he again refused an offer of escape in order to support his people; he was murdered by the SS in early November 1943.
The meditation will be led by Carol Ascher, who is in her second year of training in spiritual direction at NYU’s Hebrew Union College. Carol learned the quieting practice of R. Shapira from Rabbi Jonathan Slater, a scholar of Hassidism and co-teacher of the spiritual direction program at Hebrew Union College.
*Please arrive at least five minutes before 10 so we are ready to begin the meditation at exactly 10 AM.
2019 Synagogue Schedule
Our 2019 Synagogue Schedule is posted below.
*Dates and times are tentative. Unless otherwise noted, Shabbat services are generally every other Saturday and commence at 10:30 AM.
Our 2019 Synagogue Schedule is posted below.
*Dates and times are tentative. Unless otherwise noted, Shabbat services are generally every other Saturday and commence at 10:30 AM.
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Saturday, March 9th
Saturday, March 23rd Saturday, April 6th Saturday, April 27th Saturday, May 11th Saturday, May 18th Saturday, May 25th Saturday, June 8th Saturday, June 22nd Saturday, July 6th Saturday July 20th Saturday, August 3rd Saturday, August 17th Saturday, August 31st Saturday, September 14th Saturday, September 21st Sunday, September 29th Monday, September 30th Tuesday, October 8th Wednesday, October 9th Saturday, October 19th Saturday, November 2nd Saturday, November 16th Saturday, November 30th Saturday, December 14th Saturday, December 28th |
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Shabbat
Purim Observed Shabbat 8th Day of Pesach Observed Israel Independence Observed 90th Anniversary Gala *Invitation to Follow Shabbat Shabbat Adult Bnot Mitzvah Service Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Selichot Evening Service Erev Rosh Hashana Rosh Hashana Kol Nidre Yom Kipur Succot Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Havdalah and Hanukkah Dinner |
*Please see Newsletter for more information on all upcoming events and speakers.
Regular Shabbat services are open to the public and are followed by an Oneg and adult education. We wish to invite you to sponsor an Oneg, which follow our regular Shabbat morning services. Contact Lauren Rosen for details and book yours now if you are hoping for a specific date!
Contact Lauren Rosen at lsrosen@att.net or call 203.417.7307.