Service Archives

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 – EREV ROSH HASHANAH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 – ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 – ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 – Kol Nidre 

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28 – Yom Kippur 

Youth & Family Services

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

10:00AM-10:30AM   Preschool Service
10:00AM-10:30AM   Rosh Hashanah Puppet Show
10:00AM-10:45AM   Family Service (age 5 through 12)

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

10:00AM-10:30AM   Preschool Service
10:00AM-10:30AM   Rosh Hashanah Puppet Show 
10:00AM-10:45AM   Family Service (age 5 through 12)

Yom Kippur

10:00AM-10:30AM   Preschool Service
10:00AM-10:30AM   Rosh Hashanah Puppet Show 
10:00AM-10:45AM   Family Service (age 5 through 12)

You are Here series

You Are Here #1: Rosh Chodesh Elul

You Are Here #2: Antiracism During Elul

You Are Here #3: Accounting for our Souls

You are Here #4: Need Spiritual CPR?

You are Here #5: Write Your Book Life

You are Here #6: Shabbat of Return

You are Here #7: Chag Sukkot Sameach

High Holiday Learning Sessions with our Rabbis

Rabbi Marder (Rosh Hashanah Day 1)– Unetaneh Tokef: Living with the Unknown

Rabbi Creditor (Rosh Hashanah Day 1)– Fear and Trembling at the Mountain: Remembering and Experiencing Through Prayer

Rabbi Olitzky (Rosh Hashanah Day 2) – Wrestling with Different Gods: The Shema as a Gateway to our Multiple Relationships with the Divine

Rabbi Creditor (Rosh Hashanah Day 2)- Resemblance and Identity: What Would You Sacrifice? An Exploration of the Binding of Isaac

Rabbi Olitzky (Yom Kippur) – Fasting as a Spiritual Practice in the Midst of Food Insecurity 

Dr. Alan Cooper (Yom Kippur) – Maybe and Who Knows: On the Certainty of Uncertainty

Rabbi Kerry Olitzky (Yom Kippur) – Isolation, Assimilation or Innovation: Three Trends in Jewish History and How we Reflect them in our own Spiritual Journey in Judaism

Shofar: The Piercing Cry with Rabbi Menachem Creditor

Isaac and Ishmael in Modern Israeli Poetry with Rabbi Marder

Returning and Repentance: Exploring How to Say I’m Sorry to Others and Ourselves with Rabbi Olitzky

From our Rabbis

A Prayer for our Country

Prayer for Country – Read by Ruth Bader Ginsburg z”l Originally Recorded on October 3rd, 2013 At Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland

Conversation Starters

Most of us won’t be gathering around our holiday tables with our extended families and friends as we usually do. Perhaps you’ve never made a holiday meal at your own table, or not in a long time. How can we make our Rosh Hashanah meals more festive, more special, more reflective of the High Holidays? Click here for questions to spark conversation about the holidays at your in person or virtual table.

Creating Sacred Space in Your Home for Prayer

Rabbi Marder talks about how to turn your family room, dining table, or living room into a Mikdash M’at, a small sanctuary, to enhance your experience during services. Click here to read the full explanation of how to create sacred space at home.

Rabbi Olitzky reflects on the High Holidays during a pandemic.

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