This Week, Oct 18-24
Monday 18
7:00-9:00pm | Kulanu
Exploring the diversity of our Jewish community. Advance registration required for participation in this important, free event. Click here to register. Zoom link will be emailed upon registration.
Zoom only.
NOTE: To enable everyone to attend, there will be no evening gathering tonight.
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Tuesday 19
9:00am | Shacharit / Morning Service.
In person and on Zoom.
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Wednesday 20
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering​
4:30pm | Gesher
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Thursday 21
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering​
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Friday 22
5:45pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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Saturday 23
9:30am | Shacharit / Morning Service and Bat Mitzvah of Lilah Krevsky!
Note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, reservations are limited in number and required by noon on Monday, October 18th if you plan to come to the service. Please understand that reservations are closed for the luncheon following services. Masks and vaccination required.
6:20pm | Shabbat Mincha followed by Maariv
In-person only.
7:30pm | Havdallah
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Sunday 24
9:00am | Gesher
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering
Next Week, Oct 25- 31
Monday 25
7:00-9:00pm | Kulanu
Exploring the diversity of our Jewish community. Advance registration required for participation in this important, free event. Click here to register. Zoom link will be emailed upon registration.
Zoom only.
7:00pm | Adult Hebrew and Torah Trope Classes with Mandy Cheskis.
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering​
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Tuesday 26
9:00am | Shacharit / Morning Service.
In person and on Zoom.
7:15pm | Maariv / Evening Service
In person and on Zoom.
7:45pm | Singing Community Gathering. All voices welcome!
In person, Zoom on request.
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Wednesday 27
4:30pm | Gesher
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering​
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Thursday 28
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering​
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Friday 29
5:45pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Saturday 30
9:30am | Shacharit / Morning Service
In-person and on Zoom.
RSVP's not required. Masks and vaccination required.
6:05pm | Shabbat Mincha followed by Maariv
In-person only.
7:15pm | Havdallah
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Sunday 31
7:15pm | Evening Learning Gathering
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Passover
Thursday 10
Fast of the Firstborn
7:30am | Shacharit/Morning Service, In-person only, Beth El joins us at Chisuk Emuna for this special service, followed by a siyyum (a celebration marking a completion of Torah study) and a seudat mitzvah, a special meal. This practice developed especially for firstborns in order to exempt them from fasting in commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt.
Friday 11
Erev Erev Pesach
10:00 am | Sale of Chametz deadline
12:02 am | Last time to burn Chametz
Please note that the fire station on Sixth Street is providing a fire pit for members of the Jewish community to fulfill this mitzvah between 10 am-Noon on Friday.
7:22 pm | Candle lighting.
Saturday 12
Shabbat Hagadol, Erev Pesach
9:30am | Shabbat Morning Service. In-person and on Zoom.
Please note that our kiddush/lunch this Shabbat will begin at approximately 10:15 am, before the Torah service. The kiddush is early this Shabbat because on the eve of Passover this year, we must finish eating chametz by 10:56 am and dispose of the remaining chametz by 12:02 pm.
7:25 om | Mincha. In-person only.
Please note: due to the restrictions of the holiday, there will be no Zoom of Havdalah. A modified version of havdalah is part of the Haggadah.
Candle lighting after 8:25 pm.
Sunday 13
First Day of Passover
NO GESHER.
9:30 am | Festival Morning Service. In-person and on Zoom.
7:15 pm | Mincha. In-person only.
Candle lighting after 7:27 pm.
Monday 14
Second Day of Passover
Office closed.
9:30 am | Festival Morning Service. In-person and on Zoom.
7:25 pm | Mincha / Afternoon Service. In-person only.
Havdallah can be chanted on your own after 7:27 pm.
Tuesday 15
Third Day of Passover
Chol Hamoed, Intermediate Day of Passover
9:00 am | Shacharit Morning Service. Zoom only.
7:15 pm | Mincha. In-person only.
Wednesday 16
Fourth Day of Passover
Chol Hamoed, Intermediate Day of Passover
7:15 pm | Torah study with Rabbi Muroff. Zoom only.
Thursday 17
Fifth Day of Passover
Chol Hamoed, Intermediate Day of Passover
7:15 pm | Mincha / Maariv. In-person only.
Friday 18
Sixth Day of Passover
Chol Hamoed, Intermediate Day of Passover
Candle lighting 7:31 pm.
Saturday 19
Seventh Day of Passover
Chol Hamoed, Intermediate Day of Passover
9:30 am | Shabbat/Festival Morning Service.
In person and on Zoom.
7:35 pm | Mincha, followed by Maariv and a modified Havdalah. In-person only. Please note: due to the restrictions of the holiday, there will be no Zoom Havdalah.
Candle lighting for eight day of Passover after 8:31 pm.
Sunday 20
Eighth Day of Passover
NO GESHER.
9:30 am | Festival Morning Services, including Yizkor, Memorial Prayers. Michael Heiman will share reflections on his mother’s experience during the Kindertransport during the Shoah. In-person and on Zoom.
7:35 pm | Mincha, followed by Maariv and Havdalah. In-person only.
Passover ends at 8:31 pm. Chametz can be eaten and allowed to be brought back after 9:00 pm.
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Passover
Wednesday 5
Erev Pesach
7:30am | Siyyum: Completing a section of study with Yitz Muroff, Zoomed in from Jerusalem.
Thursday 6
First Day of Pesach
9:30am | Festival Morning Service.
In-person and on Zoom.
Friday 7
Second Day of Pesach
9:30am | Festival Morning Service.
In-person and on Zoom.
Saturday 8
First Day of Hol Hamoed Passover
9:30am | Festival Morning Service.
In-person and on Zoom.
7:20pm | Mincha / Afternoon Service.
In-person only.
8:35pm | Havdalah.
Zoom only.
Wednesday 12
Seventh Day Pesach
9:30am | Shacharit Morning Service.
In-person and on Zoom.
Thursday 13
Eighth Day Pesach
9:30am | Shacharit Morning Service including Yizkor, memorial prayers.
In-person and on Zoom.
Purim
Sunday, Mar 5
10:00 Community Purim Carnival at the JCC
RSVP for dinner now!
Monday, Mar 6
Erev Purim
Joint Purim celebration at Beth El Temple
5:30 pm | Kids’ Celebration: Costume parade & Purim songs for little ones
5:45 pm | Purim Spiel (Peanuts cartoon theme!)
6:30 pm | Maariv followed by ziti and salad
6:45 pm | Megillah reading. Includes our Better Together program participants telling jokes between chapters!
RSVP to Patty@bethelhbg.org now!! (headcount needed for dinner)
Thursday, Mar 7
7:00 am | Joint Shacharit/Morning service at Chisuk Emuna, including megillah reading
9:00 am | Community Women’s Megillah reading at the JCC
Tisha B'av
Tisha B'av is the fast day recalling the destruction of the Temples in Ancient Jerusalem and other calamities in Jewish history.
Wednesday, July 26
Shavuot Day Mincha (afternoon service) 8:10 pm at Beth El Temple, followed by Maariv (evening service), including the reading of Eicha, the Book of Lamentations.
Thursday, July 27
Shacharit (morning service) 9:00 am at Chisuk Emuna, including the recitation of kinnot, elegies composed over the millennia.
Purim Events!
Sunday, March 6
7:15pm | The Whole Megilla: Esther Rising to the Moment
Monday, March 7
7:15pm | Matanot L’Evyonim/Gifts to the Poor
Sunday, March 13
10am - 12pm | Community Purim Carnival at the JCC
7:15pm | The Whole Megillah: Antisemitism-Then and Now
Monday, March 14
7:15pm | The Mitzvah of Purim Seudah/Purim Feast
Wednesday, March 16 - Erev Purim
Joint Purim celebration at Beth El Temple:
6:15 pm | “Mini-Megillah” Kids’ Celebration
6:45 pm | Purim Spiel
7:30 pm | Maariv and hamentashen break
7:45 pm | Megillah reading
All night: Costume photo booth! RSVP to Patty@bethelhbg.org.
Thursday, March 17 - PURIM!
7:00 am | Joint Shacharit/Morning service at Beth El Temple, including Megillah reading
9:00 am | Community Women’s Megillah reading at the JCC
Simchat Torah
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Monday, October 17
Shemini Atzeret and Erev Simchat Torah
Chisuk Emuna morning, Beth El evening
Tuesday, October 18
Simchat Torah
Chisuk Emuna morning and evening
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See our calendar column for complete list of events!
Sunday, May 16
Erev Shavuot
6:30-7:45pm | Tikkun Leil Shavuot
7:55pm | Shavuot Mincha Services join us on Zoom for Mincha, followed by a special musical presentation with Susan Leviton at 8:10pm and then Maariv at 9:00pm.

Follow along with Susan's program of songs by downloading and printing the translations here.
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Monday, May 17
Shavuot Day I
9:30am Festival Morning Service
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Tuesday, May 18
Shavuot Day II
9:30am Festival Morning Service
In-person and on zoom. This service includes the Book of Ruth, Yizkor/ Memorial Prayers and the recitation of the mourner’s kaddish. Reservations are required to attend in person. Contact Susan Sussman at 717-232-4851 or info@chisukemuna.org by noon on Friday, the 14th.
Shavuot!
Celebrating our Receiving of the Torah
at Chisuk Emuna
with our friends from Beth El
Tuesday evening, June 11
Erev Shavuot
Torah Under The Stars: An evening of art, Torah learning, prayer, festive refreshments
7:00pm | Guided Art Workshop for Adults,
led by our own artists, plus Torah Fun for Kids!
8:15pm | Mincha
8:30pm | Learning and Cheesecake
9:20pm | Maariv
9:35pm | Learning continues with
Steve Schauder and Yitz Muroff

Wednesday, June 12
Shavuot Day I
9:30am | Festival Morning Service
7:15pm | Festival Afternoon Service
Thursday, June 13
Shavuot Day II
9:30am Festival Morning Service*
7:15pm | Festival Afternoon Service
*Chanting of selections from Book of Ruth and recitation of Yizkor/ Memorial Prayers will be included in this service.
Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, Oct 2
Erev Rosh Hashanah
6:30pm | Mincha / Afternoon and Maariv / Evening Services
Candle lighting for first night of Rosh Hashanah 6:29pm
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Thursday, Oct 3
First Day of Rosh Hashanah
8:30am | Morning Services
6:00pm | Tashlich the ritual of casting away our sins, to be held along the river across from Beth El Temple.
6:30pm | Joint Mincha / Maariv Services at Beth El.
Candle lighting for first night of Rosh Hashanah after 7:26pm
Friday, Oct 4
Second Day of Rosh Hashanah ​​
8:30am | Morning Services at Chisuk Emuna
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Yom Kippur
Friday, Oct 11 | Erev Yom Kippur
2:00pm | Mincha
6:00pm | Kol Nidre followed by Maariv
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Saturday, Oct 12 | Yom Kippur
9:00am | Shacharit / Morning Service
4:45pm | Mincha / Afternoon Service
6:15pm | Ne'ilah
7:14pm | Fast Conludes
7:30pm | Havdalah
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For information about children's programming, guest tickets, parking, and our latest health and safety guidelines, please click here.