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Shabbat Learning w/ Rabbi Krinsky: Liturgy of, by and for a People
Biran Beit MidrashLiturgy of, by and for a PeopleTaught by Rabbi Sarah KrinskyShabbat afternoons at 1pm, Biran Beit Midrash: March 29, May 3 and June 14This series will look at pieces of our traditional prayers written specifically and explicitly with the Jewish people as a collective in mind. We will trace the origins and evolutions of these […]
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Friday Morning Parsha
VirtualClick Here to Join the ClassJoin us for an exclusive in-depth look at the Torah portion. On alternating Fridays Rabbi Holtzblatt will explore the parsha through the lens of Hassidut and mysticism, Rabbi Alexander will use the Talmud as the prism for the weekly reading, and Rabbi Krinsky will teach the hidden recesses of the Parsha’s passages and discover its […]
Boker Or
Biran Beit MidrashThe Boker Or Torah study group meets Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with the weekly portion as its focus. Join our clergy and community in person each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services.
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Biur Hametz
Parking LotFriday, April 11 at 9:00amIn-Person, Adas Parking LotBurn your leftover chametz live in the Adas parking lot with Hazzan Goldsmith. We will be reviewing the blessing and customs for this Passover tradition. The burning of hametz should be completed by about 10 am.Register
Weekday Sisterhood Torah!
VirtualMonthly, 3rd Tuesday at 10:30amWeekday Torah with Sisterhood is an engaging approach to traditional text study that offers participants the opportunity to study and discuss challenging texts and ideas. Students of all levels and backgrounds are welcome. Please contact Marilyn Cooper with questions, or if you would like a link to the Zoom Torah study […]
Garden of Righteous
Smith SanctuaryHonoring Waitstill and Martha Sharp from the United StatesPlease join us as we honor Waitstill and Martha Sharp from the United States. This year we will welcome their grandson, Artemis Joukowsky III, to tell the story of his grandparents’ courageous and dangerous missions to Europe in 1939 and 1940 to save Jews and other refugees.Waitstill […]
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Friday Morning Parsha
VirtualClick Here to Join the ClassJoin us for an exclusive in-depth look at the Torah portion. On alternating Fridays Rabbi Holtzblatt will explore the parsha through the lens of Hassidut and mysticism, Rabbi Alexander will use the Talmud as the prism for the weekly reading, and Rabbi Krinsky will teach the hidden recesses of the Parsha’s passages and discover its […]
MakomDC: End of the Year Siyyum with Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Wasserman HallFriday Night D’var Torah"Rejoicing in Being a Part"Shabbat Morning Sermon in Smith Sanctuary "Journeys in Grief and Joy: When the Personal and the Communal Collide"Shabbat Afternoon Shiur in the Biran Beit Midrash at 1 pmShouts and Whispers: On Saying “We Jews”Over a hundred years ago, in an essay entitled “Renaissance of Jewish Learning and Living,” […]
Boker Or
Biran Beit MidrashThe Boker Or Torah study group meets Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with the weekly portion as its focus. Join our clergy and community in person each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services.
MakomDC: End of the Year Siyyum with Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
Biran Beit MidrashFriday Night D’var Torah"Rejoicing in Being a Part"Shabbat Morning Sermon in Smith Sanctuary "Journeys in Grief and Joy: When the Personal and the Communal Collide"Shabbat Afternoon Shiur in the Biran Beit Midrash at 1 pmShouts and Whispers: On Saying “We Jews”Over a hundred years ago, in an essay entitled “Renaissance of Jewish Learning and Living,” […]
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Friday Morning Parsha
VirtualClick Here to Join the ClassJoin us for an exclusive in-depth look at the Torah portion. On alternating Fridays Rabbi Holtzblatt will explore the parsha through the lens of Hassidut and mysticism, Rabbi Alexander will use the Talmud as the prism for the weekly reading, and Rabbi Krinsky will teach the hidden recesses of the Parsha’s passages and discover its […]
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Friday Morning Parsha
VirtualClick Here to Join the ClassJoin us for an exclusive in-depth look at the Torah portion. On alternating Fridays Rabbi Holtzblatt will explore the parsha through the lens of Hassidut and mysticism, Rabbi Alexander will use the Talmud as the prism for the weekly reading, and Rabbi Krinsky will teach the hidden recesses of the Parsha’s passages and discover its […]
Boker Or
Biran Beit MidrashThe Boker Or Torah study group meets Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with the weekly portion as its focus. Join our clergy and community in person each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services.
Wednesday Lunch In Depth Mishnah Study
Biran Beit MidrashGrab your lunch and join Rabbi Yolkut as we explore the basics of Mishnah study. Ever wanted to learn how to learn Jewish text in the original (translation will be provided too). In this small class in person we will cut our teeth on of our earliest and foundational rabbinic texts.Register
Hesed Cooking
Kay HallRegister