Week of Events
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Community Kabbalat ShabbatThe tone of this service is traditional, passionate, joyful, and spiritual. We will join together in rousing traditional melodies, along with moments of depth and quiet contemplation. Our rabbis and other community members will share short divrei Torah (words of Torah). You will leave the service feeling renewed and in time to enjoy […]
Boker Or
Boker Or
The 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.
Shabbat Smith Service
Shabbat Smith Service
Click Here To LivestreamJoin us for Shabbat morning services as we set aside the week and make space for rest, reflection, and connection — a chance to gather in the warmth of community.Shabbat Service Links:Siddur Lev Shalem: Kabbalat Shabbat | Click Here to DownloadSiddur Lev Shalem: Shabbat Morning | Click Here to Download
TEM Shabbat Services
TEM Shabbat Services
The Traditional Egalitarian Minyan (TEM) is a warm, spirited service, committed to participatory worship. It meets in the Gewirz Beit Am every Shabbat morning and on some holidays at 9:30 a.m. Led by volunteers with the occasional assistance of Adas clergy, the TEM service offers a full P’sukei D’Zimrah (introductory Psalms), Shacharit, Torah service (starting […]
Healing Service
Healing Service
Join us for a monthly healing service on Shabbat mornings with Rabbi Dassa. This service invites anyone to participate who is in need of healing– whether that's healing for ourselves, for loved ones, or for the broader world. Healing may be physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.This service is an invitation to focus on the places […]
Tot Shabbat (0 – 7 Years Old)
Tot Shabbat (0 – 7 Years Old)
Join us every week for singing, stories, and snacks! Geared toward children ages 0-7 years old and their families. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is not required.
Youth Havurah (8-13 years old)
Youth Havurah (8-13 years old)
Join us on Saturdays at 11:00am in the Adas Library for youth-centered Shabbat services, led by Rabbi Andy Weissfeld. Geared toward 3rd-7th graders to learn the Shabbat morning prayers; children in 2nd grade and below are welcome to attend but must be accompanied by an adult. No pre-registration required: All are welcome, even if not […]
Congregational Kiddush
MakomDC: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander – Passover Test Case: When Matzah Harms
MakomDC: The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision Making with Rabbi Aaron Alexander – Passover Test Case: When Matzah Harms
The Necessity of Narrative in Halakhic Decision MakingShabbat afternoons Dec 6th, Feb 14th, March 28thIf a Jewish Legal (halakhic) decision is made in the forest with nobody present, did it actually happen? Maybe. The reality is that written law–case-law (responsa) and codes–significantly depend on the very human stories that animates both the unique questions, and […]
Shabbat Mincha Service
Shabbat Mincha Service
Join us for a Saturday afternoon of prayer and Torah. The content of the mincha prayers reflects the essential goal of menucha (rest) on the Sabbath day.