Week of Events
Pesach Services: Combined Shacharit Service and Hallel
Pesach Services: Combined Shacharit Service and Hallel
The eight-day festival of Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted by the Seder experiences and the retelling of the Exodus. Together, we will march towards hope and freedom, see wonders, and give thanks for the abundant blessings in our lives. Dayenu. […]
7th Day Passover Lunch
Maariv/Kabbalat Chag
Maariv/Kabbalat Chag
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
Pesach Services: Shacharit/Hallel and Yizkor
Pesach Services: Shacharit/Hallel and Yizkor
The eight-day festival of Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted by the Seder experiences and the retelling of the Exodus. Together, we will march towards hope and freedom, see wonders, and give thanks for the abundant blessings in our lives. Dayenu. […]
Pesach Services: TEM Shacharit/Hallel and Yizkor
Pesach Services: TEM Shacharit/Hallel and Yizkor
The eight-day festival of Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted by the Seder experiences and the retelling of the Exodus. Together, we will march towards hope and freedom, see wonders, and give thanks for the abundant blessings in our lives. Dayenu. […]
Passover Songs and Books
Last Day of Passover – Congregational kiddush
Pesach Services: Mincha
Pesach Services: Mincha
The eight-day festival of Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven, and highlighted by the Seder experiences and the retelling of the Exodus. Together, we will march towards hope and freedom, see wonders, and give thanks for the abundant blessings in our lives. Dayenu. […]
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv
Morning Minyan
Morning Minyan
Join us in-person or on Zoom:Sundays and Federal Holidays at 9am, Zoom Link HereMondays-Fridays at 7:30am, Zoom Link HereClick Here For Shacharit Pages
Senior lunch
Senior lunch
Adas-Behrend Senior Fellowship is a program that provides seniors from the DC metro area a kosher lunch, social activities, and Friday Shabbat celebrations. Social activities include games (such as bingo, scrabble) group exercise classes, entertainment (musicians, sing-alongs, movies), field trips to Theater J and museums, art classes, etc. Lunch and FellowshipSeniors from the DC metro […]
Friday Morning Parsha
Friday Morning Parsha
Click 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 […]
Wellness Center @Adas for two Yoga pop-ups
Wellness Center @Adas for two Yoga pop-ups
Please join the Wellness Center @Adas for two Yoga pop-ups this Spring. As we prepare for Pesach & Shavuot, we focus on freedom and liberation. Through a one-hour practice, we invite participants to join us for a mindful yogic flow, that grounds us in our holy space. We will stretch, breathe, and set an intention […]
Ga’avah Happy Hour
Traditional Egalitarian Minyan Kabbalat Shabbat
Traditional Egalitarian Minyan Kabbalat Shabbat
Join the Traditional Egalitarian Minyan in the Gewirz Beit Am for Kabbalat Shabbat. Come lend your voices and welcome Shabbat with us, at a spirited, traditional Friday night davening. All are welcome!
TEM Community Shabbat Dinner
Boker Or
Boker Or
Click Here to Join the SessionThe 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 over zoom each week for an engaging, text-based conversation on the week's parsha, before Shabbat services. *Note: Zoom meeting will begin before Shabbat starts. All participants […]
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 […]
Shabbat Smith Service
Shabbat Smith Service
Livestream Here: adasisrael.org/shabbat-services-livestreamShabbat morning services in the Charles E. Smith Sanctuary, the synagogue's largest worship space, are led by our inspiring Rabbis and Cantor. The service includes a D'var Torah and sermon by the Rabbi and often includes participation by members and B'nai Mitzvah.Shabbat Service Links:Siddur Lev Shalem: Kabbalat Shabbat | Click Here to DownloadSiddur […]
Mah Tovu Service
Congregational Kiddush
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.
MakomDC: Theological Certainty & Ambiguity in Halakhic Literature: “Are Dogmatic Principles of Jewish Belief Kosher?” With Rabbi Alexander
MakomDC: Theological Certainty & Ambiguity in Halakhic Literature: “Are Dogmatic Principles of Jewish Belief Kosher?” With Rabbi Alexander
Study and discuss a medieval teshuvah (responsum) that asks this question after lists of faith began to emerge and gain popularity, like Maimonides' 13 principles of faith.Register
Breakfast and Learn with Laynie Soloman
Breakfast and Learn with Laynie Soloman
On Sunday morning join us at minyan at 9 am and stay to eat breakfast and learn with Laynie in a shiur (class) entitled, "Nothing About Us Without Us’: Power, Autonomy, and Expertise in Shaping Halakha”.Register
3rd Grade Siddur Decorating / Parent Blessing Workshop
Book Chat: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Book Chat: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Join us for an in-person discussion of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, a big-hearted historical novel about a community of Jews, Blacks, and Italians in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in the 1920s and 1930s. The characters have divergent views on many things, but they somehow unite to protect a young deaf black boy that state […]
Wise Aging
Wise Aging
Wise Aging is a small group exploration of aging well and wisely through a Jewish lens. The Wise Aging Adas group will meet monthly to learn, share experiences, and acquire skills to sanctify the moments in time that make up this stage in our lives. The program uses the book developed by the Institute for […]
Garden of Righteous
Garden of Righteous
Honoring the Van Damme Family from BelgiumPlease join us on Sunday, May 5, at 2 pm as we honor the Van Damme Family from Belgium. This year we will welcome Laurette and Luc Matthijs as we honor their family, as well as Adas Israel member Hirsch Grunstein, who was given sanctuary by the Van Damme […]
Evening Minyan
Evening Minyan
Join In-Person on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and via Zoom every day (Sunday-Thursday).Siddur Pages: Mincha, Maariv