Services
General information about CBE's worship services are shown on this page. More details about this month's services, including holidays, monthly family service, children's services and special services, can be found or the calendar or in the Shofar. Also, the weekly schedule is e-mailed on Thursday to the Beth Emeth members and prospective members.
The Regular (Non-Holiday) Schedule:
- Friday, 8:00 PM: Shabbat Evening Service
- Saturday, 9:00AM: Shabbat Morning Services
- Sunday, 9:00AM: Morning Minyan
- Wednesday, 8:00PM: Evening Minyan
Worship services
Currently, all Beth Emeth worship services are conducted both in person, and are also accessible online.
Visitors to our services are always welcome! It is not necessary to let us know in advance, but if you want us to know you're coming or have questions, email office@bethemeth.org.
COVID19 Policy
Vaccinations: Congregation Beth Emeth requires that all medically eligible persons be fully vaccinated to enter our facilities or participate in CBE-hosted, in-person events. If you haven't already, we ask that you please upload an image of your vaccination card, or have proof of vaccination with you. (Uploaded images will stay in a private and secure area within ShulCloud; you are invited to resubmit following boosters.) Beth Emeth reserves the right to verify vaccination status.
Masks are optional with the following exceptions: Masks are required (1) In the school wing when school is in session, (2) at events where size/circumstances require masks, and (3) in offices at discretion of staff. When required, those under age 2 or unable to remove own mask are exempt.
Zoom Link for All Shabbat Services & Weekday Minyanim
- http://bethemeth.org/cbe-services-zoom
(or https://zoom.us/j/8466061804 or http://zoom.us, Meeting ID 846 606 1804) - For audio on telephone, call +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) and use the above Meeting ID.
- Special events may have a different Zoom link if noted below. (See High Holiday links for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Service - September 30
- Candlelighting Time: 6:38 PM
- 8:00 PM, Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Friday night services are now in-person AND Zoom!)
- Siddur: Most Friday nights we use the Lev Shalem Siddur (email office@bethemeth.org if you are interested in purchasing one). Occasionally we will use our family service booklet, which can be downloaded or viewed online: CBE Kabbalat Shabbat Booklet
Saturday Shabbat Morning Service - October 1
- 9:00 AM, Shabbat Morning Service (in person and Zoom)
- Torah Service info:
- Torah Reading: Vayeilech, Deuteronomy 31:1-30 (Etz Hayim p. 1173)
- Haftarah: Special for Shabbat Shuva -- Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 (Etz Hayim p. 1235)
- Torah & Haftarah readings online (triennial year 3)
- Torah Sparks - Commentary on this week's Torah portion. You can subscribe to the weekly Torah Sparks email - free version is at the bottom.
- We use the Lev Shalem Siddur—email office@bethemeth.org if you are interested in purchasing one.
Regular Weekday Minyanim
Sunday Morning Minyan, October 2
- 9:00 AM every Sunday (Now regularly in person and on Zoom!)
- Please help make a minyan for members of our community who are saying Kaddish.
Yom Kippur
Key times for Yom Kippur are shown below; and you can download a pdf of the detailed service & event schedule, with information all the way from September 15 through Shabbat Bereishit on October 22! (Full High Holiday information is on the High Holidays page, and information to join online is on the High Holidays Online page.)
Yom Kippur Services & Events
Tuesday, October 4
- 6:30 PM, Kol Nidre (Food drive starts 5:30)
Wednesday, October 5
• 9:00 AM, Yom Kippur Morning Service
- Morning Youth Services
- Preschool-K, 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM**
- Grades 1- 5, 10:30 AM –12:00 PM
- Teens (Grades 6-12) In Teen Tent 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- 12:15 PM, Yizkor (time is approximate)
- 4:00 PM, Study Session
- 5:00 PM, Mincha
- 6:10 PM Ne’ila (time is approx)
- 7:30 PM Shofar blowing
Shiva Minyan
During this time when we will be holding some shiva minyanim online or in-person and online. Zoom links will vary and will be shared via email. You can view and download the prayerbook, A Minyan of Comfort online in order to participate fully from home.
Zoom Background:
Zoom allows users to implement a photo as a background. If you would like to use the sanctuary photo shown here, click for a larger image to download.
Children and Services:
NOTE: Children's services are on hiatus during Covid-19, except for special occasions. Children are of course welcome to come to any services!
Learn About Participating in Services
- Learn to lead or participate in services using our audio files.
- Learn to leyn (chant Torah) – check the Adult Education schedule or call the office to locate a tutor. If you already know how to leyn, contact the Ritual-Shabbat co-directors to get signed up.
- Learn to be a gabbai or to chant Haftarah – contact David Cerny.
September Yahrzeits at Beth Emeth
Week of September 2-8
Frances Jackson, Mother of Karan Robinson
*Milton Leavitt, Father of Mike Leavitt
Stan Paroly, Father of Lauren Moses
*Stuart Schornstein, Father of Heidi Schandler
Tellie Solomon, Grandmother of Jim Sloan
Julius Polansky, Grandfather of James Norman
*Edward Weinstein, Father of Eric Weinstein
Ruth Dingenthal, Aunt of Richard Bergman
*Aleksandra Liberman, Mother of Michael Liberman
Florian Bertram Warschauer, Grandfather of Josh Winston
*Claire Dubinsky, Mother of Diane Novick
*Sam Garfinkel, Grandfather of Suzanne Goldlust
Joel Avigan, Father of Ruth Mann
*Andrea Glazer, Wife of Rabbi Steven Glazer
Jacob Sosne, Father of Ken Sosne
Murray Brown, Father of Pamela Rubin
Week of September 9-15
*Caroline Rafii, Daughter of Polly Rafii
Jack Pressman, Father of Eileen Rosenthal
Lillian Sloan, Mother of Jim Sloan
Mark David Bell, Brother of Susan Reilly
Jack David, Grandfather of Debra David
*Chana Malka Kohane, Mother of Debora Levine
Leon Reif, Father of Martin Reif
Thelma Simkowitz, Mother of Josh Simkol
Aba Ward, Father of Sarita Kaplan
Sydney Blaskey, Father of Sondra Dorfman
Leon Brownstein, Father of Alan Brownstein
*Selma J. Hirsch, Mother of Brian Hirsch
Frances Immerman, Mother of Perry Immerman
*Frances Rubel, Mother of Miriam Goldin
Morton Rubin, Grandfather of Paul Levine
Week of September 16-22
*Michael Hamburger, Brother of Joan DeSantis
Janice Santamassino, Sister of Josh Simkol
Sam Shraga, Father of Paul Shraga
Sheila Nathan, Cousin of Irving Rosenberg
Ghamar Rafii, Mother-in-law of Polly Rafii
Edward Taylor, Step-father of Charles Bernstein
Millie Hoffman, Grandmother of Susan Friedman
Edward Lipson, Grandfather of Susan Berger
*Nathan Rosenthal, Father of Joanne Levine
Bonnie Wollek, Mother of Scott Wollek
Anjel Benromano, Aunt of Sapat Mitrani
Pat Schreiber, wife of David Schreiber
Week of September 23-29
Anita Baker, Mother of Stephen Baker
Harold Cliffer, Father of Ken Cliffer
* Marshall Tanhoff, Father of Denise Moldover
Clara Pressman, Mother of Eileen Rosenthal
Martin Rosenzweig, Father of Lisa Stern
Nathan Wasserman, Father of Valerie Cohen
*Margaret Schreiber, Mother of Marion May
Rose Schuster, Mother of Joanne Wyman
Florence Dashelf, Grandmother of Joy Walsh
Myron Cohen, Brother-in-Law of Anita Cohen
Pearl Hendin, Mother of Linda Harber
Ann Neilsen, Grandmother of Eric Epstein
George Simball, Father of Arlene Rosh
Week of September 30-October 6
*Robert J. Seid, Brother of Howard Seid
*Harry Feuerberg, Brother of Stan Feuerberg
*Evelyn Gruber Klayton, Mother of Ronald Klayton
Robert Mayer, Father of Lynn Mayer
Benjamin Snyder, grandfather of David Cohen
*Sidney I. Cohen, Father of Mitch Cohen
*Jean B Gershner, Mother of Jan Woodhead
Yosif Duchovny, of Alina Kirshon-Goldman
Shirley Jackofsky, Great-Aunt of Jennifer Nisoff
Samuel Nebelkopf, Grandfather of Judy Bergman
Rose Reilly, Mother of Neil Reilly
*Aleksandr Vaindiner, Father of Irina Vayndiner
*David Alliker, Brother of Ben Alliker
Annabelle Glazer, Mother of Rabbi Steven Glazer
Semen Krasnoschekov, Father of Yelena Borovoy and Ninel Galperin
Jeannette Siegel, Mother of Debbie Immerman
* denotes a Memorial Plaque in the sanctuary