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Beth El offers a variety of different services and worship-related activities. A traditional service is held each Shabbat morning from 9:30 a.m. until noon. We are an egalitarian congregation and invite broad participation. Congregants frequently read Torah and, when there is no Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Haftarah.

Learn more about our different service offerings here.

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If you would like to participate in our services, please contact Rabbi Howard Sowalsky at (860) 233-9696.

Children are also encouraged to participate in the sanctuary service by chanting Ashrei and other prayers. Please contact Rabbi Ilana Garber if you would like your children to participate by calling (860) 233-9696.

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Thursday ,
JanJanuary 30 , 2020

Challah Baking Workshop
Thursday, Jan 30th 9:30a to 12:30p
Interested in making challah to share with our Beth El community? Rabbi Garber is looking for volunteers to join in her challah baking workshop. Participants will get one challah to take home and will make the rest for our members. Volunteers will be asked to deliver challah as well. Free and open to all – but please register to save your spot. Space is limited and we will cancel if we do not have volunteers.
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Sunday ,
FebFebruary 2 , 2020

Third Grade Siddur Presentation
Sunday, Feb 2nd 10:00a to 11:30a
All are invited to join us as each third grade child will be presented with a siddur (prayerbook) at this meaningful ceremony. Back in November 2019, our learners created beautiful, personalized covers for their siddurim. Today, they will receive those siddurim in a special Beth El and family tradition. It truly is a milestone in our children’s Jewish journey. And enhancing what we use ritually, the mitzvah of hiddur mitzvah, beautifying our observance, is one that we hope to instill in our children as they embrace the joy of Judaism.
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Monday ,
FebFebruary 3 , 2020

Serve a Meal with Loaves & Fishes Ministries
Monday, Feb 3rd 10:00a to 12:45p
On the first Monday of each month, a group from Beth El helps prepare and serve a meal in conjunction with the Loaves and Fishes Ministries Soup Kitchen. It’s a chance to share our bounty and spend time with our Hartford neighbors, and a chance to catch up with each other. We welcome new participants. For more information, contact Ellen Solomon at (860) 648-0300 or email at Gingy81434@hotmail.com.
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Wednesday ,
FebFebruary 5 , 2020

Mah jongg Night with Women's Network
Wednesday, Feb 5th 7:30p to 9:30p
Come play mah jongg with friends! Wine and snacks will be served.
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Friday ,
FebFebruary 7 , 2020

Rabbi Elana Zaiman Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Friday, Feb 7th (All day)
Friday, February 7 6pm Kabbalat Shabbat with Special Guest Rabbi Elana Zaiman 7pm Oneg Shabbat Saturday, February 8 9:30am Shabbat Morning Services with Special Guest Rabbi Elana Zaiman Rabbi Zaiman will be our guide on a storytelling journey into forever letters—what they are, why write them, and how they can be powerful tools to authentically connect us with ourselves and with the people we love. Sunday, February 9 10am-1pm Forever Letter Writing Workshop You don’t have to be a writer. You don’t have to love to write. You don’t even have to know to whom you will write. The only requirement: show up and be yourself! In this workshop, we will look at excerpts of letters from medieval and modern times as templates for the forever letters we will begin to write. We will talk about tone, content, and how to write to be heard. We will write to prompts to reflect on ourselves, the people we love, and our shared relationships. Write to your children, parents, grandchildren, grandparents, siblings, spouse, partner, friends. Feel free to bring a special notebook and pen or your laptop.
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