Please click the links in the section below, or visit our calendar page where you will find the links to join our daily minyanim, Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning services.
Daily Morning or Evening Minyanim - Click HERE to join us for daily minyanim services via Zoom.
Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat Morning -
- Click HERE to join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning and Festival services via Zoom.
- Click HERE to sign up to read Torah on Shabbat and Festivals, or contact ritual@tbeithaca.org to help lead, read Torah, or request an honor. Shabbat and festival services are in-person as well.
As of July 26, 2022 we have updated our guidelines for in-person events.
You can read the guidelines HERE.
Shana Tova for 5783! Join us as we worship and celebrate the very special moments of Selichot, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and the Ten Days of Repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah).
To view our High Holiday schedule of services, please log in.
You will also find Esther R's new interviews with Cantor Zoosman and Hazzan Star, who will co-lead Temple Beth-El 5783 High Holy Days services with Rabbis Safman and Brody.
This year we are limiting in-person attendance at High Holiday services to members and their guests.
We invite non-members, as well as members who cannot attend in person, to view our live-streamed services over Zoom.
Links can be found on our calendar (see tab at top of this page).
Please note: We will NOT be streaming Kol Nidrei services to the tent in Pardes Hannah. We apologize for this change of plans.
Please see Rabbi Safman's letter to the congregation HERE
and read about this year's High Holidays at TBE.
You may also visit the links below to learn more, or call us any time at (607) 273-5775.
5783 finds us closer to each other and more grateful than ever for our Temple.
Our Kol Nidre Appeal is in full swing! Learn more HERE
COMING UP AT TBE:
The Yom Kippur Break Fast is Back at TBE!
Please join us at Temple Beth El 10/5 for a sumptuous Break Fast after Neilah at about 7:30pm
Good food and great company served in the tent at Pardes Hannah.
The menu includes everything you ever wanted: bagels, gluten free bread product, fixing for bagels including lox, fruit, desserts, juice, coffee & tea
Registration is not required but would helpful for to estimate the correct amount of food.
Let us know you're joining us HERE, or simply call us at (607) 273-5775!
Sukkot Dish-to-Pass Dinner
Please join us Friday, October 14 following 6pm services
Dinner will be in the newly air-filtered Social Hall following Kiddush in the Sukkah!
Click HERE for details and registration.
Just click on the invitation to join us as we celebrate Hillel's day!
It's time for Scholarstream
We are excited to announce the full series of FREE ScholarStream learning in 5783! Beginning in August and spanning all the way up to Shavuot, the Conservative Movement seminaries and institutions are partnering to offer seven series that will bring our congregation face-to-face with the brightest and most engaging scholars our movement has to offer. Click HERE to email us for our coupon code and details.
Registration is Open for the 2022-2023 School Year.
Please log in and hit submit at the bottom of the form.
Having trouble logging in? Questions? We're happy to help, please email us HERE
And check out our new teen program, No'ar!
Did you miss the recent discussion entitled "Music? On Shabbat?" It was a great topic and interesting panel conversation, led by Rabbi Safman and Rabbi Brody. Just click HERE to view at your convenience.
While our Adult Education program is on a short break for the summer season, there are still many learning opportunities for you here on the website. You may browse our Science in the Synagogue archive HERE to view programs such as "What our DNA Tells Us About Our Jewish Origins and Migrations", " Abortion as Framed in Halacha: How Jewish and American Legal Perspectives Diverge" and more.
Rabbi Safman recently shared a list of Jewish resources dedicated to alleviating the plight of those suffering in Ukraine. Please click HERE to see the list and learn what you can do to help.
The Rabbi is In!
Have you been wanting to stop in to meet this “new” rabbi? Have a topic you want to discuss or just want to say hi? Rabbi Safman would love to meet with congregants (or prospective congregants) during her drop-in office hours on Wednesdays from 2-4 p.m. or by appointment. To schedule a meeting time in advance, please email her at: rabbi@tbeithaca.org
(Please note the new e-address for scheduling and other non-pastoral matters).
- “My house will be called a house of prayer for all people” (Isaiah 56:7). Read Temple Beth-El's statement on diversity and inclusion HERE.
- A kidney transplant success story.
- As we continue to navigate through Covid,
we can always be reached via phone (607) 273-5775 and email.
Rabbi Rachel Safman – Congregational Rabbi
Rabbi Suzanne Brody – Director of Education and Youth Programming