Schedule Of Services and Candle Lighting

      Jewish worship is at the heart of the Beth Israel experience. Here, in a comfortable, supportive environment, you can grow spiritually as part of a committed religious community.

      Beth Israel is an egalitarian Conservative congregation. We were among the first congregations in Baltimore to encourage full participation by women in synagogue life and to offer women full access to Jewish worship and Jewish religious experience.

      Today, we continue to support modifications that make Jewish worship more accessible and meaningful to every Jew. Our services remain highly participatory. At the same time, we cherish our Jewish traditions and work to preserve them as a precious legacy for ourselves and our children.

      As "the full-service congregation around the corner," we offer daily services every morning and evening. You and your family can welcome Shabbat on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. Observe Jewish holidays with the Beth Israel family. Celebrate with us every pivotal event in your family's life, every birth, every bar and bat mitzvah, every joyous occasion. Find support from the Beth Israel family during every call for consolation, every crisis and resolution.

      For families with infants and toddlers, we provide a user-friendly "Quiet Room" which affords a view of the sanctuary. In this unique, sound-proof environment (the only such room in any synagogue in Baltimore), religious services and observances are fully experienced. It's a great place for parents to keep an eye on their little ones, while those seated in the sanctuary remain undisturbed by any of the activities in the Quiet Room. This is just one of the many ways in which Beth Israel strives to welcome families at any stage of life.

      We offer weekly Tot Shabbat (for children ages 2-5) and Junior Congregation services as well. Once a month, on Friday evenings, we hold our popular TGIF service, where our religious school students play a leading role welcoming in Shabbat.

Fri., April 4 (TGIF)... 7:30 P.M. 
Fri., April 11, 18, 25............. 6:00 P.M.

Shabbat Mornings 
Shacharit ...9:30 A.M. (April 26th    9:15 A.M.)
Jr. Congregation ... 10:30 A.M. 
Tot Shabbat ..........11:00 A.M.

Saturday Evenings
April 5 ... 7:25 P.M. 
April 12 ... 7:20 P.M. 
April 19 ... 6:00 P.M. 
April 26 ... 6:00 P.M. 
May 3 ... 7:55 P.M.

Schedule of Passover & Shabbat Services 
Thursday, April 17 
   Morning Minyan & Siyyum Bechorim ... 7:00 A.M. 
Friday, April 18 
   Burning of Chametz ... 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. 
Friday, April 18 
   Kabbalat Shabbat Service & Chinese Dinner ... 6:00 P.M. 
Saturday, April 19 
   Erev Pesach Mincha/Maariv ... 6:00 P.M. 
Sunday, April 20 
   Pesach Morning - First Day ... 9:15 A.M. 
   Pesach Mincha/Maariv ... 6:00 P.M. 
Monday, April 21 
   Pesach Morning - Second Day ... 9:15 A.M. 
   Pesach Mincha/Maariv ... 5:40 P.M. 
   (Dalet, Hay & Vav classes lead us in Hallel) 
The Concluding Days: 
Friday, April 25 
   Erev & 7th Day of Pesach ... 6:00 P.M. 
Saturday, April 26 
   Pesach Morning - 7th Day ... 9:15 A.M. 
   Pesach Mincha/Maariv ... 6:00 P.M. 
Sunday, April 27 
   Pesach Morning - 8th Day ... 9:15 A.M. 
   Yizkor (recited approximately) ... 11:00 A.M. 
   Pesach Mincha/Maariv ... 5:40 P.M. 
   (Pesach ends at 8:25 P.M.) 
Note: Although our concluding Pesach Service is at 5:40 P.M.,


 

Erev Shabbat
Fri., April 4... 7:16 P.M. 
Fri., April 11 ... 7:22 P.M. 
Fri., April 18 ... 7:29 P.M. 
Fri., April 25 ... 7:36 P.M.
Fri., May 2 ... 7:43 P.M.

Passover Candle Lighting Times 
Saturday, April 19 ... 8:15 P.M. 
Sunday, April 20 ... 8:16 P.M. 
Friday, April 25 ... 7:36 P.M. 
Saturday, April 26 ... 8:25 P.M. 

      The candle lighting times listed here are accurate only in Baltimore, Maryland. Candle lighting times for Shabbat and Yom Tov vary per locale due to the different variations in sunset.