Beth Am Calendar

Day of Celebrating the Torah. Celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle

Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1
Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18

https://hebcal.com/h/simchat-torah-2026?uc=ical-baltimore

9:30AM | Morning Services and dancing with Torahs, Chumash ceremony for 5th-6th grade students

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Molad Cheshvan: Sunday, 9:43am and 2 chalakim

Bereishit (“In the Beginning”), the first parashah in the annual Torah reading cycle, begins with God’s creation of the world. The first people, Adam and Eve, eat from the Tree of Knowledge and are banished from the Garden of Eden. Their elder son, Cain, kills their younger son, Abel, and Cain is destined to a life of wandering.

Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:8
Haftarah: I Samuel 20:18-42 | Shabbat Machar Chodesh

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Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar. חֶשְׁוָן (transliterated Cheshvan or Heshvan) is the 2nd month of the civil Hebrew year and the 8th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 or 30 days and corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon

Torah: Numbers 28:1-15

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Hello families! We are delighted to share with you the first ever youth group event of the 5787 year!! We will be going on an adventure to a local farm to pick apples and/or pumpkins (depending on the availability of fruits at this time).

PLEASE REGISTER ALL ADULTS AND CHILDREN ATTENDING. WE NEED A FEW CHAPERONES.

We will depart Beth Am after LAB at 1PM and arrive at the farm before our 2 PM slot. We are looking for a couple of parents to sign up to be drivers and chaperones, so we are looking for one parent for every 3 kids.

Pizza lunch is provided before we depart with a small cost ($5 for members, $8 for nonmembers).

***Location TBA a few days before the event. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ezra Rosenberg at ezraharrisrosenberg@gmail.com

REGISTER HERE

Film Fanatics Circle | October 11th | 1 PM | Spotlight

In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

Please RSVP to Adina Amith: adinanamith@gmail.com

Join Abby Woloff and the women of Beth Am for our second Women's Circle of the new year! 
Sunday, October 11 | 5-7 pm | $36 per season

Designed as an intergenerational gathering, this monthly circle offers an opportunity to connect, reflect, and prepare our hearts for the year ahead. The Women's Circle will continue throughout the year, with a different focus each month as we explore meaningful ways to learn, grow, and support one another.

Learn more & register here!

Outdoor Adventures Hiking Circle | October 11th | 10 AM - 12 PM | Glen Ellen Trail

This peaceful 3-4 mile hike along Loch Raven Reservoir offers meandering trails with peaceful water views. Join the Beth Am Outdoor Circle for hiking, followed by a BYO picnic at a location nearby. Parking is on the west side of Seminary Rd. just before the intersection with Dulaney Valley Road. More details will be sent to those who sign up.

Please RSVP to Miriam Laufer: mklauf@yahoo.com

Outdoor Adventures Hiking Circle | October 11th | 10 AM - 12 PM | Glen Ellen Trail

This peaceful 3-4 mile hike along Loch Raven Reservoir offers meandering trails with peaceful water views. Join the Beth Am Outdoor Circle for hiking, followed by a BYO picnic at a location nearby. Parking is on the west side of Seminary Rd. just before the intersection with Dulaney Valley Road. More details will be sent to those who sign up.

Please RSVP to Miriam Laufer: mklauf@yahoo.com

Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar. חֶשְׁוָן (transliterated Cheshvan or Heshvan) is the 2nd month of the civil Hebrew year and the 8th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 or 30 days and corresponds to October or November on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon

Torah: Numbers 28:1-15

https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-chodesh-cheshvan-2026?uc=ical-baltimore

Tzedek Beth Am Meetings
7/14 - Virtual
8/11 - Virtual
9/29- In Person in Beth Am Sukkah
10/13 - Virtual
11/17 - Virtual
12/8- In Person - 5th Night of Chanukah
1/12 - Virtual
2/9 - Virtual
3/9 - In Person - Mishloach Manot Prep
4/13 - Virtual
5/11 - Virtual
6/8 - In Person 
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Noach (“Noah”) begins as God decides to destroy mankind with a flood. At God’s command, the righteous Noah builds an ark, where Noah, his family, and select animals survive the flood. Noah’s children bear children, and several generations develop. God confounds the speech of people building the Tower of Babel.

Torah: Genesis 6:9-11:32
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-55:5
Haftarah for Sephardim: Isaiah 54:1-10

https://hebcal.com/s/5787/2?uc=ical-baltimore

Scholar in Residence Friday Night Dinner 2026

Join us for Klei Kodesh Kabbalat Shabbat Services and dinner, followed by Dr. Benjamin's first lecture, A rabbinic ethics of obligation for today.

The classical Jewish sages understood human relationships through the lens of obligation, and they elaborated on what we owe one another in great detail. These obligations ultimately derived from divine command. In this text study, we’ll consider this rabbinic framework in light of relationships that largely escaped the sages’ attention. We’ll reflect on our own daily experiences of obligation, asking how those experiences raise questions for our rabbinic inheritance and offer critical evidence as we make that inheritance our own.

Dinner will be a meat meal with a vegan option available. The entire meal will be gluten-free. 

Members

$26 | over 18 years old

FREE | 0 - 18 years old

Non-Members

$38 | over 18 years old

$19 | 4 - 18 years old

FREE | 0-3 years old

5 pm | Proneg for families with young children who'd like to have dinner before services. 

6 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Services 

7 pm | Dinner followed by Dr. Benjamin's first lecture.

Menu: Israeli-Moroccan Grilled Chicken - Lemon Juice, Cumin, Crushed Coriander, Dijon Mustard, White Wine, Olive Oil And Roasted Garlic Then Grilled On An Open Flame Till Golden serviced with Roasted Garlic Aioli Sauce (Gluten Free); Moroccan Rice - Rice Pilaf Cooked In A Vegetable Broth Tossed With Chopped Dates, Diced Red Peppers, Slivers Of Fresh Scallions And Chic Peas (Gluten Free/Vegan); Fire Roasted Vegetable Medley; Autumn Salad - Mesculin Field Greens, Iceberg, And Romaine, Dried Cranberries, Diced Granny Smith Apples, Cucumber, And Pumpkin Seeds (Gluten Free/Vegan) with Balsamic Vinaigrette (Gluten Free/Vegan); Vegan Protein - Israeli Falafel  (Gluten Free/Vegan)

Learn more and register here!

Stream Klei Kodesh and Talk Here

Lech Lecha (“Go Forth”) recounts Abraham’s (here known as Abram) first encounter with God, his journey to Canaan, the birth of his son Ishmael, the covenant between him, his descendants, and God, and God’s commandment to circumcise the males of his household.

Torah: Genesis 12:1-17:27
Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16

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Following Kiddush lunch, stay for Dr. Benjamin's second talk, A Bima Side Chat with Dr. Mara Benjamin.

Dr. Mara Benjamin will sit down to have a conversation about various topics she is knowledgeable about. She could cover topics from her book The Obligated Self, feminist theology, or her still to be published, newest work, Earthbound: Jewish Thought and Ecological Disruption.

This program is free and registration is encouraged. 

REGISTER HERE

STREAM THE TALK HERE

Don’t miss Dr. Benjamin’s final lecture, Dominion, stewardship, and other ways of being earthling. 

Jewish tradition offers multiple, even contradictory, models of what it means to be a human being in relationship to the rest of the world. In this session, we’ll analyze how these different models position us humans in relationship to other creatures and the world as a whole. Then we’ll consider how these models affect our ability to understand and respond to ecological crisis  

*Join us for bagels and coffee from 9:30 AM before this lecture.

Mara H. Benjamin, Ph. D., is Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor and Chair of Jewish studies at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. She published The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought in 2018, and plans to publish her second book, tentatively titled Earthbound: Jewish Thought and Ecological Disruption.

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Vayera (“He Appeared”) opens as guests inform Abraham that Sarah will give birth. Despite Abraham’s attempts to convince God otherwise, God destroys the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Sarah gives birth to Isaac, and Abraham sends away Hagar and Ishmael. At God’s command, Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac, but an angel of God tells Abraham to offer a ram instead.

Torah: Genesis 18:1-22:24
Haftarah: II Kings 4:1-37
Haftarah for Sephardim: II Kings 4:1-23

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