Congregation Beth Ami

Worship

Regular Service Schedule (non-holidays)
Tot Shabbat
Holidays

Schedule for Passover services

Monday, March 25 – evening service 6:00-6:30
Tuesday, March 26 – morning service 9:30-11:30
Mincha service – 5:30-6:00
Community Seder 6:00 pm, in Social Hall (Reservations necessary)
Wednesday, March 27 – morning service 9:30-11:30
Saturday, March 30 – morning service 9:30-12:00
Lunch provided by CBA
Sunday, March 31 – Morning Minyan 8:30
Evening service 6:00-6:30
Monday, April 1 (7th day) – morning service 9:30-11:30 
Last evening of Passover 6:00-6:30
Tuesday, April 2 (8th day) – morning service with Yiskor 9:30 – 11:30
Evening service mincha-maariv starting at 7:35 p.m 
Sell back chametz 8:20 pm
People can open their chametz at 8:30 p.m. (which is the end of Yom Tov)

First Friday of each month: Shabbat Dinner & Services with Rabbi Miller:  (Dinner at 6:00pm and Services follow at 7:30pm. Members $18/adult; Non-Members $22/adult, children 5-12 $9, under 5 free. Make your reservation by calling the office at 360-3000.) 

Regular Service Schedule (non-holidays)

Synagogue services have always held a central place in the life of Congregation Beth Ami. This lists our usual service schedule for non-holiday days.

Time for Friday Evening Services – 7:30 starting Nov 2  

We are always looking for ways to make our services meet the needs of congregants. Earlier this year we started an experiment of having the Friday night service begin at 6:00. In response to the preferences of most of those who regularly attend Friday night services, beginning in November Friday all night services will start at 7:30. We may also experiment with other times. If you have any comments about when you would like Friday evening services to begin or have any other thoughts about what you would like to see in the services please contact Betty Boyd, Chair of the Religious Practices Committee, at (707) 537-2211 or BettyBoyd@InformingScience.org

Friday Evening Services

Shabbat Evening Services
7:30 p.m. Friday night Services.

Monthly Shabbat Community Dinner
6:00 p.m. 1st Friday night, monthly
7:30 p.m. Shabbat Services, followed by an oneg with live music
Advance reservations are required. Call 360-3000.

Featured periodic speakers
After Friday night services,
addressing various topics of interest to community members.

Shabbat Morning Services

Shabbat Morning Services
9:30 a.m. Saturday morning Services, led by the Rabbi, lay leaders or guests.
A dairy potluck lunch follows. Potluck Food Guidelines

Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations
Saturday morning Shabbat Services,
followed by festive lunches hosted by the celebrant’s family.

Tot Shabbat
Monthly Shabbat services for children under age seven.

Other Services

Weekday morning minyans

Sunday Morning Minyan: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 8:30 am

Please contact Beth Ami's office (360-3000) a week in advance of the date you would like to have services held (to say Kaddish, read Torah, memorialize a special event) and we will do our best to secure a minyan. Time for these services would be Mondays-Fridays at 7:30 am, Sundays at 8:30 am. Torah reading occurs on Mondays and Thursdays.

See online calendar or Shofar listing for specific dates & times of any of the above. This link will open in a new window.

Tot Shabbat

On the third Shabbat morning of each month, pre-school teacher Lauren Kalmanson conducts a Tot Shabbat program at Beth Ami. Combining prayers, stories, arts and crafts, singing, dance, and refreshments, Lauren presents a Shabbat experience for the youngest members of our community and their families. Each month, Tot Shabbat begins at 9:30 a.m. and continues until approximately noon. At the conclusion of the Tot Shabbat experience, the children are invited to sit on the Bimah with the rabbi for the singing of Bim-Bam/Shabbat Shalom, and all in attendance are invited to participate with the general congregation in the potluck lunch in the social hall.

Open to all families in the community (not only Beth Ami members), the Tot Shabbat experience is a chance for families to share together in a warm, supportive Shabbat atmosphere. While geared primarily for the benefit of pre-school aged children and their families, older siblings are welcome to share with their families.

Please spread the word that "Tot Shabbat" has arrived and we look forward to sharing the Shabbat with families with young children.

Holidays

Visit the JCF website for Jewish Holiday information for the Bay Area:

http://www.sfjcf.org/resources/jholidays/
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A Note from the Kitchen Committee

Have you noticed a bit more variety in the foods offered at our potlucks; kugels, potato salads, pasta salads etc? These were allowed because they were cooked in the Beth Ami kitchen following our kosher guidelines. Would you like to see pudding for dessert but can’t because it’s cooked on the stove top; do you have a special sauce you want for topping your cake that involves using a pot to melt chocolate; or do you have a cold salad made with pasta or rice you’d like to add to the potluck table? Then come and cook with us in the Beth Ami Kitchen. The Kitchen Committee wants to work with you. We have Mashgiach training to follow our kosher guidelines, are familiar with the kitchen’s commercial appliances, and how to keep the kitchen safe and secure. Just contact Elizabeth in the office, or one of us on the Kitchen Committee.

If you want to bring food from home, just follow the Beth Ami Food Guidelines. And remember, you don’t have to bring food to enjoy our potlucks. (But donations are always appreciated.)

Potluck Food Guidelines

All items coming into the synagogue must be either pareve (non-dairy or non-meat) or dairy. The following may be brought by congregants:

• Store bought items in unopened, original packaging with a kosher symbol, such as: (remember: K is not a Kosher symbol, it is just a letter of the alphabet).
• Packaged baked goods with a Kosher symbol or from Safeway, Costco or Entenmann's Bakeries.
• Home baked bakery items (cookies, cakes, etc.) that don’t involve cooking on the stove-top or in a microwave.
• Cold, uncooked (raw) food prepared at home (salads, cut fruit and vegetables, etc.).
• Homemade tuna salad, cheese, fish, hard boiled or stuffed eggs.

Examples of foods NOT OK if brought from outside:
Pasta or potato salad, kugel, pudding

These guidelines are posted in the social hall for your use. Please email us, JSL2602@sonic.net for a copy.

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