Beit Simcha has worship services every Shabbat starting at 10AM.
(Shabbat, or Sabbath, is the seventh day of the week.) |
We are blessed to meet in a beautiful sanctuary... (Scroll down to see more)
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It is conducive to traditional Jewish worship, such as reading from Torah.
(At the bottom of this page is a video of excerpts from a Torah service.)
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Like King David and the Levites, we worship through dancing and singing,
with our own musicians
(see Psalm 149:3, Psalm 150:4, Psalm 150:1-6).
We believe God wants us to rejoice--hence Beit Simcha, House of Joy!
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Our service combines singing and traditional liturgy from a Siddur (prayer book)
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We bless the children under a tallit before sending them to Shabbat school.
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While adults are hearing Bible-based teaching, our Shabbat school meets...
with classes for younger and older children, as well as a nursery.
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After services, we enjoy an Oneg Shabbat (Delight of Shabbat) time of food
and fellowship...
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After oneg, a Hebrew class for beginners meets every week
and Israeli dance classes are once a month.
You are welcome to visit!
Click on the sign for a map
and directions.
Or contact us if you have
any questions.
The video below shows excerpts from a Torah service, including an aliyah (the chazzan or cantor calls a member of our congregation up to bless God and read from the Torah), the ceremony of lifting up the Torah (which Moses wrote at the command of the Lord), and the congregant giving a drash or personal interpretation of the portion she read--in this case, from Vayikra (Leviticus ) 16, concerning Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).
Beit Simcha has participatory Torah services once a month, with three members reading from the weekly portion of Torah (five books of Moses), one reading from the Haftarah (prophets) and one reading from the Brit Chadashah (New Covenant), then sharing drashot afterwards. Also once a month the Rebbitzin reads from the Torah and the Rabbi comments on the portion in his sermon. See our home page for dates.
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