Pinat Ivrit: Home – Bayit
Synagogue Life Beth El Temple
Kesher Israel Congregation
2637 N. Front St, (717) 232-0556 www.bethelhbg.org
2500 N 3rd St, (717) 238-0763 www.kesherisrael.org
Minyan 7am daily and 5:30pm
Participate in daily Minyanim. Mornings: Sundays and Federal holidays at 8am, Monday-Friday at 6:45am. Rosh Chodesh and fast days at 6:30am. Evening services begin 20 minutes before sunset. Please join Kesher Israel for 9am Shabbat morning services followed by Kiddush. Please contact Office Manager, Cecelia Baker, (717) 2380763 for info.
Sunday morning at 9am Friday Kabbalat Shabbat 6pm Shabbat morning service 9am Saturday night mincha/maariv/havdalah at same time as Friday evening candle-lighting time
Chisuk Emuna Congregation 3219 Green St, (717) 232-4851 info@chisukemuna.org www.chisukemuna.org
Daily Morning Services: Sunday & Legal Holiday, 8:30am Monday & Thursday, 6:50am Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday, 7am Rosh Chodesh, 6:45am Shabbat, 9:15am Daily Evening Services: Sunday thru Thursday, 7:15pm Friday & Saturday nights, sunset For more information, please contact the Chisuk Emuna office, 717-232-4851 or info@ chisukemuna.org
Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon 411 S 8th St, (717) 273-2669 www.congregation-beth-israel.org
All are welcome to our egalitarian services: Sundays at 9am and Thursdays at 7:30am. Our Shabbat services begin at 7:30pm on Friday evenings and on Shabbat morning at 9:30am followed by Kiddush.
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Carlisle Asbell Center, 262 W High St, (717)-240-8627 www.bethtikvah.org Friday Shabbat Services at 7:15pm
Beth Tikvah meets twice a month. Check newsletter on website for dates and times.
Historic B’nai Jacob, Middletown
Water & Nissley Streets, (717) 319-3014 www.bnai-jacob.org
Historic B’nai Jacob Synagogue, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 300 West Water Street in Middletown, Pennsylvania, near the Harrisburg International Airport and Penn State-Harrisburg campus, will have a Shabbos Service on Friday, July 13 and August 3, 2018, beginning at 7:30pm, led by Marc Bluestein. We are a community shul and all are welcome to join us.
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or this issue with a theme of Come Back Home, the word home, Bayit, ( )תיבis our word this time. A word that can be found in the bible with the same meaning as we use today of home, place of safety, place one feels welcome, etc. In addition, in comparison to English, it can also mean house, as in” this is my house,” or the House of Shamai, or the House of Windsor, would be Beit Shamai or Beit Windsor. The word Bayit has common roots with many other Semitic languages. Ugarit, Moabite, Phoenician – Bat; Acadian – Betu or Bitu; Amharic – Bet; Aramaic – Bayit, Gebalit, Ge’ez, Tigrinya – Bet, and Arabic – Bayi’it. As is plain to see, all are very similar and clearly have a common root. We of course, use the word in referring to beit Kneset (synagogue), etc. and so the theme for this year’s campaign, of come back home, would be Bo Habayita, or Bo-ee Habayita, and to the entire community, I would say: Bo-oo Habyita. I look forward to seeing you.
Temple Beth Israel
2090 Hollywood Dr, York (717) 843-2676, www.tbiyork.org York’s 140-year-old Reform congregation. Rabbi Jeffrey Astrachan leads services at 7pm each Friday, followed by an Oneg. Birthday celebration/family service first Friday of each month. Religious School on Sunday mornings. Torah Study (Genesis) some Saturday mornings – call for details.
Temple Beth Shalom
913 Allendale Rd, (717) 697-2662 www.tbshalom.org Temple Beth Shalom’s Friday evening Shabbat Services are at 7:15pm, followed by an oneg in the social hall. Services are led by Lay Leaders of Beth Shalom. Please call the office at 697-2662 or check the website calendar for Shabbat service dates, as well as updates on when Saturday Shabbat services will be held. Upcoming Shabbat services will be held at the Temple on Friday, July 13 and July 27. Saturday Shabbat Services are held at10:00 a.m. at the Jewish Home, led by Rabbi Choper. All are welcome. The Sisterhood Book group will meet on Wednesday, July 11 at 7 pm at the home of Sonny Press to discuss the book, “Alaska, 1974”. All women are welcome! Please RSVP to the Temple off if you plan to attend. For details on upcoming Temple Beth Shalom services and events, check the website: http:// tbshalom.org.
Temple Ohev Sholom
2345 N Front St, (717) 233-6459 www.ohevsholom.org
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