BKB Calendar of Events

BKB CALENDARS OF EVENTS:
* WEEKLY SHABBAT EVENING SERVICES 
*MONTHLY SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES
*ADULT EDUCATION AND OTHER PROGRAMS

BKB has Weekly Shabbat Evening Services at 7:30 pm:
All Are Streamed on Facebook Live
Some are in-person at BKB (and in backyards in July and August!)
Others are on Zoom in addition to Facebook Live

BKB’s weekly Shabbat Evening Service takes place every Friday night at 7:30 pm in one of two ways:

Way #1: BKB’s Shabbat Evening “Multi-Access” Service-that is both in person in the sanctuary and streaming on Facebook Live.  Everyone is welcome to attend this service at our sanctuary.

Way #2: The Shabbat Evening services that are not Multi-Access are conducted on Zoom and Facebook Live from the home of the service leader. On Zoom we begin with a “Zoom Lobby Schmooze” at 7:18 pm, and the formal service begins on Zoom and Facebook Live at 7:30 pm.

FOR ZOOM, please email bkbav@bkbav.org for the Zoom invitation to the Shabbat Evening Service.
(NOTE: If you join the service on Zoom, you will also be seen on the Facebook Live stream.)
FOR FACEBOOK LIVE, search for “Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar” on Facebook.

The leaders of these services will be:

AUGUST

August 22-BKB IN THE BACKYARD service led by Student Rabbi Eric Sbar in the Lippman backyard AT THE SPECIAL TIME OF                             7:00 pm and on Facebook Live preceded by a BBQ at 6:00 pm. Please contact the BKB Office for the address.

BBQ: BKB will provide burgers and dogs and paper goods. Please bring a picnic side dish: salads, slaw, chips, etc.
RSVP’S REQUESTED TO bkbav@bkbav.org by Monday, August 18 to let us know what you are bringing for the BBQ.

August 29: on Zoom and Facebook Live with Ivy Berr Colvin

SEPTEMBER

September 5-on Zoom and Facebook Live with Karen Schultz

September 12-on Zoom and Facebook Live with Naomi and Mike Barnes

September 19-on Zoom and Facebook Live with Ivy Berr-Colvin

September 26-on Zoom and Facebook Live with Fran Beckerman

Shabbat Morning Service and Study with Student Rabbi Eric Sbar
Saturday, August 23, 10:00 am

Join Student Rabbi Eric Sbar for Shabbat morning service and interactive study in-person @ BKB and on Facebook Live followed by a light brunch. “When we pray, we speak to God; when we study, God speaks to us.”

“Join us at BKB to get the spiritual energy that comes when we gather at BKB to worship, sing, learn, eat, laugh, shake hands, and hug.”

 For Facebook Live, search for “Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar” on Facebook.

Adult Jewish Learning Program with Student Rabbi Eric Sbar
Saturday, August 23, 7:00 pm
Join us for Eric’s Adult Jewish Learning Program in-person with Havdalah and nosh
only at “BKB Far West” (Beckerman home-contact BKB for address).
THE TOPIC: The life, poetry, and music inspired by modern-day Jewish hero Hannah Szenes (Senesh).

YOU TOO CAN BLOW SHOFAR  AT BKB’s 5786 HIGH HOLY DAYS SERVICES

All are invited to a “casting call” seeking congregants (no experience necessary) to join the BKB High Holy Days Shofar Choir to learn the four shofar calls:

• T’’kiah – a long blast with one or two notes
• Sh’varim – three medium blasts, two tones each
• T’ruah – nine short, staccato blasts
• T’kiah g’dolah – an extra-long single blast held as long as possible

SCHEDULES:

Rehearsals-Tuesdays, August 26 and September 2, 9, and 16. Contact BKB for rehearsal location address.

High Holy Days Services That Include Shofar @  BKB –

• Rosh HaShanah Evening-Monday, 9/22, 7:30 pm
• Rosh HaShanah Morning-Tuesday, 9/23, 10:00 am
• Yom Kippur Evening Service-Thursday, October 2, 5:30 pm

Participants must bring their own shofar. A variety of shofars are available on Amazon for immediate delivery. REMINDER: All are welcome to attend BKB’s High Holy Days services (tickets are not required). Please contact the BKB Office at 661.942.4415 or at bkbav@bkbav.org for more information or to participate.

SELICHOT PROGRAM AND SERVICE: PREPARING FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
Saturday, September 13, 7:00 pm

7:00 pm-8:00 pm-Dessert and Program: “TED Talks Selichot”.
In Hebrew, selichot translates to “forgiveness.” TED Talks are videos from speakers on education, business,
science, tech and creativity. Together we will watch and discuss TED Talks that address forgiveness. In person only.

8:00 pm-The Selichot service of penitential prayers and changing of the Torah mantles
that prepares oneself for the magnitude of the Days of Awe. In person and on Facebook Live.

FOR FACEBOOK LIVE: Search Facebook for “Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar”.

                                  ALL SERVICES ARE IN-PERSON AND ON FACEBOOK LIVE EXCEPT AS NOTED
TICKETS NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND SERVICES IN-PERSON

REMINDERS:

• To watch on Facebook Live, search for “Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar”.
• To watch on Zoom, email bkb@bkbav.org to get the Zoom invitation.

PLEASE GIVE TO BKB’S ANNUAL HIGH HOLY DAYS DRIVE FOR THE NEEDY
FROM ROSH HASHANAH TO SIMCHAT TORAH
On Yom Kippur the prophet Isaiah declares: “Share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house.” At BKB, we fulfill this principle by collecting items needed by SAVES to help the needy each year.

This year, pick up grocery bags @ BKB at Rosh HaShanah Services on September 23 and 24. Bags will also be available after those dates.

Between Rosh HaShanah and the Shabbat after Simchat Torah (October 17), please bring into BKB grocery bags filled with non-perishable groceries. OR, call Suzanne Banks, BKB Social Action Chair, at 805.501.4873 and she will pick up your bags at your home!