Services
We prefer to have a lively service with melodies, rather than one which involves mainly chanting or silent prayer.
Friday evening services are conducted in a balanced mix of Hebrew and English. The prayerbook has transliteration for most of the Hebrew. The service often includes a discussion topic on the Torah or other timely subjects. We use the Siddur Lev Shalem.
Saturday morning services have more Hebrew than Friday with lots of participatory singing and a participatory Torah Service. It is very important to us that services are meaningful to everyone. Our service meets all halachic requirements while being only 2 hours long. We use the Siddur Lev Shalem and Etz Hayim Chumash.
Some Friday services are also hybrid. See our Facebook announcements for late schedule changes.
Guests are always welcome at our services. Please check the grid below as Fri. eve. services start earlier once a month and we have several off-site services. On festivals we start earlier at 9:30 am so we end around the same time (noon).
Our standard Shabbat service schedule:
| Week in month | Friday | Saturday |
| 1st | 6:00 pm on Zoom | 10:00 am live at BHBI |
| 2nd | 6:00 pm on Zoom | 10:00 am live at BHBI |
| 3rd | 6:00 pm on Zoom | 10:00 am live at BHBI |
| 4th | 6:00 pm on Zoom | 10:00 am live at Beth Am and on Zoom ** |
| 5th (when applicable) | 6:00 pm on Zoom |
10:00 am live at Beth Am and on Zoom **
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** Our hybrid service (live at Beth Am and also on Zoom) will be on the last Shabbat of each month. If it is the 5th Saturday, then the 4th would be live at BHBI.
BHBI is located at 1369 East Ave
