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  • A jar of honey next to a bowl of red apples.

    Apple Cake & New Beginnings: A Rosh Hashanah Celebration at the Market

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Bennington Community Market 239 Main Street, Bennington, VT, United States

    Celebrate the sweetness of the Jewish New Year at the Bennington Community Market! We’ll bake delicious apple cake using freshly picked, local apples before heading outdoors to the farmer’s market to share the spirit of Rosh Hashanah with others by offering samples of our homemade apple cake and filling the air with joyful Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat melodies at the mic. All ages welcome!

    Free
  • Erev Rosh Hashanah

    Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening Service 5786

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our annual Erev Rosh Hashanah service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat with support from CBI musicians and choir. All are welcome! Expect poetry, prayer, harmony, melodies both traditional and contemporary, and an introduction to this year’s high holiday theme.

    Free
  • Rosh Hashanah I with Tashlich

    Rosh Hashanah I Morning Service 5786

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our Rosh Hashanah I morning service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield. Blowing of the Shofar and Tashlich will follow. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Rosh Hashanah II "Four Worlds"

    Rosh Hashanah II 5786 “Four Worlds” Morning Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for a creative / interpretive Four Worlds service featuring silent meditation, song / chant, Torah study, and the hearing of shofar. There will be minimal liturgy at this service as we focus on entering the new year experientially in body, heart, mind, and spirit. All are welcome!

    Free
  • The Shabbat of Return

    Contemplative Shabbat Shuvah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for a contemplative, chant-based service led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat. On this “Shabbat of Return” between the two holidays, our service will feature an even more stripped-down liturgy and a lot of opportunity for sacred silence. All are welcome!

    Free

  • Kol Nidre

    Kol Nidre 5786 Evening Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us for Kol Nidre evening service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat with support from the CBI choir and community musicians. Please plan to arrive by 5:50pm, as our service will begin promptly at 6pm so that the singing of Kol Nidre takes place before sundown. Yizkor candles will be available to light prior to the start of the evening's service. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Morning

    Yom Kippur 5786 Morning Service with Yizkor

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Please join us for our annual Yom Kippur morning service, led by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and Rabbi Jarah Greenfield, with support from community musicians and choir. Yizkor / Memorial Service will take place at the end of morning service. Please note that onsite parking for this service will be limited.

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Minchah & Avodah

    Yom Kippur 5786 Minchah & Avodah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Join us as we delve into re-living ancient rituals, hearing the Yom Kippur afternoon Torah reading and its powerful themes of loving our neighbor as we love ourselves, and experiencing the Book of Jonah in a creative new way. All are welcome!

    Free
  • Yom Kippur Ne'ilah

    Yom Kippur 5786 Ne’ilah Service

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    Our final service of the day will take place in the small sanctuary with lights turned off so we can feel the increasing urgency of our prayers as the sky begins to dim. There will be an opportunity for each of us to stand before the open Ark and whisper whatever we most need to say. All are welcome!

    Free
  • Break-the-Fast Meal

    Yom Kippur 5786 Break-the-Fast Meal

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    ☆ PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT REQUIRES PAID TICKETS TO ATTEND. ☆ As this is a catered event, all registrations must be received by no later than Thursday, September 25, 2025. We will not be able to accommodate late RSVPs or walk-ins — thank you for understanding.

    Free – $20.00
  • A photo of the CBI Sukkah from 2021.

    Harvest Moon Sukkot Potluck

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Congregation Beth Israel 53 Lois Street, North Adams, MA, United States

    We’ll welcome Shabbat and Sukkot together by blessing challah, juice, and candles, and then enjoy a potluck vegetarian feast followed by opportunities to bentsch lulav and to sit around the bonfire and sing. Please RSVP by no later than Monday, October 6 if your family plans on attending.

    Free
  • Shemini Atzeret

    Shemini Atzeret Service with Yizkor | Zoom Only

    Featured Days of Awe 5786
    Virtual Event (Zoom)

    Please join us over Zoom for our annual Shemini Atzeret service. We'll share the prayers of the morning service, including the praise-songs of Hallel. We'll also offer the Yizkor memorial prayers that we recite in memory of our dead four times a year.