Nava Tehila in Concert – Sunday, May 4
We welcome Nava Tehila, Jerusalem’s Jewish Renewal Community, one of the Jewish world’s most innovative musical prayer communities. Daphna Rosenberg and Yoel Sykes will perform music sung in synagogues across Israel and throughout the globe.
Sunday, May 4
7:00pm
Beth Jacob Congregation
1179 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
Tickets: $18 before May 1, $20 at the door
Sponsored by Beth Jacob Congregation, Shir Tikvah, Twin Cities Jewish Renewal Community, and Living Mussar.
Making the Seder Your Own Post Kiddush Learning
Tips and Tricks for making your seder match your style, be enjoyable for everyone, and not stress you out (too much)
Saturday, March 22 – 12:45
Support Beth Jacob’s Youth programming by buying delicious kosher for passover wine, juice, Equal Exchange chocolate, and Yehuda Gefilte Fish!
Beth-Jacob.org/Wine
Gratitude Shabbat – March 22nd
A Shabbat of Gratitude for Those
Who Serve the Community
March 22, 2025 – Shabbat Services & Kiddush Lunch
Join us for a special Shabbat celebration on March 22nd, 2025, honoring the heart of our congregation—the dedicated individuals who make Beth Jacob a vibrant and thriving community. Throughout the shabbat morning service, we’ll be recognizing and honoring those that make Beth Jacob the community we love so much.
We are grateful for the village it takes to build our shul! If you want to acknowledge someone for their service to the Beth Jacob community, please send an email to Frances@beth-jacob.org.
Kiddush will be sponsored by the Board of Directors in appreciation of every volunteer and donor!
Beth Jacob’s Annual Blood Drive – March 30th
Beth Jacob’s Annual Blood Drive – March 30, 2025 | 8:30am – 3:30pm
Approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. It is essential for surgeries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses, and traumatic injuries. Lifesaving care starts with one person making a generous donation. Do your part, and donate blood at the Beth Jacob Blood Drive!
HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY SIGNING UP FOR THIS YEAR’S BLOOD DRIVE
Register at: Beth-Jacob.org/Blood
Volunteers needed!! Please reach out to Dave Honan, AkivaHonan@gmail.com or 952-992-9426, if you’re interested in helping support the Beth Jacob Blood Drive.
Beth Jacob Mussar Va’ad
Beth Jacob Mussar Va’ad
Twice a month on Thursdays 11am-1pm, beginning Jan. 9th, 2025
Facilitated by Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm
Cost: $360, scholarship available, cost is not a barrier to participation
Registration: beth-jacob.org/
In collaboration with Twin Cities Mussar and Center for Contemporary Mussar, Beth Jacob is excited to offer a Mussar Va’ad this year. A Va’ad is a group of people working together to cultivate Mussar practices, Jewish mindfulness practices, in their lives.
Mussar refers to a spiritual perspective, a discipline of transformative practices, and a popular movement that developed primarily in Lithuania in the second half of the nineteenth century, under the leadership of Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter. The word mussar means “correction” or instruction, and it is the modern Hebrew word for “ethics.” Mussar practice can be thought of as a way of life designed to help us reach our highest spiritual potential. It can also be described as a way of helping us to become mensches, decent human beings. According to Alan Morinis, by refining and elevating your inner life and nourishing the soul, you clarify your inner lights and thus become a lamp shedding light into the world.
In our Va’ad we will be using Alan Morinis’ book Everyday Holiness to guide us through developing a mussar practice in our own lives. The Va’ad will meet twice a month on Thursdays, 11am-1pm, January 9th through June 12th, 2025. Participants will also meet with a chevrutah (study partner) on the intervening weeks.
Please feel free to contact rabbitamar@beth-jacob.org with any questions.
Registration Deadline: December 1, 2024
