2023 Conservative/Masorti Shabbaton & Convening

Shabbaton – December 1-2, 2023

Convening – December 3-5, 2023
Location: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront

We will gather around our shared values with others who care about the future of Conservative/Masorti Judaism: rabbis, cantors, Jewish professionals, congregational leaders, synagogue members, Conservative/Masorti leaders, teens, young adults, and more!

Wrestling with Questions

Sunday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m.
Jim and Sheryl Siegel, 2107 Robinson Road SE

If you are a regular attendee at a Shabbat service, what compels you to do so? Is it a sense of responsibility to God, attachment to a tradition, or search for a community?

Ahavas Israel’s Book Group – August

Thursday, August 10
“The Best Place on Earth,” by Ayelet Tsabar

2015 Sami Rohr Prize winner Ayelet Tsabari deftly applies the influences of her American short story contemporaries to a collection of narratives from that other country of immigrants.

Tisha B’Av

Wednesday, July 26 and Thursday, July 27
Congregation Ahavas Israel

A day of Lamentations, mourning and fasting.

Shiva Asar B’Tammuz

The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz, a minor sunrise to sundown fast commemorating the breaching of the city walls of Jerusalem, takes place on Thursday, July 6.

Pray-Gather-Learn-Eat

Saturdays June 17, July 15 and August 12 following services.
Congregation Ahavas Israel

Enjoy a light Shabbat lunch. Contact Rabbi Krishef if you are able to help him prepare the lunch.

Eat-Schmooze!

Mondays, June 13 and July 10 at 6:00 p.m.
Congregation Ahavas Israel

Join Rabbi Krishef for dinner, conversation and learning. Menus to be announced.

Sefirat Ha-omer, Counting the Omer

It is a mitzvah to count each day between Passover and Shavuot, a practice known as counting the omer, sefirat ha-omer. The omer was a sheaf of barley brought as an offering in anticipation of the new wheat and first fruits offering of Shavuot. You can download an omer-counting calendar here.