Weekly Services
Offering a mix of prayer, song, meditation and learning, Kol HaLev’s diverse array of Shabbat services provide regular opportunities for us to actively engage together in the ritual of Shabbat and create a greater connection with our community and ourselves.
SOMETIMES DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS SERVICES MAY CHANGE DATES, PLEASE CONSULT THE MONTHLY CALENDAR.
FIRST OF THE MONTH KABBALAT SHABBAT – First Friday 7:00 pm (with light oneg) and First Saturday Minyans 10:00 am of each month.
The "Receiving of Shabbat," is a service designed to welcome the Sabbath “bride/queen” with song and joy (and affection and intimacy), followed by blessings and an oneg (“delight,” usually light refreshments and desserts). All are invited to come for the acknowledgment of both joyous and sad occurrence (saying Kaddish for recent deaths and yahrzeits) and celebrating simchas (joys, such as new babies, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, accomplishments, etc.) as a community.
MINDFUL MINYAN – Second Saturday morning of each month
10:00 am
Our Mindful Minyan is a more contemplative and meditative Shabbat morning gathering. “Mindfulness” is often understood as “awareness of the present experience without judgment,” and we use a variety of modalities (e.g., breath work, meditation, chanting and poetry) to help us enter into and extract new meaning and insight from prayers and Jewish practices while integrating our hearts and intellects.
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES – Third and fourth Saturday mornings of each month 10:00 am
Kol HaLev’s traditional worship services adhere to a prescribed order and content, including something from Birchot hashachar, Pesukey d’zimra, Shacharit, Torah (sorry, no Musaf). We often pause and linger on something for comments and understandings. Torah service always entails learning and discussion.
SHABBAT UNPLUGGED!!
Please join us every 4th Friday at 7:00 pm for “Shabbat Unplugged" featuring our own KHL musicians playing multiple instruments, leading us in song with melodies, new and old, some written by the Israeli group, Nava Tehila & some by our own Cantor George. You don’t want to miss this - so come experience this Shabbat Unplugged service.
CITY SHABBAT
KHL is excited to begin offering the occasional Shabbat morning in member homes in Baltimore City proper this year to better suit our in-the-city members and encourage others into the city. They will be 10:00 a.m. on every 5th Saturday during 2018-2019. This is in place of the regularly scheduled Shabbat at KHL. Everyone is encouraged to join us for our Baltimore City Shabbat mornings. Check the home page or calendar of this website for an exceptions and location details. If anyone is interested in opening their homes to host these Shabbat please contact Dan Richman.
Fri, July 19 2019
16 Tammuz 5779
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We are located in The Church of the Holy Comforter (CHC), 130 W. Seminary Avenue, Lutherville 21093. All Friday and Saturday Shabbat services will now be held at CHC in the chapel. The chapel is handicap accessible.
Shabbat Music
Kol HaLev, with the guidance of Cantor George has been introducing new, exciting, stimulating, joyful music to our services. Much of this music is for Friday nights and is played by Shabbat Unplugged on the fourth Friday night of the month. Shabbat Unplugged has made recordings so that the community can learn the melodies more easily. This link takes you to the recordings and the lyrics for the songs. (You can also access them from this home page under the Program tab above). Come and enjoy guitar, drum, voices and song!
Interfaith Learning and Discussion of the Hebrew Scripture with CHC: Focus on the Prophets.
Rabbi Geoff is joining Pastor Chris Tang in co-teaching the Wednesday morning "Bible Study" class at CHC. The theme is "Prophets and Prophecy," the timeless messages of the Hebrew prophets have importance and relevance for all. (And it is a chance to familiarize ourselves with less-often read books of TaNaCh.) This promises to be good learning and, even more important, good inter-faith conversation and expansion of understanding. The Wednesday Scripture Study group will hold their final session on Wednesday, June 19, 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall. They will reconvene in the fall, date TBD.
Learn Hebrew!
Of all the entry points into the Jewish wisdom tradition, the Hebrew language is the "Golden Gate." Join Rabbi Geoff on Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 p.m. The group will break for the summer and hold their final session on Wednesday, June 19. Materials will be provided, and in no time you will gain skills to participate competently and comfortably in services, knowledge of key words and meanings, access to the wisdom embedded in the language -- the acquisition of immensely valuable resources to connect with and use, be they blessings, prayers, songs, Torah itself, and other texts. Please join us, your religious life and identity is about to get a lot richer!
Jewish Summer Camp!
Reconstructing Judaism runs two fantastic summer camps, Camp Havaya in the Poconos in Pennsylvania, and Camp Havaya Arts in southern California. “Havaya” (with a hey, not a chet) means “being.” They are among the jewels of the movement, and they help young people grow and discover their potential within a framework that is shaped by Reconstructionist Jewish values and community building. You’re welcome to contact Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, who directs camp, at isaac@camphavaya.org. We can also help you get in touch with parents around the movement for more info about the experience. The staff at either camp are also happy to help people explore what resources may be available to help cover costs.
Weather Closing Policy
It is Kol HaLev's policy that if Baltimore County Schools are closed due to weather then any KHL service or event scheduled for that day will also be canceled and/or rescheduled.
Fri, July 19 2019 16 Tammuz 5779