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Please check our Beit Ahavah calendar for a complete listing of upcoming services, Shabbat schedule and events. Additional community events and material shared on our social media page here. To join our mailing list, please contact us at beitahavah@gmail.com. Welcome!
B'nei Mitzvah Journey Class
Thursdays during the school year, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. -- Check calendar for dates. We are taking new students!
This exciting robust group of 6th-8th graders meets and studies with Rabbi Riqi to create a cohesive, supportive cohort exploring what does it mean to become B’nei Mitzvah (Bar/Bat/Bet Mitzvah) and empowered to be responsible as a Jewish young person, doing Tikkun Olam (repair of the world), and what are Jewish ways we can celebrate emerging from childhood and crossing over into Teenage-hood. Everyone is encouraged to be involved in other areas of Jewish communal life, and no two celebrations will be alike. Our focus is not on the “what” but on the “why and what is on the inside.” Whether a musical celebration in our state of the art historic sanctuary, or a DIY backyard service, we focus on being a blessing with the tools of our tradition to thrive personally, apply our passions, and heal the world. Prior Hebrew or Jewish knowledge is not a pre-requisite. Class includes veggie pizza dinner. Read more about BnM at Beit Ahavah at beitahavah.org/teens-tweens, and please speak with Rabbi Riqi to join or help with this amazing group of young people.
Join Bombyx, the Yiddish Book Center, and Beit Ahavah for an immersive sound experience led by Kleztronica artist Chaia and violinist Rachel Leader.
Chaia is a New York-based artist combining Yiddish archival practice with electronic music. Working in close collaboration with Yiddish folklorists and archivists, she invites audiences to engage with Yiddish ritual, generational trauma, and the echoes of ancestral memory. In this performance, she brings together audio material from a wide range of Yiddish archival sources, creating an auditory “Yiddishland” that transcends borders and time.
Rachel Leader is a klezmer violinist, cultural organizer, and educator based in Northampton, MA. She engages traditional klezmer fiddle style and repertoire to cultivate immersive storytelling experiences, vibrant community contexts, and new visions of Jewish diasporic identity.
Shavuot Tikkun Evening of Learning, Celebration & Cheesecake "Disability Justice & Torah"
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 6:30-9:00 p.m. in person, led by Rabbah Riqi, Becky Slitt, speakers and teachers
Shavuot Leil Tikkun – An evening of learning deep and engaging Torah, wrapping ourselves in the Torah, study sessions and a speaker from Mass Fair Housing, and… a cheesecake/blintzes celebration. Our theme is “Disability Justice & Torah”. Please join us!
Tonight is in honor and memory of Rissa Fregeau z”l, our beloved member who cared deeply about this topic and was our Midwife of Torah teacher and Torah service coordinator.
Teens and B’nei Mitzvah invited to participate and will also have a teen-hangout room upstairs. Generous support from Harold Grinspoon Foundation.
LATER ON ZOOM: The URJ Small Congregations Tikkun is a late night virtual program, May 21-22, 8 a.m. ET to 9 a.m. ET, with multiple study session options each hour on creative topics led by Reform rabbis across the country up late at night to teach us and learn! (Rabbi Riqi is on at 1 a.m. ET!) Link to register is here.
Tot Shabbat Family Service & Tot Sha-potluck is the magical musical hour welcoming the Sabbath and holidays, especially for families with young kids 0-9, led by Marlene Rachelle with Rabbah Riqi.
Pizza provided, with a vegetarian/dairy potluck (no nuts). Welcome newcomers, grandparents, older siblings, extended families, dragons, dragon-rabbis, bunnies, friends and intergenerational community members!
Please register here. Free and donations are encouraged.
Generous support by Harold Grinspoon Foundation and co-sponsored by JCC Springfield | PJ Library of Western MA.
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