Streaming Our Service

As a service to our members and guests when they are unable to join us in person for Shabbat and holiday services, you can watch B’nai Tikvah services live from your computer, smartphone or tablet via Zoom or using the streaming player below.

PLEASE NOTE: A password is now required to watch our stream. The password, as well as our Zoom link, are distributed in our Weekly Announcement email. If you are not receiving the email, please contact the office.

Note, if viewing services through our Zoom links, you will be placed in a waiting room until admitted by the host. To avoid this process, contact the office to be added as one of our Zoom users.

Help us sustain our live streaming program with a donation to the Ritual Activities fund. Click here to donate.

Please note that broadcasts are automatic and scheduled in advance. Because of the restrictions against doing work on Shabbat and many holidays, should technical difficulties arise, we will not be able to address them immediately. You can also watch on TV by using AirPlay with AppleTV or by streaming with an Android device via Chromecast or Roku, etc.

Service Times

Sunday Morning – 9:00 AM
Sunday Evening – 7:30 PM
Monday Evening – 7:30 PM
Tuesday Evening – 7:30 PM
Wednesday Evening – 7:30 PM
Thursday Morning – 8:00 AM
Thursday Evening – 7:30 PM
Friday Kabbalat Shabbat – 6:30 PM
Shabbat Morning – 9:30 AM

Please note that for our in-person daily services, we continue to use WhatsApp to try to make sure a minyan is present. If you would like to be added to the WhatsApp list, please contact either Cantor Rockman or Stacey Rockman.

A Prayer for Mourners

During these times, while we cannot say Mourner’s Kaddish, please consider this replacement prayer.

Note from the Ritual Committee

The topic of streaming our services from B’nai Tikvah was discussed for months by the Ritual Committee and Clergy. They have considered the issue of the use of electricity on the Sabbath—it is permitted for this purpose. They have considered the question of whether someone watching at home can count as part of a minyan (answer: no) and whether they could say Kaddish if a minyan is physically present at B’nai Tikvah (answer: yes). They have also considered the possible negative consequences of streaming the services—both that people at services might feel inhibited if they knew they are being “watched,” and also the possibility that people may choose to stay home rather than come to services.

These concerns are understandable, but we don’t believe the negative consequences will be far-reaching, while the benefits will be substantial and widely shared. Watching services over the Internet cannot match the warmth, intimacy and spirituality of being in the sanctuary in person with your fellow congregants and the rabbi and cantor. However, there simply are times when we just can’t make it to synagogue, perhaps because we’re not feeling well, the weather is too forbidding, or we’re traveling. And of course there are times when we want friends or family members to celebrate a simcha with us but they live too far away or are physically not up to coming.

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