Congregation Beth El

Matzah Crack Making and Charades
2025-03-30 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Join USY for a fun Pre-Pesach event…a little nosh, a lot of fun!!! Reach out to Lexi or Maddy for more information.

Weekly Limud/Text Study*
2025-04-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
All are invited to join Rabbi Paskind’s new Limud, or text study, group on Tuesdays at 12pm (in person and on Zoom). We will read and discuss our way through the Prophets in the Tanach, or Hebrew Bible. Please bring your own copy of the Bible (JPS Tanakh is a great option), or bring up the text on www.sefaria.org on your screen. Feel free to bring your (non-meat) lunch and eat while we learn together.
*The last meeting of the summer will be on August 19th. The group will resume meeting on Oct 21.

Up Your Game:
2025-04-02 19:00, 2025-04-03 19:30, 2025-04-24 19:30 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Synagogue skills you’ve always wanted to learn but never had the time.
This series of classes is being taught by Beth El and TCS Clergy and is open to all.
Cantor Gedalia Penner-Robinson will teach “How to lead Friday night services” on Thursdays: March 6, March 20, March 27 & April 3 at 7:30 pm at TCS. Click here to register.
Rabbi Paskind is leading a class on learning Haftorah Trope on Wednesdays March 12, March 19, March 26, April 2 at Beth El. Click here to register.
Rabbi Jeremy Wiederhorn will teach on “How to lead a Shiva Minyan” on Thursdays: April 24, May 1, May 8, & May 15 at TCS. Click here to register.
These are in person sessions only. You must be able to read Hebrew.

Pesach L'Chayim & Learn: Spruce up your Seder
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
How much flexibility do we have during our Seders? This class will explore the must haves and offer plenty of new ideas. Plus, as a bonus, how to manage Passover on a Saturday night. Nosh and Kosher for Passover wine will be served. Learn with Rabbi Paskind and David Loewenberg. The class is free but registration is required.

Kabbalat Shabbat
2025-04-04 18:00 - 19:15, 2025-04-11 18:00 - 19:15, 2025-04-18 18:00 - 19:15, 2025-04-25 18:00 - 19:15 | CT
Join us every Friday evening in person or via Zoom at 6 pm for an uplifting, spiritual end to your week. We incorporate music to make the service even more inspiring. (Please note, the time & Zoom option are subject to change for special events.)

Shabbat Services
2025-04-05 10:00, 2025-04-12 10:00, 2025-04-19 10:00 | CT
Weekly Shabbat services begin at 10:00 am (9:30 am when there is a B Mitzvah) in person and via our livestream feed. Our services combine traditional and contemporary prayers. Rabbi Ita Paskind’s D’var Torah offers thought provoking and inspirational words. We often spotlight guests and congregants to be our guest D’var Torah assuring different perspectives on Torah and “hot topics.”

Pre-B’nei Mitzvah Services
2025-04-05 10:00 - 12:00 | CT
Our BMitzvah students (5th-7th graders) join CBE member Morah Rhonda Ginsberg once a month for a guided Shabbat morning service experience. Sitting together with their teacher and peers, students are immersed in the service they are preparing to lead as they enter Jewish adulthood.

Tot Shabbat 5785
2025-04-05 10:30 - 12:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Tot Shabbat returns for another fun year of Shabbat learning and socializing! Geared towards children up to Grade 4, our monthly experiences include a special snack, songs, prayers, and dancing as we celebrate Shabbat and make new friends while learning a little Hebrew and all about Shabbat.

Schoke Kosher Food Pantry Truck
2025-04-06 12:45 - 14:45 | CT
CBE’s Social Action Committee has teamed up with the Schoke Kosher Food Pantry truck to offer its services monthly in the CBE parking lot. Each month this truck serves the members of our community with food staples and needs. We are thrilled that the St. Paul’s Church has joined us and over the summer months provides fresh vegetables to the clients. Volunteers are welcome. Contact Sylvia Schulman or Leah Schechter for more information.

April Social Action Meeting
2025-04-07 19:30 - 20:30 | CT
All are welcome to join the April Social Action Committee monthly meeting via Zoom.
This is a date change from April 3.

Erev Pesach
2025-04-12 | CT
Do you need a place to go for Seder? Are you interested in hosting someone in need of a Seder? Reach out to Rabbi Paskind at RabbiPaskind@congbethel.org.
Candle Lighting 8:12 pm

Passover: Everything you need to know
2025-04-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-20 10:00 - 12:00 | CT
As the weather turns to Spring, we turn to Passover. As we prepare, here is everything you need to know including the Pesach Guide, Chametz Form and service schedule.
Services for Passover will be held in person or available via our livestream. Yizkor will be during services Sunday, April 20.

Office Closed
2025-04-14 | CT
Please note the office is closed today.

Exploring the Siddur
2025-04-19 09:30 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Join Rabbi Paskind before services each month for a Siddur study session.

Yom HaShoah
2025-04-24 19:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Congregation Beth El will host this year’s Community Yom HaShoah program. We are happy to partner with TCS and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County to bring this important program to Norwalk. We will welcome survivor Manny Korman. This is a free event but advanced registration is absolutely required due to security protocols.

Post Passover Shabbat Dinner
2025-04-25 18:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
Bring back the Challah!!! Passover 2024/5785 is behind us. What better way to recognize the end of Passover than a post Passover Shabbat Dinner. Members of the Holocaust survivor group ANACHNU will be joining us. Early bird registration ended April 10. Here is the link to register for dinner. We look forward to seeing you there.

JTS Student Bennett Decker
2025-04-25 18:00 | Congregation Beth El Norwalk, 109 East Ave, Norwalk, CT, 06851, United States
We are so fortunate to host JTS students here at CBE. Not only will we host a Post Pesach Dinner April 25, but we will also welcome JTS student Bennett Decker for the weekend. Bennett will be speaking during the dinner Friday evening. His topic is “Healing of Body and Healing of Nephesh: What Chronic Illness Can Teach Us About Our Theology of Sickness.” He will also be presenting the D’var Torah on Saturday and host a Lunch & Learn during kiddush. His topic for Lunch & Learn is “Can We Learn from Immoral People: The Torah of Manure and Walnuts”. Please plan to join us and welcome Bennett to the CBE family.
