FAQs - Temple Beth-El

Home > Home > FAQs

How often do you have services?

Saturday through Thursday we have Daily Minyan at 5:45 PM in the Herman L. Bennett Chapel. We have Shabbat services (Friday Evening and Saturday Morning when we have a Bar Mitzvah.) We have Torah Study with a nosh.

Please check the calendar for times (Click here to view Calendar)

How many Rabbis does Temple Beth-El have?

We have three Rabbis. Rabbi Voss-Altman is our Senior Rabbi, Rabbi Mack is our Rabbi and Director of Schools and Rabbi Gutterman is our Rabbi Emeritus and Spiritual Leader.

What do I get for my membership dues?

Oodles. On top of the regular benefits of membership like High Holy Day tickets, access to summer camps and retreats, congregation dinners and more. Our Rabbis, staff, and members will be there to support you through life’s challenges and joys. You will also be supporting our synagogue and the great programs we offer. Our members find they get back much more than they pay for.

How do I join Temple Beth-El?

Call our Executive Director (401) 331.6070 and she’ll guide you through the process.

Click here to fill out New Membership Form

What if I can’t afford membership dues?

The philosophy of Temple Beth-El is to welcome all Jews and their families as members of our temple, regardless of their ability to pay annual support. We are a voluntary support temple. All members receive the same privileges of membership regardless of their annual support.

Sat, October 19 2019
20 Tishrei 5780

All Events

Friday
Sep 20

Childhood Left At The Station Exhibit on Display
Friday, Sep 20th (All day)

MORE INFO
Saturday
Oct 19

Torah Study
Shabbat, Oct 19th 9:00a

MORE INFO
Saturday
Oct 19

Minyan
Shabbat, Oct 19th 5:45p to 6:00p

MORE INFO
Sunday
Oct 20

Erev of Simchat Torah
Sunday, Oct 20th (All day)

MORE INFO
Sunday
Oct 20

Religious School
Sunday, Oct 20th 10:00a to 12:30p

MORE INFO
Sunday
Oct 20

Simchat Torah pizza dinner
Sunday, Oct 20th 5:30p to 6:00p

Register Now

MORE INFO
Sunday
Oct 20

Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service
Sunday, Oct 20th 5:45p

MORE INFO
Sunday
Oct 20

Simchat Torah/Consecration Service
Sunday, Oct 20th 6:00p

Register Now

MORE INFO
Monday
Oct 21

OFFICE CLOSED
Monday, Oct 21st (All day)

MORE INFO
Monday
Oct 21

SIMCHAT TORAH
Monday, Oct 21st (All day)

MORE INFO

Sat, October 19 2019 20 Tishrei 5780

Upcoming Events

Click on a date to view events

Sun	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
29 8:00p Evening Service	30 10:00a Morning Service 3:00p Children's Service 4:00p Rosh Hashanah Reception 4:30p Tashlich	1 10:30a Rosh Hashanah Service Second Day 12:00p Rosh Hashanah Lunch	2 5:45p Minyan	3 5:45p Minyan	4 5:45p Kabbalat Shabbat	5 9:00a Torah Study with Guest Speaker Shai Afsai - "Benjamin Franklin's Influence on Jewish Thought and Practice" 5:45p Minyan
6 8:30a Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit 10:00a Religious School 11:00a Pilgrimage to Cemetery 5:45p Minyan	7 5:45p Minyan	8 1:00p Office Closes 8:00p Kol Nidre	9 10:00a Yom Kippur Morning Service 1:00p Cello/Piano Interlude - Following Morning Service 1:00p Alternative Afternoon Yom Kippur Service immediately follows morning service 2:00p Children's Yom Kippur Service 3:30p Afternoon Liturgy & Song 4:00p Yizkor/Concluding Service 6:30p Yom Kippur Break the Fast	10 5:45p Minyan	11 5:45p Kabbalat Shabbat	12 9:00a Torah Study 10:30a Bar Mitzvah of William Torgan 5:45p Minyan
13 8:30a Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit 10:00a High Holy Day Food Sorting 10:00a Religious School 10:00a Women's Classic Road Race 10:30a Grade 1 Parent Breakfast 5:30p K'tantan Pizza in the Hut 5:45p Minyan	14 5:45p Minyan	15 12:00p Timmons Roberts, Ittleson Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. “Why is Acting on Climate Change So Hard? What Can We Do?” 3:30p Investment Committee meeting 5:45p Minyan 7:00p Sisterhood Executive Board Meeting	16 2:00p Premium Support Meeting 5:45p Minyan	17 7:30a Executive Committee 12:00p Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust" 5:45p Minyan 6:00p Brotherhood Meeting	18 5:45p Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15p Sukkot & New Member Dinner	19 9:00a Torah Study 5:45p Minyan 6:30p Brotherhood Murder Mystery Dinner-Killing Hamilton
20 8:30a Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit 9:45a Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale 10:00a Religious School 10:00a Women's Seder Planning Committee 5:30p Simchat Torah pizza dinner 5:45p Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service 6:00p Simchat Torah/Consecration Service	21 7:30p Sisterhood Reading Circle	22 9:00a Sisterhood Membership Mailing 5:45p Minyan	23 5:45p Minyan	24 12:00p Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust" 5:45p Minyan 7:30p Kol Echad Rehearsal	25 7:00p Shabbat Service 8:00p Oneg Sponsored by Dawn Friedkin and Ben Salzillo in honor of Jacob becoming a Bar Mitzvah	26 9:00a Torah Study 10:30a Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Salzillo 10:30a Live Stream Video 5:45p Minyan
27 8:30a Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit 9:00a Blood Drive 10:00a Religious School 10:00a Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue 12:30p World Series of Brunch 5:45p Minyan	28 5:45p Minyan	29 12:00p Alan Rosenberg, Editor Providence Journal, “From Fake News To Real News.” 5:45p Minyan	30 5:45p Minyan	31 12:00p Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust" 5:45p Minyan 7:30p Kol Echad Rehearsal	1 6:00p Family Shabbat (led by Grade 6) 7:00p Shabbat Service	2 9:00a Torah Study 5:45p Minyan

Holidays this Month:

Today Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Tomorrow Hoshana Rabah
Monday Shmini Atzeret, Yizkor

Events this Month:

Today Torah Study, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p, Brotherhood Murder Mystery Dinner-Killing Hamilton, 6:30p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p, Brotherhood Murder Mystery Dinner-Killing Hamilton, 6:30p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p, Brotherhood Murder Mystery Dinner-Killing Hamilton, 6:30p
Tomorrow Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Sisterhood Harvest Bake Sale, 9:45a, Religious School, 10:00a, Women's Seder Planning Committee, 10:00a, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Simchat Torah pizza dinner, 5:30p, Shemini Atzeret/Yizkor Service, 5:45p, Simchat Torah/Consecration Service, 6:00p
Monday Sisterhood Reading Circle, 7:30p
Tuesday Sisterhood Membership Mailing, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p, Sisterhood Membership Mailing, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p
Wednesday Minyan, 5:45p
Thursday Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p, Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p, Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p
Friday Shabbat Service, 7:00p, Oneg Sponsored by Dawn Friedkin and Ben Salzillo in honor of Jacob becoming a Bar Mitzvah, 8:00p, Shabbat Service, 7:00p, Oneg Sponsored by Dawn Friedkin and Ben Salzillo in honor of Jacob becoming a Bar Mitzvah, 8:00p
Sat 10/26 Torah Study, 9:00a, Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Salzillo, 10:30a, Live Stream Video, 10:30a, Minyan, 5:45p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Salzillo, 10:30a, Live Stream Video, 10:30a, Minyan, 5:45p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Salzillo, 10:30a, Live Stream Video, 10:30a, Minyan, 5:45p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Salzillo, 10:30a, Live Stream Video, 10:30a, Minyan, 5:45p
Sun 10/27 Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p, Mussar - Taught by Rabbi Gavi Ruit, 8:30a, Blood Drive, 9:00a, Religious School, 10:00a, Grade 5 Field Trip to Touro Synagogue, 10:00a, World Series of Brunch, 12:30p, TBE Youth Choir, 12:45p, Minyan, 5:45p
Mon 10/28 Minyan, 5:45p
Tue 10/29 Lifelong Learning Collaborative Brown Bag lunch, 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Lifelong Learning Collaborative Brown Bag lunch, 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p
Wed 10/30 Minyan, 5:45p
Thu 10/31 Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p, Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p, Lunch and Learn With Rabbi Howard: "The Meaning of Faith After the Holocaust", 12:00p, Minyan, 5:45p, Kol Echad Rehearsal, 7:30p
Fri 11/1 Family Shabbat (led by Grade 6), 6:00p, Shabbat Service, 7:00p, Family Shabbat (led by Grade 6), 6:00p, Shabbat Service, 7:00p
Sat 11/2 Torah Study, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p, Torah Study, 9:00a, Minyan, 5:45p