A message from Rabbi adam Berman
Dear B'nai Jacob community,
We officially completed our holiday season with our celebration of Simchat Torah yesterday. It was a pleasure to celebrate with all of you! Thank you to all of you who made our holidays so special, whether by preparing food for our various gatherings, participating in the services, carrying a scroll at Kol Nidre, bringing kids to Shul School, or simply being in attendance in-person or virtually. The season would not have been the same without you.
As Jews, we are not good at simply going back to our routines after our festivals. We need some time to come back down to earth. We have a term for this: Isru Chag, the day after our festivals which is regarded with a certain degree of sanctity. Some communities wait more than a week after Simchat Torah to reintroduce Tachanun, prayers of supplication which are omitted on festive occasions.
Here at B'nai Jacob, we are very fortunate that our celebratory mood continues into next weekend with the Bat Mitzvah of Sibbie Redmond (see below).
We now enter a stretch without major Jewish holidays. With the exception of the Ethiopian Jewish celebration of Sigd on November 8th-9th, the next Jewish holiday is Hanukkah, and the next Yom Tov (a Festival day commanded in the Torah) is Passover. Nonetheless, may we have many opportunities to gather and celebrate, maintaining a joyful Judaism throughout the calendar year.
L'Shalom,
Rabbi Adam Berman
We officially completed our holiday season with our celebration of Simchat Torah yesterday. It was a pleasure to celebrate with all of you! Thank you to all of you who made our holidays so special, whether by preparing food for our various gatherings, participating in the services, carrying a scroll at Kol Nidre, bringing kids to Shul School, or simply being in attendance in-person or virtually. The season would not have been the same without you.
As Jews, we are not good at simply going back to our routines after our festivals. We need some time to come back down to earth. We have a term for this: Isru Chag, the day after our festivals which is regarded with a certain degree of sanctity. Some communities wait more than a week after Simchat Torah to reintroduce Tachanun, prayers of supplication which are omitted on festive occasions.
Here at B'nai Jacob, we are very fortunate that our celebratory mood continues into next weekend with the Bat Mitzvah of Sibbie Redmond (see below).
We now enter a stretch without major Jewish holidays. With the exception of the Ethiopian Jewish celebration of Sigd on November 8th-9th, the next Jewish holiday is Hanukkah, and the next Yom Tov (a Festival day commanded in the Torah) is Passover. Nonetheless, may we have many opportunities to gather and celebrate, maintaining a joyful Judaism throughout the calendar year.
L'Shalom,
Rabbi Adam Berman
our services schedule for october 5-11, 2026
SERVICES THIS WEEK
WEEKDAY EVENINGS SERVICES
Monday - Thursday
5:45 PM - Evening Services
Wednesday morning
Breakfast to follow
7:30 AM - Morning Minyan
SHABBAT
Friday
5:45 PM - Friday Evening Service
Saturday
10:00 AM - Bat Mitzvah of Sibbie Redmond
Note: We have transitioned our virtual Shabbat morning experience
from Zoom to a YouTube livestream.
Candle Lighting and Torah Readings
Shabbat candle lighting time for
October 9th, 2026 / 29th of Tishrei, 5787 at 6:38 PM
Torah portion: Bereshit Genesis 1:1-6:8
Triennial reading: Genesis 2:4-4:26
Note: This Shabbat begins year two of the triennial Torah reading cycle.
Shabbat concludes with the emergence of three stars at 7:35 PM
WEEKDAY EVENINGS SERVICES
Monday - Thursday
5:45 PM - Evening Services
Wednesday morning
Breakfast to follow
7:30 AM - Morning Minyan
SHABBAT
Friday
5:45 PM - Friday Evening Service
Saturday
10:00 AM - Bat Mitzvah of Sibbie Redmond
Note: We have transitioned our virtual Shabbat morning experience
from Zoom to a YouTube livestream.
Candle Lighting and Torah Readings
Shabbat candle lighting time for
October 9th, 2026 / 29th of Tishrei, 5787 at 6:38 PM
Torah portion: Bereshit Genesis 1:1-6:8
Triennial reading: Genesis 2:4-4:26
Note: This Shabbat begins year two of the triennial Torah reading cycle.
Shabbat concludes with the emergence of three stars at 7:35 PM
bat mitzvah of sibbie redmond - october 10, 2026
Bat Mitzvah of Sibbie Redmond
This coming Shabbat (Saturday, October 10th), we will call Sibbie Redmond,
Noa Matana bat Binyamin v'Yaffa Simcha, to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah!
All are invited to join us for Shabbat morning services and to stay for the celebratory kiddush luncheon to follow.
Mazel tov to Sibbie and to her family: to Joy Redmond, and Ben and Samantha Redmond; to grandparents Ellyn and Ed Goldberg and Judy and Michael Redmond;
and to sister Raya Redmond.
INTRO TO JUDAISM
Intro to Judaism
The Center for Small Town Jewish Life is launching a new Intro to Judaism series, beginning October 8th. Click here for more information and to register. As you can see from the form, the course is primarily aimed at participants in Maine. However, because B'nai Jacob participates in the Center's national programs, we have been invited to share this opportunity with our community.
The Center for Small Town Jewish Life is launching a new Intro to Judaism series, beginning October 8th. Click here for more information and to register. As you can see from the form, the course is primarily aimed at participants in Maine. However, because B'nai Jacob participates in the Center's national programs, we have been invited to share this opportunity with our community.
classes at b'nai jacob
Torah at Ten will be at 10am on Tuesday, October 6th, in-person in the synagogue’s library.
Our virtual Thursday class, Teshuvot at Ten, will begin at 10am on Thursday, October 8th, focusing on how the wisdom of the rabbinic tradition applies to current challenges. Click here to join the session.
Please join us, even if you have not previously attended classes at B'nai Jacob. No background assumed or required. All are welcome!
Our virtual Thursday class, Teshuvot at Ten, will begin at 10am on Thursday, October 8th, focusing on how the wisdom of the rabbinic tradition applies to current challenges. Click here to join the session.
Please join us, even if you have not previously attended classes at B'nai Jacob. No background assumed or required. All are welcome!
Cooking at the shul - october 25, 2026
Cooking at the Shul
The B'nai Jacob Ladies' Auxiliary warmly invites you to join our upcoming Cooking at the Shul series with a challah baking class on Sunday, October 25th, from 10:00am. to 12:00pm.
Marilyn Urecki and Lynn Meyer will guide participants through making challah. Each participant will take home a freshly baked loaf at the end of the program.
The cost is $10 per person. Please RSVP by submitting payment to the synagogue office. Please join us!
The B'nai Jacob Ladies' Auxiliary warmly invites you to join our upcoming Cooking at the Shul series with a challah baking class on Sunday, October 25th, from 10:00am. to 12:00pm.
Marilyn Urecki and Lynn Meyer will guide participants through making challah. Each participant will take home a freshly baked loaf at the end of the program.
The cost is $10 per person. Please RSVP by submitting payment to the synagogue office. Please join us!
memorial for lee diznoff
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A memorial will be held for longtime B'nai Jacob member Lee Diznoff (Eliezer Avraham ben Mordechai Leib), of blessed memory, on Sunday, October 18th at 11:30am at B'nai Jacob with a lunch to follow. Friends, family, and former colleagues are invited to attend.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Lee's memory to the to the Alzheimer's Association or to Congregation B'nai Jacob. |
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men's club dinner - october 15, 2026
Men's Club Dinner
We are excited to continue the tradition of Men's Club Dinners, this time with WOWK-TV chief meteorologist Spencer Adkins, who will share stories from his 30+ years forecasting Tri-State weather (tornadoes, Superstorm Sandy, and more), over a pasta dinner prepared by Bob and Stewart Bloom on Thursday, October 15 at 6:00pm. Be sure to RSVP with your $15 payment by this Friday, October 9th.
We are excited to continue the tradition of Men's Club Dinners, this time with WOWK-TV chief meteorologist Spencer Adkins, who will share stories from his 30+ years forecasting Tri-State weather (tornadoes, Superstorm Sandy, and more), over a pasta dinner prepared by Bob and Stewart Bloom on Thursday, October 15 at 6:00pm. Be sure to RSVP with your $15 payment by this Friday, October 9th.
wondering jews
The One Stop For All Things Jewish in West Virginia
Wondering Jews, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the goal of connecting people who are physically or geographically challenged with the wide variety of educational, service, and faith activities in the local West Virginia Jewish congregations.
Moe and Janie Rubenstein have created a unique website which will allow all congregations and Jewish organizations who wish to announce activities and programs of interest for Jews throughout West Virginia. We have seen at B'nai Jacob how Zoom has opened the door to those who are challenged to allow people in isolation to join and be a part of our B'nai Jacob family.
The website offer us and Jews around our state an opportunity to further connect and be together.
Check out Wondering Jews here.
Wondering Jews, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the goal of connecting people who are physically or geographically challenged with the wide variety of educational, service, and faith activities in the local West Virginia Jewish congregations.
Moe and Janie Rubenstein have created a unique website which will allow all congregations and Jewish organizations who wish to announce activities and programs of interest for Jews throughout West Virginia. We have seen at B'nai Jacob how Zoom has opened the door to those who are challenged to allow people in isolation to join and be a part of our B'nai Jacob family.
The website offer us and Jews around our state an opportunity to further connect and be together.
Check out Wondering Jews here.
federated jewish charities - huntington
The Federated Jewish Charities of Huntington has invited the rabbis and congregants of the Jewish community of Charleston to join the Huntington community for an afternoon of Israeli dancing and friendship on Sunday, November 1st, at 2pm at B'nai Sholom, 949 10th Avenue, in Huntington. After brief remarks from the Rabbi Berman and Rabbi Blair, we will do some Israeli dancing together. No prior experience is needed, only a willingness to learn, laugh, and enjoy refreshments together. Children of all ages are welcome.
Please RSVP by October 25th to Ronni Glaser at 304-840-2900 (call or text) or [email protected]. We hope to see many of you there.
Please RSVP by October 25th to Ronni Glaser at 304-840-2900 (call or text) or [email protected]. We hope to see many of you there.
