PO BOX 789, Brick, NJ 08723 / Phone: (732) 458-4700 / 
PO BOX 789, Brick, NJ 08723 / Phone: (732) 458-4700 /
Temple Beth Or (House of Light in Hebrew) is a Conservative congregation. We revere Jewish tradition in a modern, egalitarian way. As the spiritual center of our Jewish community, our aim is to create a Jewish environment that is warm and caring, meaningful and enriching. We are affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
Temple Beth Or holds Shabbat services on Friday evenings and on Shabbat mornings, as well as Holiday services. Minyan is held weekday evenings, Monday – Thursday and Saturday night after Shabbat. Prayer services and other programs are held either online or in-person with online access. The students of our Kadima and USY youth groups are combined with the youth groups of Congregation B’nai Israel in Toms River and together they have many social, educational, cultural and religious events.
We offer a Jewish education for children including Bar/Bat Mitzvah training. Our Hebrew High School program is in combination with that of Congregation B’nai Israel. No child is turned away from receiving a religious education. For adults, there is an active Adult Education program with both morning and evening classes. We also have film festivals, guest lecturers, Shabbat Lunch, Learn sessions, and other programs on a variety of subjects. Our congregants volunteer for numerous community service projects.
Experience and participate in the various lectures and programs offered throughout the year by our Adult Education group. Come join in our commitment to life-long learning.
Our youth groups participate in a variety of activities such as making hamantaschen for Purim or picking apples for Rosh Hashanah while fostering their Jewish identity in an informal social atmosphere.
Whether celebrating a simcha or honoring a departed loved one we share these moments as a community to continue our spiritual commitment to the past while moving forward into the future together.
Services – This Shabbat (April 19 & 20) services are In-Person and on Zoom.
Friday, 7:15 PM;
Saturday, 9:30 AM (beginning with Shocheyn Ad, Preliminary Services on your own) and 8:40 PM with Havdalah and Megillah Reading for Purim on Zoom
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:15 PM
Shabbat Morning
9:30 AM
*NOTE: If the weather on Friday is troubling, call the TBO Office by 12:00 Noon on Friday for the latest update on Shabbat services.
Biblical Readings:
This Shabbat (Friday night-Saturday, April 19-20) – Portion of the week: Metzora (Triennial Cycle – Leviticus/Vayikra 14:1-32) – One thing we learn is that our ailments sometime require being quarantined and separated from others. Haftarah (special for Shabbat Hagadol, Malachi 3:4-24) is the message of the prophet looking to the future that redemption is to come to be heralded by Elijah.
Candle Lighting – Friday at 7:24 PM, Shabbat ends at 8:25 PM
NOTE:
Weekday Minyan (Mincha/Ma’ariv) on Zoom only Monday – Thursday @ 6:45 PM
Biblical Readings for Pesach
There are various Biblical Readings (Torah, Haftarah from Prophets, Ketuvim) read during Pesach describing many different aspects of the Holiday and various lessons that we can learn for our own time.
Tuesday, First Day Pesach – Exodus 12:21-51, Numbers 28:16-25, Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 (also included is the special prayer for dew – Tefillat Tal)
Wednesday, Second Day Pesach – Leviticus 22:26-23:44, Numbers 28:16-25, II Kings 23:1-9, 21-25
Thursday, Chol Hamoed Pesach – Exodus 13:1-16, Numbers 28:19-25
Friday, Chol Hamoed Pesach – Exodus 22:24-23:19, Numbers 28:19-25
Saturday, Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach – Exodus 33:12-34:26, Numbers 28:19-25, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Song of Songs (all or part)
Sunday, Chol Hamoed Pesach – Numbers 9:1-14, Numbers 28:19-25
Monday, Seventh Day Pesach – Exodus 13:17-15:26, Numbers 28:19-25, II Samuel 22:1-51
Tuesday, Eighth Day Pesach – Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17, Numbers 28:19-25, Isaiah 10:32-12:6 (also included is the Yizkor Memorial Service)
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat Morning services in-person and online using ZOOM, unless **noted differently.
Please contact the Temple Beth Or office for further information @ 732-458-4700.
Candle-lighting Times:
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We are sorry to announce we no longer hold BINGO.
Pesach – April 22-30, 5784
service schedule click below
Pesach Schedule of Zoom Services 5784 Vine, website edition
Adult Education: Thursdays @ 5:00-6:30 PM – Hebrew Reading: Modern, Prayer and Biblical – online sessions for those who know the Hebrew letters and vowels – Practice reading and learn some Hebrew words with a modern Israeli newsletter and a prayer from the siddur and discuss the meanings with Rabbi Rubin. Each session is independent. Use the same Zoom access as for TBO Services.
Sisterhood Meetings:
May 7, 2024 – Elections
May 10, 2024 – Sisterhood Shabbat & Dinner
June 2, 2024 – Shalom Party & Installation
June 7, 2024 – Graduation Cake & Celebration
Men’s Club Meetings:
Minyan at 9:00 AM
Meeting at 10:00 AM
May 19, 2024 – Elections
June 9, 2024
June 14, 2024 – Men’s Club Shabbat
Temple Beth Or Board Meetings:
May 22, 2024
June 19, 2024
July 24, 2024
August 21, 2024
September 18, 2024
Our prayers are with the people of Israel. May the memories of those who died be forever a blessing. May those who are wounded have a complete recovery. May those who are captive as hostages be released safely. May all have peace.
Donate to help Israelis at this time of crisis through the special Israel Emergency Campaign coordinated by the Jewish Federation of Ocean County.
Visit www.jewishoceancounty.org or mail a check to JFOC (in the memo line put: Israel Emergency Campaign), 1235A Route 70, Lakewood, NJ 08701. Questions? Call the JFOC Office at 732-363-0530.
All bookings must be made through Temple Beth Or/Sisterhood Catering Chairperson:
Rachel Zycband at 732-581-4809
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT TEMPLE BETH OR office @ 732-458-4700 or email to templebethorbrick@gmail.com.
Office hours:
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
TBO Office closed the following dates:
April 23 & 24, 2024, Tuesday & Wednesday – Pesach I & II
April 29 & 30, 2024, Monday & Tuesday – Pesach VII & VIII