Shabbat Services
2024-02-24 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-03-23 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-04-27 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-05-25 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-06-22 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-07-27 10:30 - 13:00, 2024-08-24 10:30 - 13:00 (Pacific/Honolulu)
KBS serves the community with Shabbat Services on the fourth Saturday morning of each month at 10:30 am, followed by kiddush and a potluck oneg. No pork or shellfish, please. Members and guests of the Congregation conduct the services, and visitors are always welcome.

Shabbat Shuva Service
2025-09-27 10:30 - 14:30
No reservations necessary. All are welcome to this Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Daniel Fink with Rabbi Shari Joy Berman and Aviva Plaut joining to read from this week’s parashah, Vayeilech. Following services, stay for our Kiddush & Kibbitz potluck. Bring a dish to share, if you can (but no meat or shellfish, please)

Shabbat Service - Toldot & Israeli Dancing
2025-11-22 10:30 - 13:30
The KBS monthly Shabbat service is led by Aviva Plaut and will include readings from the week’s parashah, Toldot – Breisheet/Genesis 25:19–28:9 – which introduces twin brothers Jacob and Esau and the sale of a birthright for a bowl of lentil stew.
Following the service & our “Kiddush & Kibbitz” potluck, Tamar Elias will lead a session of Israel dance.

For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live-streamed via Zoom, the KBS Facebook Page and KBS YouTube Channel. Zoom connection info will be sent on request: email info@konabethshalom.org

Shabbat Service - Vayishlach - led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman
2025-12-06 10:30 - 14:30
Join us for a special Shabbat service, led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman. To mark the 21st anniversary of her adult Bat Mitzvah, R. Shari will read from the same Torah portion she had in 2004: וַיִּשְׁלַח / Vayishlach, B’reisheet/Genesis 32:4-36:43, which includes Jacob’s reconciliation with his estranged brother Esau, and the most famous (… the only) wrestling match in the Torah which gave the patriarch a lifelong limp and a new name. R. Shari will deliver a d’rash inspired by themes in the parashah, as she did two decades ago.
After services, stay for our Kiddush & Kibbitz potluck. If you can, bring a dish to share (but no pork or shellfish).
For those unable to attend in person, the service will be live-streamed via Zoom and on the KBS YouTube Channel and Facebook page. Zoom connection information will be provided by email.

Torah Study - Shemot
2026-01-10 10:00 - 13:00
The Burning Bush by Mayim Eliana Ebert
Shemot שְׁמוֹת (“names”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Exodus. It describes the bitter enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt; a royal decree that all Hebrew boy babies be killed; how the newborn Moses is rescued in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into Pharaoh’s household. He later encounters God at the burning bush and begins his mission of demanding that Pharaoh let the Israelites go.
Join in on Zoom this Saturday to read and discuss Shemot, Exodus 1:1-6:1, in the KBS Torah study led by Aviva and Yehudah Plaut, No prior knowledge is necessary and a variety of views is welcome.
Email info@konabethshalom.org for Zoom connection details. The study will also be live-streamed on the KBS YouTube Channel and KBS Facebook Page

Shabbat Bo Service and Creative Writing Workshop
2026-01-24 10:30 - 14:00
Aviva Plaut & Una Greenaway will lead this month’s service which will include readings from parashah Bo by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman. Aviva will deliver a d’rash inspired by themes in the Torah portion – a dramatic chapter that includes the last of the Ten Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh agrees to let the Israelites go.
Following services, enjoy our Kiddush & Kibbutz potluck. If you are able, please bring a dish to share (but no pork or shellfish!).
Afterward, all are invited to take part in a gentle, heart-centered creative writing workshop with Dr. Heather Friedman Rivera.
This one-hour gathering offers space to slow down and explore writing as a tool for reflection and healing. Through guided prompts, imagery, and quiet reflection, participants will be invited to reconnect with their creative voice—no prior writing experience needed.
Sharing is always optional. The focus is not on “good writing,” but on presence, curiosity, and listening to what wants to emerge.
Whether you’ve always wanted to write or are simply drawn to the power of words, we hope you’ll stay after services and join us.

Torah Study- Beshalach
2026-01-31 10:00 - 13:00
“Song of Miriam” – William Gale
Beshalach בְּשַׁלַּח (“When He Let Go”) describes the splitting of the Red Sea and the song the Israelites sing upon crossing through. In the desert, God sweetens bitter water and provides manna and quail. The portion ends recounting the victory of the Israelites against an attack by the Amalekites.
Join in on Zoom this Saturday to read and discuss Beshalach, Sh’mot/Exodus 13:17- 17:16, in the KBS Torah study led by Aviva and Yehudah Plaut.
No prior knowledge is necessary and a variety of views is welcome.

Shabbat - Purim - Magic !
2026-02-28 10:30 - 15:00
Join with KBS members, friends and guests for a Shabbat service at New Thought Center of Hawai`i in Kealakekua. Dr. Barry Blum leads the service, joined by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman who will read from this week’s parashah, Tetzaveh / תְּצַוֶּה (“you shall command”), in which the Israelites are instructed to prepare for sacred rituals in the mishkan (tabernacle) and to clothe Aaron and his sons in elaborate priestly outfits.
With Purim just days away, Barry will present a special pre-holiday reading of the Megillah of Esther …with grogger noisemakers on hand to drown out the name of you-know-who.
After the service, stay for our Kiddush & Kibbitz potluck. If you can, please bring a dish to share (but no pork or shellfish) …and there will homemade hamantaschen!

Then, put some magic in your life with prominent prestidigitator and legerdemain legend Arnie Rabin (aka Arneleo HaGadol) …RSVP to president@konabethshalom.org

Shabbat Hagadol
2026-03-28 10:30 - 15:00
Join with KBS members, friends and guests for a Shabbat service at New Thought Center of Hawai`i in Kealakekua. Dr. Barry Blum leads the service, joined by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman who will read from this week’s parashah, Tzav / צַו (“command”), in which the Israelites are further instructed to prepare for sacred rituals in the mishkan (tabernacle) and the role of the kohanim – priests – in carrying them out.
On the Shabbat before Passover, we will look forward to the annual festival of matzah and freedom.
After the service, stay for our Kiddush & Kibbitz potluck. If you can, please bring a dish to share (but no pork or shellfish).
The Shabbat service will be live-streamed via Zoom, the KBS YouTube Channel and KBS Facebook page. Connection details will be sent by email prior to the service.

Shabbat Service - Kedoshim
2026-04-25 10:30 - 13:30
“K’doshim” (2011) by Barbara Mendes from “Women of the Book”
The KBS monthly Shabbat service will be led by Aviva Plaut, with Rabbi Shari Joy Berman reading from Parashah Kedoshim (Vayikra/Leviticus 19:1-20:27), in which the Israelites receive instructions on how to become – and stay – a holy community.
Following services enjoy our Kiddush & Kibbitz Potluck. If you can, bring a dish to share (no pork or shellfish)
The service will also be live-streamed online. Connection details will be provided by email.
