Our Mission

Beit Hashofar gathers and educates a holy community that serves Hashem and acts out His Torah in loving-kindness.

Our Vision

The members of Beit Hashofar will be a welcoming and engaged community where warmth and support for each other fill the space. In our multigenerational community, individuals of every age will practice Jewish tradition with a deep understanding that is both sacred and accessible. Both inside the building and out, our members will joyfully worship Hashem through prayer and service, always seeking opportunities to gently treat people with loving kindness. With vibrant holiday celebrations and the easy sharing of scripture and wisdom, the Beit Hashofar community will demonstrate the revelation of the Mashiach and the precious value of life in His covenants.

Our Core Values

The Mishnah teaches us that "the world stands on three things: On Torah, on Service (Avodah), and on Acts of Loving Kindness (Gemilut Chassidim)" (Pirkei Avot 1:2). We seek to reinvest Loving Kindness into our study and action of Torah in our lives, and in our Service to Hashem as we cleave to Him.

Investment in Torah

At the core of our community gatherings is our weekly study of Torah.  As we focus on the texts breathed into Moses, we find that our study of the rest of scripture gains more clarity.  For centuries, people have tried to understand the Yeshua of the Gospels without understanding the foundation of Mashiach's life, the Torah of Moses.  Yeshua brought us to the Torah by investing his life in perfecting it.

The purpose of scripture is to challenge us and drive us higher in the pursuit of a perfected world.  We challenge ourselves by engaging in the age old dialog of teacher and student.  The Jewish sages, who were closer to the transcendent event of Sinai,  bring us a wealth of Divine insight which serves to heighten our awareness of the Torah bound up with our souls.

Communal and personal knowledge of Mashiach is interwoven through this constant dialogue in our community.  His life perfectly exemplifies a life bound up in Torah, as demonstrated in his teachings and compassion toward others.

Service of the Heart

The Torah service proclaims, "you who cling to G-d, you are all alive today" (Deut. 4:4). We seek traditional Jewish forms of worship, through Hebrew, English, and in song.  This kind of service is a vehicle that we believe brings us into a constant awareness of the Divine around us.  We believe that our lives should be infused with blessings, not just once weekly, but throughout our days, just as the Holy One constantly infuses Creation with Divine blessing.

The Kindness of an Open Hand

The Torah teaches us many ways that we can help one another, but most of all, it shows us how to relate to one another, as we toil over Torah, and cleave through Avodah.  If we don't display love and kindness toward all humanity, our engagements with Torah and Avodah are vanity.  Loving kindness transforms our personal relationships and forms the framework for our Torah understanding and practice.

Because all people are created in the image of G-d, how we treat them is a reflection of our respect and love for Him. Therefore, true piety cannot exist apart from human decency.