Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah

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Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah is a Modern Orthodox synagogue on Seven Locks Road in Potomac, Maryland. The largest Orthodox synagogue in the Washington metropolitan area, it is led by Rabbi Nissan Antine.Religious services and programsBeth Sholom Congregation holds morning and evening tefillah services, Shabbat services, High Holidays services, and Shalosh Regalim services.Beth Sholom Congregation hosts adult education classes and study groups. The congregation has a men's club, a sisterhood, and a social action committee. Beth Sholom hosts classes for school-age children and teenagers as well. while Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center has classes for younger children.LeadershipRabbi Nissan Antine has been with Beth Sholom Congregation since 2006, when he became its assistant rabbi. Rabbi Antine was promoted to senior rabbi in July 2013 when Rabbi Joel Tessler left to move to Israel. Since then, Rabbi Tessler has been rabbi emeritus of Beth Sholom Congregation.Maharat Hadas Fruchter has served as the assistant spiritual leader of Beth Sholom Congregation since 2016.HistoryOriginsThe congregation was founded in 1908 as Voliner Anshe Sfard. It initially worshiped in a congregant's house, but soon purchased a store and remodeled it as a synagogue building, with separate men and women sections. Within just a few years of its creation, the congregation had bought its own cemetery.