Confirmation is a ritual that allows older teenagers the opportunity to confirm their faith in God, Torah and the Jewish People. Many congregations celebrate confirmation at the time of the springtime harvest festival of Shavuot, which was in ancient times a festival for offering the season's first fruits to God. At Temple Beit HaYam, we like to think that our confirmands are our first fruits, the very best that we have to offer, the children who have chosen to go beyond their Bat/Bar Mitzvah experience and study an extra two years, immersed in subject matter that will prepare them for their Jewish lives ahead.

The Confirmation class meets on Sundays from 10:30 am to noon with Rabbi Goldwasser. In this class, students discuss choices in living a Jewish life, developing the ability to see the world through Jewish eyes, encouraging a moral stance that conflates with Jewish values and, of course, navigating through the difficult teenage years. The class writes its own service, which is usually held on the Shabbat closest to Shavuot. Our confirmands have consistently excelled in both their contributions to Jewish life and their community. We take enormous pride in their accomplishments in the very best of ways.