More than 50 people made a loose circle around him as the blasts from the horn mingled with the sounds of chirping insects and the whir of passing vehicles. Together, they marked the Jewish New Year by bringing the familiar ritual outside.
While these protocols are strict and rigid, the vibe and feeling of the actual services will be just the opposite of these strict regulations. The community time will be filled with warmth, inspiration, meaning, and it will be an uplifting experience.
The program is titled Bringing it Home: making judaism come alive through experiential and interactive learning.
Director of the Chabad at La Costa, Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort, discussed the upcoming start of Rosh Hashanah 2020 on KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego.
Chabad Tucson created “High Holiday in a Box” to allow members of the Jewish community to pray at home.
If a federal judge approves the agreement, the town of Woodcliff Lake will allow the Valley Chabad to expand its building on its property and pay $1.5 million in damages to resolve a second lawsuit, The Associated Press reported.
Anna Rose Tendler has a vivid memory of Sept. 17, 1982. She had just given birth to her daughter Suzanne, so it was a joyous occasion. Mother and daughter would spend a few more days recuperating at Jewish Hospital.
What happens when you mix ginger, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon with 200 Jewish women from all around Houston?
A rabbi has become a uniting force on the Caribbean island of St Martin as he prepares to blow the shofar on a national border, allowing Jewish residents on both sides of the island to perform the mitzvah of hearing the horn blown.
When Rosh Hashanah begins on Friday night, none of Hungary’s 100,000 Jews will be in a synagogue. Instead, they’ll be on a boat in the Danube, under tents and atop the deck of a floating hotel — locations chosen to allow open-air prayer during the coronavirus pandemic.
The center says its service will include prayers for all of humanity’s well-being, a key theme of the holiday. The service will focus on the sound of the Shofar, a trumpet made of a ram’s horn, traditionally used in religious ceremonies. It’s symbolically sounded during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Mendy Schapiro had said the Jewish center received a donation of 2,000 cloth face masks recently from a friend and colleague in New York. The rabbi said he had 2,000 disposable masks to hand out if they needed more for folks.