Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron
Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron
In addition to times of celebration, our community also comes together to acknowledge the suffering and loss experienced by our people. Two important days in our shul year are Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron.
Yom HaShoah is the day on which we honour the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust. Each year, at our shul’s commemoration, we light memorial candles, we sing, we pray, we have readings and poetry in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English, and we mention the names of Holocaust victims in our families. Our shul also participates in the yellow candle program, in which members are invited to light yellow candles in their homes in memory of those who perished.
Yom HaZikaron is the memorial day for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Our shul has a ceremony each year led by our Israeli young emissaries, our shinshinim. We pay tribute to those who died, and pray for an Israel at peace.
Wed, April 30 2025
2 Iyyar 5785
SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES SUSPENDED as of NOVEMBER 23, 2020
In-person services have been supended. Please refer to our Shabbat Services page for more information.
Today's Sefirah Count Is 17
היום שבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושלשה ימים לעמר |
Today's Calendar
Yom Hazikaron |
Zoom Maariv : 7:00pm |
Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'Atuzmaut Ceremony : 7:30pm |
Friday Night
Family Program : 5:30pm |
Family Kabbalat Shabbat with Dinner : 6:00pm |
Candle Lighting : 8:03pm |
Shabbat Day
Shabbat Morning Service : 9:30am |
Babysitting : 10:00am |
Children's Programming : 11:00am |
Shulchan Ivrit for Dovrei Ivrit with Ben and Esther Geva : 12:30pm |
: 1:30pm |
Havdalah : 9:13pm |
Zoom Maariv : 9:15pm |
Upcoming Programs & Events
Apr 30 Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'Atuzmaut Ceremony Wednesday, Apr 30 7:30pm |
May 2 Family Program Friday, May 2 5:30pm |
May 3 Shulchan Ivrit for Dovrei Ivrit with Ben and Esther Geva Shabbat, May 3 12:30pm |
May 3 |
May 3 Zoom Maariv Motzei Shabbat, May 3 9:15pm |
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Tazria-Metzora
Shabbat, May 3 |
Candle Lighting
Friday, May 2, 8:03pm |
Havdalah
Motzei Shabbat, May 3, 9:13pm |
Yom Hazikaron
Wednesday, Apr 30 |
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