SERVICE & CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES
 TONIGHT
Tuesday, Oct 11th
  Erev Yom Kippur  
Mincha 3:00pm

Kol Nidrei 6:20pm

(child care available)

Candle Lighting 6:23pm

Fast Begins 6:38pm



Wednesday, Oct 12t 
Yom Kippur 
Morning Services 8:00am

Child care begins 9:30am

Yizkor 10:00am

Mincha 4:45pm

(child care available)

Neila 6:00pm

Final Shofar 7:30pm 
GETTING PREPARED FOR
YOM KIPPUR


Click here for the ABCs of Yom Kippur. Guidelines for the holiest day of the Jewish year - the Day of Atonement.


Click here for an inside look at the Yom Kippur prayers.


HAVE A HAPPY FAST !!!

 
With all the fasting, remorse and regrets, one generally would not categorize Yom Kippur as a "happy day."  But it is!  In fact, the Mishnah regards it as the most joyous day on the entire Jewish calendar!  In ancient times, it was the Festival of the Dancing Maidens as the daughters of Jerusalem would dance in the vineyards (apparently while fasting) in the hope of finding their soulmates. (Ta'anit 4:8)


How do we reconcile fasting, contrition, and joy?  Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveichik z'tl (1900-1993), explains that there is no greater happiness than achieving a sense of clarity and purpose. Yom Kippur is the day "we stand before God" and are able to make life's big decisions.   No other decision determines our trajectory in life more than who we choose to marry.  It's no coincidence that matchmaking was reserved for the day of Yom Kippur.
 
Let us fast and beat our hearts, but let us also feel the joy of knowing we are back in focus and on the track to greatness.  What will your big decision be?


G'mar Chatima Tova!


Rabbi Daniel Green
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