Please join the Jewish people as we celebrate and honor the most Holy time of year for the Jewish Faith.
Rosh Hashanah – The Jewish New Year 5785 will begin at sundown on October 2nd and will conclude at sundown at sundown on October 4th.
During this time, families will get together to celebrate the incoming Jewish New Year and will reflect on the past year that has concluded. They will eat the customary bread Challah and dip apples in honey as a symbol to bring in a “sweet” year. Most importantly on Rosh Hashanah the Shofar or Ram’s Horn is sounded to remind the Jewish people of the New Year and the opportunity to make amends of repentance and change anything needed.
Yom Kippur – The Jewish Day of Atonement begins at sundown on October 11th and ends at sundown on October 12th. This is the most Holy Day of the entire year for the Jewish people. It is a day of fasting to afflict one’s soul in repentance of sin. It is mostly a solemn day filled with prayer as most Jewish people will spend it in the synagogue. Yom Kippur ends with a service just before sundown that is filled with joy, celebration and thanksgiving and the expectation of the coming year.
The final feast in the Jewish High Holy Day season is Sukkot or the Feast of Booths. Sukkot begins at sundown on October 16th and ends at sundown on October 23rd. This is a festival meant to bring family and friends together in booths called “sukkahs” to commemorate the 40 years the Jews spent in the wilderness after escaping slavery from Egypt. This is a joyous time of celebration and thanksgiving.