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Did you know that the day we celebrate as Rosh Hashanah does not commemorate the creation of the universe?
According to the Talmud, the world was created on the 25th of Elul, and Rosh Hashanah – the 1st of Tishrei – was Friday, the sixth day of creation. And, as the Torah describes, the final creature that G‑d created on that sixth day was humankind, Adam and Eve.
The purpose of creation was for us, and thus the world was not considered complete until humans were created. It is for this reason that Rosh Hashanah is considered the beginning of the world. True, all of creation—including the skies and the seas, plants and trees, animals and insects—already existed. But with the arrival of Adam and Eve, the world began to function.
Humans are the highest of G‑d’s creatures. The lowest being the inanimate, one step up is vegetation, and the third level is the animal kingdom. Humans are greater than all these, because we maintain a level of intellect far beyond that of animals, which we utilize not merely for survival. We are also the only creations with the gift of free choice. G‑d created us to fulfill His commandments, which requires both intellect and free choice, and thus, until humans were created, in G‑d’s eyes creation itself was not yet complete.
Although the world was full, complete with its natural beauty and efficiency, it lacked quality. The world required a being whose life represented a purpose greater than itself: us.
Wishing you a most fulfilling 5784, both qualitatively and quantitatively!
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Sweet Family Rosh Hashanah Program!
Supervised Kids Program will take place on both Saturday and Sunday at 11:00am with stories, holiday appropriate crafts, and then joining the main service to hear the shofar.
The programs, both days, conclude with a Special Holiday Buffet Lunch for the children and their families on the Deck (weather permitting)
The children's programs are run by our newest shluchim, Rabbi Yitzi and Chaya Oster
All programs and lunch are free of charge. Kindly consider sponsoring $18, $36, $54, $180. Thank you!
Simultaneous Option for Parents (and other Adults!)
Intro to Rosh HaShana for Adults
NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NEEDED!
High Holidays should take you HIGHER: come explore and discuss insights into the Jewish new year and a selection of some of it's meaningful Holiday prayers- its personal relevance & depth.
The adult discussion group will be at 11:00 am on both days of Rosh HaShana, and led by Rabbi Sholom Simon.
Let's get energized and inspired for the new year ahead!
Tashlich
Sunday, September 17, Second day of Rosh HaShana
Meet at Chabad at 6:45 pm as we walk to Olam Tikvah
Tashlich will be just behind the building at the entrance to Olam Tikvah
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Fast of Gedaliah - Monday, September 18 |
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The 3rd of Tishrei, which falls on September 18 this year, is a fast day mourning the assassination of the Jewish royal Gedaliah ben Achikam, governor of the Land of Israel for a short period following the destruction of the First Temple. Gedaliah's killing spelled the end of the small remnant of a Jewish community that remained in the Holy Land after the destruction. They soon fled to Egypt. (According to many opinions, the assassination of Gedaliah actually occurred on Rosh Hashanah, but the commemoration of the event is postponed to the day after the festival).
Mourning the killing of Gedaliah, we abstain from food and drink from dawn to nightfall (5:28 am to 7:40 pm)
More on the Fast of Gedaliah
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Taste of Yeshiva & Tastes from Around the World |
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For Men and Women!
Join us for our free classes and study groups
Refreshments included!
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Lulav and Esrog for Sukkos! |
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Daily Service Schedule |
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Our Daily Service Schedule
- Sunday 8:30 am
- Monday thru Friday, 7:00 am
- Friday evenings, 10 minutes after candle lighting
- Shabbat and Yamim Tovim, 9:30 am, Mincha/Ma'ariv approx 10 minutes before candle lighting time (of the evening before)
On special days, and on federal holidays, our schedule might be different. Check with the shul.
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Shabbat Times
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Shabbat/Holiday Candle Lighting (Rosh Hashana): |
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Friday, Sep. 15
7:00 pm
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Shabbat, Sep. 16
7:56 pm
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Sunday, Sep. 17
7:54 pm
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Kiddush
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As this Shabbos is also the first day of Rosh HaShana, our kiddush will be wine and honey cake (but not a full meal)
If you are looking for a Shabbos/Rosh HaShana lunch, however, contact the shul and we'll try to set you up with someone in the community!
Consider marking your occasion! Reserve either on-line or call the office!
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What's Happening?
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Rosh Hashanah Community Dinner
Friday, Sep. 15, 2023 - 7:30 pm
Join us for a traditional Friday Night, Rosh Hashanah dinner, together with the Chabad NOVA Community!
Kiddush - Simon, Schoen, Deitsch families
Shabbat, Sep. 23, 2023 - 12:00 pm
Kiddush sponsored by the Simon, Schoen, and Deitsch families, commemorating the yahtzeits of Leah bas Chaim (Louise Simon), Izzy's mother (Sara bas Yitzok Yoel), and Rabbi Deitsch's mother (Brana Shaina bas Avrahan Tzvi HaLevi)
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Happy Birthday, Universe
Every year, our sages taught, with the cry of the shofar, the entire universe is reborn.
And so, at that time, with our resolutions and our prayers, we hold an awesome power: To determine what sort of child this newborn year shall be—how it will take its first breaths, how it will struggle to its feet, and how it will carry us through life for the twelve months to come.
In truth, it is not only once a year. At every new moon, in a smaller way, all life is renewed again.
And so too, every morning, we are all reborn from a nighttime taste of death.
And at every moment—in the smallest increment of time—every particle of the universe is projected into being out of absolute nothingness, as it was at the very beginning.
Which is why there is always hope. Because at every moment, life is born anew. And we are the masters of how this new moment will be born.
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You Can Make a Difference! |
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The Friendship Circle of Northern Virginia was founded on the idea that within each person is a soul, regardless of any limitations that may surround it, regardless of whatever natural gifts we may have or lack, regardless of what obstacles and challenges we may confront, our souls are sacred and worthy of boundless love.
Yarden Grossman has a special page for donations here!
The Friendship Circle touches so many...
… The child with special needs looks forward to weekly visits from his or her teenage friends.
… The teenage volunteer learns the value of giving, and cherishes the experience of making a difference in a child’s life.
… The child’s family gets a needed respite, and the pleasure of seeing their child become part of the community circle.
Read more here!
Donate to Friendship Circle
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The name of the Parshah, "Haazinu," means "Listen" and it is found in Deuteronomy 32:1.
The greater part of the Torah reading of Haazinu (“Listen In”) consists of a 70-line “song” delivered by Moses to the people of Israel on the last day of his earthly life.
Calling heaven and earth as witnesses, Moses exhorts the people, “Remember the days of old / Consider the years of many generations / Ask your father, and he will recount it to you / Your elders, and they will tell you” how G‑d “found them in a desert land,” made them a people, chose them as His own, and bequeathed them a bountiful land. The song also warns against the pitfalls of plenty—“Yeshurun grew fat and kicked / You have grown fat, thick and rotund / He forsook G‑d who made him / And spurned the Rock of his salvation”—and the terrible calamities that would result, which Moses describes as G‑d “hiding His face.” Yet in the end, he promises, G‑d will avenge the blood of His servants, and be reconciled with His people and land.
The Parshah concludes with G‑d’s instruction to Moses to ascend the summit of Mount Nebo, from which he will behold the Promised Land before dying on the mountain. “For you shall see the land opposite you; but you shall not go there, into the land which I give to the children of Israel.”
Learn: Haazinu Rashi Studies
Browse: Haazinu Parshah Columnists
Prep: Devar Torah Q&A for Haazinu
Read: Haftarah in a Nutshell
Play: Haazinu Parshah Quiz
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