Fall Haggim at Adas Israel... L'Shanah Tovah!
Downloads and Helpful Information
Schedule of Services (pdf)
Guide to Home Observance for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. (pdf)
Candle lighting times: See below or refer to the calendar spread in the Chronicle.
Tickets, which are required for entry to the building, will be mailed the week of September 15. Service times and locations are listed on the back of the tickets.
Building Closure: For security purposes, the Synagogue offices and building will close at 12:00 p.m. sharp on Monday, September 29 and Wednesday, October 8. There will be no entry until the building re-opens at 5:00 p.m. for services, which start at 6:00 p.m. on both days.
Sukkot and Simchat Torah Info:
Lulav and Etrog set orders are due by October 6. Cost is $50. Check and order form (found on page 6 of the September Chronicle) should be mailed to the attention of Hazzan Jenna Greenberg at the synagogue. Or you can email your orders and let Hazzan Greenberg know if you will send a check or would like to charge it to your synagogue account!More Sukkot and Simchat Torah holiday information will be available in the October Chronicle!
Look for the High Holy Day Announcements in printed form on your seats when you come to synagogue
Don't miss Selichot at Adas Israel, Saturday night, September 20
Join us for the community welcome of Rabbi Gil Steinlauf
8:30 p.m. "It's Just Coffee" for Singles over 40, Gewirz Hall
9:00 p.m. Annual Joseph & Mollie Muchnick Selichot Lecture (Kogod Chapel)
with Rabbi Steinlauf on "VaYar et HaMakom: Seeing the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac, with New Eyes"10:00 p.m. Dessert Reception catered by the Artful Party, Gewirz Hall
11:00 p.m. Hush of Midnight Selichot Service, Charles E. Smith Sanctuary
The evening is free and open to the community!
The Joseph & Mollie Muchnick (pictured above) Selichot Lecture Endowment Fund was established by their children and grandchildren to bring speakers to our congregation on the eve of the High Holy Day season. We are grateful to their family for creating this meaningful endowment. The Holy Day Season commences with the prayers known as Selichot. Our commissioned service, with music by Charles Davidson and poetry by Ruth Brin is a service for congregational participation, cantor and rabbi, choir and instruments.
Kever Avot Memorial Cemetery Service
Sunday, September 7, 10:30 AM Adas Israel Cemetery, 1400 Alabama Avenue, SE, Washington, DC. With Rabbi Steinlauf and Cantor Weber. Bus leaves from the congregation at 9:30 AM; call Carol Ansell at the synagogue office, 202-362-4433, to reserve a seat. Space is limited. Directions to the cemetery.
Judean Memorial Gardens Kever Avot Service
Sunday, October 5, 10:30 AM, with Rabbi Feinberg.Adas Israel Cemetery Hours
The cemetery will be open Sunday, September 7, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Sunday, October 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. If you wish to visit at any other times, please call Henry Silberman, 202-362-4433 ext. 144, to set up a time.
September 26: 6:40 p.m.
September 29: 6:35 p.m. (Erev Rosh Hashanah)
September 30: Light candles after 7:31 p.m. (Rosh Hashanah)
October 3: 6:29 p.m.
October 8: 6:21 p.m. (Kol Nidre); Fast begins at 6:35 p.m.
October 10: 6:18 p.m.
October 13: 6:14 p.m. (Erev Sukkot)
October 14: 7:10 p.m.
October 17: 6:08 p.m.
October 20: 6:04 p.m. (Hoshanah Rabba)
October 21: 7:01 p.m. (Shemini Atzeret)
Ezra Pantry Yom Kippur Food Drive
Don't forget to support Project Isaiah by bringing cans or boxes of nutritious, nonperishable food in the collection bins in the synagogue lobby over the High Holy Days. You may also make a cash donation to Ezra Pantry.
This is the fast that I desire... It is to share your bread with the hungry... Then shall your light shine in darkness.
Yom Kippur Afternoon Speakers
Kay Hall, 4:30 p.m. Journalists Marc Fisher and Emily Yoffe on "Confronting Moral Dilemmas"
The afternoon learning session will open with the study of a classic text on the use of speech in public. Fisher, a journalist with the Washington Post, and Yoffe, a journalist with Slate, will follow the study by commenting on the text and how it is relevant when addressing moral issues in their work. Rabbis Steinlauf and Feinberg will also participate in the session.Kol Nidre Appeal
We still need your support to help us reach our goal of 100% participation. You can email your pledge to adasoffice@adasisrael.org.
Monday, October 13 Erev Sukkot: Evening Minyan at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 Sukkot, Day 1: 9;15 a.m. and Erev Day 2, 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, October 15 Sukkot, Day 2: 9:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Thursday, October 16 7:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Friday, October 17 7:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. (No Late, 8:15 p.m., Service) Saturday, October 18 9:15 a.m. (Baby Shabbat) and 5:45 p.m. Sunday, October 19 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Monday, October 20 Hoshanah Rabbah: 7:00 a.m. and Erev Shemini Atzeret: 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, October 21 Shemini Atzeret: 9:15 a.m.; Yizkor, 11:15 a.m.;
Erev Simchat Torah: Mincha, 5:45 p.m.; Maariv, 6:30 p.m.; Hakafot, 7:00 p.m.Wednesday, October 22 Simchat Torah: 9:15 a.m. Sisterhood Sukkot Decorating, Help Beautify the Sukkah and Bimah!
Monday, October 13, 9:00 am–1:00 pm. Volunteers needed. Please contact Judith Hellerstein, 202-362-5139 / Judith@jhellerstein.com or Sherry Lynn Marcus, 301-718-8936 / sherry_lynn@bigfoot.com. Download flyer
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