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When the office is closed
and you need the assistance of one of the rabbis, don’t hesitate to call
the emergency number. It will be answered by our answering service, and
the person taking the message will make sure that a rabbi is contacted.
If it is a Jewish holiday or Shabbat, the rabbi will be contacted once the
holiday or Shabbat is over. If it is a building emergency, the answering
service will contact the appropriate person.
We want to know about your life-cycle events!
Please call the synagogue office, (703) 425-1880, to share news of a joyous occasion, such as a birth, engagement or marriage, as well as unfortunate news, such as a serious illness, hospitalization or death.
In an Emergency
When the office is closed and you need the emergency assistance of one of the rabbis, don’t hesitate to call the emergency number, (703) 352-5384. It will be answered by our answering service, and the person taking the message will make sure that a rabbi is contacted.
If it is a Jewish holiday or Shabbat, the rabbi will be contacted once the holiday or Shabbat is over. If it is a building emergency, the answering service will contact the appropriate person.
When a Death Occurs
Please call the synagogue office when a death occurs. Our rabbis are here to help you in every way possible, and one of those ways is to assist you with information regarding funeral customs and arrangements.
If the death occurs after office hours, or on Shabbat or a holiday, the answering service, (703) 352-5384, will take your information and contact the rabbi. Please understand that if it is Shabbat or a holiday, the rabbi will call you immediately after the holiday.
Our caring community is here for comfort at this difficult time. We offer ritual support by providing tahara (ritual washing of the deceased) and Shomrim (people to “watch” or “guard” the deceased at the funeral home), as well as helping to make a minyan during Shiva.
In addition to contacting the rabbi, you will need to contact a funeral home. Olam Tikvah has a relationship with the Jefferson Funeral Home, (703) 971-7400, that guarantees traditional Jewish funeral practices as well as financial benefits to OT members.
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