Elul
Elul
The month of Elul is the final month of the Jewish year, leading up to the High Holidays. Elul awakens us to the possibilities of the coming year and provides time for preparation and reflection. Join us throughout the month from August 17 to September 15 for social, educational and volunteer opportunities and more.
May we all have a Shana Tovah u'Metukah, a good and sweet New Year.
Singing Through Teshuvah: Elul Havruta Study
Olam Tikvah is excited to participate this year in Project Zug (www.projectzug.org), a program of Hadar empowering Jews to take ownership over their learning through one-on-one havruta (partner) learning.
Our topic will be "Singing Through Teshuvah: A High Holiday Sonic Journey." During the High Holiday season, we have the opportunity to elevate, underscore, and even complicate our most iconic pieces of liturgy through the lens of song. You will be provided with four study materials to study with your partner over the course of four weeks. Your study materials will feature text and musical sources, so that you are not only learning in havruta, but also listening in havruta.
Register here by Monday, August 14, to participate in this opportunity to prepare for the High Holidays during the month of Elul. You will be paired with a havruta study partner following the close of registration. You and your assigned havruta will coordinate study sessions together.
In addition to your havruta study, this course includes two optional live, online lectures with course instructor, Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz, which will open and close our learning and connect us with the worldwide Project Zug community. The links to the lectures will be sent closer to the lecture dates. Lecture recordings will be available to participants following each lecture.
- Opening Lecture: Tuesday, August 22, 7:00pm ET
- Closing Lecture: Tuesday, September 12, 7:00pm ET
If you have any questions about Project Zug or havruta study, please email Erin Dreyfuss.
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Stream Cleanup
Sunday, September 10, 10:00am-12:00pm
Olam Tikvah is proud to participate with Jewish communities around the world in the largest Jewish aquatic restoration project. Elul is a season of preparation and reflection and we take this time to prepare not only ourselves, but our world, for a new year.
Join Olam Tikvah's Green Initiative, Sisterhood, Men's Club and Social Action Committee to clean up Accotink Creek.
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Engage in All Our Elul Events
Elul extends the High Holidays forward in time, giving us opportunities to engage with each other and prepare for the High Holidays. Engage with this time of reflection and growth at OT by joining us for all the programs below.
- 8/17-9/24 Food Drive
- 9/13 Machzor Class with Rabbi Bedo
- 9/20 Machzor Class with Rabbi Kalender
Sat, April 20 2024
12 Nisan 5784
Today's Calendar
Shabbat HaGadol |
Shabbat Service : 9:30am |
Childcare and Youth Services : 10:00am |
Havdalah : 8:42pm |
Tomorrow's Calendar
Chametz Sale Deadline : 12:00pm |
Moti's Passover Prepared Food Delivery : 4:00pm |
Maariv : 8:00pm |
Friday Night
Kabbalat Shabbat : 6:15pm |
Candle Lighting : 7:39pm |
Shabbat Day
Shabbat Service : 9:30am |
Childcare and Youth Services : 10:00am |
Havdalah : 8:48pm |
Happening at OT
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Sunday ,
AprApril 21 , 2024
Sunday, Apr 21st 12:00p
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Sunday ,
AprApril 21 , 2024
Sunday, Apr 21st 4:00p to 4:30p
Don't want to cook all week? Order prepared dishes for your seder and beyond. -
Monday ,
AprApril 22 , 2024
Monday, Apr 22nd 8:00a to 9:00a
The Fast of the Firstborn (Ta’anit Bechorim) commemorates the horrific tenth plague that God inflicted on Pharaoh and the Egyptian people. In recognition of this moment, firstborn Jews fast on Erev Pesach. As this is a minor fast, there is a widely practiced exemption: Judaism allows anyone who attends a religious feast to forego fasting. It is customary to hold a celebratory meal on the completion of study of a piece of text, called a siyyum (conclusion). Whether you are a firstborn relieving yourself from the pre-Pesach fast, or anyone else simply looking to learn a little, come join us for the siyyum. After the siyyum, we will celebrate with a light breakfast. -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 23 , 2024
Tuesday, Apr 23rd 9:30a to 12:00p
Celebrate the first day of Passover. -
Wednesday ,
AprApril 24 , 2024
Wednesday, Apr 24th 9:30a to 12:00p
Celebrate the second day of Passover.