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, July 27 2024
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Today's Calendar
Men's Club Yahrzeit Candle Fundraiser |
Jewish Treasures Mezuzah Sale |
Shabbat Service : 9:30am |
Childcare and Youth Services : 10:00am |
Havdalah : 9:14pm |
Tomorrow's Calendar
Men's Club Yahrzeit Candle Fundraiser |
Jewish Treasures Mezuzah Sale |
Sunday morning Shacharit : 9:00am |
Maariv : 8:00pm |
Friday Night
Kabbalat Shabbat : 6:15pm |
Candle Lighting : 8:00pm |
Shabbat Day
Men's Club Yahrzeit Candle Fundraiser |
Jewish Treasures Mezuzah Sale |
Shabbat Service : 9:30am |
Childcare and Youth Services : 10:00am |
Havdalah : 9:07pm |
Happening at OT
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Saturday ,
JunJune 1 , 2024
Shabbat, Jun 1st (All day)
June 1 through August 15, Jewish Treasures is here to help recent graduates (high school or college) set off on a new life with $20 off all mezuzot. -
Monday ,
JunJune 17 , 2024
Monday, Jun 17th (All day)
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Monday ,
AugAugust 12 , 2024
Monday, Aug 12th 8:30p to 10:00p
Join us on Monday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 13 as we read Eicha (Lamentations), commemorate the heartbreak of the day, and pray for a world filled with ahavat chinam, unconditional love. -
Tuesday ,
AugAugust 13 , 2024
Tuesday, Aug 13th 9:00a to 11:00a
Join us on Monday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 13 as we read Eicha (Lamentations), commemorate the heartbreak of the day, and pray for a world filled with ahavat chinam, unconditional love. -
Tuesday ,
AugAugust 13 , 2024
Tuesday, Aug 13th 8:00p to 8:45p
Join us on Monday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 13 as we read Eicha (Lamentations), commemorate the heartbreak of the day, and pray for a world filled with ahavat chinam, unconditional love.