This Saturday, July 21
10:15pm – Doors Open
12am – Program Ends
FREE
BRING FOOD or $$ to DONATE + FLASHLIGHT
Please join Makom and the Kiever to usher in Tishah be-Av, the ninth day of the lunar month of Av. This date marks the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history. It is traditionally observed with fasting, refraining from wearing leather, and other mourning customs. (For more background, see here.)
Please BRING FOOD or CASH for St. Stephen’s Community House Corner Drop-In kitchen, in keeping with the spirit of Isaiah 58:6-7, “This is the fast I desire… It is to share your bread with the hungry.” Fresh produce, grains, and canned or boxed foods are all welcome, as are cash donations.
We’ll pray the brief evening service and listen to the Biblical book of Eikhah/Lamentations, hauntingly chanted by community members. As signs of mourning, it’s customary to sit on the floor of the synagogue with the lights dimmed, so please BRING A FLASHLIGHT. We’ll also sing some songs, kinnot (elegies), and niggunim (wordless melodies).
FYI, Shabbat ends at 9:44pm, but the fast begins Saturday at sunset, 8:52pm, and ends Sunday at nightfall, 9:43pm.
There will be a low partition between women’s and men’s seating for the evening service, which will be removed for Eikhah and the rest of the evening’s program.
Presented in partnership with the Kiever Synagogue
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Celebrate Shabbat with spirit! Wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat with soulful, song-filled services, in which everyone can participate.
Celebrate Shabbat with Spirit! Wind down from the week and welcome Shabbat with soulful, song-filled services, in which everyone can participate.
Come learn Torah! In our ongoing, multifaceted study of the Torah, we’ll learn and discuss Devarim (Deuteronomy) chapters 24-28 from a great variety of perspectives: ancient and modern, traditional and academic, literary and historical, etc.
Join Makom and so many other downtown Jewish groups for a community-wide, free night (and later night…and morning) of community, study, singing, snacking and more!
neySHEV. Let’s sit. Chanting, meditation instruction and sitting. Everyone is welcome. No previous experience necessary.
Join us for an important panel discussion on issues of sexual misconduct in the the Jewish community and Jewish responses to #MeToo.
