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2021 Holiday Schedule Jewish holidays begin the previous evening at sundown. *Shabbat Style: Fitness Center, Gym, Library, and all outdoor facilities available. * Snack Bar closed and vending machines unplugged. No organized sports or exchange of money. Holiday Day/Date Hours New Year’s Day Friday, January 1 6:30 AM - 1:00 PM Tu BiShvat - New Year for Trees Thursday, January 28 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Purim Joyous Holiday Friday, February 26 5:30 AM - 4:30 PM Erev Passover Saturday, March 27 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Passover (1) Celebration of Freedom from Sunday, March 28 Closed Slavery from Egypt Passover (2)* Monday, March 29 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Erev Yom Tov Friday, April 2 5:30 AM - 4:30 PM Passover (7) Saturday, April 3 Closed Passover (8)* Sunday, April 4 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Yom HaShoah Holocaust Memorial Day Thursday, April 8 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Yom Hazikaron Israel Memorial Day Wednesday, April 14 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Yom Haatzma’ut Israeli Independence Day Thursday, April 15 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Erev Shavuot Sunday, May 16 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Shavuot (1) Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai Monday, May 17 Closed Shavuot (2)* Tuesday, May 18 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Memorial Day Monday, May 31 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Independence Day Sunday, July 4 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Labor Day Monday, September 6 5:30 AM - 6:00 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 6 5:30 AM - 6:00 PM Rosh Hashanah (1) Jewish New Year Tuesday, September 7 Closed Rosh Hashanah (2) Wednesday, September 8 Closed Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Wednesday, September 15 5:30 AM - 6:00 PM Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Thursday, September 16 Closed Erev Sukkot Monday, September 20 5:30 AM - 6:00 PM Sukkot (1) Feast of Booths Tuesday, September 21 Closed Sukkot (2)* Wednesday, September 22 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Erev Shemini Atzeret Monday, September 27 5:30 AM - 6:00 PM Shemini Atzeret Concluding Day of Sukkot Tuesday, September 28 Closed Simchat Torah* Rejoicing the Torah Wednesday, September 29 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Thanksgiving Sam Lapidus Montclair Run Thursday, November 25 5:30 AM - 1:00 PM Chanukah Festival of Lights Sunday, November 28 first candle 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Nov. 28 - Dec. 6 last day, Chanukah ends at sundown Monday, November 29 second candle 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Tuesday, November 30 third candle 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Wednesday, December 1 fourth candle 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Thursday, December 2 fifth candle 5:30 AM - 8:00 PM Friday, December 3 sixth candle 5:30 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, December 4 seventh candle 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday, December 5 eighth candle 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Christmas Eve Friday, December 24 5:30 AM - 4:30 PM Christmas Day Saturday, December 25 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM New Year’s Eve Friday, December 31 5:30 AM - 4:30 PM bhamjcc.org .

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A Guide to Rosh Hashanah La'behemot
We are grateful for all the good we receive from behemot, from domesticated animals. Some of us eat them, some wear their skins, some eat eggs and cheese, some use medicines and even organs that come from animals, some wear wool and silk, some write on Torah scrolls, wear tefillin, and blow shofarot that come from animal’s bodies. Some of us do none of these things, but we benefit from the bee A Guide to Rosh Hashanah La’Behemot that pollinates the flowers and the worm that softens the earth. May the One who is the breath of life cause us to be mindful of these gifts and never to waste them or take them for granted. (The shofar is blown a tekiyah shvarim tekiyah cycle.) the Jewish New Year’s Day for Animals We bless all the creatures, Behemot and Ḥayot we are privileged to live with on the earth: the loving companion animals who live in our houses, the birds at our windows and in the forests, the burrowing creatures under our feet, the fish in the waters of our streams and oceans. We bless all the spirits, all the nefashot we are privileged to live with on the earth, the known and the When? unknown. May the One who is the breath of life bless all living things that we love and strengthen them. Rosh Hashanah La'Behemot, the New Year's Day for Domesticated Animals, occurs on the very (The shofar is blown a long tekiyah for the final time.) first day of the Hebrew month of Elul; that's always exactly one month before the High Holy Days begin.
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I. Maot Chitim II. Ta'anit Bechorim, Fast of the Firstborns III. Chametz
To The Brandeis Community, Many of us have fond memories of preparing for the holiday of Pesach (Passover), and our family's celebration of the holiday. Below is a basic outline of the major halakhic issues for Pesach this year. If anyone has questions they should be in touch with me at h[email protected]. In addition to these guidelines, a number of resources are available online from the major kashrut agencies: ● Orthodox Union: http://oukosher.org/passover/ ○ a pdf of the glossy magazine that’s been seen around campus can be found here ● Chicago Rabbinical Council: link ● Star-K: link Best wishes for a Chag Kasher ve-Sameach, Rabbi David, Ariel, Havivi, and Tiffy Pardo Please note: Since we are all spending Pesach all over the world (literally...I’m selling your chametz for you, I know) please use the internet to get appropriate halakhic times. I recommend m yzmanim.com or the really nifty sidebar on https://oukosher.org/passover/ I. Maot Chitim The Rema (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 429) records the ancient custom of ma'ot chitim – providing money for poor people to buy matzah and other supplies for Pesach. A number of tzedka organizations have special Maot Chitim drives. II. Ta’anit Bechorim, Fast of the Firstborns Erev Pesach is the fast of the firstborns, to commemorate the fact that the Jewish firstborns were spared during m akat bechorot (the slaying of the firstborns). This year the fast is observed on Friday April 3 (14 Nissan) beginning at alot hashachar (i.e.
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Christmas and Easter Mini Test
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Yom Hazikaron
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