The Jewish Year at Congregation B'nai Israel
Please join us any time during the year to celebrate the holy days that make up the Jewish calendar!
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At B'nai Israel, we celebrate in times of happiness and to ponder the deeper meanings of history – the Jewish year provides an opportunity for both.
Our High Holy Day services are enhanced by a choir that uplifts us with lofty melodies that convey the hopes and yearnings of a more serious time of the year. We gather at a nearby duck pond to toss our sins into the water with Tashlich on Rosh Hashanah.
We unroll the Torah scroll and dance to the sound of Israeli music at Simchat Torah. We light our giant menorah and learn about Jewish values at Chanukah. We present a creative shpiel and read the megillah on Purim. We offer a community seder that can’t be beat during Pesach. We make Judaism memorable.
| 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | |
| Selichot | September 16 | September 1 |
| Erev Rosh Hashanah | September 20 | September 9 |
| Rosh Hashanah (1st Day) | September 21 | September 10 |
| Rosh Hashanah (2nd Day) | September 22 | September 11 |
| Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) | September 29 | September 18 |
| Yom Kippur * | September 30 | September 19 |
| Erev Sukkot | October 4 | September 23 |
| Sukkot | October 5 | September 24 |
| Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah | October 11 | September 30 |
| Simchat Torah* | October 12 | October 1 |
| Chanukah (1st Candle) | December 12 | December 2 |
| Tu B’Shevat | January 31 | January 21 |
| Purim Megillah Reading | February 28 | March 20 |
| Purim | March 1 | March 21 |
| Erev Passover (1st Seder) | March 30 | April 19 |
| Passover (7th Day) * | April 6 | April 26 |
| Yom Hashoah | April 12 | April 2 |
| Yom Ha’Atzmaut | April 19 | April 9 |
| Erev Shavuot* | May 19 | June 8 |
| Shavuot | May 20 | June 9 |
| Erev Tisha B’Av | July 21 | August 10 |
| Tisha B’Av | July 22 | August 11 |
| * Yizkor Service |