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Why are High Holidays such a big deal!?!
If the year is a train, the High Holidays (AKA High Holy Days) are its engine. A delicate blend of joy and solemnity, feasting and fasting, prayer and inspiration make up the spiritually charged head of the Jewish year. The two-day holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the head of the Jewish year, the time when G‑d reinvests Himself in creation as we crown Him king of the universe through prayer, shofar blasts, and celebration. A week later, the High Holidays reach their crescendo with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). Like angels, we neither eat nor drink for 25 hours. Dressed in white, we pray in the synagogue—united as one people, children of One Father. But it does not end there. The otherworldliness of the High Holidays is then channeled into the festive holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, which bring the annual fall holiday season to a most joyous conclusion.
FULL HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2020
*PLEASE NOTE, THERE WILL BE PARKING AVAIALABLE ALONG COOPERs HAWK DR.
ROSH HASHANAH
1ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH
Saturday, SEPTEMBER 19
Van Metre lot: 43045 Van Metre drive, Ashburn va 20148
10:00 AM Family Outdoor Rosh Hashanah Service
11:00 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:30 AM Torah Reading
12:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Community Pre-packaged Lunch
7:51 PM Light holiday candles from pre-existing flame
2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH
Sunday, September 20
Van Metre lot: 43045 Van Metre drive, Ashburn va 20148
10:30 AM Traditional Rosh Hashanah service
11:30 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:45 AM Shofar Blowing
4:00 PM Tashlich social distance walk - (meet at Cohen residence)
YOM KIPPUR
YOM KIPPUR EVE
Sunday, september 27
VAN METRE LOT: 43045 VAN METRE DRIVE, ASHBURN VA 20148
6:40 PM Candle lighting (In Loudoun)
7:00 PM Kol Nidrei Service
YOM KIPPUR DAY
monday, september 28
VAN METRE LOT: 43045 VAN METRE DRIVE, ASHBURN VA 20148
9:30 AM Yom Kippur Group Study - Discover the true meaning of Yom Kippur
10 AM Traditional Yom Kippur service
12 PM Beginners, youth, teens (& anyone who can’t sit for long;)
1 PM Yizkor
6:50 PM Neila followed by a delicious break-fast
7:36 PM Holiday & fast ends