High Holiday Information at the HEA

Morning Minyan
Monday through Friday, minyan begins at 7:30 a.m except as noted below.

Torah is read on Mondays,Thursdays and Rosh Chodesh.

Rosh Chodesh Morning Services

• August 10 and 11 - 7:15 am
• September 9 during Rosh HaShanah services
• October 8 7:15 am
• October 9 during Saturday morning services
  

Holidays
Also check our Events and Programming page for more information about holiday celebrations.

Tisha b’Av
Out of the Darkness
The saddest day on the Jewish calendar is the Ninth of Av, “Tisha b’Av”. It is the date when both our Holy Temples were destroyed, and exile, persecution and spiritual blackness began.
Service times:
• Monday, July 19, 7:30pm,
• Tuesday, July 20, 7:00am & 8:30pm.

Sukkot
Annual Sukkot Dinner
September 23, 2010
- Kabbalat Shabbat, 6 pm
- Dinner in the Sukkah, 7 pm
Join us for dinner in the Sukkah, catered by Cohen's Cuisine!
Cost: $20/adult (13+), $10/child 5 - 12, $5/child 2 - 4

Order a Lulav and Etrog
Hebrew Educational Alliance Lulav & Etrog Order Deluxe Sets (Deadline September 7)
>> Order your Deluxe Lulav and Etrog Set today - Just $60 each set

Simchat Torah
Family Simchat Torah Celebration
Friday, September 30 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Join with our clergy and other members of the Alliance as we celebrate Simchat Torah, the joyous Festival when the Torah-cycle ends and immediately begins. Dance, parade, sing and enjoy refreshments as we celebrate.
>> Join us again the next morning at 8:50 a.m. as we complete the reading of the Torah and begin anew.

High Holidays
>> Check out our complete High Holiday Schedule - click here

Selichot
Saturday, September 4, 8:30pm at HEA
A program in combination with Rodef Shalom.

Shabbat Times


Times supplied by www.HebCal.com. (click on the link to see the weekly parsha)

Kabbalat Shabbat
Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday evening) services are conducted each week at
6:00 p.m. during daylight savings time. 

Shabbat Musaf Teachings
Musaf Class - 11:30 am, HEA Library
Come Learn With Us!
>> See the Adult Education Page for more information

Shabbat Children's Programs
All youth programming is provided each week as an option to our members and our guests.  There is no charge and reservations are not required. 

• Free Babysitting
  Provided each Shabbat morning for children ages infant to 5 years from 9:00 a.m. until the conclusion of services in Room 202.
• The Tot Shabbat Parent-Child Service
  For our preschool-aged children and their parents begins immediately following the Rabbi's sermon, at approximately 11:30 a.m. in the babysitting room, Room 202.
• Junior Congregation
  Our Junior Congregation programming familiarizes our students with the Shabbat community and Shabbat prayers. In Junior Congregation, students build a community which provides developmentally appropriate opportunities to act as prayer leaders and to create their own commentaries on Torah as they learn the relevance of the lessons of Torah in their daily lives. Junior Congregation is offered each Shabbat for pre-kindergarten (a minimum of 4 years of age and potty-trained) through 5th grades from 10:30 am until 12 noon. Students in 6th grade and above are encouraged to attend and participate in services in the main congregation.
  Room 101/102 Pre-Kindergarten through 1st Grade
  Goldberger Youth Center 2nd through 5th Grades
  >> See High Holidays Junior Congregation Info - Click Here
  
  >> For more information regarding Shabbat Youth Programming, contact Sharon Andersen, Assistant Education Director.