Holidays/Festivals
Festival celebrations are joyous at Sinai Synagogue. Festivals are celebrated for two days. Services are held at 9 am on Sukkot, the first, second and seventh days of Passover, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, and on two days of Shavuot.
Rosh Hoshanah רֹאשׁהַשָּׁנָה- Head of the Year (1st and 2nd days of Tishri) L'Shanah Tovah - Order Lulavim & Etrogim
Yom Kippur
יוֹםכִּפּוּר-
Day of Atonement (10th day of Tishri) (Yizkor Memorial Service)
Kol Nidre Break the Fast at Sinai following Neilah Service
Sukkot סוּכּוֹת- Feast of Tabernacles (15th day of Tishri)
Shemini Atzeret שְׁמִינִיעֲצֶרֶת- Assembly of the Eighth Day (22nd day of Tishri)
Simchat Torah
שִׂמְחַתתּוֹרָה-
Rejoicing of the Torah (23rd day of Tishri)
On the evening of Simchat Torah, a celebration including traditional dancing and
Klezmer music attracts many congregants and their children.
Chanukahחֲנוּכָּה- Festival of Rededication (25th day of Kislev)
Tu B'Shevatבִּשְׁבָטטוּ- New Year for Trees (15th day of Shevat)
Purim פּוּרִים- Feast
of Lots (14th day of Adar)
At Purim, a family Megillah reading precedes a traditional service, with
congregants serving as readers.
Pesachפֶּסַח- (15th day of Nissan)
Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day
Yom Hazikaron - Israel's Memorial Day
Yom Ha'atzma'ut - Israel's Independence Day
Lag B'Omer - 33rd day of Counting the Omer
Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day
Shavu'ot שָׁבוּעוֹת- Feast of Pentecost
Tisha B'Av תִּשְׁעָהבְּאָב- Fast Commemorating the Destruction of Two Temples
