Shelter Rock Jewish Center
Building Jewish life through
prayer, learning and tikkun olam,
based on Conservative Jewish values in a warm, vibrant, and supportive community
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We have it all. There is always something exciting at Shelter Rock Jewish Center.
Tisha B’Av is a day of national mourning for various calamities which have befallen the Jewish people and especially for the destruction of Jerusalem twice in ancient times. As such, it is also an annual opportunity for us to reflect on the extent to which the world is still unredeemed and to consider the way we personally relate to Jewish history.
· Shabbat, August 10 – Mincha will be at 4:00 pm. Shabbat ends at 8:41 pm.
· At 8:41 we begin the Tisha B’av commemorative service. (You should eat your pre-fast meal prior to coming to services.) The service includes Ma’ariv and the chanting of Eichah. The evening of Tisha B’Av is particularly meaningful and satisfying. Weather permitting, the service is held outdoors in the Holocaust Memorial Garden. The venue is lighted by candlelight. Participants sit either on the ground or on low benches as Eichah, the prophet Jeremiah’s deeply evocative poetic response to events he lived through, is read aloud in a special trope used only on Tisha B’Av and only for Eichah, the biblical book of Lamentations. The whole experience is remarkable. Please come and experience it personally.
Sunday morning, August 11 – Services, including the chanting of Eichah, and the special Tisha B’Av Torah reading, and haftarah begin at 9:00 am. We do not wear tallit or tefillin on the morning of Tisha B’Av.
Sunday afternoon – evening, we will join, with our Hazzan, at Temple Beth Sholom at 401 Roslyn Road in Roslyn for afternoon mincha services at 1:00 pm.
Ma’ariv will be back at Shelter Rock at 8:30 pm.
The Tisha B’Av fast ends at 8:41 pm Sunday night.
Please join us for an appropriate observance of Tisha B’Av.
Our annual Gold Plate Dinner honoring
immediate Past-president Robert M. Hirsch
Held on May 5, 2019
RABBI MARTIN S. COHEN'S WEEKLY MESSAGE
FITNESS CLASSES
This months fitness schedule
Back by popular demand. Tuesday at 7:00 pm. For more information contact Debby.
SUKKOT AT SHELTER ROCK
First we build...
Join Men's club on Sunday September 9, beginning at 7:30 am to build. All are welcome. Bring a hammer, bring a friend, or just bring your early morning energy.
then we decorate...
Sisterhood will decorate the most beautiful sukkah on Long Island. Come with as much time as you can give. From 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on September 16 at 10:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday, September 17 and Thursday, September 20 (if needed). Please bring your new year's cards to help decorate.
and we enjoy...
from the glorious Sisterhood dinner on erev Sukkot (September 23) to our Religious School Pizza (September 26) in the Hut and Men's club dinner (September 27. Something for everyone.
PURIM AT SHELTER ROCK
Wednesday, March 20 is Erev Purim and our ever popular Megillah reading and Purim party.
Shalach Manot
Sisterhood prepares our wonderful Shalach Manot. We have introduced a new electronic ordering system that has made participating so easy. We then join together in the auditorium to prepare the beautiful bags.
