Dear Members of the Or Chadash Community:
We are excited to announce our return to indoor davening! Please note that masks are welcome, but not required. As additional safety measures, we will keep windows open and have HEPA air purifiers running. The playroom will be open and sanitizer will be available for the toys.
Here's our schedule of upcoming events, services and zmanim.
Friday, August 5
Mincha – 7:30 p.m.
Candlelighting – 8:29 p.m.
Saturday, August 6
Shacharit – 9:00 a.m.
Kiddush following davening
Mincha – 5:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER TIME)
Fast Begins - 8:46 p.m.
Havdalah– 9:34 p.m.
Maariv/Megillat Eicha - 10:05 p.m.
Sunday, August 7
Chatzot – 1:38 p.m.
Fast Ends - 9:32 p.m.
A Message from the Rabbis Regarding Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av is a time to reflect on our individual and collective actions and attitudes. Had we been alive during the time of the destruction, how would we have acted? Would our behavior have been different than our ancestors? Would we have merited salvation? Have our actions improved? Are we deserving of all that we have in our lives?
General mourning customs of Tisha B'Av
This year Tisha B'Av falls out on Shabbat and is observed on Sunday:
We are excited to announce our return to indoor davening! Please note that masks are welcome, but not required. As additional safety measures, we will keep windows open and have HEPA air purifiers running. The playroom will be open and sanitizer will be available for the toys.
Here's our schedule of upcoming events, services and zmanim.
Friday, August 5
Mincha – 7:30 p.m.
Candlelighting – 8:29 p.m.
Saturday, August 6
Shacharit – 9:00 a.m.
Kiddush following davening
Mincha – 5:30 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER TIME)
Fast Begins - 8:46 p.m.
Havdalah– 9:34 p.m.
Maariv/Megillat Eicha - 10:05 p.m.
Sunday, August 7
Chatzot – 1:38 p.m.
Fast Ends - 9:32 p.m.
A Message from the Rabbis Regarding Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av is a time to reflect on our individual and collective actions and attitudes. Had we been alive during the time of the destruction, how would we have acted? Would our behavior have been different than our ancestors? Would we have merited salvation? Have our actions improved? Are we deserving of all that we have in our lives?
General mourning customs of Tisha B'Av
- We do not wear leather shoes
- No bathing
- No sexual relations
- We do not learn except topics related to mourning/destruction of the temple
- We do not greet each other with cheer/joy
- We sit on stools or close to the ground
This year Tisha B'Av falls out on Shabbat and is observed on Sunday:
- On Shabbat afternoon, Mincha is scheduled earlier to allow for eating seudah shelishit which also serves as the Seudah Ha'Mafseket (pre-fast meal)
- The fast begins at 8:46 pm
- Ma'ariv and the reading of Megillat Eicha will be at 10:05 pm
- At the conclusion of Shabbat, prior to coming to shul, one should declare the end of Shabbat by reciting "baruch ha'mavdil bein kodesh l'chol" and upon seeing light or a flame, recite the bracha of "borei meorei ha'esh" (we do not use besamim) and remove his/her leather shoes
- We recite Eicha aloud and in English followed by kinnot
- Tishba B'Av morning we do not wear tallit or tefilin
- Following shacharit we recite select kinnot
- We wear tallit and tefillin at Mincha
- The fast ends at 9:32 pm
- Havdalah should be recited over wine before eating (without a flame or besamim)