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High Holy Days

The High Holy Days are approaching fast and Purdue Hillel is making preparations. Come celebrate 5783 with us!

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High Holy Days

  

G’mar Chatima Tova – May You Be inscribed in the Book of Life

High Holy Day Musings 5783

Erev Rosh Hashanah

A Blessing for Self Care

Melissa Frey, Executive Director



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Erev Rosh Hashanah

Adon Olam

Rabbi Adam Berman



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Rosh Hashanah I

More Than Apples & Honey: Tasting & Learning the Symbolic Foods of Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Adam Berman

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Rosh Hashanah II

The Value & Mystery of the Jewish Calendar

Rabbi Adam Berman

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Rosh Hashanah II

You are Here, and You are Ready

Rachel Ramos, Engagement Associate

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Yom Kippur

Gratitude is a Jewish Value

Melissa Frey, Executive Director

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Yom Kippur

We Are All the People of Israel

Melissa Frey, Executive Director


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Meet Our Rabbinic Intern

Rabbi Adam Berman

Adam Berman is a fifth-year rabbinical student at the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem, expected to be ordained this coming December. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Adam has previously led High Holiday services at the Fort Belvoir Jewish Congregation and Elon University Hillel, and is a graduate of the Ashira Tehillot program for advanced training in the High Holiday liturgy in Jerusalem. 


Adam holds a BA in Political Science from Yale University, an MA in Judaic Studies from the Schechter Institutes, and served for two years as a lone soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. He and his wife Emuna are the proud parents of five-month-old Asaf. Adam enjoys hiking, vegetarian cooking, and being a long-distance fan of Big Ten football.  


We look forward to welcoming Adam, Emuna, and Asaf to our community for the High Holidays!

Join Us For High Holy Days

Saturday, September 17 - Selichot

7:00 PM Havdalah & Selichot

Join us for Havdalah, the separation of Shabbat from the new week and Selichot, which falls on the Saturday a full week before Rosh Hashanah, for special blessings and the changing of the Torah covers to white.


Friday, September 23 

ALUMNI SHABBAT!

6:00 PM Shabbat Worship 

7:00 PM Alumni Shabbat Dinner 

with a front row seat to the Homecoming Parade down West State Street! 


        Sunday, September 25 - Erev Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. Tonight we begin the year 5783.

6:00 PM Dinner

7:30 PM Erev Rosh Hashanah Worship Service


Monday, September 26 - Rosh Hashanah I

10:00 AM Rosh Hashanah Worship Service

12:30 PM Rosh Hashanah Lunch

2:00 - 3:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Reflections with Rachel Ramos

3:15 – 4:15 PM Mezuzah Making and Apples & Honey with Melissa Frey

4:30-5:30 "More Than Apples and Honey: Tasting and Learning about the Symbolic Foods of Rosh Hashanah" with Rabbi Adam Berman

5:30 PM Meet at Hillel to walk to the Tapawingo Park Pedestrian Bridge

6:00 PM Community Tashlich at Tapawingo Park Pedestrian Bridge

Co-hosted by: Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Chabad Purdue, Lafayette Jewish Community Religious School, Jewish Federation of Greater Lafayette, Purdue Hillel, Purdue Jewish Studies Program, Sigma Delta Tau Sorority, Sons of Abraham Congregation, Temple Israel of West Lafayette, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity

7:30 PM Dinner


Tuesday, September 27 - Rosh Hashanah II 

9:00 AM Morning Minyan

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Festive Rosh Hashanah Bagel Break and Shofar Sounding

2:00 - 3:00 "Isn't New Years in January? The Value and Mystery of the Jewish Calendar" with Rabbi Adam Berman

3:00 - 3:45 "Teshuvah: Preparing for the Days of Awe and How to Say I'm Sorry" with Melissa Frey

2:00 - 4:00 PM Afternoon quiet hours for study or worship

4:00 PM Community Shofar Sounding at the Purdue Bell Tower

5:00 PM Rosh Hashanah II Torah Service & Minyan

6:30 PM Dinner


Wednesday, September 28 - Tuesday, October 4 

Stop by Hillel any time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to memorialize your loved ones by making a custom Yahrzeit candle that we will light prior to Kol Nidre (whether you can join us or not). All supplies provided by Purdue Hillel. 


Friday, September 30

6:00 PM Shabbat Worship

7:00 PM Shabbat Dinner


Saturday, October 1

10:00 AM Shabbat Shuvah Torah Service


Tuesday, October 4 - Kol Nidre

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year. For Jews who are able, the day is marked by a 25 hour fast.  

5:30 PM Dinner

7:00 PM Kol Nidre Services


Wednesday, October 5 - Yom Kippur

10:00 AM Yom Kippur Shacharit Torah Service

11:30 - 6:30 PM Quiet Hours for Study or Worship

12:00 - 1:00 PM "Happy While Hungry: Why Yom Kippur Is Not As Sad As You Might Think" with Rabbi Adam Berman

2:30 – 3:30 PM "Why Gratitude is a Jewish Value" with Melissa Frey

5:00 - 6:00 PM Torah Study with Raphael Rose

6:30 PM Mincha & Torah Service

7:30 PM Yizkor & Neilah

8:00 Havdalah and BAGEL BREAK THE FAST!


Monday, October 10 & Tuesday, October 11

First and Second Days of Sukkot

Hillel will be closed for Fall Break


Wednesday, October 14

12:00 - 4:00 PM  Sukkah Building!


Thursday, October 13

12:00 - 1:30 PM Israeli Lunch in the Sukkah

Come and shake the Lulav and Etrog! 


Friday, October 14

Parents Weekend! 

6:00 PM Shabbat Services 

7:00 PM Shabbat Dinner followed by an Oneg in the Sukkah


Saturday, October 15

10:00 AM Shabbat Sukkot Torah Service

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Parents Weekend Brunch


Sunday, October 16

10:00 AM Hoshanah Rabah Torah Service

12:00 Kiddush Lunch


Monday, October 17

Shemini Atzeret, the Eighth Day of Assembly, reminds us to slow down and savor the end of Sukkot.

12:00 - 4:00 PM Make a Mitzvah! 

Shake the Lulav and Etrog, recite the blessings, and have a snack in the Sukkah!


Tuesday, October 18

Simchat Torah, Rejoicing with the Torah, marks the end of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings and the beginning of the new cycle. It is a joyous holiday that celebrates the Jewish love of Torah and study.

10:00 AM Seven Hakafot (festive singing and dancing seven circles around the sanctuary with the Torahs), reading of the end of Deuteronomy followed by the beginning of Genesis, re-rolling our three Torahs to Genesis, and changing of the Torah Covers


11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Simchat Torah Bagel Break!

  High Holidays at Purdue Hillel 

Enjoy worship with our rabbinic intern, Rabbi Adam Berman 

New holiday prayer books in Hebrew and English with transliteration 

Join the community Tashlich event on the first day of Rosh Hashanah 

No RSVP necessary for any event during the holidays 

There is no cost to attend any of these events thanks to our loyal supporters.


REMEMBERING YOUR LOVED ONES AT THE HOLIDAYS 

We’re looking forward to a wonderful High Holiday season with dynamic worship experiences,  creative alternatives to traditional worship, and lots of great food and friends. We also know that being  away from home for the High Holidays can feel unfamiliar. We want all of our students to feel welcome and connected, and we believe we can do that by bringing a piece of your experience at home here to Purdue Hillel. Please use this form to add any of your loved ones to our Yartzeit List that we will read at Yizkor services and throughout the High Holidays, because your family is our family. Also, stop by Hillel anytime between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to customize a Yahrzeit candle in memory of your loved ones.



Yartzeit List

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