Upcoming Hill Havurah Virtual Services and Programs
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To learn about and register for our upcoming virtual offerings (including Saturday morning's Meditation and Torah Study and Tot Shabbat), you can click HERE.
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This Year's High Holiday Services
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Book of Remembrance: 5781 (2020-21) Yizkor Memorial Book
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As we approach the High Holidays, we are again planning to print Hill Havurah’s Book of Remembrance, Yizkor (Memorial) Book. It will be distributed before our High Holiday services. The book will contain the names of those family members, friends, and colleagues who you wish to be remembered.
The Yizkor service is an important element of the High Holy Days. The word yizkor means “remember,” and this service is an opportunity to honor the memory of those close to us who have passed away – parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, and children; other relatives, friends, and colleagues; and victims of war and terror.
In the traditional liturgy that we read during the Yizkor service, we do not simply remember those we have lost. We also pledge tzedakah on their behalf, requesting that the credit for our good works be counted towards their merits. This pledge presents a special opportunity to support Hill Havurah in their names.
To ensure that the names of those you wish to remember are included in the Book of Remembrance, please submit your information no later than August 25th. We request a donation of $18 per name.
A form for your use and instructions for payment are available at this link.
A sample listing is below (taken from last year's Book as published):
Remembered by David and Marcia Hoexter and family
Joe Reidinger; beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather
Betty Berry Reidinger; beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother
Natalie Diane Nussbaum Hoexter; beloved Wife and Mother
Louis Hoexter; beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather
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Tzedakah Opportunity -- Annual School Supplies Drive
Every year around this time, Hill Havurah and the Tzedek/Tikkun Olam Committee supports Everyone Home DC's backpack and school supplies drive. Given the changes to the upcoming school year, Everyone Home DC is shifting this year’s model to collect $50 gift cards -- as well as monetary donations to purchase the cards -- to distribute to rising scholars in the families they work with.
If you are able to contribute to Everyone Home’s Back to School Drive, please visit our donation page. The page also includes more information about the drive and other ways to help. If you have any questions, please email Sarah Erdreich, co-chair, Tzedek/Tikkun Olam Committee. Thank you.
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Hill Havurah Response to COVID-19
Even though we can’t currently gather physically, Hill Havurah remains a warm, inclusive Jewish community in the Capitol Hill area and beyond. As we look forward to the day that we can safely come together once again, we are committed to serving the needs of our community and serving as a resource for those looking for both assistance and ways to help those in the Havurah community, our neighborhood, and our city. We’ve found that even while each one of us is experiencing varying degrees of uncertainty, distress, and even trauma, each one of us has something to offer, and those offerings keep us connected and strong.
For the latest information about spiritual, financial, logistical, and social resources we are offering, as well as resources and service opportunities around the city, you can click HERE.
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