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Observances: Month of Elul
Month of Tishrei
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The Month of Elul 5784
with candle-lighting times for Brooklyn, NY (*)
| Holiday |
Date |
Activity |
| 18 Elul | Shabbos
September 21 | |
| 26 Elul | Sunday
September 29 |
- 1 Hour after midnight Selichos are
recited. Then every morning until Rosh
Hashana the Selichos are recited in the early morning.
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Erev
Rosh
Hashana | Wednesday
October 2 |
- Hatarat Nedarim (Nullification of Vows) after the Shachrit (morning) prayers.
- Prepare a candle or flame that will be able to burn safely for more than 48 hours. (For example: a 48 hour Yahrzeit candle. This will be used to light the Yom Tov Candles on Thursday night, and the Shabbos candles on Friday evening).
- Eruv Tavshilin.
- Light Yom Tov Candles -- 18 minutes before Sunset (6:18pm).
- After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Rosh Hashana):
- Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom A-sher Ki-de-sho-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzi-vo-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Yom Ha-zi-ko-ron.
- Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom She-heche-yo-nu Ve-ki-yi-mo-nu Ve-higi-o-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh.
- בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן.
- בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִימָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
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* Notes:- The sunrise/sunset routines lack accuracy. If you enter geographic coordinates above the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle, the times are guaranteed to be wrong.
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