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Tzom-Gedalya and the 6th of Tishrei 5787

with candle-lighting times for Brooklyn, NY (*)
Holiday Date Activity
3 TishreiMonday
September 14
  • Fast of Gedaliah - A daytime fast - We neither eat nor drink, from approximately three hours before sunrise until 40 minutes after sunset (sunset is: 7:08pm).
6 TishreiThursday
September 17
  • Yahrzeit of Rebitzen Chana - the mother of the Rebbe. A day which the Rebbe would encourage for women to add in their commitment to the special Mitzvot obligatory on the Jewish women, for which the name Chana is an acronym.

    A. Maintaining a Kosher home.
    B. The observance of Taharat Hamishpacha
    C. The lighting of Shabbos and Yom Tov candles.

7 TishreiFriday
September 18
  • Light Shabbos Candles 18 minutes before Sunset (6:43pm).
  • After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Shabbos):

    • 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 Shabbos Koi-desh.
    • בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת קֹדשׁ.
    • יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךְ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁיִבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִקְדָּשׁ בִּמְהֵרָה בְּיָמֵינוּ, וְתֵן חֶלְקֵינוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶיךָ.
8 TishreiShabbos
September 19
  • Shabbos ends after nightfall (7:41pm).
* 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.

⇦ Observances: Rosh HashanaObservances: Erev Yom Kippur ⇨