A Contemplative Night to Prepare Ourselves for the New Year
Havdalah, Study, Dessert Reception and Service
Our Leading Scholar, Rabbi Shai Held of the Hadar Institute, teaches from his important, new book to honour the memory of Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro z”l

8:00 pm – Havdalah
8:15 pm – Sacred Study with Rabbi Shai Held, President and Dean of the Hadar Institute
9:15 pm – Dessert Reception
10 pm – Selichot Service

This stirring service, filled with exquisite music, calls us to prepare ourselves for the New Year. We will ceremonially change the Torah mantels to white, reflect on the trying year it has been, and ready ourselves, with renewed spiritual courage, to welcome the year 5785.