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Dear friends, Due to the current security situation the timings of our services and events will be sent via our newsletter and WhatsApp channel only. Please get in touch if you don’t get them or want to join our community at a forthcoming event via email or Messenger. We will not give up and weContinue reading “Update – Future Events”

Wednesday, 25 October, 19:00-21:00 (zoom)Lehrhaus – Rabbi’s Course Saturday, 28 October, 10:30-12:00 (synagogue, no zoom)Shabbat Morning Service Torah Weekly PortionLech L’chaלָךְ-לְךָGo ForthGenesis 12:1−17:27Summary Abram, Sarai, and Lot go to Canaan. (12:1-9) Famine takes them to Egypt, where Abram identifies Sarai as his sister in order to save his life. (12:10-20) Abram and Lot separate. Lot is takenContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”

TUESDAY/MARDI 10 OCTOBRERassemblement de solidarité avec Israël / Show of solidarity with Israel18h30 – place Clairefontaine (Luxembourg-Ville) CANCELLED / ANNULÉ Wednesday, 11 October, 19:00-21:00 (zoom)Lehrhaus – Rabbi’s Course Saturday, 14 October, 10:30-12:00 (synagogue, no zoom)Shabbat Morning Service followed by a ceremony for the fallen Israelis at place de la synagogue: Please attend our service inContinue reading “Update – This week”

Wednesday, 11 October, 19:00-21:00 (zoom)Lehrhaus – Rabbi’s Course Saturday, 14 October, 10:30-12:00Shabbat Morning Service Sunday, 15 October, 10:30-12:30 (synagogue)Talmud Torah (education for kids) – First Session Torah Weekly PortionB’reishitבְּרֵאשִׁיתIn the BeginningGenesis 1:1−6:8Summary God creates the world and everything in it in six days and rests on the seventh. (1:1-2:3) Adam and Eve are placed in theContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”

Friday, 6 October, 19:00-20:30 (synagogue & zoom)Simchat Torah Evening Service & Potluck Dinner Torah Weekly PortionSh’mini Atzeret – Simchat Torahשְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת – שִׂמחַת תוֹרָה8th Day of AssemblyDeuteronomy 33:1–34:12, Genesis 1:1–2:3Summary On Simchat Torah, the day on which we literally celebrate the Torah, we read the very end of Deuteronomy and the very beginning of Genesis. InContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”

Sunday, 24 September, 19:00-21:00 (synagogue & zoom)Kol Nidre Monday, 25 September Yom Kippur Day10:00 – 13:00 Morning Service13:30 – 15:00 Study Session16:30 – 18:00 Mincha18:00 – 18:30 Yizkor18:30 – 20:18 Neila20:18 End of Kippur/Anbeiss Saturday, 30 September, 10:30-12:00 (synagogue & zoom)Sukkot Day Service & Potluck Lunch Torah Weekly PortionYom Kippurיוֹם כִּיפּוּרDeuteronomy 29:9–14, 30:11–20 (Morning)Leviticus 19:1-4, 9-18, 32-37 (Afternoon)Summary YomContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”

Wednesday, 20 September, 19:00-21:00 (zoom)Lehrhaus – Rabbi’s Course Friday, 22 September, 19:00-20:30Kabbalat Shabbat Shuvah Sunday, 24 September, 11:00Memorial Service at the Esch Cemetery Sunday, 24 September, 19:00-21:00Kol Nidre Monday, 25 SeptemberYom Kippur Day10:00 – 13:00 Morning Service13:30 – 15:00 Study Session16:30 – 18:00 Mincha18:00 – 18:30 Yizkor18:30 – 20:18 Neila20:18 End of Kippur/Anbeiss IMPORTANT – High Holidays Access /Continue reading “This Week in Our Community”

Wednesday, 13 September, 19:00-21:00 (zoom)Lehrhaus – Rabbi’s Course Friday, 15 September, 19:00-20:30 Rosh Hashanah Evening Service Saturday, 16 September, 10:00-12:00Rosh Hashanah Morning Service followed by Community Luncheon IMPORTANT – High Holidays Access / accès aux grandes fêtes Dear members, The High holidays start next week with Rosh Hashanah followed by Yom Kippur ten days later. Please remember thatContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”

Saturday, 9 September, 21:00-22:00 – Synagogue and Zoom Selichot (which literally means “forgiveness”) are penitential prayers recited before and during the High Holidays and other fast days throughout the year. Like other activities during Elul, the month that precedes the High Holidays, they offer an opportunity for personal reflection and to seek forgiveness from those we mayContinue reading “Selichot Service”

Saturday, 9 September, 21:00-22:00 (synagogue & zoom)Havdalah & Leil SelichotJahrzeit:– Rabbi Charles Lehrmann (23 Elul – 9 Sep) Torah Weekly Portion Nitzavim – Vayeilechנִצָּבִים – וַיֵּלֶךְYou Stand [This Day] / [Moses] WentDeuteronomy 29:9–30:20, 31:1–30Summary Moses tells the assembled people that God’s covenant speaks to them and to all of the generations who will follow. (29:9–14) God warnsContinue reading “This Week in Our Community”