Events & Services
Bet Midrash
The Bet Midrash is a 90-minute session to study a common text both in a chevruta (as partners) and as a group. All are welcome! FMI please contact Rabbi Lorin: rabbi@adasyoshuron.org.
Adas Yoshuron Song Book
In the first hour of our monthly song group, we will learn the melodies and songs of the weekly Shabbat services. In the second hour we will take requests with a focus on Yiddish and Sephardi music. Please bring your songs and instruments, including your voices! Tea and light refreshments will be served.
Shabbat Morning Hike
Join us for a gentle Shabbat hike in the St. George area with Rabbi Lorin. RSVP to info@adasyoshuron.org by Friday, Oct. 24 for location details.
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat services followed by a dessert oneg.
Bet Midrash
The Bet Midrash is a 90-minute session to study a common text both in a chevruta (as partners) and as a group. All are welcome! FMI please contact Rabbi Lorin: rabbi@adasyoshuron.org.
Morning Minyan: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
Weekly in-person traditional morning service, mostly in Hebrew, filled with song. We welcome in the new month with the recitation of Hallel. Great opportunity to hear the traditional nusach (chanted melodies) and be with the community in prayer. In the sanctuary and on zoom (see the weekly email for the link).
Shabbat Services
Join us for Shabbat Shacharit (morning services) with Torah and Haftarah readings. We’ll celebrate an Anshei Mitzvah.
Simchat Torah Celebration
Come and circle the sanctuary to the joyful sounds of the Adas Yoshuron Band on this annual celebration of completing and beginning the Torah. Bring the kids for the dancing as well as a special aliyah! Don’t worry about dinner; we’ll have pizza to give you dancing energy!
Shemini Atzeret, including Yizkor
Join us for the full festival morning services including Torah, Haftarah, Hallel, Yizkor, and Tefilat Geshem, the Prayer for Rain (as the harvest season ends and we welcome the needed water). Services will be followed by a vegetarian potluck lunch.
Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner in the Sukkah
Sukkot Shabbat services will be followed by a casual Shabbat dinner sponsored by Ken and Barbara Wexler.
Oct. 7 Commemoration
We'll share poetry and reflections, followed by a Ma’ariv evening service.
Sukkot Morning Services
We mark the first day of the Sukkot with a morning service including Hallel (joyful songs of praise) and the Torah reading. Come and shake the lulav, take in the aroma of the etrog, and begin the Sukkot harvest festival in song. Zoom option available. Check the weekly email for the link. Followed by a light lunch.
Sukkot Decorating Party
We begin the Harvest Festival by decorating our sukkah and covering the roof with schach (natural plant material such as corn stalks, branches, vines, and twigs.) Harvest decorations from your garden are welcome. Followed by a potluck dinner. This is a great opportunity to do the mitzvot of eating and sitting in a sukkah. Please bring ushpizin—special guests from your past and present!
5 p.m. decorating, 6 p.m. potluck
Soup Kitchen Community Meal
Adas Yoshuron prepares and serves the Soup Kitchen Community Dinner at St. Peter's Church in Rockland on the first Sunday of every month. If you'd like to volunteer please contact meal coordinator Linda Garson Smith: lindagarson.smith@gmail.com.
Shabbat Services
Join us for Shabbat Shacharit (morning services) with Torah and Haftarah readings. We’ll also celebrate an aufruf in anticipation of an upcoming wedding.
Shofar Blowing and Community Break the Fast Meal
Join us for the final prayers of Yom Kippur and for breaking the fast! RSVP for break the fast: info@adasyoshuron.org.
Yom Kippur
Led Adas Yoshuron’s Rabbi Lorin Troderman, cantorial student Miryam Wolfson, Meyer Drapkin, and community lay leaders.
Services begins at 9 a.m.
Children’s Services begins at 11 a.m.
Minchah begins at 5 p.m.
Neilah begins at 6 p.m.
Kol Nidrei
Led by Rabbi Lorin Troderman and cantorial student Miryam Wolfson. Please arrive at 6 p.m. to park and get seated. Services begin promptly at 6:15 p.m.
Reverse Tashlich
We’re hosting a Reverse Tashlich beach clean-up again this year between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at Harbor Park, 271 Main Street in Rockland. Tashlich is the Jewish tradition of symbolically casting away transgressions into flowing water. During Reverse Tashlich, we remove trash from the beaches and water. Please plan to join us for mindful and fun opportunity for community engagement as part of this international clean-up day. Trash bags provided. Bring your own work gloves if you like.
Learn more about Reverse Tashlich, the Jewish Movement to Repair the Sea, here: Repair the Sea Video.
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat services followed by a light oneg.
Rosh Hashanah First Day
Services will be led Adas Yoshuron’s rabbi, Lorin Troderman, cantorial student Miryam Wolfson, Meyer Drapkin, and community lay leaders.
Services beginning at 9 a.m. Children’s Service beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Community holiday lunch to follow.
Shabbat Services
Join us for Shabbat Shacharit (morning services) with Torah and Haftarah readings.
Adult Ed: Exploring the Machzor
In this two-part series, we explore the structure and flow of the High Holiday services, and some of the core prayers and piyuttim (liturgical poetry). Each session will also provide prompts and opportunities for cheshbon nefesh (self-accounting/reflection) in the spirit of this season. Also on Zoom (check the weekly email for the link).
Bet Midrash
The Bet Midrash is a 90-minute session to study a common text both in a chevruta (as partners) and as a group. All are welcome! FMI please contact Rabbi Lorin: rabbi@adasyoshuron.org.
Morning Minyan
Weekly in-person traditional morning service, mostly in Hebrew, filled with song. Great opportunity to hear the traditional nusach (chanted melodies) and be with the community in prayer. In the sanctuary and on zoom (see the weekly email for the link).
Secrets of the Hebrew Letters
Join us for a fascinating workshop exploring ancient traditions of the Hebrew letters through dance and the vibratory energy of sound. With Rabbi Lorin and Eli Rogosa. RSVP to info@adasyoshuron.org.
Havdalah and Selichot
Join us for this special evening service of poems and prayers focusing on forgiveness and self-reflection as we prepare ourselves for the Yamim Noraim, the High Holidays.