High Holy Days Festival and Service times 5784/2023
Leytonstone Synagogue will be open for the High Holy days. Please contact us using the form below detailing which services you wish to attend.
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Shabbat Nitzavim
Saturday 9th September Morning Service 9:45 a.m. Selichot Service 11:30 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Friday 15th September Evening Service 7:00 p.m. Rosh Hashanah 1st Day Saturday 16th September Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Afternoon/Evening Service 7:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day Sunday 17th September Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Tashlich & Oudoor Shofar Blowing - At Hollow Pond 3:00 p.m. Shabbat Ha'azinu-Shuvah Saturday 23rd September Morning Service 9:45 a.m. Erev Yom Kippur Sunday 24th September Kol Nidre Evening Service 6:45 p.m. Yom Kippur Monday 25th September Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Yizkor (approximately) 12:30 p.m. Break (approximately) 3:00 p.m. Afternoon/Evening Service 4:30 p.m. Neilah 6:30 p.m. |
Sukkot 1st day + Shabbat
Saturday 30th September Morning Service 9:45 a.m. Sukkot 2nd day Sunday 1st October Morning Service 9:45 a.m. Shemini Atzeret + Shabbat Saturday 7th October Morning Service & Kohelet 9:45 a.m. Yizkor (approximately) 12:00 p.m. Evening Service with Hakofot 7:00 p.m. Simchat Torah Sunday 8th October Morning Service with Hakafot 9:45 a.m. Shabbat Bereishit Saturday 14th October Morning Service 9:45 a.m. 
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High Holy Days Booking Form
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Communal Tashlich & Shofar Sounding
Rosh Hashanah 2nd day Sunday 17th September 3:00pm at Hollow Pond Please get in touch if you would like a Shofar visit. |
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Prepare for the High Holy Days with Rabbi and Rebbetzin Austin
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Late Night Selichot with Rev. Menasche Scharf
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Rosh Hashanah 5784 message from Rabbi Yitzchok Austin
Keep active, 10,000 steps daily, maintain an active lifestyle. I am sure these are familiar terms to all of us. If you ask me to sum up the past year in LAWS I would say Active! A lot has been going on from Friday night meals, shiurim, a monthly children’s service and much more. That does not mean we should be complacent. I hope this coming year we will build on what we have done and that it should be better and greater.
In the Rosh Hashana musaf prayers we say Zeh Hayom Techilas Maasecha, this day is the beginning of Your work. Yet Rosh Hashana corresponds to the 6th day of creation when man was created and not the first day. What’s more, all the previous creations of the animal kingdom were created in pairs, and the plant kingdom in multiples. Why was man created alone? The Talmud Sanhedrin (37a) teaches us that man was created alone to show the world was now full. We also learn from here the idea of the sanctity of human life, and when anyone saves a life it’s as if they saved the whole world. Man was created to recognize and crown G-d and every Rosh Hashana, each and every one of us has the ability to re-live that experience which took place on the 6th day of creation. We see from here how each and every one of us has a role to play in the world. G-d gave each of us different talents and strengths, each with a unique role that is specific to ourselves. Don’t just take a back seat, get involved with what’s going on in our community and get active!
On behalf of my wife and I, and together with our family, we take this opportunity to wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. We look forward to another busy year at LAWS!
Rabbi Yitzchok Austin
Keep active, 10,000 steps daily, maintain an active lifestyle. I am sure these are familiar terms to all of us. If you ask me to sum up the past year in LAWS I would say Active! A lot has been going on from Friday night meals, shiurim, a monthly children’s service and much more. That does not mean we should be complacent. I hope this coming year we will build on what we have done and that it should be better and greater.
In the Rosh Hashana musaf prayers we say Zeh Hayom Techilas Maasecha, this day is the beginning of Your work. Yet Rosh Hashana corresponds to the 6th day of creation when man was created and not the first day. What’s more, all the previous creations of the animal kingdom were created in pairs, and the plant kingdom in multiples. Why was man created alone? The Talmud Sanhedrin (37a) teaches us that man was created alone to show the world was now full. We also learn from here the idea of the sanctity of human life, and when anyone saves a life it’s as if they saved the whole world. Man was created to recognize and crown G-d and every Rosh Hashana, each and every one of us has the ability to re-live that experience which took place on the 6th day of creation. We see from here how each and every one of us has a role to play in the world. G-d gave each of us different talents and strengths, each with a unique role that is specific to ourselves. Don’t just take a back seat, get involved with what’s going on in our community and get active!
On behalf of my wife and I, and together with our family, we take this opportunity to wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. We look forward to another busy year at LAWS!
Rabbi Yitzchok Austin
2022
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