Rabbi Jennifer Lewis will officiate High Holidays services in the sanctuary at United Hebrew Congregation and via Zoom for the New Year 5786, beginning with Erev Rosh Hashanah services at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22.
Rosh Hashanah services will follow at 10 a.m. Monday.
L’shana tovah tikateyvu, Happy New Year, and may you be inscribed for good in the coming year!
I’m looking forward to returning to Terre Haute to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Days of Awe, and the coming year, 5786, with the United Hebrew Congregation community!
We have entered the Hebrew month of Elul, the month during which tradition teaches us to begin hearing the call of the shofar and to prepare for the upcoming High Holy Days (the Days of Awe) of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
During this month of preparation, we can take concrete actions to prepare. And our preparation goes beyond planning a menu for Rosh Hashanah dinner and finding a good recipe for honey cake (though I encourage you to do that as well, and please share if you have a good one!). Preparation means we can begin in earnest a process called heshbon hanefesh — an accounting of our souls.
We are delighted to invite you to a new ritual offering at UHC: a twice-monthly online Havdalah service — a short and meaningful way to close Shabbat together and welcome the week ahead.
Our first service will take place at at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2025, via Zoom.
Whether Havdalah is familiar to you or brand new, you are warmly invited to join this reflective, musical, and uplifting 30-minute gathering.
I’d like to discuss a television show that I loved watching in the mid ’90s.
No, I’m not talking about Baywatch. My favorite show was Northern Exposure.
The show is a basic fish-out-of-water tale. The main character is a Jewish New York doctor who upon completion of his medical training is set to begin a carefully planned career that would include the location of his practice, his area of expertise and even his “choice” Jewish fiance.