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ARIZONA
Time: April 8, 2009, 8:00 AM
Place: Piestewa Peak, Scottsdale, AZ. Meet at 40th Street parking lot, south of Shea Blvd.
What: Birkat HaChamah hike, blessings and prayers
Who: Join Congregation Or Chadash, Ruach Hamidbar - Spirit of the Desert, Kehillah of Arizona, and Har Zion Congregation with Rabbis Robin Damsky, Ayla Grafstein, Bonnie Sharfman and Elon Sunshine. All are welcome to attend.
Contact: Rabbi Robin Damsky, rabbidamsky@gmail.com
Time: April 8, 6:03 AM (Sunrise)
Place: Congregation Chofetz Chayim, 5150 E. 5th St., Tucson, AZ 85711
What: Blessing of the sun and morning services.
Contact admin@chofetz.org.
Time:6:03 a.m.
Place:Congregation Chofetz Chayim
What: To mark the event with prayer and psalms at Call 591-5292 for more information.
Time:5:30 a.m.
Place: SE corner of at Ft. Lowell park
What: Join Congregations Ner Tamid and Chaverim for prayer, study, and a breakfast at IHOP. Call 247-4741 for more information.
Time:7:30
Place:Congregation M'Kor Chayim meets at in the parking lot leading to River Walk, north of the Camp Lowell and Swan intersection
What: Birkat HaHammah event is followed by breakfast at Create Cafe. Call 904-1881 for more information.
Time: 6:00 a.m.
Place:Congregation Anshei Israel
What: We will gather at to bless the sun, followed by Shacharit and Siyyum for the First Born. Call 745-5550 for more information.
Time: 6:45 a.m., blessing of the sun at 7;30
Place: Congregation Young Israel (and Chabad)
What: Will hold Shacharit at followed by blessing of the sun at 7:30 a.m. with music and dancing. Call 881-7956 for more information.
CALIFORNIA
Time: 6:30am April 8
Place: Richard Rioux Park 26233 West Faulkner Drive, Stevenson Ranch. Santa Clarita
What: Birkat Hachammah celebration with coffee, donuts, bagels and more. For more information contact: 661-255-6410.
Time: April 8, 6:00 AM for pre-blessing meditation and chanting. 6:44am for Birkat HaChammah followed by each shul doing their own Shacharit or joining a Generations Circle.
Place: BERKELEY Marina, Cesar Chavez Park Solar Calendar at the end of Spinnaker Way.
What: Several congregations gathering to do the Birkat with a variety of Jewish-styles.
Contact/See: http://www.kehillasynagogue.org/article.php/20090323101143343
Time: April 8, 7:00 AM
Place: SAN FRANCISCO, Jewish Community Center (roof),3200 California St., San Francisco, CA 94118.
What: JCCSF and EcoJews of the Bay are cosponsoring a public gathering to do the Birkat HaChammah.
Contact/See: ecojews@hotmail.com
Time: April 8, 6:30 AM
Place: SARATOGA, Villa Montalvo,15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95071.
What: Several congregations gathering to do the Birkat HaChammah.
Contact/See: pressman@beth-david.org
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Time: April 8, 6:30 AM
Place: Laguna Beach at Crescent Bay Park amphitheater
What: A congregation gathering to share some words of song, study and worship also a dairy picnic.
Contact Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, University Synagogue, Irvine CA, rabbi@universitysynagogue.org.
CONNECTICUT
Time: 7:45 AM, April 8
Place: Congregation B'nai Jacob
What: Join Congregation B'nai Jacob as we celebrate Birkat Hahammah with Blessings for the Sun, siym for the Fast of the First Born and learn about the Jewish commitment to the earth and ecology. Contact Rabbi Joel Levenson for more information: 203-389-2111, rabbi@bnaijacob.org www.bnaijacob.org
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DELAWARE
Time: Noon, April 8
Place: The Green, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
What: Stop by our table on the green to recite the blessing, engage in fun sun activities and learn fun sun facts!
Contact: Kristol Center for Jewish Life, Hillel Foundation Rabbinic Intern Jessica Shimberg, shimberg@udel.edu
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GEORGIA
Time: 6:45 - 7:15am, April 8 (followed by breakfast)
Place: Grant Park Bandstand, Atlanta (at the corner of Boulevard and Atlanta - across from the playground)
What: A short service, a gentle yoga cycle of sun salutations and recite the blessing together. For those that can stay we will have breakfast and coffee at the near by Solstice Café. Bring your yoga mat or towel. For more information, contact Laurie at lprice@cbhatlanta.org.
ILLINOIS
Time: 6:15am, April 8th
Place: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL
What: Meditation and sun salutation program followed by an 8am service with the rabbi and cantor. Call for info: 847-328-7678 www.jrc-evanston.org
Time: 6:00am, April 8th
Place: Techny Prairie Park, 180 Anets Drive, Northbrook (at the entrance to the Anetsberger Golf Course)
What: Join Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim for a sunrise service to celebrate the miracle of life, creation and renewal.
Contact/See: Please call the temple office at 847-729-7575.
MARYLAND
Time: Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 7:30 AM
Place: Beth Shalom Congregation 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, Md
What: Join Beth Shalom Congregation as we celebrate Birkat Hahammah with Blessings for the Sun, siym for the Fast of the First Born and learn about the Jewish commitment to the earth and ecology. Contact Rabbi Susan Grossman for more information: 410-531-5115, bethshalom@beth-shalom.net www.Beth-shalom.net
Time: April 8th, 7 AM
Place: Adat Chaim Congregation, 115 Cockeys Mill Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136
What: Join Adat Chaim for Birkat HaChama and Ta'anit HaBechorot observance with prayer and study using Masekhet HaKhama
Contact: adatchaim18@juno.com or 410-833-7485
Time: April 8, 7:15am yoga and 8:30am prayer and study
Place: Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
What: Birkat Hakhama and Ta'anit HaBechorot observances beginning with yoga, followed by prayer and study using Masekhet HaKhama
Contact: officeadmin@adatshalom.net or (301)767-3333 or www.adatshalom.net
Group: Moishe House Silver Spring Maryland
Time: April 8th, 6:20 am
Place: National Mall in Washington DC, near the Lincoln Memorial.
What: Birkat Ha-Chammah learning/observance/celebration with Moishe House Silver Spring, a community house run by and for Jews in their 20's. Optional traditional liturgy shacharit service after sunrise. Request Alan or Charles's phone number in your RSVP to find out rain plans.
Contact: moishehousess@gmail.com http://www.moishehouse.org/
MASSACHUSETTS
Time: April 8, 2009, 8:30 AM
Place: Summit Park, Brookline MA
What: Join Congregation Kehillath Israel and anyone who wishes to join us! In 2037, you will remember where you were when you last blessed the sun! Join us as we bless the sun and burn the chametz.
Contact: Congregation Kehillath Israel, 617-277-9155, www.congki.org.
Time: 7:00 am, April 8
Place: Heard Farm Conservation Land, Heard Road, Wayland, MA
What: Blessing of the Sun services, sponsored by Ma'yan Tikvah - a Wellspring of Hope. For more information go to www.mayantikvah.org/services.html or email rabbikza@verizon.net.
Time: 6:00 am, April 8
Place: Larz Anderson Park, Brookline
What: Sponsored by Temple Hillel B'nai Torah of West Roxbury, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek of Newton, and Nehar Shalom of Jamaica Plain. More info at http://templehbt.org/html/files/Birkat_Hachamah.jpg. Video and report here.
Time: 6:20 am, April 8
Place: The Sunwheel on the UMass Amherst Campus
What: This is the morning of Erev Pesach and joining the community for this unique mitzvah would be a great way to start the week of Pesach. For those who wish to remain after Birkat HaChamah, which will be finished about 7am) we will form a minyan for Shacharit (morning prayers) and then those who wish to may join in a “siyyum” (celebratory breakfast) at a local restaurant (last chance for chametz!).
Sponsored by the Jewish Community of Amherst http://j-c-a.org/ 413-256-0160
Time: 6:00 am, April 8
Place: At the entrance to Mt. Greylock Regional High School, route 7, Williamstown
What: A sunrise celebration sponsored by Congregation Beth Israel of North Adams, open to all. http://cbiweb.org
MICHIGAN
Time: Wednesday, April 8, 6:45 a.m.
Place: Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 West Lincoln Road, Oak Park, Michigan
What:a very unique spiritual experience as we recite the "Blessing of the Sun," the special blessing of "Birkat Hachamah," during Shacharit. Following the morning service, we will remain outdoors for some readings to commemorate this rare moment using study materials prepared by the Rabbinical Assembly. The traditional "siyum" on behalf of all first born will then take place, and then, our regular morning breakfast. This will be an extraordinary way to lead into the Passover holiday.
Contact: Cantor Sam Greenbaum, perfectnow@excite.com
Time: 7:15am (starting with siyyum, Birkat HaHammah blessing to take place 7:40) April 8
Place: Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield
What: Communal Birkat HaHammah in the parking lot. The morning will start with learning a little Talmud with Rabbi Steven Rubinstein. The focus of the siyum will be this rare ritual, using study materials prepared by the Rabbinical Assembly. No knowledge of Hebrew is required. Following the study session, we will go outside to see the sun rise above the tree line. All are invited to partake of a special breakfast.
If you plan to attend the siyyum & have breakfast – please let us know by Monday, April 5,to ensure enough study handout materials, seats, and food. To RSVP or for more information, contact Rabbi Rubenstein’s assistant, Nancy Kaplan, by phone (248) 737-1931 or e-mail nancyellen879@att.net www.cbahm.org
NEW JERSEY
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NEW YORK
Time: 6am on Wednesday, April 8th
Place: Sands Point Preserve in Port Washington, LI. Enter the Preserve (go all the way down and turn left at the main parking field to follow the signs around the road for Hempstead House. Park and walk around back across the big green field to the small outcropping overlooking the Sound. Map)
What: Join the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore at 6am on Wednesday, April 8th, for a short ritual at 6:15am, and to have the last bagels before Pesach as we watch the sunrise at 6:30am! So we know how many bagels to order (and how many copies of the blessing to make), please rsvp to: rsnscantor@gmail.com by Friday, April 3rd.
Time: 6:30am (sharp), April 8
Place: Congregation Simchat HaLev - 421 Split Rock Road, Syosset, New York
What: Together we will greet the day with blessings for the sun and sing praises to the Holy One; We will share in experiencing this holy moment at our first Birkat HaChamah service; we will burn Chametz in our bonfire and share the magic of this special experience. Led By Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Spiritual Leader, Cantor Shoshana Brown and friends. This gathering is a multi-generational, child friendly (wear your pjs), and open to all. Simchat HaLev is a welcoming, inclusive, and nurturing congregation; a sacred community traveling the journey of life. Congregants identify themselves as Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Renewal, Secular, some "just" Jewish and others "not technically" Jewish. All are seeking a spiritual Jewish experience for themselves and their family. Simchat HaLev is a house of prayer and learning, infused with tradition for all people.
Contact Rabbi Jay or Jenn at 516-922-4224 x18 for more information.http://www.simchathalev.org
Time: 12:00 - 3:00 PM, March 29
Place: Hannah Senesh Community Day School (342 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY)
What: Join Hannah Senesh and the Teva Learning Center for a Birkat Hachama Solar Fair. Events and activities for all ages. More info at hannahsenesh.org or contact Lisa Ochs, 718-858-8663, or the Teva Learning Center, 212-807-6376.
Time: 6:30am (sharp), April 8
Place: Rye Beach
What: Together we will: Greet the day with blessings of the sun; Share in a Birkat HaChamah service; Join in Salute to the Sun yoga postures along with other Yoga elements led by a trained instructor; Participate in Shacharit services, Siyyyum for fast of the first born and burning of Chametz. Led By Rabbis Daniel Gropper (Community Synagogue of Rye) and Jaymee Alpert (Knesses Tiferet Israel of Port Chester).
Contact Rabbi Gropper at 914-967-6262 or dgropper@comsynrye.org for more information.
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, March 30
Place: Private home in Manhattan, contact mirele@att.net for more information
What: Birkat Hahammah Teach-in. Celebrate the sun, alternative energy, and the Jewish calendar. Learn about Jewish traditions and the sun, Jews and renewable energy, and eat sun-themed snacks.
Time: 6:30 AM, April 8 (note new time - check back to hazon.org for updates)
Place: Jewish Community Center, Manhattan (Amsterdam Ave. @ 76th Street)
What: Join Hazon for the Celebration of Birkat HaChamah, Blessing of the Sun and the Launch of the Jewish Coalition for a Sustainable Upper West Side
Click here for more information.
Time: 12:30-4pm, April 26
Place: Henry Kaufman Camp Grounds, Wheatley Heights, NY
NORTH CAROLINA
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Temple Emanuel parking lot, Winston-Salem
What: We are going to meet in the temple parking lot and have our last bit of chametz - from our local bagel shop, burn left over chametz, bless the sun, say some prayers, sing some songs and then head off to work. For more information call 336-722-6640.
Time: 6:30 AM (planning to start at 6:45 with sunrise at 7:03)
Place: Hendersonville Country Club parking lot, Hendersonville NC
What: Birkat HaHammah ritual. Contact Rabbi Philip J. Bentley pbentley@agudasisrael.com for more information.
OHIO
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Congregation Tifereth Israel, 1354 E Broad St, Columbus, OH
What: We will observe Birkat Hachammah at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8 with appropriate songs and poetry, the rising of the sun at 7:04 a.m., followed by Shacharit, Siyum B'chorim and breakfast. More information — Cantor Jack Chomsky, 614-253-8523 — CantorJC@aol.com
Time: 6:30am sharp, April 8
Place: Safran Park, Mandel JCC. Cleveland, OH
What: Communal Celebration of the Sun, followed by short Shacharit service
For more information, click here.
Time: April 8, 6:45 a.m.
Place: Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Columbus, Ohio http://www.metroparks.net/ParksGlacierRidge.aspx
What: Sing up the sun, blessing, short service, burning of chametz, and siyyum/nosh with the Little Minyan
For more information visit our website at http://www.littleminyan.org.
OREGON
Time: 6:00 a.m.
Place: Pittock Mansion gardens, 3229 NW Pittock Drive, Portland, OR
What: P’nai Or of Portland’s Sunrise Service for Birkat HaChamah. There, we will face Mt. Hood and the east. We will sing, dance, pray, and when we first glimpse the sun on the horizon, we will stop in a moment of joy, awe and hope to recite the blessing that welcomes the return of the sun. Contact Rivka Gevurtz at rgevurtz@comcast.net for more information.
PENNSYLVANIA
Time: April 8, at 6:30 a.m., at the Curtis
Place: Curtis Arboretum in Wyncote, PA, Church Road and Greenwood Avenue
What: Sun celebration organized by Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation in Fort Washington. For more information: 215-283-0276 or office@orhadash.com
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Beth David, a Reform congregation in Gladwyne, Pa.
What: A birkat hachama service at sunrise on April 8, beginning at 6:45 a.m. Prayer, songs and blessings will be shared outdoors, followed by a light breakfast. All are welcome to attend, but if staying for breakfast, you must RSVP by April 5 at asmuckler@bdavid.org.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Time: April 8, at 6:30 AM
Place: Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Plantation, Dolphin Head Park on the Port Royal Sound. Meet at Back Deck on the Small Recreation Building. Free Parking. However a pass is needed to get into the Plantation, as well as to make sure we have enough attending, so please email to rsvp, RabbiSegal@JewishSpiritualRenewal.net
What: Beracoth Ha Chammah, blessings to G!D for the Sun, and morning spiritual service lead by Rabbi Arthur Segal, siyum for the Fast of the First Born at a local Hilton Head Island Breakfast restaurant. Will be using 'sidur' developed by Rabbi Marcia Prager.
VERMONT
Time: Wednesday, April 8, at 6:15 AM
Place: Meet at the entrance to McCardell Bicentennial Hall, up the stairs from the College Street BiHall parking lot.
What: We will go “up to the roof” for a brief morning service. This will include a brief essay writing study session, which will exempt first borns from the required fast in preparation for Passover, which begins that evening. We’ll then retire to Steve’s Diner for our last pre-Pesah, humitzdik (i.e. having bread) breakfast.
If this is all quirky enough to get your attention, JOIN US, and let’s start a new Middlebury holiday tradition! For more information, please contact Rabbi Ira at 802-443-5762 or ischiffe@middlebury.edu
WASHINGTON, DC
Time: March 29, 5pm
Place: Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington D.C.
What: New Freedom Seder
For more information click here and to register go to www.shalomctr.org
Group: Moishe House Silver Spring Maryland
Time: April 8th, 6:20 am
Place: National Mall in Washington DC, near the Lincoln Memorial.
What: Birkat Ha-Chammah learning/observance/celebration with Moishe House Silver Spring, a community house run by and for Jews in their 20's. Optional traditional liturgy shacharit resume service after sunrise. Request Alan or Charles's phone number in your RSVP to find out rain plans.
Contact: moishehousess@gmail.com http://www.moishehouse.org/
Click here to find local events being offered at local Chabad-Lubavitch centers. Also find classes and lectures on the "Blessing of the Sun".
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM
Time: April 8, 6:00 a.m.(sharp)
Place: Tayelet Goldman overlooking the desert. Go past the UN building at Armon HaNatziv, Alar st.
What: We will gather at sunrise to bless the sun and the creator with song and praise and to bring out awareness to its important role as a source of renewable energy. With Nava Tehila - the Jewish renewal Community in Jerusalem and the Jewish Climate Initiative.In case of heavy clouds we will try again at 8 am at the kagans' 8 Gidon st.
Visit our websites: www.NavaTehila.org; www.jewishclimateinitiative.org dissertation
A Map with Directions can be found here.
Time: 8-15 April 2009
Place: Safed/Tzfat
What: SUN BLESSING FESTIVAL - BIRKAT HaCHAMA FESTIVAL
For Whom: Northern Galilee and Israel, International
Time: April 8-15
Place: Tsfat (Safed), Israel
What: Kabbalah, Tours Prayers, Ceremony, Hallel, Art shows, Workshops, Solar Energy presentations and much more
For Whom: All walks of life are WELCOME!
For more information: http://www.sunblessing.org/festival
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ARIZONA
Time: April 8, 2009, 8:00 AM
Place: Piestewa Peak, Scottsdale, AZ. Meet at 40th Street parking lot, south of Shea Blvd.
What: Birkat HaChamah hike, blessings and prayers
Who: Join Congregation Or Chadash, Ruach Hamidbar - Spirit of the Desert, Kehillah of Arizona, and Har Zion Congregation with Rabbis Robin Damsky, Ayla Grafstein, Bonnie Sharfman and Elon Sunshine. All are welcome to attend.
Contact: Rabbi Robin Damsky, rabbidamsky@gmail.com
Time: April 8, 6:03 AM (Sunrise)
Place: Congregation Chofetz Chayim, 5150 E. 5th St., Tucson, AZ 85711
What: Blessing of the sun and morning services.
Contact admin@chofetz.org.
Time:6:03 a.m.
Place:Congregation Chofetz Chayim
What: To mark the event with prayer and psalms at Call 591-5292 for more information.
Time:5:30 a.m.
Place: SE corner of at Ft. Lowell park
What: Join Congregations Ner Tamid and Chaverim for prayer, study, and a breakfast at IHOP. Call 247-4741 for more information.
Time:7:30
Place:Congregation M'Kor Chayim meets at in the parking lot leading to River Walk, north of the Camp Lowell and Swan intersection
What: Birkat HaHammah event is followed by breakfast at Create Cafe. Call 904-1881 for more information.
Time: 6:00 a.m.
Place:Congregation Anshei Israel
What: We will gather at to bless the sun, followed by Shacharit and Siyyum for the First Born. Call 745-5550 for more information.
Time: 6:45 a.m., blessing of the sun at 7;30
Place: Congregation Young Israel (and Chabad)
What: Will hold Shacharit at followed by blessing of the sun at 7:30 a.m. with music and dancing. Call 881-7956 for more information.
CALIFORNIA
Time: 6:30am April 8
Place: Richard Rioux Park 26233 West Faulkner Drive, Stevenson Ranch. Santa Clarita
What: Birkat Hachammah celebration with coffee, donuts, bagels and more. For more information contact: 661-255-6410.
Time: April 8, 6:00 AM for pre-blessing meditation and chanting. 6:44am for Birkat HaChammah followed by each shul doing their own Shacharit or joining a Generations Circle.
Place: BERKELEY Marina, Cesar Chavez Park Solar Calendar at the end of Spinnaker Way.
What: Several congregations gathering to do the Birkat with a variety of Jewish-styles.
Contact/See: http://www.kehillasynagogue.org/article.php/20090323101143343
Time: April 8, 7:00 AM
Place: SAN FRANCISCO, Jewish Community Center (roof),3200 California St., San Francisco, CA 94118.
What: JCCSF and EcoJews of the Bay are cosponsoring a public gathering to do the Birkat HaChammah.
Contact/See: ecojews@hotmail.com
Time: April 8, 6:30 AM
Place: SARATOGA, Villa Montalvo,15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95071.
What: Several congregations gathering to do the Birkat HaChammah.
Contact/See: pressman@beth-david.org
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Time: April 8, 6:30 AM
Place: Laguna Beach at Crescent Bay Park amphitheater
What: A congregation gathering to share some words of song, study and worship also a dairy picnic.
Contact Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, University Synagogue, Irvine CA, rabbi@universitysynagogue.org.
CONNECTICUT
Time: 7:45 AM, April 8
Place: Congregation B'nai Jacob
What: Join Congregation B'nai Jacob as we celebrate Birkat Hahammah with Blessings for the Sun, siym for the Fast of the First Born and learn about the Jewish commitment to the earth and ecology. Contact Rabbi Joel Levenson for more information: 203-389-2111, rabbi@bnaijacob.org www.bnaijacob.org
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DELAWARE
Time: Noon, April 8
Place: The Green, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
What: Stop by our table on the green to recite the blessing, engage in fun sun activities and learn fun sun facts!
Contact: Kristol Center for Jewish Life, Hillel Foundation Rabbinic Intern Jessica Shimberg, shimberg@udel.edu
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GEORGIA
Time: 6:45 - 7:15am, April 8 (followed by breakfast)
Place: Grant Park Bandstand, Atlanta (at the corner of Boulevard and Atlanta - across from the playground)
What: A short service, a gentle yoga cycle of sun salutations and recite the blessing together. For those that can stay we will have breakfast and coffee at the near by Solstice Café. Bring your yoga mat or towel. For more information, contact Laurie at lprice@cbhatlanta.org.
ILLINOIS
Time: 6:15am, April 8th
Place: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, IL
What: Meditation and sun salutation program followed by an 8am service with the rabbi and cantor. Call for info: 847-328-7678 www.jrc-evanston.org
Time: 6:00am, April 8th
Place: Techny Prairie Park, 180 Anets Drive, Northbrook (at the entrance to the Anetsberger Golf Course)
What: Join Congregation B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim for a sunrise service to celebrate the miracle of life, creation and renewal.
Contact/See: Please call the temple office at 847-729-7575.
MARYLAND
Time: Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 7:30 AM
Place: Beth Shalom Congregation 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, Columbia, Md
What: Join Beth Shalom Congregation as we celebrate Birkat Hahammah with Blessings for the Sun, siym for the Fast of the First Born and learn about the Jewish commitment to the earth and ecology. Contact Rabbi Susan Grossman for more information: 410-531-5115, bethshalom@beth-shalom.net www.Beth-shalom.net
Time: April 8th, 7 AM
Place: Adat Chaim Congregation, 115 Cockeys Mill Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136
What: Join Adat Chaim for Birkat HaChama and Ta'anit HaBechorot observance with prayer and study using Masekhet HaKhama
Contact: adatchaim18@juno.com or 410-833-7485
Time: April 8, 7:15am yoga and 8:30am prayer and study
Place: Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817
What: Birkat Hakhama and Ta'anit HaBechorot observances beginning with yoga, followed by prayer and study using Masekhet HaKhama
Contact: officeadmin@adatshalom.net or (301)767-3333 or www.adatshalom.net
Group: Moishe House Silver Spring Maryland
Time: April 8th, 6:20 am
Place: National Mall in Washington DC, near the Lincoln Memorial.
What: Birkat Ha-Chammah learning/observance/celebration with Moishe House Silver Spring, a community house run by and for Jews in their 20's. Optional traditional liturgy shacharit service after sunrise. Request Alan or Charles's phone number in your RSVP to find out rain plans.
Contact: moishehousess@gmail.com http://www.moishehouse.org/
MASSACHUSETTS
Time: April 8, 2009, 8:30 AM
Place: Summit Park, Brookline MA
What: Join Congregation Kehillath Israel and anyone who wishes to join us! In 2037, you will remember where you were when you last blessed the sun! Join us as we bless the sun and burn the chametz.
Contact: Congregation Kehillath Israel, 617-277-9155, www.congki.org.
Time: 7:00 am, April 8
Place: Heard Farm Conservation Land, Heard Road, Wayland, MA
What: Blessing of the Sun services, sponsored by Ma'yan Tikvah - a Wellspring of Hope. For more information go to www.mayantikvah.org/services.html or email rabbikza@verizon.net.
Time: 6:00 am, April 8
Place: Larz Anderson Park, Brookline
What: Sponsored by Temple Hillel B'nai Torah of West Roxbury, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek of Newton, and Nehar Shalom of Jamaica Plain. More info at http://templehbt.org/html/files/Birkat_Hachamah.jpg. Video and report here.
Time: 6:20 am, April 8
Place: The Sunwheel on the UMass Amherst Campus
What: This is the morning of Erev Pesach and joining the community for this unique mitzvah would be a great way to start the week of Pesach. For those who wish to remain after Birkat HaChamah, which will be finished about 7am) we will form a minyan for Shacharit (morning prayers) and then those who wish to may join in a “siyyum” (celebratory breakfast) at a local restaurant (last chance for chametz!).
Sponsored by the Jewish Community of Amherst http://j-c-a.org/ 413-256-0160
Time: 6:00 am, April 8
Place: At the entrance to Mt. Greylock Regional High School, route 7, Williamstown
What: A sunrise celebration sponsored by Congregation Beth Israel of North Adams, open to all. http://cbiweb.org
MICHIGAN
Time: Wednesday, April 8, 6:45 a.m.
Place: Congregation Beth Shalom, 14601 West Lincoln Road, Oak Park, Michigan
What:a very unique spiritual experience as we recite the "Blessing of the Sun," the special blessing of "Birkat Hachamah," during Shacharit. Following the morning service, we will remain outdoors for some readings to commemorate this rare moment using study materials prepared by the Rabbinical Assembly. The traditional "siyum" on behalf of all first born will then take place, and then, our regular morning breakfast. This will be an extraordinary way to lead into the Passover holiday.
Contact: Cantor Sam Greenbaum, perfectnow@excite.com
Time: 7:15am (starting with siyyum, Birkat HaHammah blessing to take place 7:40) April 8
Place: Congregation Beth Ahm, 5075 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield
What: Communal Birkat HaHammah in the parking lot. The morning will start with learning a little Talmud with Rabbi Steven Rubinstein. The focus of the siyum will be this rare ritual, using study materials prepared by the Rabbinical Assembly. No knowledge of Hebrew is required. Following the study session, we will go outside to see the sun rise above the tree line. All are invited to partake of a special breakfast.
If you plan to attend the siyyum & have breakfast – please let us know by Monday, April 5,to ensure enough study handout materials, seats, and food. To RSVP or for more information, contact Rabbi Rubenstein’s assistant, Nancy Kaplan, by phone (248) 737-1931 or e-mail nancyellen879@att.net www.cbahm.org
NEW JERSEY
For an article with a full list of NJ gatherings, click here.
NEW YORK
Time: 6am on Wednesday, April 8th
Place: Sands Point Preserve in Port Washington, LI. Enter the Preserve (go all the way down and turn left at the main parking field to follow the signs around the road for Hempstead House. Park and walk around back across the big green field to the small outcropping overlooking the Sound. Map)
What: Join the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore at 6am on Wednesday, April 8th, for a short ritual at 6:15am, and to have the last bagels before Pesach as we watch the sunrise at 6:30am! So we know how many bagels to order (and how many copies of the blessing to make), please rsvp to: rsnscantor@gmail.com by Friday, April 3rd.
Time: 6:30am (sharp), April 8
Place: Congregation Simchat HaLev - 421 Split Rock Road, Syosset, New York
What: Together we will greet the day with blessings for the sun and sing praises to the Holy One; We will share in experiencing this holy moment at our first Birkat HaChamah service; we will burn Chametz in our bonfire and share the magic of this special experience. Led By Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Spiritual Leader, Cantor Shoshana Brown and friends. This gathering is a multi-generational, child friendly (wear your pjs), and open to all. Simchat HaLev is a welcoming, inclusive, and nurturing congregation; a sacred community traveling the journey of life. Congregants identify themselves as Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, Renewal, Secular, some "just" Jewish and others "not technically" Jewish. All are seeking a spiritual Jewish experience for themselves and their family. Simchat HaLev is a house of prayer and learning, infused with tradition for all people.
Contact Rabbi Jay or Jenn at 516-922-4224 x18 for more information.http://www.simchathalev.org
Time: 12:00 - 3:00 PM, March 29
Place: Hannah Senesh Community Day School (342 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY)
What: Join Hannah Senesh and the Teva Learning Center for a Birkat Hachama Solar Fair. Events and activities for all ages. More info at hannahsenesh.org or contact Lisa Ochs, 718-858-8663, or the Teva Learning Center, 212-807-6376.
Time: 6:30am (sharp), April 8
Place: Rye Beach
What: Together we will: Greet the day with blessings of the sun; Share in a Birkat HaChamah service; Join in Salute to the Sun yoga postures along with other Yoga elements led by a trained instructor; Participate in Shacharit services, Siyyyum for fast of the first born and burning of Chametz. Led By Rabbis Daniel Gropper (Community Synagogue of Rye) and Jaymee Alpert (Knesses Tiferet Israel of Port Chester).
Contact Rabbi Gropper at 914-967-6262 or dgropper@comsynrye.org for more information.
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm, March 30
Place: Private home in Manhattan, contact mirele@att.net for more information
What: Birkat Hahammah Teach-in. Celebrate the sun, alternative energy, and the Jewish calendar. Learn about Jewish traditions and the sun, Jews and renewable energy, and eat sun-themed snacks.
Time: 6:30 AM, April 8 (note new time - check back to hazon.org for updates)
Place: Jewish Community Center, Manhattan (Amsterdam Ave. @ 76th Street)
What: Join Hazon for the Celebration of Birkat HaChamah, Blessing of the Sun and the Launch of the Jewish Coalition for a Sustainable Upper West Side
Click here for more information.
Time: 12:30-4pm, April 26
Place: Henry Kaufman Camp Grounds, Wheatley Heights, NY
NORTH CAROLINA
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Temple Emanuel parking lot, Winston-Salem
What: We are going to meet in the temple parking lot and have our last bit of chametz - from our local bagel shop, burn left over chametz, bless the sun, say some prayers, sing some songs and then head off to work. For more information call 336-722-6640.
Time: 6:30 AM (planning to start at 6:45 with sunrise at 7:03)
Place: Hendersonville Country Club parking lot, Hendersonville NC
What: Birkat HaHammah ritual. Contact Rabbi Philip J. Bentley pbentley@agudasisrael.com for more information.
OHIO
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Congregation Tifereth Israel, 1354 E Broad St, Columbus, OH
What: We will observe Birkat Hachammah at 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8 with appropriate songs and poetry, the rising of the sun at 7:04 a.m., followed by Shacharit, Siyum B'chorim and breakfast. More information — Cantor Jack Chomsky, 614-253-8523 — CantorJC@aol.com
Time: 6:30am sharp, April 8
Place: Safran Park, Mandel JCC. Cleveland, OH
What: Communal Celebration of the Sun, followed by short Shacharit service
For more information, click here.
Time: April 8, 6:45 a.m.
Place: Glacier Ridge Metro Park, Columbus, Ohio http://www.metroparks.net/ParksGlacierRidge.aspx
What: Sing up the sun, blessing, short service, burning of chametz, and siyyum/nosh with the Little Minyan
For more information visit our website at http://www.littleminyan.org.
OREGON
Time: 6:00 a.m.
Place: Pittock Mansion gardens, 3229 NW Pittock Drive, Portland, OR
What: P’nai Or of Portland’s Sunrise Service for Birkat HaChamah. There, we will face Mt. Hood and the east. We will sing, dance, pray, and when we first glimpse the sun on the horizon, we will stop in a moment of joy, awe and hope to recite the blessing that welcomes the return of the sun. Contact Rivka Gevurtz at rgevurtz@comcast.net for more information.
PENNSYLVANIA
Time: April 8, at 6:30 a.m., at the Curtis
Place: Curtis Arboretum in Wyncote, PA, Church Road and Greenwood Avenue
What: Sun celebration organized by Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation in Fort Washington. For more information: 215-283-0276 or office@orhadash.com
Time: 6:45am, April 8
Place: Beth David, a Reform congregation in Gladwyne, Pa.
What: A birkat hachama service at sunrise on April 8, beginning at 6:45 a.m. Prayer, songs and blessings will be shared outdoors, followed by a light breakfast. All are welcome to attend, but if staying for breakfast, you must RSVP by April 5 at asmuckler@bdavid.org.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Time: April 8, at 6:30 AM
Place: Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Plantation, Dolphin Head Park on the Port Royal Sound. Meet at Back Deck on the Small Recreation Building. Free Parking. However a pass is needed to get into the Plantation, as well as to make sure we have enough attending, so please email to rsvp, RabbiSegal@JewishSpiritualRenewal.net
What: Beracoth Ha Chammah, blessings to G!D for the Sun, and morning spiritual service lead by Rabbi Arthur Segal, siyum for the Fast of the First Born at a local Hilton Head Island Breakfast restaurant. Will be using 'sidur' developed by Rabbi Marcia Prager.
VERMONT
Time: Wednesday, April 8, at 6:15 AM
Place: Meet at the entrance to McCardell Bicentennial Hall, up the stairs from the College Street BiHall parking lot.
What: We will go “up to the roof” for a brief morning service. This will include a brief essay writing study session, which will exempt first borns from the required fast in preparation for Passover, which begins that evening. We’ll then retire to Steve’s Diner for our last pre-Pesah, humitzdik (i.e. having bread) breakfast.
If this is all quirky enough to get your attention, JOIN US, and let’s start a new Middlebury holiday tradition! For more information, please contact Rabbi Ira at 802-443-5762 or ischiffe@middlebury.edu
WASHINGTON, DC
Time: March 29, 5pm
Place: Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington D.C.
What: New Freedom Seder
For more information click here and to register go to www.shalomctr.org
Group: Moishe House Silver Spring Maryland
Time: April 8th, 6:20 am
Place: National Mall in Washington DC, near the Lincoln Memorial.
What: Birkat Ha-Chammah learning/observance/celebration with Moishe House Silver Spring, a community house run by and for Jews in their 20's. Optional traditional liturgy shacharit resume service after sunrise. Request Alan or Charles's phone number in your RSVP to find out rain plans.
Contact: moishehousess@gmail.com http://www.moishehouse.org/
Click here to find local events being offered at local Chabad-Lubavitch centers. Also find classes and lectures on the "Blessing of the Sun".
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM
Time: April 8, 6:00 a.m.(sharp)
Place: Tayelet Goldman overlooking the desert. Go past the UN building at Armon HaNatziv, Alar st.
What: We will gather at sunrise to bless the sun and the creator with song and praise and to bring out awareness to its important role as a source of renewable energy. With Nava Tehila - the Jewish renewal Community in Jerusalem and the Jewish Climate Initiative.In case of heavy clouds we will try again at 8 am at the kagans' 8 Gidon st.
Visit our websites: www.NavaTehila.org; www.jewishclimateinitiative.org dissertation
A Map with Directions can be found here.
Time: 8-15 April 2009
Place: Safed/Tzfat
What: SUN BLESSING FESTIVAL - BIRKAT HaCHAMA FESTIVAL
For Whom: Northern Galilee and Israel, International
Time: April 8-15
Place: Tsfat (Safed), Israel
What: Kabbalah, Tours Prayers, Ceremony, Hallel, Art shows, Workshops, Solar Energy presentations and much more
For Whom: All walks of life are WELCOME!
For more information: http://www.sunblessing.org/festival
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