SCV to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

With the end of the summer months and the beginning of autumn, the holiday season is right around the corner, and is set to begin with the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah, which is typically celebrated with festive meals, candle lighting and prayer services, is set to begin this year at sundown on Sunday and end at sundown on Tuesday. Rosh Hashanah is analogous to celebrating the new year for the Jewish faith, according to Rabbi Chani Marozov of Chabad of SCV.

“It’s a time when we commemorate the creation of mankind through Adam and Eve,” Marozov said. “Rosh Hashanah translates to ‘head of the year’ and as the beginning of the Jewish calendar, it’s a time for us to make resolutions for the coming year and celebrate all the days to come. Just like a head controls a body, we believe that what we do on Rosh Hashanah has an impact on the rest of the year.”

Here is a list of services being offered by local Jewish temples during Rosh Hashanah.

Chabad of SCV

Sunday

Candle lighting, 6:23 p.m. Evening service: 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 30

Morning services, 9:30 a.m. Children’s services: 10:30 a.m. Shofar sounding, noon Tashlich, time to be announced Candle lighting, 7:17 p.m. Evening service: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

Morning services, 9:30 a.m. Children’s services: 10:30 a.m. Shofar sounding, noon Evening service: 7:30 p.m.

Congregation Beth Shalom

Sunday

Evening service, 8 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 30

Morning service, 9 a.m. Tashlich, 3 p.m., behind Arco Station on Bouquet Canyon Road and Valencia Boulevard.

Evening service, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 Morning service, 9 a.m.

Temple Beth Ami

Sunday, Sept. 29

Evening service, 8 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 30

Morning service, 9 a.m. Children’s program, 9 a.m.

Teen service, 9 a.m. Tashlich, 4 p.m., park at Chi-Chi’s and meet behind the Arco Station on Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road.

Tuesday, Oct. 1

Morning service, 9 a.m., Temple Beth Ami