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Saturday Morning Services at Or HaOlam Jewish Messianic Congregation
Saturdays 10am- 12pm followed by Oneg (lunch)
8659 Staples Mills Rd., Henrico, VA 23338
Hope for Israel
First Friday Shabbat on the 1st Friday of every month at 6:00 pm
Berea Baptist Church
15421 Pouncey Tract Rd.
Rockville, VA 23146
FEASTS 2025
PURIM
Begins sunset of March 14, 2025
Ends nightfall of March 15, 2025
Feast Bible Verse: Esther 9:23-32
PASSOVER
Begins sunset of April 12, 2025
Ends nightfall of April 20, 2025
Feast Bible Verse: Exodus 12:1-51
SHAVUOT
Begins sunset of June 1, 2025
Ends nightfall of June 2, 2025
Feast Bible Verse: Exodus 19
THE THREE WEEKS
July 13, 2025 through August 3, 2025
- Fast of the 17th of Tammuz - July 13, 2025
- Fast of Tish'a B'Av - August 2 - 3, 2025
The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile).
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
Begins sunset of September 22, 2025
Ends nightfall of September 23, 2025
- The Month of Elul - August 25 - September 22, 2025
- Fast of Gedaliah - September 25, 2025
Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.
Feast Bible Verse: Leviticus 23:23-35
EREV YOM KIPPUR
Begins sunset of October 1, 2025
Ends nightfall of October 2, 2025
Yizkor is recited on Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, when we fast, pray, seek forgiveness from G-d and our fellows, and come closer to G-d. It is the peak of the High Holidays.
Feast Bible Verse: Leviticus 16:34
SUKKOT
Begins sunset of October 6, 2025
Ends nightfall of October 13, 2025
- Hoshanah Rabbah - Evening of October 12, 2025 – October 13, 2025
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Four Kinds express our unity and our belief in G‑d’s omnipresence. Coming after the solemn High Holidays, it is a time of joy and happiness.
Feast Bible Verse: Leviticus 23:33-36
SIMCHAT TORAH
Begins sunset of October 14, 2025
Ends nightfall of October 15, 2025
Yizkor is recited on Shemini Atzeret, October 15
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.
Feast Bible Verse: Deuteronomy 33:34:12
HANNUKAH
Begins sunset of December 14, 2025
Ends nightfall of December 22, 2025
Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.
Feast Bible Verse: John 10:22-23