Main Synagogue - HH-Services-5783 / 2022

Sephardic-Services-HH 5783
 

 

Dear Community Members,
 
The last few years have been tough. Our Synagogue shares the Hong Kong’s people’s support for the Government’s anti-epidemic measures. We are better situated than a year ago, but we have also endured another exhausting year of disruption and disconnection.
We are grateful to the Government for helping us to maintain our religious life. Members and visitors are reminded to observe the rules regarding registration, wearing of masks etc. at OLS and the JCC at all times.
 
The Talmud records that in days of old, when trouble befall a community, they recited Psalm 121. It begins:
A song of ascents.
I lift up my eyes to the mountains: from where will my help come?
My help is from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth.
 
The petitioner looks for help, raising their eyes to the mountaintops, they search as far as the eye can see but nothing appears. Desperate, they wonder: from where will my help come? And then they realize: My help is from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth. The High Holiday Season is a time when “the King of Kings” comes to visit us and the source of our help is near. My prayer is that at some point during the Yamim Noraim, Days of Awe, this sentiment turns real for us.
 
This year marks the 120th year of Ohel Leah Synagogue. To be a part of our Synagogue is to share a commitment to Jewish life that predates our arrival – and birth – in Hong Kong. To be a part of our Synagogue is to be part of a place that cares. The Synagogue has gone to great lengths to ensure that especially in these difficult times, anyone who joins our prayers will be uplifted. Cantor Yariv Ostashinsky will lead our service in the main sanctuary. Hazzan Jonathan Melloul and Rabbi Hananel Sahar will lead our Sephardic service. This year’s High Holiday services have called on the selfless devotion of many lay people. They work solely for the good of the community – may the Almighty bless them.
 
May we, and all the House of Israel, be inscribed in the Book of Life.
 
Together with Rachel, Rabbi Aviel and Michal Javasky, Eyal and Orit Ginati, we wish our OLS family a sweet new year,
 
Rabbi Dr Asher C. Oser

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As we prepare for Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, all our usual festival meals will be offered in a format that allows for maximum participation and minimal disruption.

Rosh HaShana

Sunday and Monday Night, September 25 and 26

Rosh Hashanah Dinners 
Booking through the JCC (Click here)
This meal will be seated, tables of eight, inside the Garden Room.

Monday, September 25

The Ohel Leah Synagogue Trust will sponsor the Gala Kiddush Luncheon.
Following services, this gala kiddush meal will take place under a sheltered cover in the outside area. It will be a hybrid of sitting and standing, with some seating and a limited number of tables of four available.
Challa rolls will be available to enable the mandatory “HaMotzi” blessing.

Tuesday, September 26

Ohel Leah Synagogue sponsor an elaborate Kiddush Luncheon.
Following services, this elaborate kiddush meal will take place under a sheltered cover in the outside area. It will be a hybrid of sitting and standing, with some seating and a limited number of tables of four available.
Challa rolls will be available to enable the mandatory “HaMotzi” blessing.

Yom Kippur

Tuesday, October 4

The JCC will offer a pre-fast meal
Booking through the JCC: Click here
To see the menu: Click here

Wednesday, October 5

The Kadoorie family will continue their tradition of the Break Fast meal.
It will take place under a sheltered cover in the outside area, with some seating and a limited number of tables of four available.