High Holidays at Ohr HaTorah

Charlotte Jewish News August 2021

Matters of value need proper preparation to be experienced in a meaningful way. The upcoming High Holidays, also known as Days of Awe, are coming upon us earlier in the season, on September 6, in the evening. To put it in perspective, that Monday is Labor Day, which in most of the United States, marks the end of summer.

Chabad of Charlotte will be hosting a three-week series of “High Holiday Introspections” on three consecutive Tuesdays, starting Tuesday August 17, at 7:30 p.m. These sessions will be in person and held at the Epstein Family Chabad Center on Sardis Road.

Congregation Ohr HaTorah hosts daily services in person. Weekday morning services are at 6:30 a.m., and evening services are 10 minutes before sunset. Sunday morning services are at 8:30 a.m. and Shabbat morning at 10 a.m.

Monday, August 9 is the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, when the ritual of blowing the shofar begins daily

during the month of Elul, after the morning service (except on Shabbat).

S’lichot services will be conducted on Saturday, August 28, just after midnight and will continue for the entire week each morning until Rosh Hashanah.

High Holiday services at Ohr HaTorah are meaningful and soul stirring. Rabbi Binyomin Weiss leads the congregation with his soft and melodious voice. Rabbi Yossi Groner elucidates on the inner meaning of the passages with mystical and deeper commentary that opens the minds and hearts of the participants to the ancient words of the machzor. There is joy, camaraderie, and deep delight in experiencing the depth of these awesome days.