Pre-Passover Beer and Pretzel Celebration

Big Ditch Brewing Co. 55 East Huron St, Buffalo, NY, United States

Join us as we prepare for Passover with beer and pretzels and the release of LiNK's FREE Seder supplement - complete with a range of activities, readings, sources and more! BIG DITCH BREWING CO. 55 East Huron St | Buffalo, NY FREE to attend! *2 drinks & appetizers included* RSVP at https://bit.ly/SEDERSUPPLEMENT For more information, contact Mike at mike@buffalojewishfederation.org

Freedom Seder

Temple Beth Zion Delaware 805 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, United States

Temple Beth Zion partners with First Shiloh Baptist Church to share stories of liberation from Jewish and Black perspectives.  Rabbi Brent Gutmann and Pastor Jonathan Staples will be co-leading this meaningful and joyous event.  Members of both congregations collaborated on a menu featuring favorite dishes from both cultures, and will be cooking and serving the meal together.

Passover

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

The eight-day festival of Passover is celebrated in the early spring, from the 15th through the 22nd of the Hebrew month of Nissan. It commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It is observed by avoiding leaven and highlighted by the Seder meals that include four cups of wine, eating matzah and bitter herbs, and retelling the story of the Exodus.

Lag B’Omer

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

Lag B’Omer falls on the 33rd day of the Omer, a minor festival falling between Passover and Shavuot, commemorating the end of a plague which killed thousands of Rabbi Akiva’s students; also the yahrzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.

Shavuot

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.  It begins on Thursday evening, May 25, and continues through Saturday, May 27.

Future Men’s Group Home Gathering

Glen Park 5618 Main Street, Williamsville, NY, United States

The future residents of the Jewish Men’s Group Home will gather to celebrate Shavout with ice cream, stories and songs. For more information, contact Mike Steklof at mike@buffalojewishfederation.org

Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Temple Beth Tzedek 1641 North Forest Road, Williamsville, NY, United States

"A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven" - Ecclesiastes 3:1 As we observe the holiday commemorating the Revelation at Mount Sinai, study Torah with some of Jewish Buffalo's finest teachers. All sessions will be held in person and live-streamed at btzbuffalo.org. You're welcome to join for one, some, or all of the sessions. Refreshments will be served throughout the night. THURSDAY, MAY 25 8 PM | Cantor Mark Spindler | Minha Ma'ariv Service 8:30 PM | Rabbi Sara Rich | To Everything There is a Season, but is there a reason 10 PM | Rabbi Brent Gutmann | A Time to Unite 11 PM | Dr. Gil Wolfe | United Arab Emirates FRIDAY, MAY 26 12 AM | Rabbi Alex Lazarus Klein | Everything, Everywhere All at Once: A Jewish Concept of Time Travel 1 AM | Rabbi Ori Bergman | A Time for Hate 2:15 AM | Cantorial Intern Zahava Fried | A Stranger in a Strange Land 3:15 AM | Cantor Mark Horowitz | Turn, Turn, Turn: Peter, Paul, Ben Bag-Bag and Mary 4:15 AM | Rabbi Adam Rosenbaum | Psalms of Unsettling A sunrise Yom Tov Service and breakfast will follow […]

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Kehillat Ohr Tzion, 879 Hopkins Road, Williamsville, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year. It begins at sundown on the eve of the Hebrew month of Tishrei 1 and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2.  This is one of the holiest holidays of the year.  Students are generally absent from school to observe the holiday.

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year. It begins at sundown on the eve of the Hebrew month of Tishrei 1 and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2.  This is one of the holiest holidays of the year.  Students are generally absent from school to observe the holiday.

Erev Yom Kippur

Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY, United States

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year and means “Day of Atonement.”  It begins several minutes before sunset and concludes after nightfall the following day.  Many who observe the holiday will attend synagogue and will abstain from eating and drinking, as well as other normal activities.