Shavout This Year

This year, Shavuot begins at sundown on Thursday, May 25,
and ends on Friday, May 26, at sundown.

Please help us celebrate Shavuot at any/all of these observances:

Annual Community=Wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Join Hakafa and a host of other Chicagoland synagogues at the annual Community-Wide Tikkun L’eil Shavuot on Thursday, May 25 at Am Shalom (840 Vernon Avenue, Glencoe): Voices from Jerusalem: MiTziyon Teitzei Torah. For this year’s spiritual and musical journey, we welcome the Jerusalem-based Nigunim Ensemble featuring Cantor-Rabbi Shani Ben Or and Boaz Dorot...and local cantors and musicians.

The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. with the Opening Performance followed by a Dessert Reception at 8:15 p.m., and Shavuot Study Sessions with local clergy (including Rabbi Elder) beginning at 8:45 p.m. 

Registration is required. To register, click here.

Participating Congregations: Am Shalom, Am Yisrael, B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Congregation Hakafa, Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Har Shalom, Makom Solel Lakeside, North Shore Congregation Israel, Temple Beth-El - Northbrook, Temple Beth Israel, and Temple Jeremiah 
 

 
Early Morning Tikkun and Sunrise Minyan 

Our Shavuot celebration continues early on Friday morning, May 26. We are told to study the entire night of Shavuot until sunrise. So, we will gather at 3:30 a.m. at the North Shore United Methodist Church (213 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe) for an hour-long study session. We will then walk to the Glencoe Beach (160 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe) for a sunrise minyan. Minyan will begin at 4:50 a.m.
 

Join us either in-person or via Zoom for our

Shavuot Yizkor Service

Friday, May 26, 2023
10:00 AM

In-Person at the North Shore United Methodist Church (213 Hazel Avenue, Glencoe)
OR via Zoom
Zoom Link (Meeting ID: 852 3252 0986)
To Dial-In (no video): 312-626-6799

Jewish tradition tells us that four times during the year, in addition to the anniversary of the death of a loved one, we are to recall the memories of those who have died. These four times, known as yizkor (remembrance), coincide with major holidays on the Jewish calendar. Shavuot is a day on which yizkor is recited.

If you will be joining us via Zoom, go to this link for a copy of our Shavuot Yizkor Siddur (prayer book). You should either print it out ahead of time or have it up on another screen during our service.