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DC Minyan is a traditional egalitarian Jewish community located in Dupont Circle. We seek to create an environment that will welcome, enrich, and challenge people of all ages, from all backgrounds, and with all levels of familiarity with Jewish texts and ritual. As a lay-led community, DC Minyan derives its strength and its warmth from you.

Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, and Shabbat Services

SHEMINI ATZERET - 10/24

Join us for Shemini Atzeret services on Thursday, October 24 at 9:15 am at All Souls (1500 Harvard St NW).

About the location: All Souls is a Universalist Unitarian church that has no iconography in any of its spaces. DC Minyan has a longstanding relationship with All Souls and has met there for services going back many years.

SIMCHAT TORAH - 10/24 and 10/25

Join us for Simchat Torah evening celebrations on Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 pm and morning celebrations on Friday, October 25 at 9:15 am at All Souls (1500 Harvard St NW). There will be no Kabbalat Shabbat services on October 25, i.e., motzei Simchat Torah.

Food (including challah rolls for hamotzi) and drink will be available on Thursday night and Friday morning. If you would like to contribute a bottle of alcohol to bring extra merriment to the community, please bring it with you on Thursday night!

Simchat Torah yogurt bar is sponsored by Becca Tanen and Jesse Rabinowitz to thank the DC Minyan community for all the meals, supplies, and support they have received since Micah’s birth.

We are thrilled to share that this year we will be honoring Adam Fagen as Chatan Torah and Jordy Snyder as Kallat Bereishit!

Traditionally members of the DC Minyan community have been encouraged to make a donation to the Minyan in honor of the Chatan/Kallat Torah/Bereishit. If you would like to honor these individuals, we encourage you to donate either a financial contribution here or pledge at least an hour of your time to support DC Minyan (email volunteer@dcminyan.org). 

KIDS SIMCHAT TORAH EVENT - 10/24 (NEW!)

Please join DC Minyan families for a kids Simchat Torah gathering on Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 pm in Adams Morgan. Families with kids 10 and under are invited for a Shouk dinner and a Simchat Torah celebration including hakafot. Space is very limited and we are just about full—please email Stephanie Schwartz (stephanie.schwartz@gmail.com) with the number of people attending (kids and adults) by 8:00 pm on Tuesday October 22 (today!).

We ask for a donation of $10 per adult and $5 per child to cover the cost of food from Shouk; please make a donation here and specify in the notes that it is for the Kids' Simchat Torah gathering. The host's address will be shared with those who RSVP.

SHEMINI ATZERET/SIMCHAT TORAH VOLUNTEERING

We are looking for volunteers to help with tasks that ensure Simchat Torah runs smoothly, from transporting items between locations to ensuring there is plentiful food and drink during hakafot to cleaning up after services are done. Sign up for volunteer slots on this spreadsheet.

Thank you for being a supporter of our holiday programming!

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES - 11/2

Join us for Shabbat Morning Services on Saturday, November 2 at 9:15 am at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW). Kids programming will begin at 10:30 am.

Upcoming events and programs

RISING SONG GATHERING - 10/30

Close out Tishrei in heart-opening song. Join R. Deborah Sacks Mintz and her soulful ensemble on Wednesday, October 30 from 7:30–9:00 pm in a participatory gathering of rich harmony, deep groove, and prayerful communal singing—rooted in traditional texts, contemporary melodies, and the meditative power of the nigun. More information and registration here.

This program is presented in partnership with Adas Israel and is cosponsored by DC Minyan.

MEMBERSHIP SHABBAT DINNER - 11/8

Whether you have recently become a member of DC Minyan or would like to get more involved, join us on Friday, November 8 for a community dinner immediately following Kabbalat Shabbat services at Friends Meeting of Washington (2111 Decatur Pl NW).

You can learn more about upcoming DC Minyan events, engage in conversations with new and old friends, and enjoy a delicious Shabbat meal. While this dinner is for new members to get a feel for this wonderful community, seasoned members are encouraged to join as well.

Register for dinner here and email Ronit Kempler and Rachel Lipman at membership@dcminyan.org with any questions.

Get Involved

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

DC Minyan's 5785 Membership Drive is underway! To become a member, please complete this form. If you have any uestions, please contact Rachel Lipman and Ronit Kempler at membership@dcminyan.org. We look forward to building and strengthening our community!

COMMUNITY NEWS

THANK YOU - SUKKOT

Thank you to everyone who joined us for three days of services and the Sukkah Hop! We would like to thank the following people in particular:

  • Adam Szubin, Miriam Szubin, Hadar Halivni, and Julia Zuckerman for filling in as guest gabbais while many of our regular gabbais were away
  • Ayelet Weiss for organizing lulav and etrog orders and distribution 
  • Jordy Snyder and Ben Rosenbaum for planning a successful Sukkah Hop
  • Our Sukkah Hop hosts: Rachel Levitan and Yigal Schleifer, Julie Straus Harris and Adam Harris, Hillel Smith and Joshua Matz, Adam and Miriam Szubin, Lilah Pomerance and Dan Gordon, Josh Nason and Jordy Snyder, Julia Zuckerman and Josh Jacobs, Cooper Boyar and Erin Beiner, Stephanie Schneiderman, Colin Berkley and Tamara Litwin, Josh Klein and Rebecca Murrow Klein

HIGH HOLIDAY *AND SUKKOT* DIVREI TORAH

If you missed a D’var Torah over Sukkot or the High Holidays or would like to reread the wise words of our community members, please see our D’var Torah resource page here.

Tue, October 22 2024 20 Tishrei 5785