Jewish Holidays
Megillah Reading and Purim Celebration – 2026
Ohavi Zedek Social Hall 188 N. Prospect St, Burlington, VTJoin us for a joyous Purim celebration! We'll begin with the weekday Maariv evening service, followed by the reading of the Megillah. Afterward, we'll transition into a lively celebration with... Read More
Purim Celebration 2026
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United States10:30am - 11am: Megila reading and costume parade 11am -12:30pm: Party, music, lunch, games, bouncy castle, raffle Suggested donation (for party and not Megila reading): $18/family, $5/adult, $3/child Click... Read More
Yom HaShoah
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesYom HaShoah is the Jewish Holocaust Memorial Day. Yom HaShoah, observed on the 27th of the month of Nisan, memorializes those murdered by the Nazis and those who resisted their... Read More
Yom HaZikkaron
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesThe day before Yom Haatzma’ut is called Yom HaZikkaron, Memorial Day, and is dedicated to the memory of all those who have died in defense of the State of Israel... Read More
Yom Haatzma’ut
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesThe State of Israel was proclaimed on the fifth of Iyyar, 5708, corresponding to May 14, 1948, and this day is celebrated as Israel Independence Day, also popularly known by... Read More
Lag Ba’Omer
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesLag Ba’Omer is the thirty-third day of the Omer, which in Hebrew letters is lamed-gimmel. Believed to be the day on which the plague that afflicted Rabbi Akiva’s students ceased,... Read More
Yom Yerushalayim
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington, VT, United StatesOn the twenty-eighth day of Iyyar in 1967, the IDF entered the Old City of Jerusalem, which Jordan had occupied since the War of Independence in 1948. Among other things,... Read More
