Chabad of Conejo to host Yom Kippur services

Chabad of the Conejo will host Yom Kippur Services beginning with the Kol Nidre service at 6:15 p.m. Wed., Oct. 12. Services will continue at 9:30 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 13. The Yizkor memorial service will be at noon and continue with the Neilah services at 5 p.m. The Yom Kippur fast will end on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. Refreshments will be served following the fast.

Services will be at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd.,Westlake Village.

A special teen service will be presented at the Hyatt as well as a program for children with special needs. The children’s program include prayers, stories, songs, contests and prizes.

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The traditional service is blended with contemporary and meaningful insights making the Yom Kippur Service a bond with the past and an inspiration for the future. Insights into many of the prayers and customs are explained during services.

The fast culminates with the Shema Yisroel and other verses said in unison and the final blowing of the shofar. It is the tradition of Chabad to end the Neilah (closing prayers of the High Holidays) with “tremendous singing and emotion in the Chassidic spirit,” according to the Chabad’s rabbis.

The Yizkor memorial service will be recited as well for all those who lost their lives in the recent terrorist attacks in Israel.

For further information, please call Chabad at (818) 9910991.

Chabad’s rabbis are appealing to all Jews of the community, observant or non-observant, member or non-member, affiliated or non-affiliated, to spend the holy day of Yom Kippur by attending services.

“Chabad’s doors will be open to every Jew, for on this holy day all Jews must be united and undivided,” said Rabbi Moshe Bryski. “We need the prayers of every Jew, no one excluded. The more fully we demonstrate our essential unity by acting with love and friendship amongst ourselves, the more fully God’s love will be revealed to us.”