Holiday celebrations
For High Holidays, the Fabrangen Cheder Community
holds Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services. The
services are produced by community members, who lead
prayers and singing, leyn (chant from the
Torah), and lead Torah discussion. For the past three
years High Holidays have been held in the warm, light
sanctuary of the Seekers' Church in Takoma Park.
Cheder’s sukkat celebrations include
erecting and decorating a sukkah, waving the lulav, and, of course, singing and
eating. At Tu b’Shvat we sample fruits and nuts and incorporate environmental
themes into classes. Purim celebrations range from creating a Purim Carnival to
putting on a Purim schpiel to exchanging shalach mones (treats). Observance of
Passover can take the form of a community-wide seder, or a multi-cultural
charoset tasting.

