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Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle 5784

Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle

We hope that you will once again join with the other members of Temple Emanu-El and your family on Sunday night May 5th, erev Yom HaShoah, and light this candle in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The act of kindling this flame and reading the meditation can be a moving ritual to remind us of what happened to our people not so long ago. Placing the candle in your window is a way to help remind the community. This moment would also be an appropriate opportunity to discuss the Holocaust with your children.

This is the twenty-third year of the Men’s Club participation in The Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle Program, which is a project of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Club.

It is our hope that the observance of Yom HaShoah, centered on the lighting of a Yellow Candle, will become an annual event in your home and in the home of every member of our congregation. Many of our families have already made this commemoration an important day in their Jewish calendar.

As in the past, we ask that you help to underwrite the cost of this project. Funds received will go directly to help feed Holocaust survivors, as well as other needy elderly members of our community. We ask that you consider gifts in multiples of $18.00. The number 18 is chai, life. Did a loved one perish or suffer greatly at the hands of the Nazi’s? Consider honoring their memories by becoming a sponsor this year. By remembering, by doing our part to insure our future, we celebrate the ongoing life of our people, even as we memorialize those who were destroyed. We appreciate your support of our efforts in this Yom HaShoah commemoration and our on-going education programs.

We hope that you and your family will participate on Sunday evening, May 5th, in this meaningful project.
Thu, May 9 2024 1 Iyyar 5784