Moed
This Shabbat in New York
- City
- New YorkUnited States
- Custom
- candles 18 mincommon Diaspora custom
- Day
- October 16This week’s Shabbat
Shabbat Noach
- Candle lighting, Friday
- 18 min before sunset (6:14 PM)
- Havdalah, Saturday
- sun 8.5° below the horizon
- Rabbeinu Tam, Saturday
- 72 min after Saturday sunset (6:12 PM)
Next holiday: Hanukkah, December 4 – 12.
Zmanim and custom
Zmanim for Friday, October 16
5 Cheshvan 5787
- Dawnsun at 16.1°
- Misheyakirsun at 11.5°
- Sunrisenetz
- Latest ShemaMagen Avraham
- Latest ShemaVilna Gaon
- Latest ShacharitVilna Gaon
- Middaychatzot
- Mincha gedola
- Mincha ketana
- Plag hamincha
- Candle lighting18 min before sunset
- Sunsetshkiah
- Nightfallsun at 8.5°, Friday evening
The custom in New York
Moed sets candle lighting in New York at 18 minutes before sunset, Hebcal's default. If your synagogue publishes a different time, follow it.
Moed counts the end of Shabbat at the appearance of three stars, when the sun is 8.5° below the horizon, as Hebcal does.
Source: Hebcal: candle lighting and Havdalah times
For a halakhic ruling, ask your rabbi.
Upcoming Shabbatot in New York
| Friday | Parsha | Candles | Havdalah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 165 Cheshvan 5787 | Noach | Candles 5:56 PM | Havdalah 6:54 PM |
| Friday, October 2312 Cheshvan 5787 | Lech-Lecha | Candles 5:45 PM | Havdalah 6:44 PM |
| Friday, October 3019 Cheshvan 5787 | Vayera | Candles 5:36 PM | Havdalah 6:36 PM |
| Friday, November 626 Cheshvan 5787 | Chayei Sara | Candles 4:28 PM | Havdalah 5:28 PM |
| Friday, November 133 Kislev 5787 | Toldot | Candles 4:21 PM | Havdalah 5:22 PM |
How we calculate New York
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40.71° N, 74.01° W |
| Elevation | sea levelNo elevation is used, neither for sunset nor for the times of the day. |
| Candle lighting | 18 minutes before sunsetcommon Diaspora custom |
| Havdalah | sun 8.5° below the horizon |
| Rabbeinu Tam | 72 minutes after sunset |
| Rounding | the cautious way: candle lighting toward the earlier minute, Havdalah toward the later one |
| Calendar | Diaspora: two days of Yom Tov, the Diaspora parsha |
Jewish New York
Synagogues
| Synagogue | Address | Rite |
|---|---|---|
| Congregation Shearith Israel | Upper West Side, Manhattan, 2 West 70th Street | Spanish and Portuguese, traditional |
| Central Synagogue | Midtown, Manhattan, 123 East 55th Street | Reform |
Neighborhoods
- Lower East Side. The first stop for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe from 1881 on.
- Brooklyn: Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Borough Park. Major Hasidic centers.
- Midtown and Upper West Side. Central Synagogue (Midtown) and Shearith Israel (West 70th Street).
The community
New York's Jewish history begins with a boat from Brazil in 1654.
Jacob Barsimson arrived in New Amsterdam in August 1654, and in September 1654 twenty-three Jewish refugees from Recife, Brazil, fleeing the Portuguese Inquisition, followed. Governor Peter Stuyvesant opposed their settlement, but the Dutch West India Company overruled him in February 1655. Congregation Shearith Israel, at 2 West 70th Street, calls itself America's first Jewish congregation and dates its founding to 1654. After the assassination of Alexander II in 1881, Jewish immigration swelled: the Jewish population grew from about 80,000 in 1880 to 1.5 million in 1920, and many settled on the Lower East Side. Today about 960,000 Jews live in New York City, roughly 12 percent of its population, nearly half of them in Brooklyn, where Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park are major Hasidic centers. In Midtown, Central Synagogue at 123 East 55th Street is a Reform congregation, and Temple Emanu-El is the city's oldest Reform congregation.
Before you go
- Shearith Israel and Central Synagogue are both in Manhattan; check each synagogue's website for visiting and security arrangements before you go.
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