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WednesdayWed, 18 FebFebruary, 2026

Yeshiva Week Study

Wednesday, Feb 18th 8:00a to 2:00pJoin us for a special Scholar-in-Residence Weekend: Yeshiva Week with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed, an immersive three-day learning experience designed to deepen study, reflection, and community.

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ThursdayThu, 19 FebFebruary, 2026

Yeshiva Week Study

Thursday, Feb 19th 8:00a to 2:00pJoin us for a special Scholar-in-Residence Weekend: Yeshiva Week with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed, an immersive three-day learning experience designed to deepen study, reflection, and community.

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ThursdayThu, 19 FebFebruary, 2026

FULL: A Road Out: Film Screening with Racial Justice Committee

Thursday, Feb 19th 5:30p to 8:30pThis event is full. Please join Karin Shapiro for the showing of her short documentary and learning more the story of six South African doctors who fled apartheid and transformed public health in the American South.

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FridayFri, 20 FebFebruary, 2026

Yeshiva Week Study

Friday, Feb 20th 8:00a to 1:00pJoin us for a special Scholar-in-Residence Weekend: Yeshiva Week with Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed, an immersive three-day learning experience designed to deepen study, reflection, and community.

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FridayFri, 20 FebFebruary, 2026

Tot Shabbat

Friday, Feb 20th 5:30p to 6:00pA joyful, musical Shabbat experience designed for children ages 0-5 and their grown-ups!

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OFFICE HOURS

  • Monday: Closed

  • Tuesday–Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

  • Friday: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

  • Saturday: 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Shabbat Services)

  • Sunday: Closed

Friday Night

Tot Shabbat
: 5:30pm
Candle Lighting
: 5:44pm
Eat, Schmooze, Pray
: 6:00pm

Shabbat Day

Mishnah Study
: 8:45am
Orthodox Kehillah Services
: 9:00am
Shabbat Stories & Songs for Littles (and their Grown-Ups!)
: 9:15am
Shabbat Morning Services
: 9:30am
Shabbat Childcare
: 10:00am
Peer Tutoring for B Mitzvah
: 10:15am
Rabbi's Parsha Study
: 10:30am
Shabbat Morning Magic
: 10:30am
Community Event: Durham Women Unite
: 1:00pm
Shiur with Melila Hellner-Eshed
: 1:00pm
Havdalah
: 6:53pm

Candle Lighting

Friday, Feb 20, 5:44pm

Havdalah

Motzei Shabbat, Feb 21, 6:53pm

 

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