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This Shabbat · Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 23 Elul 5786
Shabbat Parashat Nitzavim–Vayeilech
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This Shabbat · 4–5 September 2026 · 22–23 Elul 5786
Nitzavim–Vayeilech, Deuteronomy 29:9–31:30 (70 verses). The two parashiyot are joined this year because Rosh Hashanah 5787 falls on Shabbat, 12 September, leaving no Shabbat between Yom Kippur and Sukkot; Ha’azinu is therefore read on Shabbat Shuvah, 19 September.
Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10–63:9, Sos asis ba-Adonai — the seventh and last of the shiv’ah de-neḥemta, the seven haftarot of consolation read from after Tish’ah be-Av to the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah. Ashkenazim and Sephardim read the same passage.
Ashkenazim begin on motzaei Shabbat, the night of 5–6 September (23–24 Elul), customarily after ḥatzot (Halakhic midnight). Sephardim and Edot ha-Mizraḥ have been saying Seliḥot since 2 Elul, which fell this year on Saturday, 15 August.
Psalm 27 (Le-David Hashem ori) at morning and evening services.
Shofar after shaḥarit each weekday; the last blast is on 28 Elul, Thursday, 10 September, and the shofar is silent on erev Rosh Hashanah, Friday, 11 September.
Erev Rosh Hashanah candle lighting in Poughkeepsie, Friday, 11 September: 6:53 p.m. Rosh HaShanah services at 7:00 p.m. — further details to come this week.
