Yom Hashoah Service April 23, 2009 6:00 pm Yom Hashoah at Church on the Square

Join us at 6:00 pm at The Church on the Square in the Spanish Springs Town Square for the Yom Hashoah service. Yom Hashoah is a day set aside for Jews to remember the Holocaust. The name comes from the Hebrew word 'shoah', which means 'whirlwind'.

Yom Hashoah ceremonies include the lighting of candles for Holocaust victims, and listening to the stories of survivors. Religious ceremonies include prayers such as Kaddish for the dead and the El Maleh Rahamim, a memorial prayer.

On the morning of Yom Hashoah a siren is sounded for 2 minutes throughout Israel and all work and other activity stops while people remember those killed in the Holocaust.

Please make every effort to attend this important service.