JJC

Synagogue Services

If you’d like to join a service in our synagogue, please contact us using the details below first to tell us you would like to come. We’ll take a few details and we’ll be ready to welcome you to our community!

Shabbat services are held on Saturday mornings with a Kiddush after the service, the first Saturday of the month there is a special Kiddush.

There are occasional Friday evening services where a communal meal is also served.

Significant festivals, holidays, and other important events in 2025 are listed below.

Note that the Jewish day begins the evening before and ends after sunset. The time for Shabbat and Festivals is London time + 4 minutes.

Most of our services are led by lay members of the community, although a minister is usually invited for the Yom Tovim.

For further details, please contact our secretary at Office@jjc.org.je

Jewish Holidays 2025

15 Shevat

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Work permitted

The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees.

Purim

Begins sunset of  Thursday, March 13, 2025

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.

Passover

Begins sunset of  Saturday, April 12, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Sunday, April 20, 2025

No work permitted on April 13 – 14 and April 19 – 20. Work is permitted only on April 15 – 18 with certain restrictions.

Yizkor is recited on Passover, Sunday, April 20

Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.

Lag B’Omer

Friday, May 16, 2025

Work permitted

Lag BaOmer is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. It also commemorates the end of a plague that raged amongst the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. On Lag BaOmer the dying ceased.

Shavuot

Begins sunset of  Sunday, June 1, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Tuesday, June 3, 2025

No work is permitted.

Yizkor is recited on Shavuot, Tuesday, June 3

Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues,

The Three Weeks

Sunday, July 13, 2025  through  Sunday, August 3, 2025

Work permitted, except Shabbat

The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple

The 15th of Av

Saturday, August 9, 2025

No work is permitted due to Shabbat.

Rosh Hashanah

Begins sunset of  Monday, September 22, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Wednesday, September 24, 2025

No work is permitted.

Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.

Yom Kippur

Begins sunset of  Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Thursday, October 2, 2025

No work is permitted.

Yizkor is recited on Yom Kippur, Thursday, October 2

Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, when we fast, pray, seek forgiveness from G-d and our fellows, and come closer to G-d. It is the peak of the High Holidays.

Sukkot

Begins sunset of  Monday, October 6, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Monday, October 13, 2025

No work permitted on October 7 – 8. Work is permitted on October 9 – 10 and October 12 – 13 with certain restrictions..

The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

Begins sunset of  Monday, October 13, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Wednesday, October 15, 2025

No work is permitted.

Yizkor is recited on Shemini Atzeret, Tuesday, October 14

Following the seven joyous days of Sukkot, comes the happy holiday known as Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.

Chanukah

Begins sunset of  Sunday, December 14, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Monday, December 22, 2025

Work permitted, except Shabbat

Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem

Fast of Tevet 10

Begins sunrise of  Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Ends nightfall of  Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Work permitted

On Asarah B’Tevet, the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tevet, 425 BCE, the armies of the Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem.

Shabbat Times 2025

These are London times so Jersey needs to add 4 Minutes

ParashaStart DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
VayigashJan 3, 202515:49Jan 4, 202516:59
Fast of TevetJan 10, 202515:55Jan 10, 202517:00
VayechiJan 10, 202515:58Jan 11, 202517:07
ShemotJan 17, 202516:09Jan 18, 202517:17
Va’era*Jan 24, 202516:20Jan 25, 202517:28
BoJan 31, 202516:33Feb 1, 202517:39
BeshalachFeb 7, 202516:45Feb 8, 202517:51
YitroFeb 14, 202516:58Feb 15, 202518:03
Mishpatim *Feb 21, 202517:11Feb 22, 202518:15
Terumah + ShekalimFeb 28, 202517:24Mar 1, 202518:26
Tetzaveh + ZachorMar 7, 202517:36Mar 8, 202518:40
Fast of EstherMar 13, 202504:41Mar 13, 202518:42
Ki TissaMar 14, 202517:49Mar 15, 202518:52
Vayakhel + ParahMar 21, 202518:01Mar 22, 202519:04
Pekudei + Hachodesh *Mar 28, 202518:12Mar 29, 202519:16
Start of BSTMar 30, 202500:00Mar 30, 202500:01
VayikraApr 4, 202519:24Apr 5, 202520:29
Latest time for burning chametzApr 11, 202511:54Apr 11, 202511:54
Tzav + Hagadol + Erev PesachApr 11, 202519:36Apr 12, 202520:41
Latest time for eating chametzApr 12, 202510:45Apr 12, 202510:45
Pesach 1st dayApr 12, 202520:41Apr 13, 202520:43
Pesach 2nd dayApr 13, 202520:43Apr 14, 202520:45
Pesach 7th day + ShabbatApr 18, 202519:48Apr 19, 202520:55
Pesach 8th dayApr 19, 202520:55Apr 20, 202520:56
Shemini *Apr 25, 202519:59Apr 26, 202521:08
Tazria-MetzoraMay 2, 202520:11May 3, 202521:21
Acharei-KedoshimMay 9, 202520:22May 10, 202521:34
EmorMay 16, 202520:33May 17, 202521:47
Behar-Bechukotai *May 23, 202520:43May 24, 202521:59
BemidbarMay 30, 202520:52May 31, 202522:10
Shavuot 1st dayJun 1, 202520:54Jun 2, 202522:13
Shavuot 2nd dayJun 2, 202522:13Jun 3, 202522:14
NasoJun 6, 202520:59Jun 7, 202522:18
Beha’alotechaJun 13, 202521:04Jun 14, 202522:25
Shelach Lecha *Jun 20, 202521:07Jun 21, 202522:28
KorachJun 27, 202521:08Jun 28, 202522:27
ChukatJul 4, 202521:06Jul 5, 202522:24
BalakJul 11, 202521:01Jul 12, 202522:17
Fast of TammuzJul 13, 202501:47Jul 13, 202522:10
Pinchas *Jul 18, 202520:54Jul 19, 202522:08
Matot-MaseiJul 25, 202520:45Jul 26, 202521:57
Devarim/ Erev Tisha b’AvAug 1, 202520:35Aug 2, 202521:44
Fast of AvAug 2, 202520:47Aug 3, 202521:36
VaetchananAug 8, 202520:22Aug 9, 202521:29
EikevAug 15, 202520:09Aug 16, 202521:14
Re’eh *Aug 22, 202519:55Aug 23, 202520:58
ShofetimAug 29, 202519:39Aug 30, 202520:41
Ki TeitzeiSep 5, 202519:24Sep 6, 202520:25
Ki TavoSep 12, 202519:08Sep 13, 202520:08
NitzavimSep 19, 202518:52Sep 20, 202519:51
Rosh Hashanah 1st daySep 22, 202518:45Sep 23, 202519:44
Rosh Hashanah 2nd daySep 23, 202519:44Sep 24, 202519:42
Fast of GedaliahSep 25, 202505:12Sep 25, 202519:33
Vayeilech + ShuvahSep 26, 202518:35Sep 27, 202519:35
Yom KippurOct 1, 202518:24Oct 2, 202519:23
Ha’azinuOct 3, 202518:19Oct 4, 202519:19
Succot 1st dayOct 6, 202518:13Oct 7, 202519:12
Succot 2nd dayOct 7, 202519:12Oct 8, 202519:10
Shabbat Chol HamoedOct 10, 202518:04Oct 11, 202519:03
Shemini AtzeretOct 13, 202517:57Oct 14, 202518:57
Simchat TorahOct 14, 202518:57Oct 15, 202518:55
Bereishit *Oct 17, 202517:49Oct 18, 202518:49
NoachOct 24, 202517:34Oct 25, 202518:35
End of BSTOct 26, 202500:00Oct 26, 202500:01
Lech LechaOct 31, 202516:21Nov 1, 202517:23
VayeraNov 7, 202516:08Nov 8, 202517:11
Chayei Sarah *Nov 14, 202515:58Nov 15, 202517:02
ToledotNov 21, 202515:49Nov 22, 202516:55
VayeitzeiNov 28, 202515:42Nov 29, 202516:49
VayishlachDec 5, 202515:38Dec 6, 202516:46
Vayeishev *Dec 12, 202515:36Dec 13, 202516:46
MikeitzDec 19, 202515:38Dec 20, 202516:47
VayigashDec 26, 202515:41Dec 27, 202516:52
Fast of TevetDec 30, 202506:16Dec 30, 202516:48
Note    
     
* Mevarachim Hachodesh (Blessing the New Moon)