Shabbat services, events and celebrations are held at:


Or Emet
24901 Orchard Village Road
Valencia, California
(661) 253-0596

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P.O. Box 55442
Valencia, CA
91385-0442


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Or Emet - A Congregation for Jewish Living, located in Valencia, California in the Santa Clarita Valley is a dynamic synagogue which invites all participants to share in a wide variety of Judaic experiences.  A warm and welcoming place to gather, worship and study, Or Emet is a temple which emphasizes the practice of Jewish values and community in programs for all ages.  People from conservative synagogues or reform temples feel at home with the familiarity of our melodies and services.
Contact us to find out more about our many programs and services including:
Shabbat, havdallah, Holiday events, Bar Mitzvah, Hebrew School and Adult Education.



 


On Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, Jews fast and mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples, and other tragedies of Jewish history associated with this date.

The Jewish expulsion from Spain occurred on this date in 1492, as did the deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp and the 1994 Hizbollah terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Argentina where 86 people died. Also, Jews were expelled from England on this date in 1290, the First Crusade started on this date in 1095, resulting in the death of thousands of Jews, and the Bar Kochba rebellion was crushed on this date in the year 132. Yet, the worst thing to happen on Tisha B'Av was the destruction of the two Holy Temples.
King Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem (currently, the Muslim Dome of the Rock sits above the spot). In 586 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians destroyed the First Temple. Over 100,000 Jews were killed and the rest were exiled to remote locations in Babylon and Persia. In 70 CE, Titus and the Romans destroyed the Second Temple (pictured in a model on far left) that Herod built. Over two and a half million Jews died from execution, battles, famine and disease. Another million Jews were exiled to part of the Roman empire. After the fall of the Second Temple, most Jews remained in the Diaspora until the beginning of the modern Zionist movement. All that is left of the Holy Temple is one side of the exterior wall that surrounded the Temple. This wall is Judaism's holiest site and is known as the Western, or Wailing, Wall (seen in the lower right side of the picture to the left, with the Dome of the Rock in the background).
 

 
Upcoming Events 2009/5769
Friday July 10, 7:30 pm Family Shabbat Service
Friday July 17, 7:30 pm Family Shabbat Service
Saturday July 25, 10:00 am Torah Service
Friday July 31, 7:30 pm
Family Shabbat Service
Tish'a B'Av

   
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Past Events
Rabbi Levy's Trip to Israel [ more pics => ] Sukah Building [more pics => ]

 
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