Purim with Fabrangen & Tikkun Leil Shabbat
Join us for an evening of ma’ariv, megillah, and merriment! All ages are invited to come in costume!
March 2, 2026 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd NW
Within walking distance of Columbia Heights Metro and Metrobuses D60, D6X, D72, D74, C61, and more.
6:00 pm: Doors open, early dinner, and activities
6:30 pm: Ma’ariv
6:50ish pm: Full Hebrew chanting of Megillat Esther, with our award-winning slideshow of jokes!
7:40ish pm: Late dinner, hamentaschen, and schmoozing.
TLS & Fabrangen will provide:
- Packets with the ma’ariv service and megillah text
- Graggers (noisemakers)
- Light dinner and hamentaschen
- Suggested places to donate for Matanot La’evyonim (Purim tradition of giving funds to fight poverty)
Welcome to our Saturday Morning Shabbat Services
Fabrangen holds two types of Shabbat services: multi-access (hybrid) and Zoom only.
- The in-person part of our multi-access services is held at the Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20012
- Masks are optional, but there is a mask-only seating section.
- Please email the Fabrangen Coordinator in advance to obtain the Zoom link.
- We use Siddur Lev Shalem in all our services.
Events
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Fabrangen is Awarded the 2025 HIAS Leadership Pathways Award!
Congratulations to the Fabrangen Refugee & Immigrant Committee – and all of us!
From HIAS:
Mazel tov and thank you for who you are and what you do. HIAS is honored to bestow Fabrangen Havurah with the Leadership Pathways Award for your extraordinary work helping people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
Fabrangen’s Mission
Fabrangen is a community devoted to Torah, community service, and social justice activism. We warmly welcome everyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religious background or affiliation, nationality, disability, or age. Our services during the year and for the High Holidays are guided by several principles:
- egalitarian and participatory services that seek to include everyone in the spiritual experience
- creative mix of traditional and innovative worship
- member-led services that engage the congregation
