Torah Study, 1st and 3rd Saturdays 8:30 am via Zoom
No Torah Study September 19
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Contact Suzanne (suz_darby@hotmail.com) for information and study guide
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HIGH HOLIDAYS INFORMATION
Here is the schedule for Yom Kippur:
Kol Nidre service – Sunday, September 20th – 8 PM
Why is this night different from all other nights?
Morning service – Monday, September 21st – 10 AM
Our tradition is handing us a do-over on this day. Take advantage of it! If you’ve been a little snarky with your sister this past year, here’s your chance to acknowledge it, apologize, and try to be kinder.
Activity: You Be the Judge! – Monday, September 21st – 4 PM
On this day that we are all being judged by God, let’s do a little turnabout for an hour. Panels of three throughout the last two thousand years have judged all sorts of matters under Jewish law. This is your opportunity to serve on such a panel! In groups of two or three, you will be presented with evidence to discuss and will vote on the outcome.
Yizkor service – Monday, September 21st – 5 PM
This is the time set aside to remember those we have loved and lost. All of the names on our memorial board will be read aloud. If you have additional names you want to be included, there will be a list available for you to write down those names.
Ne’ilah service – Monday, September 21st – 6 PM
The gates of repentance are beginning to close. There could still be more in your heart and on your mind that you need to say in order to continue to create the best version of yourself. Rather than asking to be inscribed in the Book of Life, we now ask God to seal us in the Book of Life for a good and healthy year ahead. There are some good tunes in this service, which ends with a final long blast of the shofar.
Havdalah and Community break-the-fast
We sing the short but lovely service that separates holy day from ordinary day. Then we share a meal to which we have all contributed a dish to symbolize the breaking of the fast. It’s been a long, intense day, and it’s good to end it in companionship.
We suggest that you bring a nonperishable food item (cans, not glass) when you come to the synagogue on Yom Kippur, for donating to those in need.
If for some reason you are unable to make it to one or more of our services, you can access them on Zoom instead:
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Meeting ID: 893 0603 8164
Passcode: 871775
ROSH HASHANAH 5787 AT CONGREGATION SHA’ARE SHALOM
Fund Raiser For Safety Personnel
Dear Members,
Congregation Sha’are Shalom has started a never ending Fundraiser to pay for Security at our synagogue.
We want all our members to feel safe coming to services and events at the Synagogue, so we will be having
Security Personnel there at all events.
There will be a tab under Donation on our website where you can make a donation for Security.
Thank you in advance.
Jackie – Treasurer
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR MEMBERS
The Brag Space for Members to share special moments and events
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Lead a Friday evening Shabbat service — we’ll help you!
Our prayer book makes it easy — just choose your favorite reading from each two-page spread, either in English or Hebrew, spoken or sung. We even have some pre-chosen plans to use. The pressure is very low — the audience is usually small and supportive. If you’d rather not write a brief d’var Torah (a mini-sermon on how something from the week’s Torah portion might apply to our lives today), Suzanne Darby has volunteered to write it; and if you’re hesitant about leading songs, I can help out with that.
We’d just like more of our members to come up and play a part in services, and so we’re eager to help any way we can.
You don’t have to know Hebrew, and you just have to be past bar/bat mitzvah age. You can even enlist your spouse and/or kids to be your co-leaders. We’re looking for volunteers for Friday evenings. Please contact me at myerspat@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.
See you at our next service
HELP WANTED
Dates Available for Oneg Sponsors
Shar’are Shalom each Saturday morning (every 2nd Saturday) and Friday night (every 4th Friday) service at the temple ends with the pleasure of fellowship. A little nosh usually makes this fellowship last longer and adds to its delightfulness. Each post service nosh or oneg requires an Oneg Sponsor. Whether it is wine, juice, a challah, and some cookies, or even more – it is always appreciated by those in attendance.
Contact Marshall Jones (Mjones.shaare@gmail.com) if you would like to sponsor an oneg or lead a Friday Night Service or have any questions about doing either.