High Holiday Service Schedule for 2011/5772


CELEBRATE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS WITH US!

Please join us on September 28th at 8:00pm to welcome the Jewish New Year of 5772.   A special Oneg, including apples and honey, will follow.

Please also join us on Thursday and Friday, September 29th & 30th at 9:30am, for a joyous, spiritual New Year's celebration with Rabbi Fox and our High Holiday Hazzan, Rabbi Alan LaPayover.

Finally, please join us for Kol Nidre Service on Friday, October 7th at 6:00pm and Yom Kippur Services on October 8th at 9:30am.  DON'T FORGET TO RSVP FOR OUR BREAK-THE-FAST MEAL AFTER SERVICES (more than 35 have signed up already!).  For reservations ($25 non-members and members not yet paid up; FULLY paid members are FREE, but still require reservations), please contact the synagogue office or call us at 609/266-0403.

Click here to read about our High Holiday Hazzan, Rabbi Alan LaPayover.


Please take a look at our full High Holidays schedule:


Selichot

A Community Selichot Service will be held Saturday, September 24th,
at Beth Judah in Ventnor (700 N. Swarthmore Avenue) at 8:30pm for an amazing program during which Abraham will be put on trial for the binding of Isaac (with real prosecutors, real defense lawyers, and real judges!), followed by refreshments.  Then join us at 11:00pm for a spiritually uplifting Selichot Service that will feature the area's Rabbis and Cantors, including our own Rabbi Fox.


Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, September 38, 8:00pm: Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Thursday, September 29, 9:30am: Rosh Hashanah First Day Service;
                Approximately 2:00pm: Tashlich Service on Brigantine Beach
Friday, September 30, 9:30am: Rosh Hashanah Second Day Service


Shabbat Shuva

Friday, September 30, 8pm: Join us for our regular Shabbat Service with a special emphasis on the introspection we practice during the Days of Awe.


Yom Kippur

Friday, October 7, 6:30pm: Kol Nidre
Saturday, October 8, 9:30am: Yom Kippur Morning Service
Yizkor Service at approximately 12:00pm
Mincha and Neilah at 4:45pm
Break-the-Fast at approximately 7:15pm
(Brigantine American Legion, 3218 West Brigantine Avenue)


*Don't Forget!*

Temple Beth Shalom's Annual Food Drive:

Please bring canned goods and non-perishable food items when you attend Yom Kippur Services.

These items will be donated to the Jewish Family Service Food Bank. Your donations are gratefully appreciated.

Please be as generous as possible. Thank you.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
CELEBRATE SUKKOT WITH US IN OUR SUKKAH!

Please join us for a warm Sukkot/Shabbat Dinner in our *GRAND* Sukkah on October 14th, the first evening of Hol HaMoed Sukkot.  We will also sing "Happy Birthday" to Rabbi and Sarah's twin boys, Matan and Doron, for their first birthday!!

For more information and  reservations, please contact the synagogue office or call us at 609/266-0403.

 

Sukkot

Friday, October 14th, Sukkot Dinner followed by Services

Shabbat in the Sukkah!
Please join us on Friday evening, October 14th, at 6:30pm for a special Sukkot Shabbat Dinner in our *GRAND* 16'x24' Sukkah!  A reservation for this wonderful evening with a delicious kosher dinner is available for only $25 per person.

Please RSVP to the Temple Beth Shalom Office via email or by phoning us at 609/266-0403.  Reservations for the dinner are required, with services open to all to follow at 8pm.

Don't forget the rest of Sukkot and "Dwelling in the Sukkah!"

Please come by the shul anytime during the week of Sukkot and have lunch or dinner (no ham sandwiches, please!) or just to sit and enjoy the Sukkah and the holiday.  Just remember: It is a mitzvah to simply sit in a Sukkah during the holiday of Sukkot!

When you are seated in the Sukkah, you may recite the following blessing:



Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kideshanu b'mitz'votav v'tzivanu leisheiv basukkah.

Blessed are you, Adonai our G-d, Sovereign of the Universe, who has made us holy through your commandments, and commanded us to dwell in the Sukkah.


Also, please don't forget the blessing upon your first visit to the Sukkah:



Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha-olam, shehechianu v'kiyamanu v'higiyanu lazman hazeh.

Blessed are you, Adonai our G-d, Sovereign of the Universe, for granting us life, for sustaining us, and for bringing us to this day.


Shemini Atzeret (Yizkor) Services

Please join us for services on Thursday, October 20th, at 10am for Shemini Atzeret services.  Shemini Atzeret (the 8th Day of Assembly) services are marked by the Tefilat HaGeshem (Prayer for Rain) and one of the four Yizkor (Memorial) services in the Jewish calendar.  Also, please join us after services for a Kiddush lunch in our Sukkah (weather permitting; otherwise, Kiddush lunch will be held indoors).  Please note that with Hallel, Yizkor, and Tefilat HaGeshem, services will run longer than normal (ending closer to 12:30pm).

HAG SUKKOT SAMEACH!!!     HAPPY SUKKOT!!!