High Holiday Service Schedule for 2009/5770


CELEBRATE THE HIGH HOLY DAYS WITH US!

Please join us on September 18th at 8:00pm to welcome the Jewish New Year of 5770.   A special Oneg, including apples and honey, will follow.

Please also join us on Saturday and Sunday, September 19th & 20th at 9:30am, for a joyous, spiritual New Year's celebration with Rabbi Fox and our High Holiday Hazzan, Rabbi Alan LaPayover.  Please note: Because the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, we don't blow the shofar, sing Avinu Malkeinu, or perform the ritual of Tashlich on that day.  All of these will be included in the second day of our celebration of Rosh Hashanah.

Finally, please join us for Kol Nidre Service on Sunday, September 27th at 6:15pm and Yom Kippur Services on September 28th at 9:30pm.  DON'T FORGET TO RSVP FOR OUR BREAK-THE-FAST MEAL AFTER SERVICES (more than 50 have signed up already!).  For reservations ($20/$25 non-members), please contact the synagogue office or call us at 609/266-0403.

For information about our High Holiday Services,
please visit our High Holiday Services page.

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


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 2nd, the first evening of Sukkot.  For more information and  reservations, please contact the synagogue office or call us at 609/266-0403.

 

Selichot

A Community Selichot Service will be held Saturday, September 12th,
at Beth Israel Reform Congregation in Northfield (2501 Shore Road) at approximately 11:00pm and will feature the area's Rabbis and Cantors,
including our own Rabbi Fox.

To set the right atmosphere for the evening, the South Jersey Board of Rabbis and Cantors is sponsoring a special screening of the classic film, "Gentlemen's Agreement."  Though set in the world of New York's publishing power-houses run by the blue-blood world and describes the subtle and not-so-subtle antisemitism that pervades that community, the themes and even much of the dialogue could have been pulled from any New York power office today . . . or could it?  The screening of the film and what promises to be a wide-ranging discussion will begin at Beth Israel at 8:30pm,  with refreshments to follow (before the Community Selichot Service).


Rosh Hashanah

Friday, September 18, 8:00pm: Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Saturday, September 19, 9:30am: Rosh Hashanah First Day Service
Sunday, September 20, 9:30am: Rosh Hashanah Second Day Service
              approximately 2:30pm: Tashlich Service on Brigantine Beach


Shabbat Shuva

Friday, September 25, 8pm: Join us for our regular Shabbat Service with a special emphasis on the introspection we practice during the Days of Awe.


Yom Kippur

Sunday, September 27, 6:15pm: Kol Nidre
Monday, September 28, 9:30am: Yom Kippur Morning Service
Yizkor Service at approximately 12:00pm
Mincha and Neilah at 5:00pm
Break-the-Fast at approximately 7:45pm
(American Legion #396, 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.


Sukkot

Friday, October 2, Sukkot Dinner followed by Services

Shabbat in the Sukkah!
Please join us on Friday evening, October 6th, 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 Saturday, October 10th, 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!!!