October 11, 2008   12 Tishrei 5769
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SHABBAT  

SHABBAT EVENING
Weekly Shabbat services are held Friday evenings at 8:15 PM.
There are two "Shabbat in the Garden" creative services, the last Friday of June and the first Friday of September, to enhance members' appreciation of creation and nature in a Jewish context. These services  begin at 7:30 p.m. You are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner at 6:15 before services for 'Shabbat in the Garden'.

SHABBAT MORNING
Saturday morning family services are held at 10:45 AM when Religious School is in session. Adult Torah Study Class is held Saturday morning at 9:15am.

HOLIDAYS  

Please note that for Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Passover and Purim --- the morning services begin at 10:30am instead of 9 a.m.


SELICHOT
We do a joint program with Temple Israel. We have a program involving a theme related to the High Holy Days, have coffee and cake and conclude with a Selichot service.

ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR
Our High Holy Day services are enhanced by the beautiful music of our student cantor and choir. We observe one day of Rosh Hashanah with services Erev Rosh Hashanah and in the morning. For Yom Kippur we have Erev Kol Nidre service as well as morning services, Meditative Music, Yizkor Service, Afternoon Service and Neila Closing Service, followed by a short congregation break-the-fast. (Check the calendar for times and dates.)

SHABBAT SHUVAH
(Friday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
This service begins at 7:30 pm and is a special service of Healing and Comfort designed for those in need of physical, emotional and/or spiritual healing as well as those who care for them. The service contains the usual Shabbat prayers as well as additional readings from the Jewish texts regarding healing.

SUKKOT
Our evening Sukkot service begins at 7:30 p.m. followed by an Oneg in our Sukkah. Sukkot festival services are held in the morning at 10:30a.m.

SIMCHAT TORAH
Our service begins with Consecration as we welcome our new students into our school. We celebrate the joy of the Torah by unrolling the entire Torah in the social hall, and place the very beginning of Breshit (Genesis) next to the very end of D'varim (Deuteronomy) to symbolize the continuous cycle of Torah reading. We invite different members of the congregation to read directly from the Torah and end with dancing to Klezmer music. This service usually begins at 7 p.m. We have a Yizkor service the following morning at 10:30a.m.

HANUKKAH
In addition to Hanukkah celebrations in the school, we have a special Shabbat Hanukkah service which begins at 7:30 p.m.

PURIM
We celebrate Purim with our annual Purim Shpiel in which we tell the story of Esther through the eyes of different musical genres. Some of our past celebrations have been presented with music from the Beatles, Broadway and the Beach Boys.

PASSOVER
Passover is celebrated in the home as we each attend seders with family and friends. Anyone in need of a place to go for seder should contact the rabbi. Yizkor is on the morning of the 7th day of Passover at 10:30a.m..

YOM HASHOAH
The Friday before Yom Hashoah we have a special Shabbat service that includes special readings about the Holocaust.

SHAVUOT
Shavuot is the celebration of the Receiving of the Torah. We have an Erev Tikkun Leil Shavuot program including dairy foods of cheese cake and ice cream, followed by a festival service. A Yizkor service is held the morning of Shavuot at 10:30a.m.


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