EREV ROSH HASHANAH
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
Prepare Eruv Tavshilin
Selichot & Shacharit 6:30 AM
Candle Lighting 6:13 PM
(blessings #2 & #4 below)
Mincha & Ma’ariv 6:20 PM
(Sanctuary Only)
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
MAIN SANCTUARY:
*Preliminary Services at 9:10 including those who wish to recite Kaddish
Shacharit 9:30 AM
Mincha & Maariv 6:20 PM
LOWER HALL SERVICE:
Shacharit 8:30 AM
TASHLICH 5:15 PM
at Centennial Lake
Mincha & Ma’ariv 6:20 PM
(Sanctuary Only)
Candle Lighting after 7:14 PM
from an existing flame (blessings #2 & #4 below)
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
MAIN SANCTUARY:
*Preliminary Services at 9:10 including those who wish to recite Kaddish
Shacharit 9:30 AM
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:10 PM
LOWER HALL SERVICE:
Shacharit 8:30 AM
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:10 PM
(Sanctuary Only)
SHABBAT SHUVA
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4
Candle Lighting 6:10 PM
from a existing flame (blessing #1 below)
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:10 PM
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
Shacharit 9:00 AM
Parshat Ha’azinu
Mincha & Ma’ariv 6:05 PM
and Shabbat Shuva Drasha
Shabbat Concludes 7:10 PM
ASERET Y’MAI T’SHUVAH
FAST OF GEDALIAH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6
Fast Begins 5 :44 AM
Selichot & Shacharit 8:00 AM
Mincha 6:00 PM
Fast Ends 6:54 PM
OCTOBER 7-10
Selichot & Shacharit:
Monday & Thursday 6:30 AM
Tuesday & Wednesday 6:45 AM
Mincha & Ma’ariv Services 6:10 PM
EREV YOM KIPPUR
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
Selichot & Shacharit 6:45 AM
Mincha 2:00 PM
Fast begins at 5:57 PM
Candle Lighting until 5:57 PM
(blessings #5 & #4 below)
KOL NIDRE SERVICE 6:10 PM
(Sanctuary and Lower Level)
YOM KIPPUR DAY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
MAIN SANCTUARY:
*Preliminary Services at 9:10 including those who wish to recite Kaddish
Shacharit 9:30 AM
YIZKOR 11:00 AM
Mincha/Neila 4:45 PM
Shofar 6:58 PM
LOWER HALL SERVICE:
Shacharit 8:30 AM
YIZKOR 11:00 AM
Mincha/Neila 4:00 PM
Shofar 6:58 PM
KIDS PROGRAMMING:
ROSH HASHANAH DAYS 1&2: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
YOM KIPPUR MORNING: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
FAMILY PROGRAM:
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2: 4:30 PM
BLESSINGS FOR SHABBAT AND YOM TOV
Light candles before the blessing is recited
BLESSING #1 Shabbat Blessing: Baruch atah, Adonai, Eloheinu, melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat.
BLESSING #2 Yom Tov Blessing: Baruch atah, Adonai, Eloheinu, melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Yom Tov.
BLESSING #3 Shabbat & Yom Tov Blessing: Baruch atah, Adonai, Eloheinu, melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat ve shel Yom Tov.
BLESSING #4 Shehecheyanu Blessing: Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, shehechehyanu, v’kiy’manu, v’higianu laz’man hazeh.
BLESSING #5 Yom Kippur Blessing: Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech haolam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik neir shel yom hakippurim.
ERUV TAVSHILIN
What is an Eruv Tavshilin?
This year (5785), the second day of Rosh Hashanah will fall out on Friday, Erev Shabbat. Our Sages prohibited cooking on Yom Tov for Shabbat without placing an “Eruv Tavshilin,” which is placing (designating) bread and a cooked food on Erev Yom Tov (Wednesday, beginning from Tuesday night) for Shabbat (i.e. to be eaten on Shabbat) in order for it to be recognizable that one is not beginning to cook or bake on Yom Tov for Shabbat; rather, one is merely concluding this preparation.
How to Prepare the Eruv
There are several laws regarding the bread and cooked food one must leave for the Eruv Tavshilin. It is customary to leave bread (amounting to a weight of approximately fifty-four grams) and a hard-boiled egg. When one takes the bread and hard-boiled egg on Erev Yom Tov (Tuesday night or Wednesday before sunset), one recites: “Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha’Olam Asher Kideshanu Be’mitzvotav Ve’tzivanu Al Mitzvat Eruv.” One must include Hashem’s name while reciting this blessing. After reciting the blessing, one should say: “With this Eruv, we shall be permitted to bake, cook, light candles, and do anything necessary on Yom Tov for Shabbat.” One then saves the bread and cooked food and (preferably) eats them on Shabbat night or any other time on Shabbat.
THE HIGH HOLY DAY PERIOD
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is a fall holiday, taking place at the beginning of the month of Tishrei, which is the seventh month of the Jewish year (counting from Nisan in the spring). It is both a time of rejoicing and of serious introspection, a time to celebrate the completion of another year while also taking stock of one’s life.
The first two days of Rosh Hashanah usher in the Ten Days of Repentance (Aseret Yemei Teshuvah), also known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim), which culminate in the major fast day of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Days of Awe represent the climax of a longer process. Starting at the beginning of the previous month, called Elul, the shofar is traditionally sounded at the conclusion of the morning service. A ram’s horn that makes a trumpet-like sound, the shofar is intended as a wake-up call to prepare for the Tishrei holidays. One week before Rosh Hashanah, special petitionary prayers called Selichot are added to the ritual. Rosh Hashanah itself is also known as Yom Hadin or the Day of Judgment, on which God opens the Books of Life and Death, which are then sealed on Yom Kippur.
TASHLICH
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in the afternoon, Jews customarily gather at a nearby stream or river to symbolically cast away their sins by throwing breadcrumbs into the water. This ceremony is called Tashlich (cast off).
You and your family are invited to join in the TASHLICH CEREMONY – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 at 5:15 PM at Centennial Lake (enter from Manuel Drive and Lake Road).
BLESSING THE CHILDREN EREV YOM KIPPUR:
A most meaningful tradition of the High Holy Day season is the blessing given by parents to their children just before they leave for the Kol Nidre Service at the synagogue. Throughout the ages, generations of Jewish parents have placed their hands on their children’s heads and implored G-d’s mercy, love and guidance for the year to come.
(For Boys) “May the Lord make you as Ephraim and as Menasheh”
(For Girls) “May the Lord make you as Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah” and continue…..
“May it be the will of our Father in heaven to place within your heart, love and reverence for Him. May you fear G-d all the days of your life so that you will not sin.
May He implant in you the desire to study Torah and observe His commandments. May your eyes look straight ahead, your mouth speak wisdom and may your heart be filled with reverence. May your hands be involved in the accomplishment of Mitzvot and may your feet be ready to do G-d’s bidding. May you be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Good and Long Life together with all of the righteous of Israel. Amen”.
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is one of two Jewish High Holy Days. The first High Holy Day is Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). Yom Kippur falls ten days after Rosh Hashanah on the 10th of Tishrei. The purpose of Yom Kippur is to bring about reconciliation between people and between individuals and G-d. According to Jewish tradition, it is also the day when G-d decides the fate of each human being.
Although Yom Kippur is an intense holiday it is nevertheless viewed as a happy day. Why? Because if one has observed the holiday properly by the end of Yom Kippur they will have made peace with others and with G-d.
Fasting - One abstains from all food and drink from sunset on Friday, October 11th from 6:10 PM until Saturday,
October 12th at 6:58 PM.
A Memorial Light is kindled on the eve of Yom Kippur in memory of a departed one(s).
As is customary, provisions will be made for women to light candles prior to Kol Nidre Services on Tuesday evening,
October 11th to enable travelling to Kol Nidre Services without violating the sanctity of Yom Kippur which begins with the lighting of the candles. The final time for such lighting is 6:10 PM.
