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Your guide to Sel ihot Ros˙h Hashanah Shemini Atzeret Si mhat 577˙4 /2013

SERVICES · INFORMATION · ACTIVITIES NEW HOT TOPICS! SESSIONS SEL IHOT NIGHT AT BETH TZEDEC ˙

H”T לIGשY NמRעINA אDלAORהRרTיXנS EהH IוTא FלIC OהUSתMפי DלANה BE MOVED BY THE SPIRI“T SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

THE EVENING BEGINS WITH A SCREENING OF CANADIAN FILM The Mystery of San Nicandro at 9:30 PM A powerful documentary about a group of Italian Roman Catholics who underwent a mass conversion to in Fascist Italy and emigrated to the new state of in 1949. Join us for a look at their remarkable journey, a timeless story about identity, family and belonging.

JOIN BARUCH FRYDMAN -KOHL , RABBI ADAM CUTLER , CANTOR SIDNEY EZER , CANTOR SIMON SPIRO AND THE BETH TZEDEC SINGERS FOR A Meaningful and Mystical Sel ihot Service at 10:45 PM Join us˙ as we begin our New Year’s cycle of prayer. Our annual Sel ihot service is the magnificent late-night spiritual prelu˙de to the High Holy Day season. It will move and inspire. Midnight dessert reception follows the service.

Beth Tzedec Congregation 1700 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON Tel 416-781-3511 Email [email protected] www.beth-tzedec.org High Holy Days Tickets for AT BETH TZEDEC CONGREGATION 5774/2013 Your three tickets: 1 First day of Contents 2 Second day of Rosh Hashanah Seli hot Service 2 ִ A State of Israel Bond ticket Important Ticket Information 3 3 for both Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur. Service Times for 4-5 Rosh Hashanah and Teens (ages 13 to 17) receive one Kol Nidrei/Yom Kippur ticket for all services. Service Times for Sukkot 6 Children 12 and under do not through Si mhat Torah require tickets. ˙ Please bring the correct ticket Hot Topics! Sessions 7-9 each day to gain entry to the . 9 Tickets are non-transferable, and Sangria in the 10 are for the use of members and pre-arranged guests only. Family Programs for Sukkot 10 For security reasons, if you lose or and Si mhat Torah forget your High Holy Day ticket, we ˙ will require photo identification in Description of Services 11 order for you to gain access into the building. Thank you for your Important Information for 12-13 cooperation. those Attending Services

See page 10 for information Babysitting Information 13 about picking up tickets. and Registration Form

Parking around Beth Tzedec 14

Si mhat Torah Luncheon 15 and ˙Honourees

Lulav and Order Form 16 Beth Tzedec Congregation 1700 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5P 3K3 Tel 416-781-3511 / Fax 416-781-0150 Email: [email protected] www.beth-tzedec.org

3 Service Times for Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidrei/Yom Kippur

TIME DESCRIPTION LOCATION Wednesday, September 4 — Erev Rosh Hashanah 6:30pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Thursday, September 5 — First Day Rosh Hashanah 8:00am Sanctuary Service Sanctuary 8:30am Parallel Service Kimel Family Gym 9:30am Babysitting for ages 0-3 begins Rooms 101, 102, 103 9:50am Blowing Sanctuary 10:00am Youth Programming begins 2nd Floor – Staircase A (JK-Gr.7) 10:30am Family Service with Andre Ivory Hendeles Chapel 10:30am Learners’ Service Hurwich Board Roo m 10:30am Helping Our Kids Cope Wolfe Library 10:30am Connecting Gen X and Y Lower Hall 11:00am Songs and Stories for Young Orenstein Mezzanine Hall Children and Their Families 11:30am Infertility Then and Now Lower Hall 11:40am BTTeens Kiddush Club Orenstein Mezzanine Hall (For High Schoolers) 5:00pm Tashlikh Cedarvale Ravine 7:30pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Friday, September 6 — Second Day Rosh Hashanah 8:00am Sanctuary Service Sanctuary 8:30am Parallel Service Kimel Family Gym 9:30am Babysitting for ages 0-3 begins Rooms 101, 102, 103 9:50am Shofar Blowing Sanctuary 10:00am Youth Programming begins 2nd Floor – Staircase A (JK-Gr.7) 10:30am Family Service with Andre Ivory Hendeles Chapel 10:30am Learners’ Service Hurwich Board Roo m 10:30am Can Canadians Impact Israel? Lower Hall 11:00am Songs and Stories for Young Orenstein Mezzanine Hall Children and Their Families 11:30am Raising a Jewish Family Lower Hall 11:40am BTTeens Kiddush Club Orenstein Mezzanine Hall (For High Schoolers) 7:30pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel

4 Service Times for Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidrei/Yom Kippur

TIME DESCRIPTION LOCATION Friday, September 13 — Kol Nidrei 2:00pm Min hah Service Hendeles Chapel 6:00pm Dooִrs open 6:45pm Babysitting for ages 0-3 begins Rooms 101, 102, 103 6:45pm Youth Programming begins 2nd Floor – Staircase A (JK-Gr.3) 7:00pm Sanctuary Service Sanctuary 7:00pm Parallel Service Kimel Family Gym 7:00 –8:15pm Family Service with Hendeles Chapel Andre Ivory Saturday, September 14 — Yom Kippur 9:00am Sanctuary Service (incl. Yizkor ) Sanctuary 9:00am Parallel Service (incl. Yizkor ) Kimel Family Gym 10:00am Babysitting for ages 0-3 begins Rooms 101, 102, 103 10:00am Youth Programming begins 2nd Floor – Staircase A (JK-Gr.7) 10:30am Family Service with Andre Ivory Hendeles Chapel 10:30am Learners’ Service Hurwich Board Roo m 10:30am Crypto and Yom Kippur Lower Hall 11:00am Songs and Stories for Young Orenstein Mezzanine Hall Children and Their Families 12:00pm Yom Kippur War + 40 Years Lower Hall 12:00pm High School: Canada vs. Israel Wolfe Library 12:45pm Confronting Evil in our World Lower Hall 12:45pm Jonah and Human Nature Wolfe Library 4:00pm Jonah and Justice, Then and Now Hendeles Chapel 5:10pm Min hah Service Sanctuary 6:30pm Neilִah Service Sanctuary 8:15pm Shofar Blowing and Fast Concludes

HOT Shaded entries indicate this year’s new Hot Topics! Sessions. TOP ICS! See pages 7-9 for detailed descriptions of each session.

For all other service times, and for candle lighting times , please refer to the September/October 2013 –Tishrei/H eshvan 5774 Calendar in the current Beth Tzedec Bulletin or visi˙t www.beth-tzedec.org.

5 Service Times for Sukkot through Sim hat Torah TIME DESCRIPTION ִ LOCATION Wednesday, September 18 — Erev Sukkot 7:00pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Thursday, September 19 — First Day Sukkot 8:45am Morning Service Sanctuary 7:15pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Friday, September 20 — Second Day Sukkot 8:45am Morning Service Hendeles Chapel 7:00pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Saturday, September 21 — Shabbat Hol Hamoed Sukkot 8:45am Morning Service ִ Sanctuary 9:30am Little Hendeles Chapel 10:30am Family Service Kimel Family Gym followed by Lunch Lower Hall 12:45pm Sukkah Hop 6:15pm Kohelet/Ecclesiastes Hendeles Chapel 6:40pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Sunday, September 22 — Hol Hamoed Sukkot 8:30am Morning Seִrvice Hendeles Chapel 6:55pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Monday & Tuesday, September 23 & 24 — Hol Hamoed Sukkot 7:10am Morning Service ִ Hendeles Chapel 6:55pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Wednesday, September 25 — Hoshanah Rabbah 7:00am Morning Service Hendeles Chapel 6:30pm Evening Service Hendeles Chapel Thursday, September 26 — Shemini Atzeret 8:45am Morning Service (incl. Yizkor ) Sanctuary 5:45pm Sim hat Torah Celebration Orenstein Mezzanine Hall for Kִids and Families 6:45pm Min hah Service Hendeles Chapel 7:00pm Pre-ִHakafot Family Dinner Lower Hall 7:45pm Evening Sim hat Torah Kimel Family Gym Service/Hakִafot Friday, September 27 — Sim hat Torah 8:45am Morning Serviִce Sanctuary Following services: Sim hat Torah Luncheon (by advance registration) 6:50pm Eveningִ Service Hendeles Chapel

6 This year, our High Holy Day Breakout Learning Sessions are HOT TOP ICS! Join us for one or more of our new Hot Topics! interactive learning sessions and discussions led by dynamic professionals sharing their expertise on compelling topics connected to High Holy Day themes, Israel and issues confronting Jews today. Check these out if you’re looking for a meaningful break from Services. Unless otherwise indicated, these sessions are open to everyone.

Gen X and Y connect to each other and THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 – the world with ease, yet many struggle FIRST DAY ROSH HASHANAH to find relevant and meaningful Jewish connections, thus facing the challenges For Parents of Children and Teens: of assimilation and alienation. Join Helping Our Kids Cope: Strategies for three Beth Tzedec Millennials for a the New Year conversation about new ways to Led by Leanne Matlow, educator, explore and act on your own values and workshop facilitator and cognitive- interests within Jewish contexts, including behaviour counsellor through social activism, education, Jewish history includes countless environmentalism and more. examples of coping with change. As the new year begins, we take stock as Lower Hall we consider the demands of the year 10:30 to 11:30 am ahead; busy parents and children face ______new pressures and anxieties. Leanne Infertility Then and Now: How Matlow presents strategies to build resilience and manage change, based Modern Medicine Might Have on her experience working with Helped and Hannah children and teens. Led by Dr. Karen Glass, OBGYN at CReATe Fertility Centre 10:30 to 11:30 am Max & Beatrice Wolfe Library Both the and Haftarah ______on Rosh Hashanah focus on women How Can the Connected Generation who struggle with fertility. Join Dr. Karen Connect to Judaism? Glass for a conversation about options Panel discussion with Danny Richmond, available to women like Sarah and community activist and former Global Hannah today and related questions Campaign Manager for the Tony Blair concerning reproductive ethics Faith Foundation, Alexandria Fanjoy, and Judaism. faculty member at TanenbaumCHAT, and Rosenbluth, Director of 11:30 to 12:30 pm Education at Shoresh Jewish Lower Hall Environmental Programs ______7 New Hot Topics! Learning Sessions 5774

Studies at the University of Toronto, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 – and Dr. Mark Meyerson, Professor of SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANAH History at the University of Toronto During and after the expulsion of I am Canadian: How Can I Impact Israel? Panel discussion moderated by Shoel Spanish and Portuguese Jews in 1492 Silver, Chair, Committee on the Unity of and 1497, many converted to the Jewish People, Jewish Agency for Christianity, yet secretly maintained Israel Jewish practices, some continuing to this day. Learn how these Crypto Jews Diaspora Jews often find it difficult to (also referred to as “Marranos” and connect with Israel as our homeland, Conversos) celebrated Yom Kippur and and with the broader Jewish world. other , and what Join members of our community who modern scholarship has uncovered engage with Israel in a variety of ways about 500 years of hidden practice. as they discuss the challenges and sensitivities involved in building and 10:30 to 11:30 am participating in a long distance rela - Lower Hall tionship with Israel and world Jewry. ______10:30 to 11:30 am The Yom Kippur War: Lower Hall Its Impact on Israel 40 Years Later ______Led by Daniel Silverman, Beth Tzedec Being a Parent: Approaches to Director of Education & Family Raising a Jewish Family Programming Led by Lorraine Sandler, ECE Yom Kippur 2013 marks the 40 th Jewish Educator, and Dr. Nira Kolers, psychologist and parenting expert anniversary of the Yom Kippur War which forever changed the Israeli Making your home a fulfilling Jewish psyche. Explore how Israel and environment for you and your young Israelis have internalized the horrors of children can be challenging. Dr. Nira this conflict and the lessons learned Kolers and Lorraine Sandler share from it, and how Yom Kippur plays a stories, strategies and advice for critical role in this self-reflection. creating a loving Jewish home. New parents are encouraged to attend: 12:00 to 12:45 pm Toys will be available for kids, or take Lower Hall advantage of our babysitting and youth ______programs (see page 13). For High School Students: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm The High School Experience: Lower Hall Canada vs. Israel Led by Maxwell Charlat and Emma Friedman, 2013 participants in Tikhon SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 – Ramah Yerushalayim (TRY), the Ramah YOM KIPPUR High School semester in Israel program, and our new Israeli Shinshinim, Maya Schwartz and Repenting in Secret: Crypto Jews and Barak Tal Yom Kippur Led by Dr. Jill Ross, Professor of On the heels of their transformative Comparative Literature and Medieval spring semester in Israel, Maxwell and

8 New Hot Topics! Learning Sessions 5774 New Hot Topics! Learning Sessions 5774

Emma will share their perspectives on Commanded to deliver God’s how the High School experience differs message of warning and love, Jonah for Canadian and Israeli teens. Come chose to flee. Join Andrew Goldstein hear them share their points of view on as he explores the philosophy and Israel, Jewish identity, leadership and psychology behind the drama and social connections, in discussion with dialogue between God and Jonah, our Israeli Shinshinim , Maya and highlighting inner human conflicts as Barak. well as themes of punishment and forgiveness. 12:00 to 12:45 pm Max & Beatrice Wolfe Library 12:45 to 1:45 pm ______Max & Beatrice Wolfe Library ______For University Students and Young Professionals: For Everyone During the Confronting Evil in our World Afternoon Break: Led by Andre Ivory, former Youth Jonah: Judgment and Justice, Director of Beth Tzedec, now working Then and Now and studying in Phoenix, Arizona Led by the Hon. Kathryn N. Feldman, the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Why horrible things happen is a Hon. Edwin B. Minden, the Superior question we’ve tried to answer for Court of Justice of Ontario, the eternity. Why is there evil? How do we Hon. Justice Jack M. Grossman, respond to the evil we see in the world Ontario Court of Justice and the around us and the evil we battle within Hon. Justice Petra E. Newton, ourselves? Join Andre to explore our Ontario Court of Justice responsibility to acknowledge and counter evil forces in the world. Responsibility, judgment and forgiveness are key themes of Yom Kippur and the 12:45 to 1:45 pm Jonah narrative. Four distinguished Lower Hall members of our congregation who ______serve in different levels of the judiciary will reflect on how these fundamental Jonah and Human Nature: elements of the Canadian legal system Forgiveness, Patience and the are brought to bear in their courts and in Irrationality of Anger the lives of the people affected by their Led by Andrew Goldstein, MBA and decisions. This discussion will be researcher in mental health first aid moderated by Rav Baruch Frydman-Kohl. for seniors 4:00 to 5:00 pm Hendeles Chapel

Tashlikh at the Cedarvale Ravine Thursday, September 5 –First Day Rosh Hashanah Everyone welcome! Meet at 5:00 pm at Markdale and Strathearn, or enter from Glenayr Road and walk west (under Bathurst) and join the gang. Meet other families, learn, socialize and walk through the park as we participate in the traditional ceremony of the symbolic casting of sins into the water—please bring bread for casting.

9 Young Professionals (ages 22-36) from Adath Israel, Beth , Beth Emeth, Beth Sholom and Beth Tzedec are invited to gather in the Beth Tzedec sukkah for live music, sangria and tapas. SanDgon’t mrissia in the Sukkah Young Professionals from Adath Israel, Beth David, Beth Sholom and Beth Tzedec are invited togather in 2013 Tuesday, Sthee pBethe Tzmedebc seukrka h2 fo4r l ivae tm u7sic:, 3san0gr iaP aMnd tapas snacks. Singles and couples welcome. Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door. Pre-payment deadline is Sept. 18. Contact Avital Narvey at 416-781-3511.

Special Programs for Families Saturday, SeTputemebsedr 2a1—yS,u Skkeotp temThburesdra y2, S4ep taemtb 7er: 23 6—0 pm Family Service and Sukkah Hop Si mhat Torah Celebration ˙ Serhvoicstee:d 1 i0n :t3h0e Baemth; TLzuendcehc Saunkdk aShu, k17k0a0h Bath5u:r4st5 S troe e7t:,0 T0or opnmto ; Dinner follows at Hop following. Sukkot is about sitting 7:00 pm, by advance RSVP only. togSeitnhgelers aansd a c ocuopmlems wuenlictoym. Jeo. iCno usts: $fo2r0 a in advDanincne;e $r2: 5$ a1t5 t/hea douoltr.s ; $10/children— speCcoinatla Sctu Mkakroletn Fea Lmabialy a tS 4e16rv-7ic8e1- 3g5e14a reextd . 234 oMr eumsati lr melgaibsat@erb eatnh-dtz epdaeyc. obryg Tuesday, towards families with kids in JK to September 24. Contact Avital Grade 6, followed by lunch. Celebrate at 416-781-3511. the of la’shev b’sukkah (sitting Join us for singing, holiday crafts, in the sukkah) as we enjoy dessert on activities and more. The party our Sukkah Hop at the homes of continues with hakafot at 8:00 pm. various Beth Tzedec members. Get your Torah ready and come celebrate all the Si mhat Torah fun! ˙

High Holy Day tickets are available for pick-up at the Synagogue office for those who have renewed their membership. The deadline to renew membership is Erev Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday, September 4 , before noon. For further information, contact Sheri Federman at 416-781-3514 ext. 220 or [email protected]. If you have paid for your tickets but have not picked them up in advance, please collect them at the parking lot entrance at the back of the building.

10 Services Which Services are Right for You?

Sanctuary Service Songs and Stories for selected High Holy Day This service starts at 8:00 am Young Children and themes and ideas. on both days of Rosh Their Families Participants will learn Hashanah, 7:00 pm on This Rosh Hashanah about the traditional Kol Nidrei and 9:00 am on and Yom Kippur program liturgy and its melodies. Yom Kippur. Led by Rabbi is an adaptation of a Using classical and Baruch Frydman-Kohl, traditional service for modern texts, this service Howard Black and Cantor kids ages 0 to 5 and their will include stimulating Simon Spiro, it features family members. It will be discussion, provoking inspiring, soulful led by Aily Leibtag, Youth thoughtful self-reflection. interpretations of Director, beginning at Youth Programs & traditional liturgy with the 11:00 am in the Orenstein Babysitting accompaniment of the Mezzanine Hall. Gather Educational and fun Beth Tzedec Singers, for High Holy Day stories programming is provided insightful Torah commentary and songs, fun engagement for children in JK to and a topical sermon that and child-friendly Grade 7 (ages 4 to 12), draws upon classical activities. including activities, sources. This service is Family Service snacks and games. planned to conclude by For children ages 6 and Check in on the Second 1:00 pm on Rosh up and their family Floor via Staircase A and Hashanah and 10:00 pm follow signs for room members, this Rosh on Kol Nidrei. locations. Babysitting is Hashanah and Yom also available for children Parallel Service Kippur service starts ages 0 to 3, but only with Held in the Kimel Family at 10:30 am in the advance reservations. Gym, this service starts Hendeles Chapel. On See page 13 for the at 8:30 am on both days Kol Nidrei, a one-hour sign-up form. of Rosh Hashanah, 7:00 sevice begins at 7:00 pm . pm on Kol Nidrei and Led by Andre Ivory, it is an Please inform our staff 9:00 am on Yom Kippur. abbreviated service that of any special needs or Led by Rabbi Adam emphasizes participation . arrangements regarding your child (e.g. allergies, Cutler, Cantor Sidney Come for the songs, pick-up by another Ezer and Ritual Director inspirational stories, relative, etc.). All parents Lorne Hanick, this more comments and insights. are asked to pick up their intimate gathering The setting is intimate children immediately emphasizes congregational and the atmosphere is after the conclusion of participation and singing. lively, welcoming and fun! the Adult services. If you Come for the engaging Learners’ Service pick up your child before prayers, the warm Back after a number of the conclusion of atmosphere and the years, this Rosh services, please inform a astute Torah commentary. Youth Staff member that Hashanah and Yom This service usually your child is leaving for Kippur program is led by concludes before 1:00 pm the day. Daniel Silverman, Director on Rosh Hashanah and of Education & Family See schedule on pages before 10:00 pm on Kol Programming. Beginning 4 and 5 for start times of Nidrei. at 10:30 am in the Babysitting and Youth Hurwich Board Room, the Programming on Rosh informal Learners’ Service Hashanah, Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur. will feature exploration of 11 Important Information

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these important tips and notices about our facilities and services

Days for persons with Our Ushers are member No Electronic Devices health problems. There will volunteers. Please co- The use of electronic be food if needed. operate and afford them the devices is prohibited Attire respect they deserve. on the High Holy Days . Please remember that Decorum During Services Please turn off and do appropriate dress should and in the Building not use cell phones, be worn for a synagogue Please refrain from move - PDAs, electronic games, service. Synagogue attire ment in the aisles when the iPods and cameras in should reflect the impor - Rabbi is talking, when the the Synagogue or on tance of spending the High Aron Kodesh is open, and Synagogue grounds on Holy Days in a House of when people are standing the High Holy Days. God. For men, a jacket and in prayer. In addition, the tie are encouraged. For Sanctuary doors will be Prayer Books women, bare legs are closed during the Rabbi’s Please bring your own acceptable, but bare sermon, and no one will be copy of the Silverman shoulders and short permitted to enter. Mahzor . We do not sell skirts are not. For safety and security ˙ mahzorim . They are avail - Enhancement for the reasons, please do not ˙ Hearing Impaired able from local Judaica congregate in the foyer. If you are hearing impaired, stores and online. Noise in the foyer disturbs please call Avital at Each year, many congregants’ praying and 416-781-3511 as soon mahzorim are accidentally learning. ˙ as possible to arrange to left behind. Before the borrow one of our special Children must be super - High Holy Days , please hearing aids, so that it can vised by their parents at all write your name and be reserved and held for times, unless they are in phone number inside your you at the Check Room. the Youth Service or under mahzor so that we may Saving of Seats the care of our babysitters. con˙ tact you to return any As a courtesy to all Beth Children are welcome at lost books. Tzedec members, the all Beth Tzedec services. Health Concerns Ushers are instructed to fill When coming with children In case of fainting or illness, vacant seats after 10:30 am to the Sanctuary or Parallel contact the nearest Usher. on Rosh Hashanah and service, please feel free to Yom Kippur mornings and Please note that space bring along quiet toys and after 6:30 pm on Kol Nidrei books. To respect our along the curb on Warwick night. (The only exceptions Shabbat and High Holy Day Avenue will be cordoned are those seats marked observance in shul, we off to allow access for officially reserved.) Please recommend sticker books, Emergency Vehicles, in note that loose articles as writing and colouring are case someone requires cannot be used to reserve not permitted. Please do medical attention. seats. Such articles will be not use any electronic The Lounge is available removed and taken to a games or cell phones. throughout the High Holy storage room. 12 Changing Stations and Babysitting Registrations for babysitting Nursing Mothers Babysitting will be available must be received by Both the Men’s and Ladies’ from 9:30 am on both days Wednesday, August 28 at washrooms have a changing of Rosh Hashanah, from 5:00 pm. station. The Bride’s Room 6:45 pm on Kol Nidrei , Parents are asked to is available for nursing and from 10:00 am on check in with the babysitting mothers. Please ask the Yom Kippur . Again this year, staff from time to time in Ushers or Synagogue staff babysitting services are order to ensure that their for directions. being provided by Wee Care . children are comfortable Feeding Children on To ensure a safe and and content. Parents Yom Kippur secure environment for should also supply name Younger children (through your children, Beth Tzedec tags to be pinned to the Grade 4) will be served engages the services of back of their children’s cookies and juice in the professional babysitters, garments. In addition, Youth Service/program based on specific staff-to- parents of children under areas. Other children who child ratios. In order to hire 2 years of age should plan to eat may bring a the appropriate number of provide a bottle, blanket, pareve snack to room 204. babysitters, it is important carriage or stroller and a that parents register their toy for their child. (All items children in advance. should be clearly labeled.)

HIGH HOLY DAY BABYSITTING RESERVATION FORM · Reservations should be dropped off, faxed or emailed to Beth Tzedec Congregation Fax: 416.781.0150 High Holy Day Babysitting Program Email: [email protected] 1700 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M5P 3K3

Please indicate when babysitting is required  Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (September 5 )  Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (September 6)  Kol Nidrei (September 13)  Yom Kippur (September 14)

Services parents will be attending:

Child’s Name:

Birth Date:

Parent’s Name(s):

Phone:

Please attach any important information that we should know about your child, including any allergies. (Please note that we cannot administer any medication or accommodate any children who are ill.)

13 Building Beth Tzedec as a Community Destination for Jewish Living We can’t do it without you!

On the First Day of Rosh Hashanah, we’ll ask you to commit your financial support, and/or your time, energy and expertise, to ensure that Beth Tzedec continues to serve its Synagogue community. Please turn down the tabs on your ticket for First Day Rosh Hashanah to show the level of financial support you can give, and your area of interest for volunteering in the year ahead. Our Annual Appeal enables us to enhance the religious, cultural and educational programs that Beth Tzedec offers, and donations of any size are greatly appreciated. The options for volunteering are described in detail on the card, and we’ve committed to contact you by the end of September. We’re ready for you to help, and we really can’t do it without you!

High Holy Day Parking Around Beth Tzedec As reported last year, the following rules and considerations apply to parking around Beth Tzedec during the High Holy Days: We have been told that parking tickets WILL BE issued in the case of violations of any of the following prohibitions: No Parking within 9 metres of an Intersection; No Standing; No Stopping; No Blocking Driveways; No Stopping on Sidewalks; No Parking on Boulevards; No Parking too close to Fire Hydrants; No Parking on Fire Routes, Rush Hour Routes, Permit Parking Streets, and Pay and Display Streets; and other prohibitions relating to safety. Police are obligated to enforce the above by-laws should a complaint be received. Based on discussions with Councillor Joe Mihevc and our local Area Parking Supervisor, we have been advised that congregants should NOT expect leniency in respect of all parking violations; however, we’ve been told that consideration will be granted only for violations of time-based laws such as “One Hour Only” and “Three Hour Only” and “No Parking Anytime” (on one-way streets only, but not during rush hour). Should you receive a Notice of Infraction for one of these laws, please take it for withdrawal to one of the locations listed on the reverse side of the ticket. Additionally, note that double-sided parking may be permitted on one-way streets which are wide enough to allow sufficient space to be available at all times for emergency vehicles to have clear access to the street. Because of the judgment to be applied here by an officer, there is a risk of receiving a ticket in this circumstance. Please note that double-sided parking is not permitted on two-way streets. Wherever you do park, please position your car tightly to the curb. We encourage our members to consider walking, bicycling, car-pooling, requesting the use of a neighbourhood friend’s driveway, or taking the TTC. We hope that these guidelines, provided by the police and the city, will help you avoid receiving parking tickets during the upcoming High Holy Day season.

14 Beth Tzedec’s Annual Sim hat Torah Luncheon , In honour of ִour Kallat Torah, Ruth Warner Hyman and our H attan Bereisheet, Paul Rothstein ˙ Join us Friday, September 27 following Services for a special family lunch Adults $36.00 / Youth (4 to 14) $18.00 Children (under 4) free. For tickets, call 416-781-3511. Limited Space. Reserve Now!

Ruth Warner Hyman Paul Rothstein

15 Wave Hello to Sukkot! Shake a –Be sure to order your quality Israeli lulav and etrog! Only $40.00 per set.

Beginning on Thursday, September 19, bring your family and your lulav and etrog to shul, as we joyously march around the Synagogue in celebration of Sukkot. Children welcome!

Ordering Deadline Thursday, September 12 Pick-up Dates and Times Tuesday, September 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm and Wednesday, September 18 from 8:00 to 10:00 am

·  Yes, I would like to be a part of this Mitzvah !

Name:

Address:

Phone number:

I would like the following set(s) of Lulav & Etrog: ______x $40.00 per set

Total cost of order = $

Please check one of the following

 Cheque enclosed — Make all cheques payable to Beth Tzedec Congregation

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Fax to: Mail/Drop off to: Order by Phone: 416-781-0150 Beth Tzedec Congregation 416-781-3511 Email to: 1700 Bathurst Street [email protected] Toronto, Ontario M5P 3K3