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2021/5781 High Holy Days WORSHIP INFORMATON ~ 2021/5781 High Holy Days WORSHIP INFORMATON ~ Rosh HaShanah ~ S’lichot Service jointly w/ Ohavi Saturday September 12 8:00pm Zedek ~ Erev Rosh HaShanah Service Friday September 18 6:30pm ~ Morning Children’s Service Saturday September 19 9:00am ~ Morning Rosh HaShanah Service Saturday September 19 10:00am ~ Tashlich (location TBA) Saturday September 19 4:00pm ~ Insomniac Lounge: alternative Rosh Hashanah Service Saturday September 19 10:00pm Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ~ Shofar Drive-thru Sunday September 20 11:00am ~ JCVT Vermont Shabbat Shuva Friday September 25 TBD Service ~ Insomniac Lounge: Shabbat Shuva Friday September 25 10:00pm meditation service ~ Shabbat Shuva Morning Service Saturday September 26 9:30am ~ Shabbat Shuva Torah Study Saturday September 26 10:30am Yom Kippur ~ Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur Sunday September 27 6:30pm ~ Morning Children’s Service Monday September 28 9:00am ~ Morning Yom Kippur Service Monday September 28 10:00am ~ Yizkor Service Monday September 28 2:00pm ~ Making Prayer Real: Engaging Yom Kippur Monday September 28 3:00 pm ~ Minchah Service Monday September 28 4:30pm ~ Neilah Monday September 28 6:00pm ~ Break Fast Monday September 28 7:00pm Join us on ZOOM This year's High Holy Day services will be a different experience to what we are used to. Our services will be led by our rabbi, David Edleson, and our cantor Mark Leopold. Due to the pandemic and the significantly heightened risks of singing in closed spaces, we will not be celebrating in the Sanctuary but will continue our worship on ZOOM as we have been every Shabbat. Services will be a bit shorter than our usual High Holy Day services to help avoid “ZOOM fatigue.” Still, we will strive to create meaningful spiritual experiences and a sense of connection even if we can’t be together in the sanctuary. The ZOOM link will be on our website. You will need a passcode. Members will have received the code in a mailed version of this document. Please share this with others you know and trust if they wish to join us. As we have the past two years, we are not requiring tickets. We need and welcome your financial support. TECHNICAL HELP. If you need technical help getting on ZOOM, just call the temple and leave a message and our administrator, Stacie Gabert will get back to you. If you haven’t been on ZOOM, get in touch early, and please don’t wait until the day before to get in touch. You can also consult our ZOOM help page. CAN'T PRAY ON ZOOM? Because for many of us, ZOOM gets in the way of having a spiritual experience, we will also be creating short "audio-only" and printed prayer services and kavanot (meditations) for you to use at home, or even better, out in nature. Judaism in Action: TZEDAKAH. As a central component of our High Holy Days observance, we will be trying to live by Isaiah’s call to feed the hungry by collecting money and dry goods and money for the South Burlington Food Shelf. This year, especially considering job losses due to COVID, please dig deep. High Holiday Prayer Books We will be using Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe, as our High Holy Day Prayer Book. Members who do not yet own this 2-volume set may purchase copies for $50 by calling the Temple office. Hardcopy and electronic (Kindle) versions are also available from Amazon. If you are purchasing books or need to borrow a set for high holidays, please let Stacie know. We will have a pandemic sensitive pick up at Temple on Sunday September 13th from 4pm – 5 pm. Breaking the Fast Immediately following Neilah, stay on ZOOM for a festive meal to break our fast, and to celebrate being together in this new year. ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS Celebrate the spiritual New Year of the Jewish people. Our services this year will be slightly streamlined to make them better suited for ZOOM, but will include all the key prayers and songs. We will strive to offer you a genuine spiritual experience and connection, even if we aren’t all in the sanctuary. Our services will be led by Rabbi David Edleson and Cantor Mark Leopold. Please join us and encourage others, who might be reluctant to attend in person, to join us. EREV ROSH HASHANAH – Awe and humility in the face of life’s power and fragility Friday, September 18 – 6:30-7:30 pm This year, we have had many reasons to reflect on the fragility of life, and the thin line that separates life from death. As we enter our spiritual new year, let’s appreciate the power of life and the beauty of creation as we renew our relationship with God. ROSH HASHANAH YOUNG FAMILIES SERVICE Saturday, September 19 – 9:00-10:00 am The key parts of Rosh Hashanah reimagined for little Jews and their friends. Songs, stories, and key ideas of the New Year with Saragail Benjamin and Rabbi Edleson. ROSH HASHANAH MORNING SERVICES – In the Image of God Saturday, September 19 – 10:00-11:30 am Judaism teaches that every person is created in the image of God. What would it mean to live our lives and build our society according to this radical idea? TASHLICH – Casting off the Angst (and sins) of the Past Year Saturday, September 19 – 4:00 pm Place to be determined This year, we will symbolically let go of some of the angst and tensions we have built up over the year, and cast our sins symbolically into the water. Those who feel safe gathering outdoors at a local waterfront will join for this ritual. Those who can use our ‘Tashlich do-it-yourself” kit (just add bread!) with audio guide that will be sent to you, along with maps to other places you might go near you to enjoy nature and perform your tashlich ceremony. INSOMNIAC LOUNGE: ALTERNATIVE ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE Saturday, Sept 19 – 10:00-11:00 pm Want to honor the holy day, but don’t get much out of traditional services? Join Rabbi Edleson for this one-hour alternative style service, one that focuses on personal transformation through guided meditations, chants and discussion. SHOFAR DRIVE-THRU Sunday, Sept 20 – 11:00–11:30 am Does hearing the Shofar over ZOOM not quite cut it? From 11 – 11:30am, drive through the Temple Sinai parking lot with your windows down to hear the Shofar blown live, and get a gift bag for the new year. Rain or Shine. SHABBAT SHUVA SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS Shabbat Shuva, the Shabbat of Return, is the sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and continues the theme of t’shuvah while celebrating Shabbat. SHABBAT SHUVA KABBALAT SHABBAT SERVICE Friday, September 25 – Time to be determined Together with other Jewish clergy from around the state of Vermont, we will join as a community to celebrate Shabbat and explore the themes of the season. A short Torah study will precede the service. INSOMNIAC LOUNGE: SHABBAT SHUVA MEDITATION SERVICE Friday, September 25 – 10:00-11:00 pm Join Rabbi Edleson for this alternative-style service that include visualization, discussion, chanting, and perhaps a nightcap. If regular services aren’t for you…. SHABBAT SHUVA SHACHARIT Saturday, September 26 – 9:30-10:30 am Our one-hour Shacharit service is rooted in the traditional chanting of prayers, but includes English readings and song as well so that all can participate. (This service will not include a Torah service.) SHABBAT SHUVA TORAH STUDY Saturday September 26 – 10:30-noon. Study some key Bible texts of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur through the lens of MUSSAR. YOM KIPPUR SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS Yom Kippur is a time of reflection, confession, and atonement, but it is also a time of spiritual cleansing and renewal. As on Rosh HaShanah, our services will be primarily on ZOOM, but we will include alternatives for those who don’t like to worship through a screen. KOL NIDREI and EREV YOM KIPPUR – Facing our Broken Promise Sunday, September 27 – 6:30-8:00 pm We have all broken promises. We also have promise we have not realized, as individuals, as family members, as Jews, and as citizens. In this solemn service, we will face the dark mirror of our broken promise and promises. YOM KIPPUR MORNING YOUNG FAMILIES SERVICE Monday, September 28 – 9:00-10:00 am The key themes of Rosh HaShanah reimagined for little Jews and their friends. Songs, stories, and key ideas of the New Year with Saragail Benjamin and Rabbi Edleson. YOM KIPPUR MORNING SERVICE – Making Meaning in the Face of Mortality Monday, September 28 – 10:00-Noon Yom Kippur calls to us in the voice of our ancestors, reminding us of the importance of humility, honesty and empathy in the face of a culture torn by polarization, consumption and egoism. YOM KIPPUR YIZKOR – (This year, expanded with a new time!) Monday, September 28 – 1:00-2:00 pm Join us for an expanded Yizkor to remember members of our family and community who have died. We will also remember those we have lost to COVID, and to violence against immigrants, people of color, transpeople, and Jews. MAKING PRAYER REAL: PRAYERS OF YOM KIPPUR Monday, September 28 – 3:00-4:00 pm Year after year, we have heard these prayers, but do we really pray them? In this session, Rabbi Edleson will consider ways to open more fully to prayer by exploring key prayers of the day. Who wrote them? Why? Do we agree with them? How might we find meaning in them today? YOM KIPPUR MINCHAH SERVICE Monday, September 28 – 4:30-5:30 pm Change is difficult.
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