BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Columbia, South Carolina
High Holy Day
Services & Programming
Tishrei 5781 September 19 - 28, 2020 Why is this year different from all other years?
Yes, friends, it will be different because of the virus, but we are determined to make this year uplifting, meaningful and enjoyable for every age and interest.
There will be live streaming from the sanctuary and pre-recorded videos with some familiar and some new faces. There will be personal prayers, family & children’s services, Haftarot, meditations, learning about aspects of prayer, and talks about teshuvah. The Rabbi will share his sermon, we will hear the shofar, and yes - there will be plenty of opportunity for interactions! And we are working on some unique outdoor opportunities to gather for shofar blowing, together with our tashlich, and more. Our Tailgate Tashlich & Shofar party is sure to be a BLAST!
What follows on the next pages are instructions to guide you through our novel Holy Day services.
As always, we will stay true to our mission: Beth Shalom Synagogue creates a welcoming, spiritual and educational home for Conservative Judaism in Columbia.
Rosh Hashanah begins the eve of Friday, September 18. Yom Kippur begins the eve of Sunday, September 27. May we all be written into and sealed in the Book of Life for the year to come.
As usual we will have our traditional High Holy Day services at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Those members who are involved with the running of services will conduct a shortened version, with all the major parts of the services.
The calendar and times of all the services and programs follow on page 4.
The New Year is almost upon us and our minds turn to a new beginning and the traditional themes of Teshuva (repentance), Tefilah (prayer) and Tzedaka.
Tailgate, Tashlich & Shofar Party Sunday, September 20 4:30 pm (BSS Parking Lot)
Buy a Shofar
We have ordered several and you can obtain your own for just $20 each (while supplies last).
You can sound the shofar during this pandemic. In addition, we will be having a gathering on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in our parking lot at our tailgate party where everyone can bring their own shofar and pierce the heavens! Order your shofar today. Beth Shalom Website
On the Internet, go to the Beth Shalom website at http://www.bethshalomcolumbia.org
In the upper right hand corner you will see a picture of a video camera saying Beth Shalom live video feed. Click on that picture. It will then ask you for a password to access services.
The password is “zion9466” (please do not share with non-members).
You will now be able to view (stream) the entire service from the Sanctuary whenever we are conducting them. See holiday service schedule herein.
Some of our extra programs will be on Facebook. In order to watch them you have to join Facebook. Once you have done that, go the “Beth Shalom Synagogue-Virtual Shabbat Service” Facebook Page. How do you do that? Find the “Search Facebook” tab, and write “Beth Shalom Synagogue-Virtual Shabbat Service” in it. That will take you to our page where all our activities and announcements are available to view. You may also click on the links below to go directly to the Facebook Pages.
Beth Shalom Synagogue - “Virtual Shabbat Services” Page (Must have an “invitation” to join this private page.) https://www.facebook.com/groups/291311681833126/
Zoom
For those who are more adventurous, we are also using Zoom for the Holy Days. If it is not already on your computer, go to: https://zoom.us/ and click on the rectangle that reads, “sign up, it’s free.”
Once you have created your own personal Zoom account, the web address where you can participate in our Zoom services and programming is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4570078249
Meeting ID: 457 007 8249 Passcode: 206561
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OK. So I have three ways of participating in services. What is the difference between them?
On the Synagogue website you will see just the service.
On Facebook, you will be able to watch the service and extra programs that we have designed for special interests. Check out the events and times in this brochure. There’s a lot to choose from!
On Zoom, you can watch services, and the other special programs and see the other members who are watching the same thing as you!
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We also have other Facebook Pages/Groups where we post regularly that are not private or closed pages. Below are a couple of links to those.
Beth Shalom Synagogue Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/bethshalomcolumbia/
Beth Shalom Synagogue Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/40925162875/ The High Holy Days commence with Selichot. Selichot comes on the evening of Saturday, September 12, 2020, before Rosh Hashanah.
This year we are participating in a nation-wide program of learning, song and camaraderie. Scholars, artists and talented people will all be joining together online at 8:30 p.m. on September 12.
To enjoy this grand introduction to the High Holy Days, you must sign up at this address: https://www.cjselihot.org/register. The deadline to register is September 10th.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Friday, September 18, 2020
4:30 pm Erev Rosh HaShanah Teen Apples and Honey and Short Limmud with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (Zoom & BSS Website)
6 pm Religious School: Candles, Apples, Honey and Challah (Zoom & BSS Website)
7:15 - 8:45 pm Erev Rosh HaShanah Service (Zoom & BSS Website) First Day Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 19, 2020
8:45 am Meditation with Rabbi Jeff Roth (Facebook & Zoom)
10 am – 12 pm Rosh HaShanah Service (Zoom & BSS Website)
10 am Study of Rambam’s Laws of Repentance with Dr. Jon Leader (Zoom Break-out Room & Facebook) (for adults)
10:30 am Pre-school through Grade 1 - Rosh Hashanah Service (Facebook)
11 am Examination of the Mysteries of Musaf with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (for adults) (Zoom Break-out Room)
11:15 am Kids in Grades 2 through 7 - Rosh HaShanah Service (Facebook)
3 pm Family Service for All (Facebook) Second Eve Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 19, 2020
7:30 - 8:30 pm Erev Second Day Rosh HaShanah Service (Zoom & BSS Website)
Second Day Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 20, 2020
8:45 am Meditation with Dr. Meira Warshauer (Zoom & Facebook)
10 am – 12 pm Rosh HaShanah Service (BSS Website & Zoom)
10 am Study of Rambam’s Laws of Repentance with Dr. Jon Leader (Zoom Break-out Room & Facebook) (for adults)
10:30 am Pre-school through Grade 1 - Rosh Hashanah Service (BSS Website & Facebook)
10:30 am Dr. Meira Warshauer Haftarah & Intro (Facebook)
11 am Examination of the Mysteries of Musaf with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (for adults) (Zoom Break-out Room) Second Day Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 20, 2020
11:15 am Kids in Grades 2 through 7 - Rosh HaShanah Service (Facebook)
12 pm Teen Service and Limmud with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (Zoom & BSS Website)
4:30 pm Tailgate Tashlich & Shofar Celebration (BSS parking lot and Zoom)
6 pm Mincha Service and Post RH, Pre-YK Inspirational Movie/Concert: The Beauty of Chagall (Facebook)
Kol Nidre Sunday, September 27, 2020
2 - 6:30 pm Early Afternoon Music - Barry Sisters Medley (Shirah Shkayta-quiet contemplative music), (BSS Website)
6:30 pm Dr. Alex Mirzoev playing Kol Nidre (BSS Website & Zoom)
6:45 – 9 pm Kol Nidre service (Zoom & BSS Website) Yom Kippur Monday, September 28, 2020
8:45 am Yom Kippur Meditation with Rabbi Jeff Roth (Facebook & Zoom)
10 am – 3 pm Yom Kippur Morning service (Zoom & BSS Website)
10 am Does Israel the State Need to Do Teshuvah? With Dr. Michael Sharnoff (Zoom Break-out Room & Facebook) (for adults)
10:30 am Young Child’s – Grade 1 YK Service (Facebook)
11 am Yom Kippur Kavannah with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (Zoom Break-out Room) (for adults)
11:15 am Grade 2-7 Yom Kippur service (Facebook)
12 pm Teen Service and Limmud with Student Rabbi, Benjy Forester (Zoom)
1 pm Yom Kippur - Yizkor service (BSS Website, Zoom & Facebook)
2 pm Avodah: Play-acted by Zachary Hodges (BSS Website, Zoom & Facebook)
Yom Kippur Monday, September 28, 2020
3 pm Tragedy and Forgiveness: Possibilities After the Holocaust with Holocaust survivor, Bertha Strauss, and Risa Strauss (BSS Website, Facebook & Zoom)
4:45 – 7:50 pm Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila service (Zoom & BSS Website)
5 pm Healing Our Corner of the World with Justin Peterson and Rosanne Kolberg (Facebook)
7:50 pm Shofar and Havdalah (Zoom & BSS Website) Kever Avot Service
Due to the pandemic we believe it is in your best interest and the best interests of the congregation that we do to assemble for Kever Avot this year. All the prayers that are normally said are found below in English, Hebrew and transliteration. Remember to bring some small stones with you. The only unwritten part of this visitation are the private words you want to share with those who have passed.
May their memory be for a blessing.
It is traditional to visit the graves of our relatives and friends at this time of year. We honor their memory by coming to their graves and reciting prayers and leaving small stones as ongoing tokens of our undying love for them.
Due to the Coronavirus we will not be holding our usual Kever Avot services. Yet, what you will find below are the prayers that are to be said when you go to their graveside. Traditionally, we try to observe the tradition of kever avot between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
A Psalm of David
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He guideth me in straight paths for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Kever Avot Prayer
God, Source of All, Comfort of all who mourn, I ask for Your comfort as I return to a place of emotional devastation. My heart is filled with the pain of loss; I feel the sharpness of a grief that will be with me until my own dying day.
In the midst of my sorrow at a life without ______, I am grateful that I have been granted the ability to know what it is to love and be loved in return. As I light this candle in honor and memory of my beloved ______, I thank and bless you, God, Source of Life and Love, for blessing us with the life we shared.
I ask you, God, to bless me with comfort and healing. May the blessing of ______’s life give me the courage to make a blessing of my own. May I go forward from this time in renewed strength and peace.
Amen.
[Traditionally, we rinse our hands in water before leaving the cemetery.] EL MALEI RACHAMIM Memorial Prayer for the Departed High Holiday Donations For Food & School Supplies
Here are two opportunities to start fulfilling those mitzvot now:
Many children are going without food in Richland County.
Abby Cobb, the lead social worker for Richland 2 schools has reached out to us for assistance in helping feed children through the backpack meal program. A variety of food stuffs are sent home with each child every weekend so they will not go hungry.
Send in a donation for a supermarket Scrip card to Beth Shalom. Any amount will do! We will then give these cards to the school district to purchase food for the neediest of families.
Each household that can donate to this endeavor will have their name on a helping YAD (hand) that will be on display by our front office.
You may also donate non-perishable food items for the JFS food bank and school supplies for our Religious School and for the Cooperative Ministries.
BETH SHALOM SYNAGOGUE 5827 N. Trenholm Road Columbia, SC 29206 Phone: (803) 782-2500
RABBI: Jonathan Case DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION: Risa Strauss PRESIDENT: Larry Needle
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