We welcome you to join us for the High Holy Days. The information below is detailed in the Days of Awe insert.
SELICHOT Saturday, September 4, 8:00 p.m.
Miranda Phillips will lead this service, including prayer and study. Cantor Abbe Lyons will teach and lead several Selichot prayers that we will also use on the High Holy Days.
ROSH HASHANAH EVENING SERVICE Wednesday, September 8, 7:00 p.m
ROSH HASHANAH MORNING SERVICE Thursday, September 9, 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Service – 10:15 – 11:00 a.m
Tashlich - After services, approximately 1:15 p.m., at East Shore Park on Cayuga Lake
SHABBAT SHUVA Friday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat for this special Shabbat with Miranda Phillips
YOM KIPPUR KOL NIDRE SERVICE Friday, September 17, 7:00 p.m.
YOM KIPPUR MORNING SERVICE Saturday, September 18, 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Service – 10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
The building will be open all day.
On Yom Kippur we will have a table of remembrance on which you can place a photo or meaningful object related to someone you will be remembering during the day and during our Yizkor service. You are welcome to put any small object or photo on this table and the table will be a place for prayer and reflection for the community during the day.
YOM KIPPUR AFTERNOON SERVICES Saturday, September 18
Meditation 1:30 p.m. Led by Ira Kamp
Music 2:30 p.m. Led by Cantor Abbe Lyons
Discussion with Rabbi 3:30 p.m.
An open discussion with Rabbi Walt in response to his sermons and the services. Members of the community are invited to ask questions and/or to respond to comments made by Rabbi Walt over the High Holy Days.
Avodah Service 4:45 p.m.
Yizkor 5:30 p.m.
Please be punctual as the doors to the sanctuary will be closed at the start of this service and will not open until the service is concluded.
Please consider those who you would like remembered during the Yizkor service on Yom Kippur. We would appreciate getting names in advance.
Please email or mail names and their relationship to you to: Nina Cummings <ninac1@verizon.net>
Mincha/Eyle Ezkera 6:15 p.m.
The traditional Eleh Ezkera service remembers the Jewish martyrs who were killed because they refused to renounce their faith. Just after Yizkor and before Neilah we will honor all those people who are working to bring peace and justice to our world. I invite you to think of someone you want to honor. They do not need necessarily need to be well known or famous. If you would like to offer a song or poem for peace, please bring it with you. This Yom Kippur our country is involved in two wars. The founder of Reconstructionism, Mordechai Kaplan, once suggested that Yom Kippur be transformed into a day devoted to peace. Before we end the day, we will share our commitment to work for a world that is free from violence and war, a world of justice where the human dignity of every person is honored.
Neilah 6:45 p.m.
Havdalah/Shofar 7:45 p.m.
Break-the-Fast 8:00 p.m.
We will have our traditional community Break-the-Fast dairy potluck at the conclusion of services on Yom Kippur. Please bring a dairy/veggie dish to share
SEATING
Seating in the center of the sanctuary will be reserved for members. Please do not bring food or drink into the sanctuary during services, and kindly shut off or silence all electronic devices. To maintain the kavvanah (communal spiritual intention) in our sacred space, the doors will usually remain closed while the congregation is standing. This includes the chanting of Kol Nidre on Erev Yom Kippur so we encourage early arrival (by
6:50 p.m.). The service will be piped into the lobby area at all times for all of our High Holy Day services.
Communal Aliyot
We will continue the tradition of calling people forward for communal aliyot to bless the Torah before and after each section of the Torah reading. An example of a group that will be honored with receiving an aliyah this year at Rosh Hashanah is: those who are making a new commitment to Judaism through study, a new spiritual practice, joining the congregation, or becoming a member of a congregational committee.
PARKING
As in previous years, the majority of cars will be parked at Jamex on North Triphammer. Many thanks to Jim and Connie Wells, the owners of Jamex, for this generous service to our community. Please read the following information to help the process go smoothly. 1. Come early. Try to car pool.
2. Drop off passengers in the circle at the temple (or go directly to Jamex if single person).
3. Proceed to the Jamex building at 2415 N. Triphammer Road. It has a glass greenhouse, on the east side of North Triphammer, just before Craft Rd, as you come from Rte 13. There will be a parking attendant at Jamex to direct cars into place from 6:30 to 7:30 evenings, and 9:15 to 10:45 mornings.
4. Our gravel lot will be reserved for the rabbi and cantor, handicapped, and special needs parking. They will certainly take the large majority of those spots. A temple volunteer will help direct cars in and out of the lot and ask people to not park there for any service. The gravel lot will hold cars for the afternoon study sessions.
5. There will be vans to shuttle drivers (not passengers!) from Jamex to the synagogue. It is a short drive, but with more than 100 cars expected, it will take a few trips by the shuttles. Come early. Please be patient.
6. After services, we’ll reverse the process. The shuttles will take drivers only back to their cars. The drivers can then come to the synagogue to pick up passengers.
Shuttle runs will be as follows (approximately):
Wednesday, September 8 -- 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 9 --- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
Friday, September 17 -- 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 18 -- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
CHILDREN
Your children are welcome at all times. We at Tikkun v'Or believe that it is upon all the adults (aleinu--"it's upon us"
-- in the spirit of "it takes a village") to encourage a quiet, respectful presence by all the children, whether they are inside the sanctuary, in the lobby or outside. Please join us in teaching our children the values of our community.
* In respect of those praying, the doors will usually remain closed during specific times in the service, for example the sermon or when the congregation is standing. Opening and closing of the doors during services can be disruptive to service leaders and congregants in the sanctuary. Ushers may ask adults and children to wait a few minutes to find an opportune time to enter or exit the sanctuary.
* Children are very welcome at services. Because often children cannot sit for long periods, please feel free to leave and return quietly at appropriate times. For their safety, please have children stay within the marked, mowed grassy areas and keep them from wandering in the open fields. Please remember to keep voices down in the lobby, and outside the doors and windows, as they carry loudly in the sanctuary.
*Children over the age of 10 should plan to attend the regular service, with parental guidance.
*We will have children's services for children ages 5 - 10, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, from 10:15 - 11 a.m. in the tent.
Cantor Abbe Lyons will lead part of the children's service on Rosh Hashanah; Rabbi Brian Walt will lead part of the children's service on Yom Kippur.
* After surveying families, we decided that this year we will not provide childcare for infants, toddlers and preschoolers; The tent will be available for parents as an additional space to supervise children. Books, crafts, and toys will be provided. Keep in mind that the tent will be in use from 10:15 - 11 a.m. for the children's service.
OTHER
Temple membership and tickets are not required, but donation envelopes will be provided and your generosity is appreciated.
