Celebrating the High Holy Days at Temple Beth Shalom Rosh Hashanah September 20-22, 2017 Yom Kippur September 29-30, 2017

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1 Celebrating the High Holy Days at Temple Beth Shalom Rosh Hashanah September 20-22, 2017 Yom Kippur September 29-30, Highland Avenue, Needham, MA

2 The High Holy Days are Jewish tradition s entry into the new year. The sound of the shofar the sweetness of the honey...the reflective spirit of our prayer...all invite us to begin the year by focusing on our relationships and our lives. During the High Holy Days we look back upon our past and consider both our blessings and how we might bring healing. We envision our future and consider how we might live more fully and more meaningfully. Throughout this sacred season, Temple Beth Shalom offers a wide variety of gateways services, programs, and activities for all ages that will help you and your family make these days most special. Together, as a community, we gather for prayer...study...helping those in need...sharing our stories with one another...and, of course, a healthy amount of socializing. In many respects, the High Holy Days at TBS are a kind of homecoming. Whether TBS has been your home for many years or if we are blessed to be welcoming you for the first time, we look forward to sharing the start of the new year with you. This brochure along with our special online registration will help you to create your personal and family journey through this season. You may register for all of our services and programs at: More information about the registration process and the wide array of services and programs that are part of our community s celebration of the High Holy Days can be found in this brochure. To ensure that you are able to participate in our services and programs in the ways that you would like, please be sure to register by Friday, August 11th. If you have any questions, please don t hesitate to contact any of us. We are happy to do all that we can to help make these High Holy Days truly special for you and those that you love. Wishing you and your family a Shanah Tovah...a sweet and happy new year! Marguerite Dowd, Director of Community Engagement and Administration mdowd@tbsneedham.org Jay Perlman, Rabbi jperlman@tbsneedham.org Todd Markley, Rabbi tmarkley@tbsneedham.org

3 HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES: ROSH HASHANAH & YOM KIPPUR SERVICES TBS SANCTUARY Join us as we welcome the new year with beautiful song, poetry, prayer, meditation, learning, and community. Rabbi Jay Perlman, Cantor Erik Contzius, Cantorial Intern DJ Fortine, along with a wonderful High Holy Day Choir and many TBS participants, lead our Sanctuary services. Our prayer book, Mishkan HaNefesh (Hebrew for: Dwelling Place for the Soul ) is both moving and inspirational blending traditional texts with contemporary insights. (For more information about Mishkan HaNefesh please go to and follow the appropriate links.) These services, which take place throughout the High Holy Days, are always filled with community warmth and spirit. Sanctuary Service Schedule Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, September 20, 2017: Rosh Hashanah Evening Service... 8:00 pm Thursday, September 21, 2017: Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Service... 8:30 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Service... 11:15 am Rosh Hashanah Afternoon Service Lay Led... 5:30 pm Friday, September 22, 2017: Second Day Rosh Hashanah Morning Service... 10:00 am This service is made particularly special by the sharing of words by our community s beloved Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Rifat Sonsino. Yom Kippur: Friday, September 29, 2017: Kol Nidrei Evening Early Service... 6:45 pm Kol Nidrei Evening Late Service... 8:45 pm Saturday, September 30, 2017: Yom Kippur Morning Early Service... 8:30 am Yom Kippur Morning Late Service... 11:15 am Yom Kippur Afternoon Service... 4:00 pm This service includes a moving ritual and reading from our Holocaust Torah Scroll preserved from the community of Soboslav, Czechoslovakia. Yizkor / Service of Memorial... 5:10 pm During this service, we recall the memories of our loved ones. To accommodate the many who come to remember loved ones during our Yizkor Service, we will, if necessary, hold a second Yizkor Service in our Beit Midrash concurrent with our Sanctuary Yizkor Service. This service will also be led by clergy and will include beautiful prayers and music. N ilah / Closing Service and Havdallah... 5:45 pm Our final service during the High Holy Days includes the final blast of the shofar. Everyone is invited to bring their own shofar to help usher in the start of the new year with spirit. We also share in a beautiful service of Havdallah and ritually change our Torah covers back from the white High Holy Day covers to the colorful covers we use during the year.

4 ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR FAMILY SERVICES RASHI SCHOOL Our Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Family Services are the perfect blend of prayer, song, and Torah for adults, teens, and children aged 4th grade and above. Led by Rabbi Todd Markley and Emily Perlman on guitar, these services use a creative High Holy Day prayer book and inspire much community participation. Held in the Theater at the Rashi School (8000 Great Meadow Road in Dedham), our Family Services always fill quickly, so be sure to register early. Family Service Schedule Rosh Hashanah: Thursday, September 21, 2017: Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Family Service... 8:45 am* Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Family Service... 11:15 am Yom Kippur: Saturday, September 30, 2017: Yom Kippur Morning Early Family Service... 8:45 am* Yom Kippur Morning Late Family Service... 11:15 am FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN SERVICES (Temple Beth Shalom Location) On the afternoons of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in the TBS Sanctuary, we offer a spirited celebration of the High Holy Days through song and story especially for those families with children aged 6 and under. This service is led musically by well-known children s musician, Josh Shriber of Jammin with You! along with Rabbi Jay Perlman, Rabbi Todd Markley, and Ellen Dietrick, Director of Early Childhood Learning. All are welcome as we make the start of the year extra sweet and fun! Families with Young Children Service Schedule Thursday, September 21, 2017: Families with Young Children Rosh Hashanah Service... 2:45 pm Saturday, September 30, 2017: Families with Young Children Yom Kippur Service... 2:00 pm Children who wish to blow shofar with us on the bima are invited to bring their shofar (whether it is real or toy.) *Please note that the start time for the Early Family Service is 15 minutes later than the start of the Sanctuary Service at Temple Beth Shalom.

5 PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN Children s High Holy Day Programming On the mornings of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, at both our Temple Beth Shalom location and our Rashi School site, we offer both professional babysitting (for children ages 1-5) and wonderful High Holy Day programming for children. Our children s programming incorporates art, song, and story to help bring the messages of the High Holy Days to life. The details of each site s program are a bit different. Please see below. At our Temple Beth Shalom Site: Babysitting We are happy to provide babysitting for children, ages 1-5. Please sign up when you register online. Once you register, more detailed information will be sent to you directly. Children s Programming At our Temple Beth Shalom site, we are happy to offer children s programming for children in kindergarten through 5th grade. Please sign your children up when you register online. Once you register, more detailed information will be sent to you directly. Please note that at least one parent must be in the temple building while your child is either in babysitting or Children s Programming. Schedule Thursday, September 21, 2017: Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Session 8:30 am until the conclusion of services in the Sanctuary Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Session 11:15 am until the conclusion of services in the Sanctuary Saturday, September 30, 2017: Yom Kippur Morning Early Session 8:30 am until the conclusion of services in the Sanctuary Yom Kippur Morning Late Session 11:15 am until the conclusion of services in the Sanctuary At our Rashi School Site: Babysitting We are happy to provide babysitting for children, ages 1-5. Please sign up when you register online. Once you register, more detailed information will be sent to you directly. Children s Programming At our Rashi School site, we are happy to offer children s programming for children in kindergarten through 3rd grade. (Our Family Services at the Rashi School are perfect for 4th graders and older including teens and adults!) Please sign your children up for Children s Programming when you register online. Once you register, more detailed information will be sent to you directly. Please note that at least one parent must be in the Rashi School building while your child is either in babysitting or Children s Programming. Schedule Thursday, September 21, 2017: Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Session 8:45 am until the conclusion of services Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Session 11:15 am until the conclusion of services Saturday, September 30, 2017: Yom Kippur Morning Early Session 8:45 am until the conclusion of services Yom Kippur Morning Late Session 11:15 am until the conclusion of services

6 OTHER SPECIAL HIGH HOLY DAY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES Apples and Honey for the Soul A beautiful evening of learning, music, prayer, and sweet desserts to help us prepare for the High Holy Days. Saturday, September 16, 2017 Times: 7:00 pm... Learning with Rabbi Perlman and Rabbi Markley 8:30 pm... Sweet dessert buffet 9:00 pm... Havdallah Service of Selichot Changing of our Torah Covers Special prayer, poetry, and music inspire us for the High Holy Days 10:15 pm... Final Shofar Blast Temple Beth Shalom No registration is necessary. In Jewish tradition, the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a time for introspection and study. Our annual Apples and Honey for the Soul program is a gem in our Jewish calendar. Join with friends for a wonderful night that helps to set the spiritual tone for the approaching High Holy Day season. Please join us for all or any part of this wonderful evening. Shofar Blower s Workshop Sunday, September 17, 2017 Time: 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Temple Beth Shalom Please contact Tiziana Getz, TBS Office Administrator, at tgetz@tbsneedham.org or Join us to learn how to blow the shofar and then, if you would like, participate in the final shofar blast of Yom Kippur. Rabbi Perlman and one of TBS s own Master Shofar Blowers lead this fun and interactive workshop. All ages are welcome! No experience necessary! Also...All those who are experienced shofar blowers are invited to bring their shofar to the closing service (N ilah) on Yom Kippur to participate in the final blast of the Holy Days. Need a Shofar? You may either purchase one on your own (they are available at the Israel Book Store or at Kolbo in Brookline) OR the temple would be happy to order one for you. Simply send a check in the amount of $75.00 to the Temple (made out to Temple Beth Shalom with Purchase Shofar in the Notes section) by Friday, August 19th. We will happily you when your shofar arrives.

7 OTHER SPECIAL HIGH HOLY DAY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES continued Tashlich ( Casting Away ) Gathering Thursday, September 21, 2017 Time: 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Elm Bank 900 Washington Street, Wellesley No registration is necessary. Jewish tradition invites us to symbolically cast away our sins by tossing bread crumbs into a moving body of water. Our TBS community does this with an informal and beautiful outdoor ritual that features guitar, poetry, and community. Every year, dozens of adults, teens, and children meet by the bank of the Charles River. Please join us! Shabbat Shuva ( Sabbath of Return ) Service Friday, September 22, 2017 Time: 6:15 pm Temple Beth Shalom No registration is necessary. The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a special time to reflect upon the meaning and messages of the High Holy Days. Join with our rabbis, Cantor Erik Contzius, and Cantorial Intern DJ Fortine for an evening of beautiful music, poetry, and prayer. This night, Cantor Contzius will share a sermon through song, including some of the most moving musical pieces for these days. Yom Kippur Afternoon Learning with Rabbi Rifat Sonsino Saturday, September 30, 2017 Time: 3:00 pm 3:50 pm Temple Beth Shalom Room location to be announced Please sign up when you register online. Join with Rabbi Sonsino for an engaging and informative learning entitled, Unlocking the Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. All materials will be in English. This program is open to everyone. Yom Kippur Afternoon Sharing Our Stories Program Saturday, September 30, 2017 Time: 3:00 pm 3:50 pm Temple Beth Shalom Sanctuary Please sign up when you register online. Each year, several members of our temple community are invited to share their Jewish journey with us. This program has become a favorite during the High Holy Days as we turn from learning from the stories of Torah to learning from the stories of each other s lives. All are welcome! Please join us!

8 TIKKUN OLAM REPAIRING THE WORLD High Holy Day Food Drive Every year, the Temple Beth Shalom community contributes hundreds of bags of food in support of the Needham Community Council s daily efforts to feed the hungry. The Council has shared with us that our food drive is the largest donation that they receive all year and makes a significant difference for individuals and families. Once again, we will be collecting canned and non-perishable foods during the High Holy Days. Collection bags for food donations will be distributed to everyone who attends Rosh Hashanah morning services, as they depart. Everyone is asked to fill these bags with canned and non-perishable foods (instructions will be provided) and return them on Yom Kippur morning. If you are not able to be with us either on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, you may still contribute food. Simply contact Marguerite Dowd, TBS Director of Community Engagement and Administration at mdowd@tbsneedham.org or Please help us to make these Holy Days even more meaningful by using our fast day to feed those who are hungry every day. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICES OR HELP US TO SET UP? Service Participants Needed Our community has a wonderful tradition of having members participate in our High Holy Day services. There are many opportunities to participate, including Torah and Haftarah reading, reciting Torah and Haftarah blessings, leading prayers in English during our services, and helping to dress the Torah after it is read. When you register, please let us know of your interest in participating. Because of the numerous requests that we receive each year, unfortunately, we are not able to have everyone who wishes to participate do so. We do, however, do our best to weave as many people into our services as possible. At the conclusion of the final service on Yom Kippur ( N ilah ), all those who blow shofar are invited to help us welcome the new year with a blast of the shofar. Simply bring your shofar and, at the end of the service, all those with shofars will be given instructions. (No sign-up is necessary.) If you have questions regarding service participation, please contact Rabbi Perlman at jperlman@tbsneedham.org. If you have questions specifically related to Torah and Haftarah reading or blessings, please contact Rabbi Jordi Battis at jbattis@tbsneedham.org Wanted: High Holy Day Singers Once again, we welcome all those who wish to sing at any one, many, or all of our High Holy Day Services. No experience is necessary, as there will be plenty of rehearsal time prior to Rosh Hashanah. This year, our High Holy Day music will be inspirationally led by Cantor Erik Contzius ( In addition to our community choir members, we will once again welcome a group of professional singers and instrumentalists who will bring the beautifully moving melodies of the High Holy Days to our community. If you are interested in participating through song during Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kippur or if you have questions, please contact Rabbi Perlman (jperlman@tbsneedham.org). A schedule of programs and rehearsals will be sent to all those who express interest.

9 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE continued Have you been to Israel in the past year? On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, during our TBS Sanctuary Services (both Early and Late), we will be inviting all those who have been to Israel in the past year to join us on the bima for a special aliyah to the Torah. Help Wanted! Setting Up Our High Holy Day Sanctuary at TBS Sunday, September 17, 2017 Time: 10:00 am Temple Beth Shalom Please sign up when you register online. Our Sanctuary set up for the High Holy Days is different from our set up during the remainder of the year. For the High Holy Days, we combine our Sanctuary and Simon Hall and set up seating for our congregation. As well, in order to bring everyone closer to the bima and each other, we set up a new bima and re-orient our seating. This arrangement ensures a warm and community-centered feel for our High Holy Day services. We need volunteers to help us create our new Sanctuary. Please sign up when you register online. Bagels will be served! Help Wanted! Opportunities During Services Our community has a wonderful tradition of having members help support our High Holy Day services. With so many people coming together, we do need help! There are many opportunities to help during services, including volunteering as a Greeter / Usher to welcome and support those who come to celebrate with us and helping to direct traffic as our members and guests arrive by car. Each year, we are in need of many volunteers to help at both our Temple Beth Shalom location and at our Rashi School location. Please sign up when you register online. REGISTRATION INFORMATION How to Register Once again, we are happy to share that registration for all services and High Holy Day programming will take place online. Please go to: to register. (Our TBS community registration deadline this year is Friday, August 11th.) Enclosed in this packet you will find a sheet with your family s/household s Personal Member ID and Password. This will allow you access to our system. (If you do not have internet access or have difficulty registering, please contact Tiziana Getz, TBS Office Administrator at She will be happy to help you.) Celebrating the High Holy Days as a Member of the TBS Community We are blessed to celebrate the High Holy Days together as a community. All TBS members and their family members are the first that we invite to share in the special nature of these days. It is therefore important that financial membership commitments be up-to-date in order for High Holy Day registration to be completed. It is a central value of the TBS community that finances never be a barrier to full participation in the life of our congregation. If you have any questions or are experiencing financial difficulty, please contact Marguerite Dowd, TBS Director of Community Engagement and Administration at mdowd@tbsneedham.org or at She will be happy to assist you. Adult children (age 25 or younger) are welcome to participate in all TBS High Holy Day services and programs without needing to purchase tickets. Simply request these tickets when you register online. Registration for Family Members Who Are Not TBS Members We are thrilled to welcome loved ones to our community for the High Holy Days. When you register, you will be able to purchase tickets for any members of your family who are not members of Temple Beth Shalom. This includes parents and grandparents, adult siblings, as well as children and grandchildren over the age of 25 and other adults with a family connection. When you register online, simply register each family member as a Guest.

10 REGISTRATION INFORMATION continued Please Be Sure to Register On Time! In order to ensure that you are able to attend at your preferred service time and location, please register by Friday, August 11, We do our best to accommodate every request. As we are blessed with a large community and seating is limited, understandably our services do fill up. When a service does fill, we will ask that individuals and families participate in services where there is availability. We appreciate your patience as we do our best to meet the needs of our entire community. High Holy Day Tickets By When you sign up online, please be sure to register everyone who will be attending. Once you register, each person registered will receive a personalized ticket by , complete with a schedule and list of locations. High Holy Day tickets will be 8 1/2 x 11 and therefore east to print. Please be sure that everyone you registered brings their tickets with them on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. When you arrive at the Temple our security personnel will ask to see your tickets and our community volunteer greeters will welcome you. This is both to ensure we have enough seats for everyone registered, and for security purposes. Wider Community Invitation to TBS Services After ensuring that our TBS community and their family members have had the opportunity to sign-up to celebrate the High Holy Days together, we will open registration to the broader community. This includes TBS members who wish to invite adults or children who are neither family members nor members of TBS. Wider Community registration begins on Friday, August 19, 2017, based on availability. Registration may be completed simply by using the Non-Member designation on the registration website. Who May Join Us for the High Holy Days Without Charge? Members of Another Temple: Any individual who is a member in good standing of another temple community may join us without having to purchase tickets. We ask only that these individuals please have their temple send us a letter letting us know of their membership, and that they are entitled to tickets as part of their membership. Letters may be sent to Marguerite Dowd at either mdowd@tbsneedham.org or at Temple Beth Shalom, 670 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA Because seating is limited at TBS during the High Holy Days, we ask that these individuals register online using our online registration system. Unfortunately, we are not able to honor High Holy Day tickets purchased at other congregations. Full-Time Students and Members of the Armed Forces are welcome to join us without having to purchase tickets. We ask that students and military personnel please register online and let us know of their status. Please Help By Returning Tickets That Are Not Being Used Because our seating is limited, if you request High Holy Day tickets for someone who, you later learn, will not be using them, we ask that you please let us know so that others might be able to attend services. Please, either: Remove their registration from our online system prior to the mailing of printed tickets. Return those tickets to the temple office. Contact Marguerite Dowd, Director of Community Engagement and Administration at mdowd@tbsneedham.org or We Appreciate Your Patience During all of our services and programs, our community is filled with the spirit of the High Holy Days. As always, we ask for your patience and assistance while we do all that we can to smoothly bring so many from our congregational family together at one time. QUESTIONS? Should you have any questions or if there is anything that we can do to make this High Holy Day season even more meaningful for you, please do not hesitate to contact either Marguerite Dowd, TBS Director of Community Engagement and Administration at mdowd@tbsneedham.org or at or any member of our clergy and staff. We wish you and your family a new year of renewed spirit, good health and peace.

11 HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICE SCHEDULE Temple Beth Shalom 2017/5778 Saturday, September 16, 2017 Apples and Honey for the Soul (Temple Beth Shalom) Learning and Discussion... 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Sweet Oneg Dessert... 8:30 pm 9:00 pm Service of Selichot... 9:00 pm 10:15 pm Sunday, September 17, 2017 Sanctuary Set-Up (Temple Beth Shalom)... 10:00 am 12:00 pm Shofar Blowers Workshop (Temple Beth Shalom)... 4:00 pm 5:00 pm Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Rosh Hashanah Evening Service... 8:00 pm Thursday, September 21, 2017 Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Sanctuary Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 8:30 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Early Family Service (Rashi School)... 8:45 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Sanctuary Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 11:15 am Rosh Hashanah Morning Late Family Service (Rashi School)... 11:15 am Families with Young Children Rosh Hashanah Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 2:45 pm Tashlich Service (Elm Bank, Wellesley)... 4:15 pm Rosh Hashanah Afternoon Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 5:30 pm Friday, September 22, 2017 Rosh Hashanah Second Day Morning Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 10:00 am Shabbat Shuva ( Sabbath of Return ) Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 6:15 pm Saturday, September 23, 2017 Shabbat Shuva Morning Minyan Service Lay Led (Temple Beth Shalom)... 8:30 am Shabbat Shuva Torah Textploration (Temple Beth Shalom)... 9:00 am Shabbat Shuva Morning Sanctuary Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 11:00 am Weekday Minyan Service Schedule Morning Minyan Service Lay Led Monday, September 25 and Thursday, September :00 am 7:30 am Evening Minyan Service Lay Led Monday, September 25 through Thursday, September :45 pm 7:15 pm

12 HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICE SCHEDULE continued Friday, September 29, 2017 Kol Nidrei / Yom Kippur Evening Early Service... 6:45 pm Kol Nidrei / Yom Kippur Evening Late Service... 8:45 pm Saturday, September 30, 2017 Yom Kippur Morning Early Sanctuary Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 8:30 am Yom Kippur Morning Early Family Service (Rashi School)...8:45 am Yom Kippur Morning Late Sanctuary Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 11:15 am Yom Kippur Morning Late Family Service (Rashi School)... 11:15 am Families with Young Children Yom Kippur Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 2:00 pm Yom Kippur Afternoon Study with Rabbi Sonsino (Temple Beth Shalom)... 3:00 pm 3:50 pm Yom Kippur Afternoon Sharing Our Stories Program (Temple Beth Shalom)... 3:00 pm 3:50 pm Yom Kippur Afternoon Service (Temple Beth Shalom)... 4:00 pm Yizkor/Service of Memorial... 5:10 pm N ilah / Closing Service and Havdallah... 5:45 pm