temple kol ami emanu-el High Holy Days PETERS ROAD PLANTATION, FL (954) TKAE.ORG

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1 temple kol ami emanu-el High Holy Days PETERS ROAD PLANTATION, FL (954) TKAE.ORG

2 Dear Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El Community, Soon we will welcome in the New Year 5775 with the sound of the shofar and with our prayers to be inscribed in the Book of Life and Blessing. We want to extend our best wishes to each of you for these High Holy Days. We know that these Days of Awe are ones made holy by our ancient traditions as a people in our relationship to God, time and space, and ones also sanctified through our personal stories and memories. We know that this Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur will be a time to celebrate with family and with your temple. We are looking forward to the multitude of blessings we will share as a temple family in the year to come through the cycles and seasons of our lives. In the weeks ahead, may you find time to reflect, engage in meaningful teshuvah, stock up on honey, and share laughter with family and friends as we prepare for these Holy Days. לשנה טובה ומתוקה Wishing you a happy and a sweet New Year, Howard Needleman - Senior Rabbi Mark Goldman - Cantor Dr. Sheldon J. Harr - Founding Rabbi Emeritus

3 A Letter from Our President Dear Fellow Congregants, Debi, Max, Jonah,Olivia and I look forward to seeing our friends and meeting new friends as we celebrate the High Holy Days together as a temple family. We enjoy these times because we worship together as a Jewish community, not as individuals. We are taking inventory of our year. Have we been the best we can be? How can we try to improve in the year ahead? This is both a personal inventory and a communal one. Please bring your entire family as we are all part of our temple family. We look forward to welcoming you. L Shalom, Jason Chalik President, Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El

4 Shabbt Nefesh Shabbat of the Soul IN PREPARATION FOR THIS YEAR S HIGH HOLY Day Season Join us for a Time of Inner Reflection & Contemplation Friday Night, August 29th and September 19th at 7:30pm A service of spiritual awakening, healing, and growth through the practice of chanting, incantations, meditation, and contemplation. Casual and comfortable attire encouraged. Our traditional Shabbat prayers including Kaddish will be recited as part of this service experience. The Science of Happiness 7 Steps to Create More Joy, Fulfillment & Success Into Your Life, NOW! Wendi Blum Join our clergy, staff, and temple family as we unlock the key to happiness. How to release limiting beliefs, past stories, and old habits that hold you back from living your life to your fullest potential. Learn to shift your focus from negative thought patterns to powerful positive possibilities and how to attract more of what you want into your life and less of what you don t. Wednesday September :00pm Wine & Cheese Reception 7:00pm Wendi Blum Complimentary baby-sitting will be provided for those who RSVP to akapit@tkae.org by September

5 S lichot at the Beach Saturday September 13th at 6:00pm As we approach our Jewish new year, join us for an evening of preparation and contemplation beach-side. Music, dance, and the launch of Chinese balloons will help transition our body and soul to new and exciting heights. VIP Food Truck will serve dinner following. $11.00 per person RSVP at by Friday September 5 Complimentary transportation from TKAE will be available Fort Lauderdale Beach Park 1100 Seabreeze Blvd. Join Rabbi Needleman and Cantor Mark for A Guided MEDITATION INTO THE HIGH HOLY DAYS Wednesday, September 17th at 12:00pm 11:30 Take a few minutes to mingle with Rabbi Needleman and Cantor Mark prior to the program 12:00 Program begins Through meditation, study and discussion, connect spirituality with the meaning of the High Holy Days as we journey together into This workshop will show you how to use the prayers of the High Holy Days to make your celebration a more spiritually powerful experience for you and your family. Complimentary lunch will be served. RSVP to lpearlman@tkae.org by September 10th.

6 Tickets For The High Holy Days Your tickets are non-transferable. Please bring a Picture I.D. with your ticket for entrance to the Temple. The I.D. must match the name on your ticket. Tickets For Guests If members of your family or new members of the community wish to worship with you during the High Holy Days, the Temple makes available a limited number of tickets. The contribution for a ticket for an immediate family member is $180. Other tickets are available for $218. Of course, we would prefer that your family member or friend join the Temple as a member. The Temple has a very special Intergenerational Membership Program. Any amount paid for a ticket for the High Holy Days is fully applicable to subsequent Temple membership within the calendar year. Please stop by to make those arrangements. Reciprocity If you are a member in good standing of Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El, and are traveling during the holidays, you will be given the courtesy of worshiping with any other URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) Congregation in the country. We welcome members of other URJ Congregations to our services. These arrangements for admission have to be made ahead of time. Contact the Temple office for more details. Tickets For Students & Service Personnel Any full-time college student or member of the armed forces need only come to the Temple to pick up their tickets gratis. CEMETERY SERVICES, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st As is the tradition in Jewish life and at Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El, the Rabbis and Cantor will be conducting a short Yizkor Memorial Service the Sunday prior to Rosh Hashanah, this year on Sunday, September 21st. The first Service will be at our Temple s cemetery, Menorah Gardens, at 9:30 A.M. The second Service will be at Star of David Cemetery in North Lauderdale, meeting at the gazebo with the service commencing at 10:30 A.M. Inter-Generational Membership We encourage multi-generational experiences. Praying together as a family during the high holidays can be a wonderful and meaningful experience. We have what is called Inter- Generational Membership. So what are the details? If a full paying family member (referred to as a core family ) are members in good standing, their senior parents and/or their adult children (up to 33 years old) can become members for one half of what their normal membership dues would be. What a wonderful gift to give your parents or young adult children! For more information, please call the Temple office or stop by to learn more and make arrangements.

7 High Holy Days Schedule Shabbat Nefesh Shabbat of the Soul, August 29 & September 19 at 7:30 PM Rosh Hashanah Eve...UNPLUGGED A Unique music experience with our Temple band, singers, and clergy Wednesday, September 24 Service at 8:00 PM Rosh HaShanah Morning, Day One Thursday, September 25, 10:15 AM Parallel Children s Services Grades K-5 Tots Afternoon Service, 1:00 PM Tashlich Service Immediately Following Rosh HaShanah Morning, Day Two Friday, September 26 at 10:15 AM Kol Nidre Friday, October 3rd at 8:00 PM Yom Kippur Day Saturday, October 4th at 10:15 A.M. Parallel Children s Services Grades K-5 Tots Afternoon Service at 1:00 P.M. Yom Kippur Afternoon Study Session at 2:30 P.M. Yizkor and Neilah Services at 4:30 P.M Service of memorial for our loved ones, prayers of healing and empowerment, concluding with congregational candlelight havdalah and spiritual renewal Break the Fast with us at TKAE More info at TKAE.org

8 Rosh Hashanah Eve...UNPLUGGED with our Temple band, singers, and clergy Wednesday, September 24 Service: 8:00 pm Unplug from a busy, hectic, and stressful year - enjoy the familiar melodies, sounds and words of this holiday season. This creative and soulful service will combine our traditional liturgy and music with times of meditation, reflection, and spiritual rejuvenation. Yom Kippur Bone Marrow Donor Drive Make a difference, give the gift of life... We re honored to partner with GIFT OF LIFE Bone Marrow Foundation and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism to bring an exciting and unique opportunity to help save lives through a donor recruitment drive. When: Yom Kippur. Anytime between the morning and closing services Where: The Reception Room Our trained volunteers will ask you to complete a brief form, swab your cheek and you re done The only way you will ever know if you can help save a life is by taking the first step and getting tested! The entire process takes less than 10 minutes. For more information contact Josh Simon jsimon@tkae.org or call (954) Potential donors must be in good health and between the ages of 18 and 60. Gift of Life BONE MARROW FOUNDATION

9 Tzedakah - Giving Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El strives to create a Temple family for all our members. Since our inception we have celebrated thousands of b nai mitzvah, and uncounted numbers of baby namings, consecrations, confirmations, weddings, anniversaries and other joyous life-cycle events. We have also stood by each other during challenging times: a shoulder to cry on, someone to hug, a caring committee to help with shiva this is our Temple family. Your charitable contributions to Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El will help ensure that the values and ideas, the celebrations and unique occasions, which have linked our people in an unbreakable chain of tradition for three thousand years will be perpetuated for future generations. Your contributions will have a meaningful effect on the lives of the thousands to whom Kol Ami Emanu-El is home as well as the people beyond our walls who we continue to help. Yom Kippur Annual Food Drive...Our Tradition Continues On your way out of the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah morning you will be given an empty shopping bag. Please return it full of non-perishable food items on Yom Kippur. All food will be donated to the WECARE food pantry. The WECARE community outreach program operates a food pantry that provides over 3,500 bags of groceries each year to our neighbors in need regardless of race, religion, age, gender or nationality. They could not accomplish this important mitzvah if not for the generous donations they receive year round from caring communities just like ours at TKAE! High Holy Day Service Information Admission To Services Is By Ticket Only Please make all arrangements for the High Holy Days, Membership, and visiting relatives as far in advance for the Holy Days as possible. High Holy Day tickets are non-transferable. We also ask your cooperation in not bringing children to the adult services who would not appreciate or understand the nature of the High Holy Days on an adult level. Please do join us for our special Children s Services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. For the Holy Days Kipot (Yarmulkes) are available for those who wish to wear them. Tallitot (Tallesim) may also be worn, but those wishing to wear a tallit must bring their own. Security Procedures For The High Holy Days We are living in a new world, and the Temple is making every possible and reasonable attempt to allow all of us to worship in safety and in comfort. Toward that end, we will need everyone s cooperation, with our Security Team, the Plantation Police, and the Brotherhood and Sisterhood Ushers. In advance, we thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Please have your High Holy Day tickets available as you pull into the parking lot you will be asked to display them. Everyone will be asked for a Picture I.D. with your ticket to enter the building. The I.D. must match the name on your ticket. Babysitting Complimentary babysitting is available for younger children ages 2-7 on the first morning of Rosh Hashanah and the morning of Yom Kippur. Reservations are needed. Contact Melanie at mfrank@tkae. org or (954)

10 Saving Seats We would hope that you could come in together as a family or as a small group of friends, and then if you wish, sit together. We would ask your cooperation, however, in not saving seats, other than, perhaps, for the person parking the car. Our desire is to make our Sanctuary and our Temple as welcoming and warm to all of our members as possible. Parking Information If you require a handicap parking space, please remember to bring your windshield placard. It is our pleasure to accommodate all needs. As always, parking spaces in our main lot are limited. Please cooperate with our security and police officers! Member High Holy Day Dues Policy Temple policy notes that no less than one-half of all dues must be paid prior to receipt of High Holy Day Tickets, unless payment arrangements have been made. Thank you in advance for making sure that all of your Temple obligations are current. Remembering Our Loved Ones ZACHER TZADDIK LIVRACHA The Memory of the Righteous is for an Eternal Blessing Jewish tradition impels us to remember our loved ones especially during special and significant times throughout the year. The High Holy Days provide that opportunity to recall their presence in our midst, through the participation in a number of possible vehicles at Temple. The dedication of a permanent Memorial Yahrzeit Plaque in the Sanctuary is an appropriate way to perpetuate their memory within the community. Participation in the High Holy Days Memorial Book, which is distributed at Yizkor Services on Yom Kippur, is a hallowed tradition within our congregation. There is also the Flower Fund, which provides flowers for the aesthetic enhancement of the Sanctuary during the Holy Days. The forms on the following pages can be filled out and returned to the Temple Office for inclusion in whichever fund you choose. Please pay special attention to the deadlines. Unfortunately, late additions are not able to be accommodated.

11 Memorial Yahrzeit Plaques Donation: $750 per plaque, payment due at time of order Donor s Name: Name to be Imprinted: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Relationship to Donor: Deadline for plaque to be here for the High Holy Days: Friday, July Donating to our Holiday Music Fund is a wonderful gift! Help make our services beautifully uplifting and inspirational with your donation to our choral soloists and instrumentalists. Please sponsor an instrument or singer. Donation: $1200 Donor s Name: I prefer to sponsor the: Cello Flute Harp Professional Singer No Preference Deadline: Friday, September

12 High Holy Day Memorial Book Donor s Name: Memorial Book Listing Please print and check box if deceased since last Yom Kippur $ contribution enclosed in memory of my beloved departed to be listed in the High Holy Day Memorial Book. Deadline: Friday, September Flower Fund The Flower Fund assists the Temple in beautifying the Sanctuary during the High Holy Days! Donor s Name: Amount: (Minimum contribution of $54). Deadline: Friday, September Your participation will be acknowledged at the High Holy Days.