Rabbi Carl M. Perkins Cantor Gastón Bogomolni Cantor Emeritus Harry Gelman

Stephen Baum, President Gil Brodsky, Editor

September 18, 2009, Friday, Elul 29, 5769

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Rosh Hashanah

The year 5770 begins tonight at sundown. May it be a year of blessing and peace.

You can read the entire contents of this year’s High Holiday booklet on-line.

A few last minute reminders:

• Please remember to bring your tickets with you.
• For parking, please place the pink parking “permit” that came in the mail with your booklet on your dashboard where it can be seen through the windshield. Also, please follow the directions of our parking lot staff where to park. If you are parking on the street, please note that cars can be parked on only one side of the street, and that no on-street parking is allowed on Pine Street.
• Please observe our seating policy, which is described on page 22 of the booklet.
• If you have any questions or concerns, please approach one of the ushers.
• Please encourage your children to attend our well-planned youth services, and to remain in the services for their duration.
• If you have been assigned an honor, please show up before the designated time, and report to Harvey Bornstein as soon as you arrive.
• Please pick up your High Holiday pledge card in the lobby when you arrive and return it with your chosen generous pledge level to one of the ushers.

For fun, and for inspiration, there is a wealth of online holiday resources. The White House has posted a video New Year greeting from President Obama on You-tube. The LA Times has a video of a dog howling along with the shofar. You-tube also has about 2900 items for the search term “Rosh Hashanah.” Among my favorites are the song “I Gotta Love You Rosh Hashanah” (even though it’s 2 years old), the hip-hop “Happy Rosh Hashanah,” and Barbra Streisand’s Avinu Malkeinu. For those who want to learn, Paul Becker even has a series of videos on how to blow the shofar (maybe in time for next year’s crew of baalei tekiah). Explore, enjoy, learn...

Here is a schedule of the services for Rosh Hashanah:

Most important, use this opportunity of the High Holiday season to connect—to God, to the words of the machzor, to your community, and to yourself. Our best wishes to all for a sweet, prosperous, healthy, and happy New Year!

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Our condolences go out to Michael Paris and his family on the passing of his wife, Dorothy (Dottie). The funeral will be held at Temple Aliyah on Monday, September 17th, at 11:00 am. Following interment at Baker Street cemetery, the family will be sitting shiva at their home at 47 Sutton Road in Needham on Monday until 9 pm and Tuesday through Thursday from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm. Minyans will be held each evening at 7:30 pm.

Hamakom yinachem otam... May the Divine Presence comfort them, among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

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