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

Stephen Baum, President Gil Brodsky, Editor

September 18, 2009, Sunday, Tishrei 9, 5770

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Yom Kippur

Please remember when you come to the shul tonight to bring your contributions to Family Table for our annual “Paper Bag” drive. There will be teen volunteers to collect your bags when you arrive. We can accept the following items: canned salmon, soup (kosher), tuna fish, cereal, raisins, juice, graham crackers, peanut butter, tomato products, crackers, Parmalat, rice, pasta, canned fruit and vegetables, toilet paper, toothpaste, and shampoo.

Preparing yourself: Rabbi Perkins’s letter on what to wear and how to prepare for the fast is worth a re-read.

Cantor Bogomolni and his family have posted a video “Shanah Tovah” greeting, for their freinds and family, and the entire Temple community. Enjoy!

Something old, something new: The Nashir choir will be joining with Cantor Bogomolni for Kol Nidrei to sing the second of the three repetitions of the Kol Nidrei prayer this evening.

For the kids: please note that in addition to the special Tots service at 4:00, all kids are also invited to join us for Neilah. Kids ages 0-7 are invited to gather with their parents in the Chapel at at 6:50. All children will receive a “glow stick” to symbolize the Havdalah Candle as they enter into the darkened sanctuary —creating a beautiful ending to Yom Kippur that they won’t soon forget. They will march in from the back of the Sanctuary onto the bimah for Havdalah and the blowing of the shofar. A beautiful flyer gives full details.

Online resources: Get yourself in the musical mood for Kol Nidrei by listening to one or more of its many renditions. You-tube has many versions, including Jazz Singer movie version by Neil Diamond, the Moishe Oysher film version, Moshe Carlebach, the Bruch cello concerto version performed by Pablo Cassals, and such unlikely artists as Johnny Mathis and Perry Como. (Thanks to Howie Needleman for pointing these out.) Editor’s “Wall-of-Kol” suggestion: for a truly eerie experience, queue all of these in different windows, and let them play simultaneously!

Here is a schedule of the services for Yom Kippur:

G’mar Hatimah Tovah to all! May we all be written and sealed for a year of life, peace, health, happiness, and prosperity!

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The first mitzvah one should perform after Yom Kippur ends is to begin (or continue) the construction of your sukkah. Sukkot begins this year on Friday evening, October 2, with Shabbat/Yom Tov minyan Shirah in the sukkah (weather permitting).

The entire sukkot schedule can be found online here.

On the second day, Sunday, October 4, there will be a special Young Families program from 5:30 - 7:30.

And later that night, the entire community is invited back to the sukkah for a special “Celebration Under the Stars” gathering, beginning with Havdalah at 7:00 and continuing with food and fun, with music by Cantor G and the TA Klezmer band. Check out the flyer for more details.

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