THE YAMIM NORA'IM-THE HIGH HOLIDAYS, 5769
A MIDWAY JEWISH CENTER SCHEDULE

ALL CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES RECORDED FOLLOW THE TRADITION OF LIGHTING CANDLES 18 (WHICH IN HEBREW IS HAI, A WORD WHICH ALSO MEANS "LIFE") MINUTES PRIOR TO SUNSET. THIS IS THE LATEST TIME CANDLES MAY BE LIT. CANDLES MAY ALWAYS BE LIT EARLIER. WHEN GOING TO SERVICES, LIGHT CANDLES FIRST, THEN COME TO THE SYNAGOGUE.

DAY	SEPT.	TIME	EVENT
Today !!			REMEMBER DAY Remember to order your own sukkah. These 8' x 10' canvass wall sukkot seat eight, are easy to erect and dismantle, easy to store, and affordable. Deadline: Friday, September 26. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Deadline: Monday, October 6. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah. Deadline: Monday, October 6. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
Saturday	20	9:30pm	PRE-SELIHOT PROGRAM Our Selihot service this evening will be preceded by a DVD presentation by Rabbis Brad Astson, Ed Feinstein, and David Wolpe, speaking on the hopes and challenges of the Jewish people.  Their three-way discussion will be followed by our own reponses and thoughts on the issues ahead.
		11:00pm	SELIHOT We prepare for the Yamin Nora'im with Selihot, prayers asking God for forgiveness and the fortitude to forgive others.  Our service will also include a cerimonial dressing of the sifrei Toray (pr: seef-RAY to-RAH; translation: Torah scrolls) in their High Holiday white mantles.  This year, we begin Selihot later than in previous years, but not as late as those congregations that begin the service at midnight!
Monday	29		EREV ROSH HASHANAH
		6:22PM	Candle Lighting
		6:20PM	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services)
		7:20PM	Conclusion of Service
Tuesday	30		ROSH HASHANAH DAY ONE
		8:30AM	Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
		9:30AM - 11:00AM	Family Service I: Oneg Shabbat Room
		10:00AM - 1:00PM	Preschool - 1st Grade Program: Classroom 18
		10:45AM	Shofar Blowing
		11:00AM - 1:00PM	Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service: APR
		11:00AM - 2:00PM	Activity Time for K - Grade 6 Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
		11:30AM	Sermon
		11:30AM - 1:00PM	Family Service II: Oneg Shabbat Room
		1:15PM	Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
		1:45PM	Conclusion of Service
			TASHLIKH
		4:30PM	Meet at Midway: Leisurely Walk for Tashlikh
		5:15PM	Tashlikh-We cast our sins (we'll use bread crumbs) into the waters of Tinker's Pond.
			ROSH HASHANAH DAY TWO
Tuesday	30	6:35PM	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services)
		7:20PM	Candle Lighting-beginning the second day of Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday	1	8:30AM	Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
		9:30AM - 11:00AM	Family Service I: Oneg Shabbat Room
		10:00AM - 1:00PM	Preschool - 1st Grade Program: Classroom 18
		11:00AM - 1:00PM	Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service: APR
		11:00AM - 2:00PM	Activity Time for K - Grade 6 Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
		11:30AM	Sermon
		11:30AM - 1:00PM	Family Service II: Oneg Shabbat Room
		1:15PM	Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
		1:45PM	Conclusion of Service
		6:35PM	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah
Thursday	2		TZOM GEDALIAH-(pronounced: TZOM gi-dal-YA) Fast Day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah, whose death represented the end of the First Jewish Commonwealth in the sixth century, BCE. The fast begins at sunrise and continues until sunset.
Friday	3		EREV SHABBAT SHUVAH The Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Remember to make this upcoming Yom Kippur special by observing another mitzvah: the wearing of non-leather sneakers. Have you purchased a pair yet? This is a mitzvah on a par with fasting! Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Deadline: Wednesday, September 19. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah. Deadline: Wednesday, September 19. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
		6:15PM	Candle Lighting
		7:00PM	Tot Shabbat & Nursery School Shabbat
		7:30PM	Early Family Service
Shabbat	4		SHABBAT SHUVAH
		9:00AM	Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
		6:15PM	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah Mazel Tov to Lindsey, daughter of William and Debra Naftel, on her Bat Mitzvah
Sunday	5	7:15PM	All Ye Would-Be Shofar Blowers, Hear This! Practice Session for all Yom Kippur Teki'ah Gedolah Shofar Blowers. Got a Shofar? Come blow Your Horn!
Monday	6		REMEMBER & DEADLINE DAY Remember to make this upcoming Yom Kippur special by observing another mitzvah: the wearing of non-leather sneakers. Have you purchased a pair yet? This is a mitzvah on a par with fasting! Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Deadline: today!! Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah Deadline: today!!. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
Wednesday	8		EREV YOM KIPPUR (Remember your non-leather sneakers!)
		6:07PM	Candle Lighting Candles may be lit in the synagogue's Oneg Shabbat Room kitchen prior to Kol Nidrei
		6:00PM	Kol Nidrei
		9:00PM	Conclusion of Service
Thursday	9		YOM KIPPUR
		8:30AM	Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
		9:30AM - 11:00AM	Family Service I: Oneg Shabbat Room
		10:00AM - 1:00PM	Preschool - 1st Grade Program: Classroom 18
		11:00AM - 1:00PM	Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service: APR
		11:00AM - 2:00PM	Activity Time for K - Grade 6 Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
		11:30AM - 1:00PM	Family Service II: Oneg Shabbat Room
		NOON	Sermon
		2:15PM	Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
		2:30PM	Midway's Yizkor
		3:00PM	Break
		3:15PM	Public Yizkor
		4:15PM	Minhah (Afternoon Service)
		5:25PM	Ne'ilah-The Concluding Service
		6:55PM	Ma'ariv (Evening Service) & Havdalah
		7:05PM	TEKI'AH GEDOLAH: THE GREAT SHOFAR BLAST & CONCLUSION OF YOM KIPPUR- Got a shofar? If it's already at the synagogue prior to Yom Kippur (easily stored in Rabbi Rank's study), you can participate in the final teki'ah gedolah, the long shofar blast, that signals the end of the fast.

BABYSITTING, CLASSROOMS 8 & 14-DROP-OFF ONLY

Rosh Hashanah I & II	9:30AM - 2:00PM
Erev Yom Kippur	6:00PM - 9:30PM
Yom Kippur	9:30AM - 3:15PM

The road we travel is rarely straight
and the curves it presents can
be both disheartening
and debilitating

But unlike the solo driver
on a dark country road,
the road of life need not be traversed
alone.  When we travel with
people we love and who love us in return,
we can handle every twist and turn fate hands us,
and do it with confidence and calm.