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Yamim Noraim (in Hebrew)

THE YamIM NORA'IM-THE HIGH HOLIDAYS, 5771
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 AUG. TIME EVENT
Tuesday 24     REMEMBER 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 own sukkah. These 8' x 10' canvass wall sukkot seat eight, are easy to erect and dismantle, easy to store, and affordable. Deadline: Tuesday, September 7. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390.

Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Deadline: Tuesday, September 14. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390.

Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah. Deadline: Tuesday, September 14. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
DAY SEPT. TIME EVENT
Saturday 4 9:00pm PRE-SELIHOT PROGRAM
Our Selihot service this evening will be preceded by a presentation of Outsourced, a romantic comedy about the conflicting cultures and values of America and India.  The movie deals with issues of tradition versys modernity and relationships based on economics or humanity.  We will follow the film by a brief discussion of its messages.
    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. 
Tuesday 7   DEADLINE DAY
Your 8' x 10' canvas wall sukkah order is due today.  Contact the office at (516) 938-8390
Wednesday 8   EREV ROSH HASHANAH
    6:59pm Candle Lighting
    7:05pm Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services)
    8:05pm Conclusion of Service
Thursday 9   ROSH HASHANAH DAY ONE
    8:30am Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
    9:30am - 11:00am Family Service I:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    11:00am - 1:00pm Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service:
The Tent
    11:00am - 1:00pm Activity Time for K - Grade 6
Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
    11:40am Sermon
    11:30am - 1:00pm Family Service II:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    12:45pm Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
    1:00pm Conclusion of Service
    1:30pm - 4:30pm An Alternative Pilot Service for Everyone
      TASHLIKH
Thursday 5:00pm Meet at Midway: Leisurely Walk for Tashlikh
    5:45pm Tashlikh-We cast our sins (we'll use bread crumbs) into the waters of Tinker's Pond.
    6:45pm Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah
    7:05pm Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services)
    7:57pm Candle Lighting—beginning the second day of Rosh Hashanah
DAY SEPT. TIME EVENT
Friday 10   ROSH HASHANAH DAY TWO
    8:30am Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
    9:30am - 11:00am Family Service I:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/ Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    11:00am - 1:00pm Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service:
The Tent
    11:00am - 2:00pm Activity Time for K - Grade 6
Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
    11:40am Sermon
    11:30am - 1:00pm Family Service II:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/ Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    12:45pm Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
    1:00pm Conclusion of Service
      NO 8:00 PM SERVICES TONIGHT
Saturday 11   SHABBAT SHUVAH
    9:00am Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
    7:05pm Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah
Sunday 12   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.
Tuesday 14   DEADLINE DAY
Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390.

Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
Wednesday 15 7:30pm Shofar Blowers, Come Blow Your Horns!!
Practice Session for all Yom Kippur Teki'ah Gedolah Shofar Blowers.  Got a Shofar?  We'll make you a real Ba'al Tekiah (shofar blower)!! Come blow Your Horn!
Friday 17   EREV YOM KIPPUR
(Don't forget your non-leather sneakers!)
    6:42pm Candle Lighting
Candles may be lit in the synagogue's Oneg Shabbat Room kitchen prior to Kol Nidrei
    6:30pm Minhah
    6:40pm Kol Nidrei
    9:15pm Conclusion of Service
Shabbat 18   YOM KIPPUR
    8:30am Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
    9:30am - 11:00am Family Service I:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/ Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    11:00am - 1:00pm Teen (Grades 7 & Up) Service:
The Tent
    11:00am - 1:00pm Activity Time for K - Grade 6
Classrooms 10 & 19; Drop-off Only
    11:40am Sermon
    11:30am - 1:00pm Family Service II:
Oneg Shabbat Room
Program for Families w/ Children up to Age 6:
Classroom 14
    NOON Sermon
    2:15pm Birkat Kohanim-The Priestly Blessing
    2:30pm Midway's Yizkor
    3:00pm Break
    3:15pm Public Yizkor
    4:10pm Minhah (Afternoon Service)
    6:10pm Ne'ilah-The Concluding Service
    7:25pm Ma'ariv (Evening Service) & Havdalah
Shabbat 18 7:42pm 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, CLASSROOM 18 - DROP-OFF ONLY

Rosh Hashanah I 9:30am - 4:45pm
Rosh Hashanah II 9:30am - 1:15pm
Erev Yom Kippur 6:15pm - 9:30pm
Yom Kippur 9:30am - 3:15pm

  

Hillel would say: …
Never say, when I have leisure
I will study, for you may never
have leisure…An empty-headed
person cannot achieve piety
and an ignorant person can
never be saintly.

Pirkei Avot 2:5-6

 

[Interpretation:
Make a set time to stretch your mind muscles,to study Torah and to grow intellectually, because the cost involved in living in ignorance is to live a life detached from God, and there is neither freedom nor virtue in a life of that sort.]

This Shabbat


September 4,  2010
25 Elul 5770