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
Thursday	3		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: Thursday, September 17. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to order your lulav and etrog set for Sukkot. Deadline: Thursday, September 24. Order through the office at (516) 938-8390. Remember to RSVP for at least one meal in the sukkah. Deadline: Thursday, September 24. RSVP to the office at (516) 938-8390.
DAY	SEPT.	TIME	EVENT
Saturday	12	9:00pm	PRE-SELIHOT PROGRAM Our Selihot service this evening will be preceded by a DVD presentation of The Quarrel, a film adaptation of Chaim Grade's short story about two Holocaust survivors, one a hasid and the other a secular Jewish poet, who reunite in Montreal after the Holocaust and debate the merits of reason versus faith.
		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.
Thursday	17		DEADLINE DAY Your 8' x 10' canvas wall sukkah order is due today.  Contact the office at (516) 938-8390
Friday	18		EREV ROSH HASHANAH
		6:40pm	Candle Lighting
		6:45pm	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services)
		7:45pm	Conclusion of Service
Shabbat	19		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
			There is no Shofar Blowing on Shabbat
		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
		6:45pm	Minhah / Ma'ariv (Afternoon / Evening Services)
		7:40pm	Candle Lighting - beginning the second day of Rosh Hashanah
DAY	SEPT.	TIME	EVENT
Sunday	20		ROSH HASHANAH DAY TWO
		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
Sunday	20	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.
		6:45pm	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah
Monday	21		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.
Monday	21	7:30pm	All Ye Would-Be Shofar Blowers, Hear This!! 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!
Thursday	24		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.
DAY	SEPT.	TIME	EVENT
Friday	25		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!
		6:28pm	Candle Lighting
		8:00pm	Kabbalat Shabbat
Shabbat	26		SHABBAT SHUVAH
		9:00am	Shaharit/Musaf (Morning/Additional Service)
		6:40pm	Minhah/Ma'ariv (Afternoon/Evening Services) & Havdalah
Sunday	27		EREV YOM KIPPUR (Remember your non-leather sneakers!)
		6:27pm	Candle Lighting Candles may be lit in the synagogue's Oneg Shabbat Room kitchen prior to Kol Nidrei
		6:10pm	Minhah
		6:25pm	Kol Nidrei
		9:02pm	Conclusion of Service
Monday	28		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
		4:10pm	Minhah (Afternoon Service)
		5:45pm	Ne'ilah-The Concluding Service
		7:15pm	Ma'ariv (Evening Service)
		7:25pm	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	5:45pm - 9:30pm
Yom Kippur	9:30am - 3:15pm

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