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• S'lihot program information
• Sharing Holiday Meals
• Community Card
• Children's Services
• Babysitting Co-Op
• Tashlich
• Parking Options
• Pre-Fast Dinner information
• Holiday DVD
• Additional Holiday Resources

 

Yamim Nora’im 5771 / High Holidays 2010
Unless otherwise noted, services will begin at the same time in the Main Sanctuary & the Orthodox Kehillah

*S’lihot Saturday, 9/4
Refreshments & Program: 9:00pm
Orthodox Services: 9:00pm (Orthodox Kehillah Sanct.)
Conservative Services: 11:00pm (Freedman Center)

Erev Rosh HaShannah Wednesday, 9/8
Evening Service: 6:45 pm

Rosh HaShannah Thursday, 9/9
Morning Service: 8:30 am
* Tashlich: 4:30 pm at Eastwood Lake in Chapel Hill
* Tashlich: 4:30 pm at S. Ellerbe Creek in Durham
Afternoon/Evening Service: Main Sanctuary, 6:30 pm
/ Orthodox, TBA

Rosh HaShannah II Friday, 9/10
Morning Service: 8:30 am

Cemetery Visitation Sunday, 9/12
Durham Hebrew Cemetery: 10:30 am

*Erev Yom Kippur Friday, 9/17
Kol Nidre:­ 6:30 pm

Yom Kippur Saturday, 9/18
Morning Service: 8:30 am
Yizkor: 11:00 am
Afternoon Study: 3:45 pm
Mincha: 5:00 pm
Ne’ilah:6:30 pm

Children's Services for Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur
Jr. Congregation (3rd—6th grade) will be held in the Freedman Center 10:30 am — 12:00 pm
Jr. Jr. (Pre-K—2nd grades) and Tot (< 4) will be held in the main building classrooms #6 & #7 10:30-11:15 am

(Babysitting co-op for ages 2-7 follows Jr. Jr. & Tot services)

Babysitting Co-Op Registration

As in past years, we will have a babysitting co-op for children ages 2 through 7 for the High Holidays. Please note that only children who are PRE-REGISTERED will be admitted – NO EXCEPTIONS! All participants must contribute time or a donation to the babysitting co-op. Day program begins after children’s services.

Childcare will be located in the Pre-School classrooms, downstairs in the synagogue building. Each child must bring a dairy or parve lunch. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY PEANUT PRODUCTS. Snacks and juice will be provided. Younger children should be accompanied by a change of clothes, diapers / wipes, and a plastic bag for soiled clothes. If your child will need help with lunch, a family member must be available.

Please send the information below no later than Wednesday, August 18:
High Holidays Babysitting, Beth El Synagogue, 1004 Watts St., Durham, NC 27701 or email to bethel.sec@verizon.net

Parents Name(s), Phone # & e-mail address
Child(ren)’s Name(s) and Age (2-7)
Please indicate where you will help. All parents must participate either physically or financially. You will be contacted with more information: Set up, Clean up, Time in the classroom, $18 contribution and/or Help with snack

Indicate dates your child will be attending:

ROSH HASHANNAH _____Thursday, September 9 / ____Friday, September 10

YOM KIPPUR _____ Friday evening, September 17 / _____ Saturday, September 18

Babysitting schedule for morning programs:
10:30 – 11:15 am Jr. Jr. Cong. and Tot Services
11:15 – 11:45 am Check in and Snack (provided)
11:45 – 12:15 pm Indoor or Outdoor free play
12:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (parent must provide)
1:00 – 2:00 pm Choice of Outdoor free play or Indoor quiet play / rest
Kol Nidre : There will be no scheduled activities for the Kol Nidre babysitting. Books, games and toys will be available; sitters will use their judgment as children begin to tire.

 

S'lichot Program

Come explore Holiday Themes including T'shuvah, Tefillah and Tzedakah using color and texture rather than words.

 

Parking
Please reserve the Beth El lot
for our congregants with special needs.
See below for other area options:

Tashlich

(Service booklets are available through the office
or by clicking here if you’d like to arrange your own service.)

Tashlich in Chapel Hill
Thursday, 9/9 4:30 p.m. at Eastwood Lake

Directions to Eastwood Lake from Durham: 15/501 Business (Franklin Street) into town. Turn right onto Elliott Road. Stay on Elliott until it ends at Curtis Rd. Turn right onto Curtis Rd. Follow Curtis to the bottom of the hill. At the stop sign at the bottom of the hill, turn right onto South Lakeshore Drive. Follow South Lakeshore, it winds around and ends up in the parking lot for the Eastwood Lake/Lake Forest Recreational Area.

Please park in the parking lot if possible. In the past, residents of the neighborhood have not been happy with people parking on the street.

 

Tashlich in Durham
Thursday, 9/9 4:30 p.m. at S. Ellerbe Creek

Tashlich will also be held in Durham this year: Please join us for Tashlich in Durham at 4:30 on Thursday 9/9 at the S. Ellerbe Creek.  We'll meet at the creek in the middle of the 800 block of Markham Ave. just beyond Duke St. That's the block of Markham that is closed.  Bring your shofarot if you have them.

 

Pre-Fast Community Dinner

WHEN: Friday, September 17, (5:15pm-6:15pm) 
COST:  $25 per adult / $15 per child 10 and under
MAX.  ATTENDANCE: 120
RSVP to bethel.sec@verizon.net

All RSVPs and payments must be received by the office no later than noon on September 14.  We can not offer refunds for cancellations made after September 14.  Please indicate if you have food allergies (nut, gluten, etc.), so that we can accommodate these needs as possible.

MENU:

Meat Buffet: Brisket is Back! Along with Rosemary chicken and Baked Salmon

**Vegetarian entree:  Stuffed Yellow Squash (tofu, edamame, egg, sun-dried tomatoes, bread crumbs... (Provide name of person requesting vegetarian with RSVP)

** Please do not order a vegetarian entree unless you plan on eating ONLY a vegetarian entree, so we can plan the meat entrees sufficiently.

-Vinagrette Garden fresh salad
-Wild and Brown Rice with mushrooms
-Dilled and Honey-roasted Carrots
-Fresh fruit bowl
-Apple Crisp with Parve topping
-Sodas, lemonade, ice water

 

Community Card

How would you like to send New Year's greetings to your friends at Beth El without addressing envelopes or licking stamps? It's easy, thanks to the efforts of the Synagogue Life Committee.

Just decide what you would pay to buy cards and postage, calculate how much time you're saving, and send your donation to Beth El - Attn: Synagogue Life Committee. All donations will be directed to the Beth El General Fund.

When you send greetings to the community, your name will be listed on a Community Shana Tova / New Year’s greeting “card” featuring artwork by Amanda Zeldin. This will be on display in the lobby of the synagogue throughout the High Holidays. For more information, please contact the office (682-1238; bethel.sec@verizon.net)

 

Sharing Holiday Meals

The Synagogue Life Committee wants to make sure everyone has a place for the High Holidays. If you would like to share a meal during Rosh HaShannah or for Break-Fast, or if you have room at your table for guests, please let the office know or e-mail Sheila Goldstein, sheilag548@yahoo.com.

 

Available through the Beth El office
High Holiday Liturgy
with
Dr. Eric M. Meyers, Cantor
In this 2 hour DVD, long time Beth El member,
Dr. Meyers explains and presents highlights of the
various Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur services. 
Cost is $18.

 

Prepare for the High Holidays with this collection of 29 stories,
musings and anecdotes on the Art of Beginning...Again. Click button below:

Below is information about a video for the High Holiday season produced by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies where Rabbi Greyber was ordained in 2002 and where he was an adjunct faculty member:

http://www.ajula.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=187&u=8735&t=0

At the link, you’ll find:
 
1. Introduction and opening vort by Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, Associate Dean. 
 
2. Hazak Hazak V'Nithazek: How Do We Journey From Strength to Strength?  With the follwing Rabbis:

3. The Future of Conservative Judaism with Rabbis Artson, Feinstein and Wolpe.