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Yamim Nora’im 5772 / High Holidays 2011
Unless otherwise noted, services will begin at the same time in the Main Sanctuary & the Orthodox Kehillah

*S’lihot Saturday, 9/24
Refreshments & Program: 9:00pm
Orthodox Services: 9:00pm
Conservative Services: 10:00pm

Erev Rosh HaShannah Wednesday, 9/28
 Babysitting starts at 6:30pm (pre-registration required)
Evening Service: 6:45pm

Rosh HaShannah Thursday, 9/29
Morning Service: 8:30 am
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 10:30-11:30 am
Babysitting available for ages 1-7 following children's services (pre-registration required)
* Tashlich: 4:30pm in Chapel Hill
* Tashlich: 4:30pm in Durham
Afternoon/Evening Service: Main Sanctuary, 6:30 pm /Orthodox Kehillah, TBA

Rosh HaShannah II Friday, 9/30
Morning Service: 8:30 am
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 10:30-11:30 am
Babysitting available for ages 1-7 following children's services (pre-registration required)

Cemetery Visitation Sunday, 10/2
Durham Hebrew Cemetery: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Erev Yom Kippur Friday, 10/7
Pre-fast dinner 4:45pm (advance registration & payment required)
Babysitting starts at 5:45pm (pre-registration required)
Kol Nidre: 6:00pm

Yom Kippur Saturday, 10/8
Morning Service: 8:30 m
Yizkor: 11:30am (approx.)
Jr. Congregation (3rd—6th grade) will be held in the Freedman Center 10:30am — 12:00pm
Jr. Jr. (Pre-K—2nd grades) and Tot (< 4) will be held in the main building classrooms #6 & #7 10:30-11:30am
Babysitting available for ages 1-7 following children's services (pre-registration required)
Afternoon Study: 3:30pm
Mincha: 4:30pm
Ne’ilah: 6:00pm
Babysitting (5:30-7:30) for ages 1-7 (pre-registration required)
Havdalah: 7:32pm

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 10:30-11:30am
(Babysitting co-op for ages 1-7 follows Jr. Jr. & Tot services)

Babysitting co-op
Babysitting for ages 1-7 follows Jr. Jr. & Tot services on both days of Rosh HaShannah and on Yom Kippur following children's services;
evening babysitting available on Erev Rosh HaShannah,
Erev Yom Kippur & during Ne'ilah Kom Kippur evening
(pre-registration required)

Babysitting Co-Op Registration

The High Holidays babysitting co-op is for children ages 1 through 7. 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 for daytime babysitting. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY PEANUT PRODUCTS. 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
Monday, September 19 to
High Holidays Babysitting, Beth El Synagogue, 1004 Watts St., Durham, NC 27701 or email to miriam@betheldurham.org

Parents Name(s), Phone # & e-mail address
Child(ren)’s Name(s) and Age (1-7)
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 sessions your child will be attending:

EREV ROSH HASHANNAH _______Wednesday, September 28

ROSH HASHANNAH _____Thursday, September 29 / ____Friday, September 30

YOM KIPPUR _____ Friday evening, October 7 / _____ Saturday morning, October 8 / ________Saturday evening, October 8

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

Erev Rosh HaShannah (starts at 6:30pm), Kol Nidre (starts at 5:45pm) & Ne'ilah (5:30pm-7:30pm): There will be no scheduled activities for evening babysitting. Books, games and toys will be available; sitters will use their judgment as children begin to tire.

 

New Mahzor/High Holiday Prayerbook

for 5772

 

Donation forms are available in the lobby and online: www.betheldurham.org/docs/mahzor_puchase.pdf.

 

There are still donation and dedication opportunities! 

 

Learn more about this new prayerbook with Rabbi Greyber:
(click here for details on September class).

 

S'lichot Program

Life, Mortality & Eternity: How do we live a life that matters?  How can confronting our mortality heighten our awareness before life passes us by? At Selichot this year, we will engage in text study on these themes and listen in as Rabbis Brad Artson (scholar-in-residence for Beth El's 125th Anniversary Weekend January 2012), Naomi Levy and David Wolpe wrestle with these ideas to help us prepare for the holy work of the High Holiday season. 

 

Parking
Please reserve the Beth El lot
for our congregants with special needs.

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, 9/29 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.

Questions? Speak with Hunter Levinsohn, Rabbi Frank Fischer or Gladys Siegel.

Tashlich in Durham
Thursday, 9/29 4:30 p.m. at S. Ellerbe Creek

The service will be held at S. Ellerbe Creek in the middle of the 800 block of Markham Ave. just beyond Duke St. Bring your shofarot if you have them.

Questions? Speak with Donald or Sheila Goldstein.

Pre-Fast Community Dinner

Why rush dinner at home? Beat the parking crowd! Enjoy a relaxed dinner just steps away from Kol Nidre services.

Invite your friends! Open to non-Beth El members.

WHEN: Friday, October 7, (4:45 pm-5:45 pm) 
COST:  $25 per adult / $18 per child eating Adult menu / $12 per child eating Kids menu
MAX.  ATTENDANCE: 120
RSVP to miriam@betheldurham.org

All RSVPs and payments must be received by the office no later than noon on Wednesday, September 28 to allow time to order in kosher brisket.  We can not offer refunds for cancellations made after September 28.  Please indicate if you have food allergies (nut, gluten, etc.), so that we can accommodate these needs as possible. Kids menus must also be special ordered.

MENUS:

Double-Entree Buffet: Onion-smothered Brisket and Baked Salmon
** Vegetarian entree:  Multi-vegetable/protein Spanish rice in Tortilla bowls **(Provide name of person requesting Vegetarian meal with RSVP)
** Please do not order a vegetarian entree unless you plan on eating ONLY a vegetarian entree, so we can accurately plan the meat entrees.
** Kids Menu: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, kernel corn, fresh fruit bowl **(Provide name of person requesting Kids meal with RSVP)

• Roasted Romaine and Tuscan Okra Salad
• Roasted Nu Potatoes with Carmelized Onions and Garlic
• Dilled and Honey-roasted Carrots
• Fresh Fruit Bowl
• Fruit Strudels
• Sodas, lemonade, ice water
  

Community Card

Would you like to send New Year's greetings to
your friends at Beth El
without addressing envelopes or licking stamps —

and support Beth El at the same time?

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.” This poster-sized card will be on display in the lobby of the synagogue throughout the High Holidays. The Synagogue Life Committee thanks Leia Grossman (daughter of Will & Lynne Grossman) for providing one of her beautiful photographs, which will be the centerpiece of our Community New Year's Card.

For more information, please contact the office
(682-1238; Miriam@BethElDurham.org)

 

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.

 

10 Days. 10 Questions:

Answer one question per day in your own secret online 10Q space. Make your answers serious. Silly. Salacious. However you like. It's your 10Q. When you're finished, hit the magic button and your answers get sent to the secure online 10Q vault for safekeeping. One year later, the vault will open and your answers will land back in your email inbox for private reflection. Want to keep them secret? Perfect. Want to share them, either anonymously or with attribution, with the wider 10Q community? You can do that too.

Next year the whole process begins again. And the year after that, and the year after that. Do you 10Q? You should.

Click here to get your 10Q on.
10Q begins Sept 28th, 2011

Shma.com:

During the month of ELUL, as we prepare for the chaggim, visit http://www.shma.com/shmadigital to read updated Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur issues of Sh’ma that have been digitized recently. Look for digital editions of Sh’ma on Death and Meaning; on Sin; on Mitzvot; on the Yuntif Musaf; on creating holiness; and on the Liturgy of Teshuvah.  Sign up for the digital edition at www.shma.com.

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