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HIGH HOLY DAYS WITH SHIR LIBEYNU
Please join us again this year for deep, joyous and participatory services with Rabbi Aviva Goldberg and Chazzan Daniela Gesundheit leading us. All will take place at the congregational building of First Unitarian Toronto (St. Clair W. and Avenue Rd.).
We are now accepting registration f or memberships (which include tickets to all services) and orders for single service tickets (subject to availability). As in years past, there is no charge for children to the age of 13, who will once again benefit from a host of wonderful programs and special services.
***New this year is an early Rosh Hashanah morning family service, especially for those with young children, and led by Rabbi Goldberg.
Note: Tickets to our Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner can be purchased on the ticket order form for services. Please order early. The following deadlines for online orders apply: Registration for Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner: Tuesday, September 8th @ 5:00 p.m.
Online sales for memberships and tickets for Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, September 9th @ 8:00 p.m.
Online sales will resume for Yom Kippur on Thursday, September 17th @ 9:00 a.m. and will be on sale until Sunday, September 20th at 12 p.m.(noon).
Tickets for individual Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services (and memberships, which include service tickets) will also be sold at the door (subject to availability) during the Holy Days.
All ticket orders are subject to availability. We encourage you to place your order now to ensure availability.
As an unaffiliated congregation without support from major foundations or federations, your membership fees and donations pay for all that we offer at High Holy Days and during the year; staffing, rentals, administration, kiddishes and other free meals, free children's programs and all other costs. Being a member of Shir Libeynu places you within a warm, progressive community and gives you access to spiritual services, cultural and educational programs and a circle of caring, creative people dedicated to a meaningful Jewish life.
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September 5th (Elul 21) @ 10:30 a.m. at the MNJCC
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Please join us at the last Shabbat morning service before the High Holy Days, led by Rabbi Goldberg, with chazzanut this month conducted by member and musician Paula Wolfson. We will be joyfully welcoming young Phineas and Eliana into the community. We thank their fathers, Jon Novick and Denis Frawley, for sponsoring the kiddish after the service.
Our children's program (ages three to eight) will have special activities and stories.
Rabbi Goldberg explains the Month of Elul here.
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October 3rd @ 10:30 a.m. at the MNJCC
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Join us for our monthly Shabbat morning service.
More details to follow in our late September newsletter.
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INCLUSIVE PRACTICES: NO SHIR LIBEYNITE LEFT BEHIND
This is an informal series of Jewish learning workshops on various topics that our members say are important and relevant to them. Various experts and teachers will lead them. The workshops will usually take place after the kiddushes, in the chapel or classroom at the MNJCC, usually starting at 12:45 p.m. and ending at 2 p.m. ** (New for next service)** - For the September service, you can learn with the rabbi before our service, at 9 a.m., in Room 305. You do not need expertise in any of these topics in order to participate.
OUR NEXT LEARNING WORKSHOP
Breakfast with The Rabbi
Towards the Days of Awe: Honing Your Inner Self for the High Holy Days
September 5th @ 9:00 a.m. in Room 305 (down the hall from the chapel) at the MNJCC
Join Rabbi Aviva Goldberg before the regular Shabbat service.
Rabbi Goldberg will be leading a conversational introduction to the upcoming holiday season. Beyond all of the practical preparations for starting the new year, how do we ready our inner selves as we approach this period of intense celebration, reflection and recommitment to Jewish life. What are our goals and how will we know if they have been met?
Please bring your own coffee and nosh. We will not be serving breakfast.
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CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING
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HIGH HOLY DAYS: THE JUNIOR EDITION
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Our free children's program is available for all children ages three to eight years old. Children must be registered on our High Holy Days form.
Rosh Hashanah Day #1, September 14th
*NEW This Year* Join Rabbi Aviva Goldberg for a special family service in the shul at 9:30 a.m. sharp. This interactive service will bring the celebration of the Jewish New Year to life for kids and their grown ups.
Later, in the Spirit Room, the children will learn about brachot (blessings) with Rebecca Sheridan. They'll learn the blessings while making brachot placemats, maybe with some help from our chazzan, Daniela Gesundheit.
Rosh Hashanah Day #2, September 15th
Kids - dress for a mess. We'll be making challah and the flour will be flying. This hands-on bread-making experience provides each child with the opportunity to make a unique, individual-sized challah - with raisins or without!
On both days of Rosh Hashanah, the kids visit the main service to hear the blowing of the shofar.
Yom Kippur Morning, September 23rd
Our children's service in Shaw Hall is being led by our president, Jamie Flagal. Jamie makes even the most serious day of the year fun! Grown ups are welcome to join their kids as we sing, pray and read Torah together. This brief service begins at 10:15 a.m. and will run for 30 to 45 minutes.
After the service, our Yom Kippur kids' activities will include crafts, stories and games.
Our children's program takes place in the Spirit Room, except where otherwise noted. All children must be signed in. The Spirit Room is open and sign in begins 15 minutes before the start of services. Our program runs until services are over. A healthy snack will be served at each session.
Children's Program Sign-In Times
On Erev Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidrei, throughout the afternoon of Yom Kippur and Neilah, free child care will be available.
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COMING UP: BAT/BAR MITZVAH NEW INFORMATION SESSION
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We are accepting families with young people who will be age 13 in 2016 and wish to become a bar/bat mitzvah. Our next program will begin in the autumn of 2015, when we will welcome a small cohort of candidates.
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Sophie became a Bat Mitzvah last Spring
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Zev became a Bar MItzvah in 2013. Here he is with his friends and family after the service
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The parents'/guardians' info session, taking place on Sunday, September 20th (@11:00 am), is for the adults in the potential bar/bat mitzvahs' lives. It will focus on the learning-enrichment sessions, as well as the practical details of our unique program (see below for more information). You can talk to the relevant volunteers and teaching staff for the upcoming program. Click here to RSVP by September 7th. Read More
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OTHER SHIR LIBEYNU NEWS AND NOTICES
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MILESTONES
Stay in touch with your mispucha: let us know about significant milestones - the happy and the sad, the celebrations and accomplishments - so we may inform the community. Write to us.
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LIFECYCLES AND SUPPORT
In Jewish tradition, we benefit from laughing and crying and celebrating and mourning together as a community. Here are some life cycle events that can be marked through Jewish practice and participation.
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PROGRAM WITH THE MNJCC, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER
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CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATRE PROJECT @ THE MNJCC
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This fall, beginning on Wednesday, October 7th, long-time member Paula Wolfson, who delights us at many services by singing chazzanut, and Sara Winter, another theatre professional, will begin instructing children six to 12 years old at an inclusive, all-abilities musical theatre project.
Collaborate, build confidence and develop both interpersonal skills and performance in an inclusive, creative environment where kids can be themselves. Kids of all abilities welcome!
Click here for more information.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS AND NEWS
(Items listed in this section have been included at the request of Shir Libeynu participants and/or are considered to potentially be of interest to our congregation. Listed items are not necessarily endorsed by Congregation Shir Libeynu or its members. Listings appear at the discretion of the newsletter editor.)
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PARKINSON'S CHOIR FUNDRAISER |
September 11th, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sears Atrium, Ryerson University
This is a fundraiser to keep the meaningful and successful Parkinson's Choir going. Long-time Shir Libeynu member Paula Wolfson, a professional performer who graces many of our own services by singing chazzanut, directs the choir in association with Ryerson University and the Royal Conservatory.
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SURVEY ON POVERTY IN JEWISH TORONTO
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The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is conducting a study on poverty in the Jewish community. Its objective is to paint a picture of the impact of poverty on Jewish lives, to raise awareness and galvanize the community to act. As part of this poverty study, the UJA has created an online survey in order to hear from more members of Toronto's Jewish community who are struggling to make ends meet. The survey can be accessed at http://tiny.cc/jewishstudy.
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SUKKAHVILLE 2015 |
Kehilla Residential Programme presents Sukkahville 2015, an international design competition and exhibition, from September 25th to September 27th at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square. A panel of high-profile judges have selected eight finalists from more than 80 international entrants to construct innovative Sukkahs at this exciting event.
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