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5781 SEPTEMBER 2020

ELUL 5780 - TISHREI 5781

Congregation Shaaray Tefila 68 Bay Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801 518.792.4945 (Office) 518.792.5966 (Fax)

www.shaaraytefila-gfny.org cstgfny@gmail.com

Office Hours: Mon – Fri 9AM - 2 PM

WEEKLY SERVICES FRIDAY via ZOOM . . . . . . . 6:00 PM SATURDAY in Sanctuary . . . 9:30 AM

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STUDENT RABBI’S REPORT

On the first day of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, I came across a song written in quarantine by my friend Adah Hetko:

My world is my block my apartment's my country my state is my bedroom my bed is my body My country's full of frying butter of frying butter, my country's full

Hearing Adah’s song was a revelation. In our current moment, I have struggled to maintain grounded hope. I have found myself bouncing between baseless optimism (everything is going to be ok soon!) and despair (all is lost). In Adah’s song, I found a way in between these poles, a reminder to focus on the tiny palpable sparks that emerge in the small worlds of quarantined lives. In friend’s organizing for justice, in my tomato plant giving forth fruit, in a thunderstorm breaking a heat wave, I am finding hope. As a practice in this month of reflection leading to the holidays, I invite you to recall and collect small moments of delight. What tiny surprises and little joys are finding you? When are you able to smell the rightness of frying butter?

Joey Glick

Student Rabbi

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Our Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat services led by

Joey Glick has developed a loyal following of

mutually supportive participants who enjoy sharing

Torah, prayer and conversation. Beginning with the

first Friday of September, we will be moving these

earlier to 6PM to adjust with the seasonal time

changes.

Thanks to Lucrecia Kleinmann for

orchestrating fun Zoom social events during the

month of August. I know that all who attended

enjoyed the games and the companionship during

our summer of relative social isolation.

Due to the uncertainties related to the

pandemic, it has been difficult to plan for high

holidays this year. Our current strategy is to have

live, in person Rosh Hashana services on September

19 and September 20 at 9AM led by congregants.

We will follow social distancing rules comparable

to what we have been doing for shabbat.

Attendance will be limited to 30 congregants for

each service. Please call Betsey in the office (518-

792-4945) to reserve a spot for one of these

services. We will also have Tashlich at Crandall

Park Sunday September 20 at 4 PM, with no

reservations required. I anticipate that between the 2

services, everyone who wants to participate in a live

service will have the opportunity. In addition, Joey

Glick will lead a pre-Rosh Hashana Zoom teaching

session in the week leading up to Rosh Hashana.

Please join Joey for live in-person Shabbat

services August 28 at 7pm and August 29 at 9:30

am; and again for Shabbat Shuvah on September 26

at 9:30am, Kol Nidre on September 27 at 6pm and

Yom Kippur on September 28 at 9am. The

September 25 Friday evening services will coincide

with Zoom Kabbalat Shabbat joint family service at

6:15pm.

Please keep in mind that we have worked

hard to continue our religious, spiritual and

communal functions during the pandemic. Our

financial obligations continue, including both

personnel and building costs. Shaaray Tefila deeply

appreciates payment of your annual dues. We

recognize that some of you may be under increased

financial stress related to Covid. For those of you

who are able, please also consider a generous

donation to our annual Yom Kippur appeal.

Shana Tova.

Mark Hoffman

President

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YOM KIPPUR APPEAL

We no longer solicit donations during our service and would like the opportunity to read the donations received in memory of or in honor of friends and family prior to Yiskor.

We have lost many long time members. Some have passed away; some have moved out of the area. Our dues have not gone up. We depend on dues, fundraising and donations to provide you with the services you have come to expect.

This is your Synagogue and now we are asking everyone to make a meaningful donation to keep our programming going and our building open. We have been fortunate to have had very successful Yom Kippur Appeals each and every year. Any donation, of any size, is important as long as everyone participates.

Please fill it out the Pledge form on the last page of the bulletin and send it in so we can prepare the list for reading on Yom Kippur. Financial survival of Congregation Shaaray Tefila depends on all of us.

CEMETERY UPDATES

Following the May storm damage to our cemetery, Loiselle Memorials repaired three headstones. They were very responsive to our needs and have long been a trusted monument company providing grave markers for our cemetery. We thank them for all they do for us. The tree damage has been taken care of and the fence repairs will be done shortly.

Larry Greenberg

Treasurer, House

Chairman, and

Cemetery Chairman

WEEKLY TORAH PORTION

Ki Tavo Sept 4, Candlelighting 7:04 pm

TORAH Deuteronomy 26:1 - 29:8

HAFTARAH Isaiah 60:1 - 60:22

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Nitzavim-Vayeilech Sept 11, Candlelighting 7:39 pm

TORAH Deuteronomy 29:9 - 31:30

HAFTARAH Isaiah 61:10 - 63:9 …………………………………………..………..

Rosh Hashanah Sept 18, Candlelighting 6:39 pm

TORAH Genesis 21:1 - 21:34 &

Numbers 29:1 - 29:6

HAFTARAH I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10 …………………………………………..…………

Parashat Ha'Azinu Sept 26, Candlelighting 7:26 pm

TORAH Deuteronomy 32:1 - 32:52

HAFTARAH Hosea 14:2-10; Micah

7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 ……………………………………………………..

If you have an upcoming yahrzeit and need a minyan,

please let us know.

SYNAGOGUE NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS &

IMPORTANT DATES

We welcome member articles and news to our

monthly Bulletin. We reserve the right to edit submissions for content and length. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to refuse to publish or remove any content we deem inappropriate.

The monthly due date is usually the third Thursday of each month. Please submit items to: cstgfny@gmail.com. Thanks!

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LULAV & ETROG SETS

The fall festival of Sukkot will begin Friday, October 2, 2020.

Succoth Shacharit Services will be on Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 at 9:30 a.m. We will take the Etrog and Lulav at services on Sunday, October 4. We encourage everyone to purchase their own Etrog and Lulav set for $50 by contacting the office by

September 16th. Shul Office: 518-792-4945.

GUEST ESSAY written by 11-year

old Elizabeth Fram

On September 18, 2017, a young member of the

congregation, Elias Steven LaRock age 5, was

taken away due to illness leaving a large void in

his family and our community. Countless tears

were shed and heartache felt by his family,

friends, and extended community in the three

years since he passed, and we continue to

mourn the loss and celebrate his life.

A book collection and distribution project in

memory of Elias has been set up and run in the

community. At the Warren County Cooperative

Extension building on Schroon River Road in

Warrensburg there is a bookcase that is

continuously restocked for children dedicated in

memory of Elias. Over five-thousand books have

been re-homed in the memory of Elias; they

have been given to teachers, after school

programs, social workers, nursing homes, senior

centers, little free libraries, and placed at public

places such as laundromats and medical

offices. All the books are free.

Elizabeth Fram, age 11, who misses her dear

friend Elias recently gave Bonnie Yanklowitz, Co-

President of the Sisterhood of CST more than

1,000 books to be distributed in the greater

Glens Falls Region. Bonnie has many connections

in the community as an educator and a lifelong

resident of the area. The books Elizabeth gave

to Bonnie came from friends and neighbors. If

you would like to donate books or would like to

receive books, please contact Bonnie Yanklowitz

at bon_books@hotmail.com or Laura Fram at

laurafram@hotmail.com or 802-917-1805. Thank

you!

to Ariel Frank

and Anil Nathan, and Stacey Mandelbaum and Alex Frank, on the birth of their first son/grandson!

Ariel and Anil had a baby boy born on August

10, 2020. His name is Dev Philip Nathan,

named for Alex's father, Philip J. Frank. He

weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19.75 inches

long. Blessings to Mom and Dad, Bubbe and

Avo, and the whole family!

CONGRATULATIONS! to Elizabeth Fram who achieved High Honors at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth’s Talent Search for her exceptional test scores in math and verbal (New Jersey)! Elizabeth is the daughter of Andrew and Laura Fram.

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SEPTEMBER 2020

September Greetings Everyone,

On behalf of Sisterhood, best wishes for a healthy, safe New Year which will begin on Friday, September 18th. Have a safe Sukkot and Simchat Torah also during these different times. Healing thoughts and prayers to several Members, Friends and their Families.

We extend deepest sympathy to the families and friends of our Sisterhood and Synagogue Members: Dr. Joseph Mandelbaum (apology-left out last year), Roselyn (Roz) Zweibelson Seaman, Jeremy Kudan, Muriel Shapiro Condell, Scott Sheerer and Brody Swartz.

Also to our synagogue members’ and/or friends’ families: Annabel Lapper, Renee and Allen Wadler and Hillary Rovinsky.

Thank you to everyone who made donations and/or sponsored Onegs and/or Kiddushes. Thanks to those who volunteered their time and energy with shopping, preparations and clean-ups for Onegs, Kiddushes, Mourner’s meals, unveilings, holidays and social events for Sisterhood and the Synagogue prior to March 2020.

Sisterhood warmly welcomes new Synagogue Members: Mary Kuntz, Lana and Jonathan Studley and daughter, Seth Harris, and Mike Pletman.

Best Wishes for a good, safe year to Rebecca Charhon, Director of the Combined Temple-Synagogue Religious School and to the teachers, students and assistants.

Thank you to Lucrecia Kleinmann and Family for planning some fun activities with ZOOM this summer.

A warm Sisterhood welcome to our new Student Rabbi Joey Glick who will be at the Shul Friday and Saturday, August 28th and 29th. Joey will be with us for Yom Kippur Services September 25-28th. Many of us have met Joey on ZOOM from Boston for Friday evening services. We wish him safe, good holidays this fall.

Sisterhood misses our previous Student Rabbi Rachel Talia Kaplan and wishes her well and safe for 5781.

Please attend or use ZOOM for the Congregational meeting on Sunday, August 30th.

We miss many of our past members who have moved to other states and some of our Snowbirds who chose to stay South this summer. Stay safe and healthy everyone in those different locations during challenging times.

Best wishes to our May, June and July high school and college graduates. Stay safe with your continued studies and/or the work force.

Mazel Tov to the Nathan, Frank and Mandelbaum Families on the birth of Dev Philip Nathan, son of Ariel Frank and Anil Nathan and grandson of Stacey Mandelbaum and Alex Frank.

Congratulations and kudos to Elizabeth Fram for her continued special book project in memory of Elias (Eli) Cohen.

Please continue to support our gift shop for your Shabbat, gift-giving (especially Bar/Bat Mitzvah) and/or holiday needs although celebrated differently since March. Contact Nancy Goldstein with any gift shop questions.

Many thanks to Nancy, Francine, and Cher for your volunteer hours and work for the many weekly Onegs and Kiddushes prior to March and to all who helped with set-up and clean-up.

Sisterhood News and Dues letters will be mailed soon. Thank you for your continued membership and support.

Dr. Dolly Chary Morrissey, our immediate Sisterhood Past Co-President sent a message from FL. “Greetings Everyone, I miss you. Have a Safe, Healthy New Year!”

Dolly, I already miss your years of input for Sisterhood and the NEWS and many Sisterhood members and friends miss you, wish you well and L’Shana Tovah.

Everyone, on behalf of Sisterhood continue to be safe and healthy this fall.

Shana Tovah!

Bonnie Yanklowitz Sisterhood

President

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SEPTEMBER ONEGS & KIDDUSHES No word yet when we will be able to resume preparing food for our gatherings, as we comply with state guidelines. We look forward to resuming our fellowship – how much more meaningful our meetings and refreshments together will be having been apart for so long!

Sponsoring an Oneg or Kiddush

When activities resume, consider sponsoring an Oneg or Kiddush to honor or remember your loved ones for their birthdays, wedding or bar/bat mitzvah, anniversaries and yahrzeits. Call the office at 518-792-4945 if you’d like to sponsor. Thanks for supporting Sisterhood, as we support you!

**KOSHER DELIVERY FOR SEPTEMBER**

KOSHER ORDERS FOR SEPTEMBER ARE

DUE BY AUGUST 28TH. Call 1-800-727-5674 to

place an order. DELIVERY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

PICK UP at 677 Upper Glen St Price Chopper.

Congregation Shaaray

Tefila & Sisterhood Send Their Very Best Birthday Wishes to the Following

Members & Friends:

Daniel Korot 9/2/2020

Scott Gottesman 9/3/2020

Kevin Goldstein 9/5/2020

Lucrecia Kleinmann 9/9/2020

Arnold Alkes 9/12/2020

Stacey Mandelbaum 9/14/2020

Steven Levine 9/17/2020

Harrie Bobbin 9/18/2020

Elaine Charhon 9/18/2020

Ruth Goldman 9/18/2020

Cooper Nadler 9/21/2020

Adam Joseph Gersten 9/27/2020

Dr. William Brender 9/29/2020

Barry & Barbara Ziff September 1

57th Anniversary

Gerald & Beth Brezner

September 4 65th Anniversary

Rabbi Elliott & Ilana Marmon

September 9 51st Anniversary

Martin & Ava Ashendorff September 24

42nd Anniversary

David & Karen Wurzberger

September 25 15th Anniversary

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE

FOLLOWING THOUGHTFUL

CONTRIBUTIONS – Thank You!

GENERAL FUND

In Memory of her mother Helen Straus From Leone Straus

YAHRZEIT RECORD FOR

SEPTEMBER 2020

Lorch, Irma Tuesday, 9/1/2020 Elul 12, 5780

Novitsky, Harold Zweibelson, Yetta

Wednesday, 9/2/2020 Elul 13, 5780 Kudan, Mary

Thursday, 9/3/2020 Elul 14, 5780 Diehl, Sharon

Witepsky, Thelma Friday, 9/4/2020 Elul 15, 5780

Diskin, Rebecca Elliott, Eleanor Raych, Annette

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Saturday, 9/5/2020 Elul 16, 5780 Bein, William

Chesler, Libbie Monday, 9/7/2020 Elul 18, 5780

Rosenthal, Sarah Tuesday, 9/8/2020 Elul 19, 5780

Buchman, Samuel Mandelbaum, Dr. Joseph

Suckman, Harold Wednesday, 9/9/2020 Elul 20, 5780

Bein, Corrine Fram, James Fram, Tabitha

Gersten, Joseph Stern, Selma

Friday, 9/11/2020 Elul 22, 5780 Grunberger, Arthur

Sunday, 9/13/2020 Elul 24, 5780 Blomberg, Rose Rothstein, Harry

Rothstein, Shirley Monday, 9/14/2020 Elul 25, 5780

Etu, Paul Tuesday, 9/15/2020 Elul 26, 5780

LaRock (Cohen), Elias Meltzer, Fannie Scolnik, Steven Welch, Gordon

Wednesday, 9/16/2020 Elul 27, 5780 Aronson, Carol Yanklowitz

Binns, Sheldon Bobbin, Sarah Hafter, Howard

Thursday, 9/17/2020 Elul 28, 5780 Krull, Isidore

Searleman, Belle Friday, 9/18/2020 Elul 29, 5780

Gersten, Ruth Klein, Shirley Yunich, David

Sunday, 9/20/2020 Tishrei 2, 5781 Berkowitz, Meyer

Sitkoff, Ida Monday, 9/21/2020 Tishrei 3, 5781

Scolnik, Barry Smith, Benny

Tuesday, 9/22/2020 Tishrei 4, 5781 Wachtel, Solomon

Wednesday, 9/23/2020 Tishrei 5, 5781

YAHRZEIT RECORD FOR

OCTOBER 2020

Yaffee, Jean Thursday, 10/1/2020 Tishrei 13, 5781

Zweibelson, Samuel Monday, 10/5/2020 Tishrei 17, 5781

Israel, Rebecca Radin, Pearl

Weinstein, Israel Tuesday, 10/6/2020 Tishrei 18, 5781

Chary, Louis Peltin, Harriet

Wednesday, 10/7/2020 Tishrei 19, 5781 Aronson, Karen Kaye, Frances

Kudan, Norman Thursday, 10/8/2020 Tishrei 20, 5781

Aronson, Edward Berkowitz, Beatrice

Saturday, 10/10/2020 Tishrei 22, 5781 Aronson, Clara Diskin, Adolph

Monday, 10/12/2020 Tishrei 24, 5781 Silverman, Sanford

Yunich, Beverly Tuesday, 10/13/2020 Tishrei 25, 5781

Aronson, Barney Drazin, Faye Smith, Sarah

Wednesday, 10/14/2020 Tishrei 26, 5781 Grunblatt, Hilda

Thursday, 10/15/2020 Tishrei 27, 5781 Berman, Frances

Chapman, Leo Wechsler, Emanuel

Friday, 10/16/2020 Tishrei 28, 5781 Tunick, Millie

Yanklowitz, Irving Saturday, 10/17/2020 Tishrei 29, 5781

Green, (Isadore) Irv Kirschenbaum, Ben

Kudan, Max Wallach, Norris Nathan

Monday, 10/19/2020 Heshvan 1, 5781 Palhowitz, Ceilia

Tuesday, 10/20/2020 Heshvan 2, 5781 Rudnick, Eli

Wednesday, 10/21/2020 Heshvan 3, 5781

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Cohen, Mildred Friday, 10/23/2020 Heshvan 5, 5781

Diskin, Bessie Saturday, 10/24/2020 Heshvan 6, 5781

Suckman, Jacob Sunday, 10/25/2020 Heshvan 7, 5781

Green, Edith Kantrowitz, Eleanor Yunich, Dr. Albert

Tuesday, 10/27/2020 Heshvan 9, 5781 Every, Louis

Thursday, 10/29/2020 Heshvan 11, 5781

WE SO APPRECIATE OUR

BULLETIN

SPONSORS!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN

BEING A SPONSOR, PLEASE

CONTACT THE OFFICE AT

(518) 792-4945.

YOUR BUSINESS CARD

OR CONTACT INFO WILL BE

LISTED HERE FOR ONE YEAR.

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In This Year Of 5781 May God Grant Us The Ability To Savor Each Day Of Our Lives With Newness

And Enchantment. May God Open Our Hearts To The Many Blessings Awaiting Us.

Alkes, Arnold

Aronson, Judith

Aronson, Mark

Beale, Diane

Beeson, Patrick

Bernstein, Rena

Bobbin, Harrie

Buchman, Sunny

Bush, Linda

Butler, Rhoda

Charhon, Elaine & Salomon

Cohen, Benjamin & Angela

Cohen, Josh & Trina

Cohen, Julie Mark

Cohen, Mitchell & Robin

Cohen, Vance

Curtis, Logan

Every, Richard

Frank, Alex & Stacey

Mandelbaum

Frenyea, Barbara

Gersten, Michael

Goldstein, Gerald & Nancy

Goldstein, Harry

Goldstein, Toby

Greenberg, Larry

Grossman, Kaye

Hafter, Bruce

Harris, Seth

Hochman, Syd & Lorraine

Hoffman, Mark & Cheryl

Kantrowitz, Claire

Kantrowitz, Jason

Karhinen, Lois

Kitmacher, Miriam

Kleinmann, Raphael,

Veronique & children

Korcz, Judy

Korot, Allan & Judith

Korot, Daniel & Melissa

Kudan, Peter & Nancy

Kuntz, Mary

Landsman, Faye

Lebowitz, Lauren

Lebowitz, Neil

Levin, Herb

Levine, Libby

Matzner, David & Susan

Meyer, Martin & Lynn

Morrissey, Dolly

Nadler, Howard, Jennifer &

children

Paltrowitz, J. Lawrence

Pletman, Michael

Rapaport, Michael & Jo-Ann

Robitel, Ernest & Deborah

Rotfeld, Dolph & Karen

Rothstein, Rose

Rudnick, Clara

Schwartz, Jeffrey & Patti

Schwartz, Hilda

Shabat, Pinchas

Shaham, Dan (Tal Klausner)

Shapiro, Ruth

Silverman, Lilyan

Spar, Lewis

Studley, Jonathan, Lana &

daughter

Torra, Francine

Wurzberger, David

Wurzberger, Gladys

Wurzberger-Choppa, Tamar

Yanklowitz, Bonnie

TO ALL THE MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF

SHAARAY TEFILA When you look into your heart as the New Year starts, may you discover a new sense

of possibility, a new belief in the gift you have to share, a new connection to the

people around you, and a renewed commitment to your faith and your dreams. Everything magical and everything new…

That’s what you’re being wished at this special time of year!

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SEPTEMBER 2020 See our Weekly Announcements and Website for ONLINE EVENT “ZOOM” links

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wed Thursday Friday Saturday

Kosher Order

Due August 28

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Kosher Delivery

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6:00pm ZOOM Service with Joey Glick

5 9:30am Service

in upper Sanctuary

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OFFICE CLOSED

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6:00pm ZOOM Service with Joey Glick

12 9:30am Service

in upper Sanctuary

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10-12 noon TSRS-ZOOM

6:30pm ZOOM

“Name that Movie Song”

14 15 6:00pm

ZOOM Pre- Rosh

Hashana Service

with Joey Glick

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DUE DATE

FOR ESROG & LULAV ORDERS

17 18 EREV ROSH HASHANAH

No Service

19 ROSH

HASHANAH DAY 1

9:00-noon Service in

upper Sanctuary

20 ROSH

HASHANAH DAY 2

9:00-noon Service in upper

Sanctuary 4:00pm Tashlich at Crandall Park

End of Musaf Shofar Blowing

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GEDALIAH

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6:15PM ZOOM Family Shabbat Service with Temple Beth-El

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9:30am Shabbat

Shuvah with Joey Glick

27 EREV YOM KIPPUR -

KOL NIDRE 6:00pm Service with Joey Glick

28 YOM KIPPUR –

YIZKOR 9:00am Service w

SR Joey Glick

MINCHA NEILA 6-7:30pm Service

w Joey Glick

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SUKKOT 1

4 SUKKOT 2

5 SUKKOT 3

6 SUKKOT 4

7 SUKKOT 5

8 SUKKOT 6

9 SUKKOT 7

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In order to properly follow social distancing guidelines for High Holiday services this year, we are requesting participants to preregister for one Rosh Hashanah service

and/or one Yom Kippur service by contacting the office by phone or email. We anticipate that everyone will have an opportunity to participate in at least one service

for each holiday.

Reservations are free and will be done on a first come – first serve basis. If additional openings are available prior to the service, congregants will be notified in case they wish to attend more than one service. The Covid-related restrictions will be

maintained as they have been for Shabbat morning services. Click for Shaaray Tefila’s Covid protocols.

[ ZOOM Pre- Rosh Hashana Teaching with Joey Glick – September 15 6:00pm, see announcements]

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 September 19 9am - noon

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 September 20 9am - noon

Tashlich at Crandall Park, September 20 4pm - open to all without reservations.

Shofar blowing, September 20 end of Musaf, outside of the synagogue, open to all.

Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur September 27 6pm

Yom Kippur Morning (Yizkor) September 28 9am - noon

Yom Kippur Mincha/Neila September 28 6pm - 7:30pm

A supplemental Yizkor service will be arranged if needed to accommodate demand.

A ZOOM Yizkor Service will take place at a time and date to be announced.

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Below is a Yom Kippur Appeal Pledge card for your convenience.

Please tear along the dotted line and return it to the Synagogue. Thank you.

All pledges received by September 25, 2020 will be read on Yom Kippur – September 28th. No solicitation will be done during the service.

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YOM KIPPUR PLEDGE

Having sincerely considered the needs of our Congregation, and the services it provides for my Family and my People:

I hereby pledge $__________________ to Support Congregation Shaaray Tefila and its programs.

Signed: _____________________________________________

Please return before the Holidays:

In Honor Of: ______________________________________________________

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In Memory Of: ______________________________________________________

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