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Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v’nashuva, chadesh yameinu k’kedem –Return us to you Adonai, and we will return; renew our days as before. (Lamentations 5:21)

A Note from Rabbi Valerie

This verse could be the slogan for the High Holy Days. We cry out to God: You go first! You bring us back to You! Not the other way around. This verse says that God initiates our teshuva, our repentance, and once God does God’s job, then we can return to God. Only then can we return to the right path. And once we return, all will be renewed – made new – just like it was

before we turned away.

When I read this verse as I began preparing for 5782, the words shouted at me: it’s now – this is exactly what is happening today! If we return back to public spaces and gatherings of people, everything will be like it was before, right? Not exactly, not in repentance and not in our every-day lives. Once we return from brokenness – our own or the world’s or both, nothing will be the same because we have changed. But in the turning, in the steps of moving forward in a positive way, we can be renewed. Made new. Like emerging from a cleansing rain or a mikvah… the past

is not erased but given meaning, and we are revitalized.

As we enter 5782, may these High Holy Days give meaning to the past year and bring renewal for our future.

ALL MAIN HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES WILL BE ONLINE ONLYSee Reverse Side for Details, Schedule of Events and *Exceptions

*Exceptions: Family Services and Tashlich will be held outside, masks requiredSelichot, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and Festival Morning Service will be in the Sanctuary, masks required

ALL Services will continue to be be live-streamed

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COVID Policy: As the COVID pandemic continues to disrupt our lives, we are forced to make decisions in hopes of keeping our community safe and well. We really need to focus on caring for each other, a most important Jewish value – Kehillah Kedoshah – protecting the community by safeguarding the health and dignity of all. So, in being guided by what we have read and heard from health professionals, we have

decided that High Holy Days services – with the exception of Family Services and Tashlich – will be conducted virtually again this year. As always, services will be livestreamed from our website,

emanuelsinai.org, and may also be found on Boxcast and Facebook. We are saddened that COVID will again keep us apart physically, but we can take something positive out of this by knowing we are still

spiritually together in the moment. - Sincerely, Paula Selvitella, President

Schedule of EventsServices will be led by Rabbi Valerie Cohen and Cantor Jonathan Kohan along with our High

Holiday Quartet and accompanist Brett Maguire.

High Holy Days

ALL MAIN HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES ARE ONLINE ONLY (live-streamed on our website and Facebook page)

Selichot Service: Saturday, August 28, 7:30 pm

ROSH HASHANAErev Rosh Hashana: Monday, September 6, 7:30 pmRosh Hashana Main Service: Tuesday, September 7, 11:00 amRosh Hashana 2nd Day Service: Wednesday, September 8, 11:00 amTashlich: by TES pond, Wednesday, September 8, immediately following 2nd Day ServiceShabbat Shuva: Friday, September 10, 6:30 pm

YOM KIPPURKol Nidre: Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 - 9:00 pmYom Kippur Day: Thursday, September 16Yom Kippur Main Service: 11:00 amHealing Service: immediately following Main Service (estimated 12:45 pm)Social Justice Seminars: 2:00 pm, ZOOM ONLY (full links will be provided in the eNews), choose one: Continuing the Racial Justice Conversation: Meeting ID: 868 7781 4886 Passcode: ANTIRACISM The Environment and Climate Change: Meeting ID: 851 8099 7299 Passcode: EARTH Voting Rights; Fighting for our Democracy: Meeting ID: 892 4284 2569 Passcode: ALLCANVOTEAfternoon Service: 4:00 pmYizkor/Memorial Service: 5:15 pmNe’ilah/Concluding Service: 6:00 pm

SUKKOTErev Sukkot Service: Monday, September 20, 6:30 pm

SIMCHAT TORAHErev Simchat Torah Service: Monday, September 27, 6:30 pmFestival Morning Service and Yizkor: Tuesday, September 28, 10:30 am

Livestream on our Website: www.emanuelsinai.org/live-streams Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/emanuelsinaiworcester

MEMORIAL BOOK INFORMATIONWe remember our loved ones by name, out loud and in writing. Our Memorial Book is a meaningful way for us as a

community to remember them. Memorial Book forms were included in the July-August Bulletin. Please complete the form and return it to the TES office by September 1st. Like last year, we are requesting pictures of loved ones who have died to be included in the video with our Memorial Book names. Last year’s submissions will automatically be included

unless otherwise notified. Please submit pictures to rabbivaleriecohen@gmail.com.

TOT AND FAMILY SERVICESTot Services for both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur: Shirat HaRuach Holiday Experience with Rick Recht,Shira Kline, and Rabbi Josh Warshawsky. These services are filled with singing, dancing, holiday learning, Torah,and story-telling. *Link to service will be provided to families closer to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashana Family Service: Tuesday, September 7, 9:00-9:45 am Yom Kippur Family Service: Thursday, September 16, 9:00-9:45 amAn energetic and informal experience modeled after our Religious School T’filah, led by Rabbi Valerie and Cantor Jonathan OUTSIDE WITH MASKS, bring your own chairs, registration required, family members 12 and up must be vaccinated (plan for inclement weather: live-stream only on website & Facebook) Rosh Hashana Registration Link: https://templeemanuelsinai.shulcloud.com/event/RHFamily5782 Yom Kippur Registration Link: https://templeemanuelsinai.shulcloud.com/event/YKFamily5782