Commentary: Spending Round 2013 Infrastructure is firmly valued

SelichotSaturday, August 31Special Selichot Program, 8 PMCandlelit Service, 10 PM

Erev Rosh HashanahWednesday, September 4Community Family-Style Service, 6:15 PMTraditional Temple Shalom Service, 8 PM

Rosh HashanahThursday, September 5Adult Morning Service, 10 AMYouth Service (1st – 5th grade), 10 AMFamily Service, 2 PMTashlich, 3 PM(Child Care Available - SEE PAGE 5)

Second Day Rosh HashanahFriday, September 6Morning Service, 10 AM

Erev Yom KippurFriday, September 13Kol Nidrei Service, 8 PMAlternative Service for 6th Grade and Older, 8 PM

(Child Care Available - SEE PAGE 5)

Yom KippurSaturday, September 14 Adult Morning Service, 10 AMYouth Service (1st – 5th grade), 10 AMStudy Sessions, 1 PMTeen Conversation, 1 PMFamily Service, 2 PMAfternoon Study and Discussion, 2 PMHealing Service in the Chapel, 3:30 PMYom Kippur Afternoon Service, 4 PMYizkor (Memorial), and Ne’ilah(Concluding) Service, 5:15 PM (approximate)Break Fast, 6:45 PM(Child Care Available - SEE PAGE 5)

Erev SukkotWednesday, September 18Service under the Sukkah, 6:15 PMPicnic Dinner under the Stars, approx. 7 PM

SukkotThursday, September 19Joint Reform Festival Morning Service (atCongregation Or Chadash of Damascus), 10 AM

Erev Simchat TorahWednesday, September 25Erev Simchat Torah Service, 7 PM

Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat TorahThursday, September 26Simchat Torah Festival Morning Service, includingthe Yizkor prayers (at Temple Emanuel), 10 AM

G reetings! We hope your summer is relaxingand fun! We are busily preparing for the HighHoly Day and Festival Season and have put

together in this packet all of the forms you will need toorder tickets and prayer books and sign up for child careand other events. Please take the time to read thismaterial carefully and return the forms to the Templeoffice by Thursday, August 1, 2013. If you have anyquestions or need to make arrangements for specialfamily concerns, please contact me [email protected].

B'Shalom,

Susan Goutos Zemsky

Executive Director

2013/5774Temple ShalomHigh Holy Day Information8401 Grubb Road • Chevy Chase, MD 20815301-587-2273 • 301-588-9368www.templeshalom.net

TICKET GUIDELINES

1. All children will be admitted to morning services with a ticket.

Family-oriented services, appropriate for children, will be held on

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur afternoons at 2 PM in the sanctu-

ary. No tickets are necessary for these afternoon services. Youth

Services, appropriate for children in the primary grades, will be

held in the chapel on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at 10 AM;

preregistration for these is necessary and the form is enclosed.

2. An alternative Kol Nidrei Service will be held in the Chapel.

3. Guest tickets may be purchased for both Rosh Hashanah and

Yom Kippur to accommodate those who will be visiting for the

High Holy Days. See Guest Ticket Request Form (PAGE 4).

4. Tickets are not transferable! Tickets issued for the High Holy

Days are intended for use only by the persons to whom they have

been designated and should not be given to other individuals.

Please use forms on pages 3–6 to order tickets,prayerbooks, and to reserve childcare.

H i g h H o l y D a y S e r v i c e S c h e d u l e

Temple Shalom High Holy Days

SEATING GUIDELINES1. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. One seat onlymay be saved for the driver who is parking the car. Seats will beset aside for ushers and doctors assigned to each service and theirfamilies. PLEASE RESPECT THE RESERVED SEATING SIGNS.

2. Reserved seating is available to congregants with special needswho have made arrangements in advance with the executive direc-tor. These seats can only be held until ten minutes before thestart of the service. After that, they will be released. Pleaserespect the reserved seating signs.

3. Ushers will begin admitting worshippers 30 minutes before thestart of each service. Please do not arrive before this time.

4. The sanctuary will be cleared after the 2 PMYom KippurFamily Service to allow the ushers to prepare for the 4 PMAfternoon Yizkor and Ne’ilah services. Do not leave prayer booksor other articles in order to reserve seats during the transitiontime.

USHERING and HONORSIt is necessary to start planning now for High Holy Day usherassignments. All adult members of the congregation are welcometo assist with this very important function. See ushering form onpage 10.

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2013- 5774HIGH HOLY DAY GREETING CARD

Once again, the Brotherhood of Temple Shalom is sponsoring a greeting card for the Jewish New Year. It is anattractively designed card with an appropriate message to which will be added the names of Temple Shalom members whowould like to send their personal greetings and good wishes for the New Year to other Temple Shalom families.

The Brotherhood will mail this greeting card to every member of Temple Shalom. In this simple, convenient, and cordialmanner, it is possible for each of us to extend to one another the warmth and high hopes that symbolize the High Holy Days.

The cost of participation is $18 and you may list all the names in your family. The High Holy Day greeting card shouldbe in every home before the holidays.

If you wish to be included in the congregation’s New Year greeting card, please complete this form and mail with yourcheck to the Temple office. Replies must be received by August 1, 2013.

HIGH HOLY DAY GREETING CARD

Print First Name(s) Print Last Name(s)

Names of Children:


HIGH HOLY DAY TICKET REQUEST FORM

MEMBER GUEST TICKET INFORMATION ON REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM

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IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN TO THE TEMPLE BYAUGUST 1, 2013

EVEN IF YOU DO NOT REQUIRE TICKETS.

NAME ___________________________________________________________________________________We will attend:

_____ BOTH Rosh Hashanah AND Yom Kippur _____ Rosh Hashanah ONLY_____ Yom Kippur ONLY_____ We WILL NOT NEED tickets this year

* Simultaneous Youth Service in the ChapelTo make arrangements to attend services out-of-town at a URJ congregation, please call the Temple office, (301) 587-2273.

PLEASE CHECK HERE IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL-NEEDS PARKING ---____________________EXPLAIN: ________________________________________________________________________________

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO TICKETS AT NO CHARGE FOR THE FOLLOWING: I. ADULT MEMBERS:

Member (name)__________________________________ Daytime phone ____________________Member (name)__________________________________ Cell phone ____________________Home phone ____________________

II. DEPENDENT CHILDREN and full-time students through age 25:Name_______________________________________________ Date of birth ___________Name_______________________________________________ Date of birth ___________Name_______________________________________________ Date of birth ___________Name_______________________________________________ Date of birth ___________

III. DEPENDENT ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS who reside in your home full-time:Name___________________________________________Relationship ___________Name___________________________________________Relationship ___________

Erev

Rosh

Hashanah

Wed., Sept. 4

Family Service

6:15 PM

NO Child Care

Wed., Sept. 4

"Traditional" Service

8 PM

Rosh

Hashanah

Thurs., Sept. 5

RH Morning Service*

RH Youth Service

10 AM

Child Care Available (pg. 5)

Kol

Nidre

Fri., Sept. 13

Kol Nidre*

Alternative 6th Grade+ Service

8 PM

Child Care Available

Fri., Sept. 13

Kol Nidre Service

8 PM

Child Care Avail. (pg. 5)

YomKippur

Sat., Sept. 14

Yom Kippur Service*

Yom Kippur Youth Service

10 AM

Child Care Available (pg. 5)


2013/5774HIGH HOLY DAY GUEST TICKET REQUEST

Please return completed form by August 1, 2013

MEMBER NAME_____________________________________________

RECIPROCAL GUEST TICKETSThere is no charge for members of a URJ congregation from out-of-town. Your guest’s congregation mustsend a URJ courtesy seating request form to Temple Shalom, Fax No: (301) 588-9368. Forms are available onthe URJ website under High Holy Days.

MEMBER GUEST TICKETS CATEGORY 1:

I. INDEPENDENT CHILDREN, single or married(Note: Young Adult Membership available at $360.) BOTH RH YKName______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___Name______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___Name______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___Name______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___

II. PARENTS LIVING IN THE AREAName______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___Name______________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___

III. FAMILY MEMBERS FROM OUT OF TOWN (Tickets will be held at the door or you may pick them up.)Name, Address, Relationship:______________________________________________________________ ____ ____ __________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ __________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ __________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ____

BOTH Rosh Hashanah AND Yom Kippur - $150 contribution per guest. EITHER Rosh Hashanah OR Yom Kippur - - $120 contribution per guest.

CATEGORY 2:

EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAName and relationship: BOTH RH YK______________________________________________________________ ____ ___ _________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ _________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ _________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___

BOTH Rosh Hashanah AND Yom Kippur - $225 contribution per guest.EITHER Rosh Hashanah OR Yom Kippur - $175 contribution per guest.

When: 10 AM—12 Noon During the adult service on Rosh Hashanah morning and Yom Kippur morningDrop off your child in the chapel before services and pick up immediately followingEnrolled children must attend the entire program unless signed out by an adultChildren must be registered by August 1, 2013, to participate

Who: Geared toward 1st - 5th graders$20 per child for one holy day$30 per child for two holy days

Questions: Please call Rabbi Ackerman at 301-587-2273 or email [email protected] Rachel Ackerman and songleader Justin Mark.

Program led by volunteer Temple Shalom parents. See page 6 for sign-up form

Child Care InformationTemple Shalom offers childcare for children ages toilet trained through the 2nd grade. (No infants please.Cribs and playpens are not available.) Childtrn must be registered by August 1, 2013.

THE FEE IS $10.00 PER CHILD, PER SERVICE.(The fee helps cover our costs of child care and helps support youth programming)Activities include playing with other children and with toys, hearing stories, and having juice and snacks. Parents , please label ALLitems your child brings with him/her. Older siblings MAY NOT come downstairs. We hope your child will stay for Children’sServices, so he or she will have a chance to worship in the Sanctuary, too.

Childcare sign-upChildcare is available for:Rosh Hashanah 10:00 AM Service _________ Kol Nidre 8:00 PM Evening Services _______Yom Kippur 10:00 AM Service _________ Yom Kippur 4:00 PM Afternoon Service _______

Children(s) Names and ages_________________________________________________________

Fee: $10 per child per service TOTAL $_________PLEASE CONTACT THE TEMPLE OFFICE IF YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION

High Holy Day PrayerbooksGates of Repentance (gender-sensitive edition) is used for our High Holy Day services, but those with older editions may still follow

the service page-for-page. You will have to provide your own prayerbooks and may order them here:

# of copies ______ @$30 each = Total: $__________

I want an English-Opening _______ Hebrew Opening ______ prayerbook.Pick up your prayerbooks after August 20 at the Temple office Monday—Friday, 9 AM–4 PM


2013/5774High Holy Day Youth Services

Service includes art project, music program, snack, and playground time


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Parent’s Name _____________________________ E-mail Address or Cell Phone _______________

Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 5, 2013: Number of children ___ = ______

Yom Kippur, Sept. 14, 2013: Number of children ___ = ______

$20 per child for one service. $30 per child for both services Total: ______

Please make checks payable to: Temple Shalom

High Holy Day Youth Services Registration FormPlease return this form along with donation to Temple Shalom no later than August 1, 2013

Selichot Events

July 2013Dear Temple Shalom Family:

The Days of Awe approach. It is a season of deep introspection, and, in a spiritual sense, a rip in the very fabric of time. For with these HolyDays, our prayers for the future and our assessment of our past come crashing together. We look simultaneously forward and back. We areengaged in acts of both hope and remembrance.

It is at this moment of openness to yesterday and tomorrow that our most solemn acts of love and recollection of those who came before usoccur. One way in which we seek to honor the memory of relatives and friends at Temple Shalom is through our Book of Eternal Life,distributed just before the Afternoon Service on Yom Kippur. On the other side of this letter is a form for entries into our Temple Shalom YizkorMemorial Booklet. As indicated above, we will distribute this booklet on Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 14, at the beginning of the YomKippur Afternoon Service, at 4 PM. Please legibly print all names that you wish to appear in our Book of Eternal Life, and list them in the orderin which you wish them to appear in the book, even though you may have listed these names in previous years. Replies must be received byAugust 1, 2013.

Two other reminders. First, in practice Yizkor is best known and as a service is attended by the largest number of people on Yom Kippur. Butthe Yizkor Memorial prayers are actually recited not just on Yom Kippur, but on three other occasions throughout the year. Yizkor MemorialServices are also held on other Festival holidays: Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret, on Thursday morning, September 26, 2013 (a joint serviceheld at Temple Emanuel), on the last day of Passover, Monday morning, April 21, 2014, (which I believe will be held at Temple Shalom), andon Shavuot, Wednesday morning, June 4, 2014 (at Temple Sinai). These Festival morning services are powerful additional opportunities forcommunal and personal remembrance; they all begin at 10:00 AM.

Finally: the remembrance of our collective history, and the horrors of the Holocaust. For many years it has been the custom of ourcongregation to gather together on Yom HaShoah v’HaGevurah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, to light a special memorialcandelabra, and to recite the names of Temple Shalom members’ relatives and loved ones who perished in the Holocaust. This year ourobservance of Yom HaShoah will take place on Sunday night, April 27, 2014 at 6:00 PM. If there are names that we do not have of yourfamily members who were lost in the Shoah, please give this information to Lauren Harrison, at 301-587-2273, or send her an email with thesubject line “Yom HaShoah Family Names” at [email protected]. Remember to include in the message your name and what relationshipyour loved ones had with you.

For our loved ones and for us, for their sake and for ours, for yesterday and tomorrow – yihi zichronom livracha. May their memories be for ablessing.

L’shalom (In peace),

Michael L. FeshbachRabbi


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2013/5774TEMPLE SHALOM BOOK OF ETERNAL LIFE

Please return to Temple Shalom by August 14.

For more information about memorial plaques and Tree of Life leaves, contact the Temple administrative office at 301-587-2273

LEGIBLY PRINT (or attach a typed sheet) with all information in the order in which it should appear:

IN MEMORY OF: ___________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

REMEMBERED BY (please include last names): ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone (should clarification be needed): Day __________ Evening __________

Enclosed is a contribution of $ _________ as an offering to the Temple in memory of the departed. $18 pername is a suggested donation.

Please include this form and your check when returning all High Holy Day information to the Temple.(Remember, you may write one check for everything.) The Book of Eternal Life will be distributed on YomKippur afternoon. Thank you for your cooperation.

Memorial Plaques

By purchasing a Temple Shalom memorial plaque, you

honor in perpetuity the name and the memory of a loved

one who has passed away. Plaques are hung in our

Sanctuary and then set in a special area on the anniver-

sary week of the named person’s death. Through this

simple token, friends and family may reflect on the lives

of those they have lost.

Tree of Life Leaves

Leaves for the beautiful Tree of Life in the Temple lobby

recognize events and honor special people in our mem-

bers’ lives. Whether you are celebrating a wedding or a

bar or bat mitzvah or simply want to thank someone spe-

cial, leaves provide a permanent way to do so.


2013/5774High Holy Day Parking 2013

High Holy Day services parking can be a challenge. This year Rock Creek Forest Elementary School will be closedfor construction. Therefore, their parking lot will be unavailable to us.

Temple Shalom parking lotFor the Rosh Hashanah evening and morning services, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur morning services, the Templeparking lot spaces closest to the building will be reserved for those with mobility issues or special needs and forthe clergy. If you have a mobility issue or special need, please use the check-off box on the ticket order form torequest a parking pass. Parking passes will be mailed along with your tickets. Parking pass holders must display thepass on their dashboard and must enter the lot on Grubb Road in order to be directed by parking attendants toa space.

If you wish to drop off passengers and park elsewhere, please enter from Keith Court, drop off your passengersat the circle and then exit at Keith Court.

Neighborhood parking

Many of you will choose to park in the neighborhood. Please be respectful of our neighbors and do not blockdriveways or park in illegal spaces.

We are hopnig to secure parking privileges at other local lots. You will receive more information with your tick-ets, which will be mailed around the second week of August.

PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER WALKING OR CARPOOLING WITH A NEIGHBOR!

Rear Parking Lot

Keith Courto� of

Spencer Road

GrubbRoad

Front Parking Lot

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Traffic Pattern


2013/5774THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

Name(s): _________________________________________________________________

Phone: Day Time ________________ Evening __________

USHERS ARE NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: # OF USHERSSat., Aug. 31 Selichot _______Wed., Sept. 4 Erev Rosh Hashanah _______

(Adult Ushers Only)Thur. Sept. 5 Rosh Hashanah Morning _______

(Adult Ushers Only)Family Service _______(Ushers Over 13 Welcome)Youth Service _______(Ushers Over 13 Welcome)

Fri., Sept. 6 Second Day Rosh Hashanah 10 AM only _______Fri., Sept. 13 Kol Nidrei

Sanctuary Service _______(Adult Ushers Only)Alternative Chapel 6th Grade & Older Service _______(Ushers Over 13 Welcome)

Sat., Sept. 14 Yom Kippur Morning _______(Adult Ushers Only)Family Service _______(Ushers Over 13 Welcome)Afternoon, Yizkor and Ne’ilah _______(Adult Ushers Only)

Wed., Sept. 18 Erev Sukkot _______Wed., Sept. 25 Erev Simchat Torah _______

I (We) would be happy to usher once/more than once during the High Holy Days. _______I (We) would be happy to usher for Friday night services during the year. _______

Dedicate a prayer book to honor a loved one.Temple Shalom is proud to be one of the first congregations in all of North America to have adopted Mishkan T’filah, the Reform Movement’s first new siddur in more than 30 years. We were thrilled to be a test congregationbefore publication.

And with a purchase made possible by our Sigmund Mayer, Jr. Prayer Book Fund, we’ve been using the new prayer book from the time it became available in November 2007.

For just $36 per copy, you can dedicate a siddur to honor your parents, your children, a simcha (joyous occasion), or anyoneor any event that you believe should be remembered and commemorated in our Sanctuary for years to come.

Mishkan T’filah Dedication FormYes! I would be honored to dedicate a copy of the new prayer book Mishkan T’filah. I have clearly printed below names of the people, familiesor simcha to be remembered.

My check for $_______ ($36 per siddur) is enclosed.

This siddur is dedicated by: ___________________________________________________

in honor of: in memory of: (circle one)

___________________________________________________________________________

Number of books being dedicated: ______ My name: _______________________________________ My phone: _______________________


2013/5774HHD 2013– 5774 PAYMENT PAGE

PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME HERE _________________________________

Please enclose ONE check to cover:

Memorial Book ($18 per name recommended) _______________ (page 8)

Brotherhood New Year Card ($18) _______________ (page 2)

High Holy Day guest tickets _______________ (page 4)

High Holy Day Prayer Books ($30 each) _______________ (page 5)

Babysitting ($10.00 per child/per service) _______________ (page 6)

Mishkan T’filah Prayer Book ($36 each) _______________ (page 10)

Youth Service ($20 per child for 1 service)($30 per child for 2 services) _______________ (page 5)

TOTAL $ _______________

Please make your check payable to “Temple Shalom,” and enclose it with the appropriate forms in the envelope provided.

All payments are due by August 1, 2013. If you have any questions, please call the Temple office at 301-587-2273.

Temple Shalomwww.templeshalom.netPhone: 301–587–2273 • Fax: 301–588–93688401 Grubb Road • Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Non Profit OrganizationU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDSilver Spring, MDPermit No. 513

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High Holy DayPacket Enclosed

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