High Holy Days | 2019 | 5780

Welcome to our High Holy Day celebrations and thank you for being a part of our Chizuk Amuno family.

We invite you to join with us in prayer, study, reflection, and service.

May God renew us for a good year!

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10 p.m. Selihot Service (Service of Forgiveness)Selihot is a unique and moving late night “Service of Forgiveness” that starts the High Holy Day season. It is a spiritual and evocative evening that challenges us to reflect upon our past deeds and experiences, and encourages us to consider personal and religious goals for future growth and change.

Before our Selihot Service begins, the Torah Scrolls in the ark are publicly changed into their white High Holy Day covers which symbolize the freshness and purity of the coming New Year.

During the service, a string quartet will accompany Hazzan Perlman and the Chizuk Amuno Choir in celebration of the rich and mysterious music that helps us welcome the High Holy Days. The evening concludes with the familiar sounding of the Shofar.

conclusion of Shabbat and enjoy a dessert reception.

8:30 p.m. “Dreaming of a White Christmas”Selihot movie and discussion with Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg. Set almost entirely in a Chinese restaurant, “Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas” is an offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream - a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe in it. Directed by Oscar-nominated director, Larry Weinstein (“Inside Hana’s Suitcase,” “Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star,” “Making Overtures”), “Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas” is an amazing look at the 20th century North American immigrant experience and the extraordinary outburst of musical energy from the children of those immigrants. This new generation rejected their parents’ European past and instead embraced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and, finally, Hollywood. The outsiders began writing the soundtrack to the insiders’ American dreams and in doing so, wrote themselves into history.

Selihot: An Evening of Music and Preparation Saturday, September 21Join with our community to prepare for Rosh HaShanah & Yom Kippur.

7:45 p.m. Havdalah & Dessert ReceptionWe gather to enjoy the sweetness and light of Havdalah following the

High Holy Day Service DescriptionsSanctuaryRabbi Joshua Gruenberg Hazzan Emeritus, Emanuel PerlmanThe Sanctuary services provide an inspiring and evocative setting for personal prayer and reflection, complemented by Hazzan Perlman and the Chizuk Amuno Choir. English readings and reflections, as well as a sermon and teaching are interspersed throughout the services to enrich and inform each person’s experience.

Krieger Auditorium Rabbi Deborah Wechsler Dr. Larry Amsterdam, Ba’al Tefilah The Krieger Auditorium services provide a warm and participatory setting for personal prayer and reflection. English readings and a sermon are interspersed throughout the service to enrich and inform each person’s experience.

Second Day Rosh HaShanahAll of our clergy, our Ba’alei Tefilah, and our entire community join together in the Sanctuary for an uplifting, spirited and joyful service, including multiple shofars blown from all over the Sanctuary.

n Your seats for the First Day of Rosh HaShanah as well as on Yom Kippur eve and morning will remain in the same location as last year. However, subject to the availability of seats in different locations, you have the option of moving to different seats or a different worship service.

n On the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah all the members of our synagogue family, gather together in the Sanctuary to celebrate and worship.

Though seating in the Sanctuary will be open, all who wish may reserve seats for this communal Second Day service in advance. Please call by August 31.

n Reserved seats for the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah not occupied by 10:30 a.m. will become available for general seating.

n Elderly and disabled members who require special assistance for their comfort in the Sanctuary are able to reserve their seats for the entire Second Day service. Hosts will be located throughout the Sanctuary and balcony to ensure that everyone is assisted and comfortably seated.

n Extra Seats for Your Students & Relatives We are delighted to welcome your family’s children, high school and college students as well as relatives who may be visiting with you during the High Holy Days.

Children 12 and under - $100 Children 13-17 - $250 Students 18-24 - $290 Students/Adults 25-30 - $300 Relatives over 30 - $700

For questions regarding High Holy Day seating, please contact Judy Simkin, 410-486-6400, ext. 232 or jsimkin@chizukamuno.org by August 31.

Important High Holy Day Seating Information

Service HonorsEach year we delight in how many of our synagogue members share in the honors of Opening the Ark, coming up to the Torah, and participating in the ritual of our High Holy Day Services. In the Sanctuary and Krieger Auditorium services, honors invitations are extended each year in continuing alphabetical rotation.

2019 | 5780 | High Holy Day Services Erev Second Day Rosh HaShanahMinhah: Afternoon Service/ Ma’ariv: Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

Rosh HaShanah, Second Day ~ Tuesday, October 1Sanctuary Shaharit: Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Service 9:30 a.m. …followed by the Sounding of the Shofar 10:30 a.m. Musaf: Holy Day Service 11:00 a.m.Minhah: Afternoon Service 6:45 p.m. Ma’ariv: Evening Service 7:15 p.m.

Rosh HaShanahErev Rosh HaShanah ~ Sunday, September 29Minhah: Afternoon Service 5:45 p.m. Hoffberger Chapel Ma’ariv: Evening Service 6:00 p.m. We will usher in the New Year together in the Sanctuary. Seating will be open for this service. All of our clergy will participate.

Rosh HaShanah, First Day ~ Monday, September 30Sanctuary, Krieger/Stulman Services Shaharit: Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Service 9:30 a.m. …followed by the Sounding of the Shofar 10:30 a.m. Musaf: Holy Day Service 11:00 a.m.

Rosh HaShanah, Second Day ~ Aliyot On the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah when our prayer service embraces all of us as one synagogue community, we honor members of our congregation for their life experiences in the past year with an aliyah to the Torah.

• We recognize friends in our synagogue community who have experienced healing in the year gone by.

• We recognize friends in our congregation who have been blessed with the birth of children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren in the past year.

• We recognize our synagogue members who recently became Bar and Bat Mitzvah.

• We recognize those in our synagogue family who were married or who celebrated their children’s, grandchildren’s, and great grandchildren’s weddings last year.

• We recognize our elders who are 90 years of age and older.

Tashlikh Tashlikh, is the Hebrew word for “casting off / throwing off.” People often gather together at a body of flowing water—often a nearby river—and they bring bread crumbs with them in bags. We imagine that the crumbs represent all of our misdeeds over the course of the past year. Then, we’re invited to toss the crumbs into the water, symbolically “casting our sins upon the waters.”

Family Tashlikh Service • 5:00 p.m. A special Tashlikh service for our families led by Rabbi Gruenberg prior to walking to our stream.

Community Tashlikh • 5:30 p.m. Our entire community will gather in the Garden Lounge for friendship and refreshments before walking down to the stream on Phillips Drive to symbolically cast away our sins. Following Tashlikh everyone is invited to remain for Minhah, the Afternoon Service.

Yom KippurKol Nidre ~ Erev Yom Kippur, Tuesday, October 8Sanctuary and Krieger Services Minhah: Afternoon Service 6:00 p.m. Hoffberger Chapel Kol Nidre & Ma’ariv: Evening Service 6:30 p.m.

Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October 9Sanctuary and Krieger Services Shaharit: Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Torah Service 10:00 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Prayers 11:00 a.m. Musaf: Holy Day Service 11:30 a.m.

Our entire community will complete our observance of Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days together in the Chizuk Amuno Sanctuary.

Cemetery Memorial Services Sunday, October 6Arlington Cemetery • 10:00 a.m.Garrison Forest Cemetery • 11:30 a.m. In the tradition of our ancestors, we gather inside the hallowed gates of our congregation’s cemeteries to recite psalms, prayers, and recall personal memorials during the Days of Repentance between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur Food DriveSeptember 24 - October 8 In the Haftarah for Yom Kippur, the prophet Isaiah implores Jews to fast not just by refraining from food, but by taking meaningful social action.

As you reflect on the past year and on the one that is nearing, consider putting Isaiah’s message of social responsibility into action by making a contribution of non-perishable food items to the bins in the lobbies.

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gStudy Sessions 2:45 p.m. Ask the Rabbi 3:45 p.m. Minhah: Afternoon Service 4:45 p.m.Neilah: 6:00 p.m. Concluding Service – Sanctuary Be sure to bring your shofar!Family Neilah Service 6:45 p.m. Krieger Auditorium Sounding of the Shofar/Conclusion 7:14 p.m.

Holocaust Memorial ServiceSunday, October 6Holocaust Memorial Garden at Chizuk Amuno • 1:00 p.m. To honor the memories of our loved ones who perished in the Shoah, our beloved departed whose graves we cannot visit, we will hold a special Memorial Service in the courtyard. Please join us to honor the legacies of those we will always remember.

Kadima Fund & KSDS Annual CampaignsThe Chizuk Amuno Kadima Fund Campaign supports congregational programs, school expenses, scholarships, services, staffing, and our beautiful facility - that membership dues and school tuitions do not cover.

The KSDS Annual Campaign represents unrestricted funds that our Day School needs to bridge the gap between its operating budget and the actual cost of running the school and providing scholarships.

Please watch for your opportunity to participate.

Israel BondsDuring the High Holy Day season, Jews around the country make an investment by purchasing an Israel Bond to show their support and love for Israel. Watch for information and your opportunity to participate.

For more information, please contact Sheila Sandbank, grandmasheilax2@hotmail.com or 410-484-5016.

Buy Your Lulav and Etrog!Order your Lulav and Etrog set from Israel through Brotherhood representatives, Marvin Spector,

410-484-8939 or Michael Moranz, 410-486-0277 by Monday, September 23, or return the enclosed form. $45 per set. Please make your check payable to Chizuk Amuno Brotherhood.

Yom Kippur Study SessionsWednesday, October 92:45 p.m.

#Teshuva: Repentance in the Age of Social Media.

On this holiest day of prayer, atonement, and reflection, we invite you to spend your day at Chizuk Amuno Congregation. It is our hope that these study sessions, held after morning Services and before “Ask the Rabbi” and Minhah, will enrich your High Holy Day experience. This year, we will offer the following: #Teshuva: Repentance in the Age of Social Media.

Ask the Rabbi3:45 p.m. Each year on Yom Kippur afternoon we meet in the Sanctuary for a question and answer session with the Rabbi. Participants ask about theology, Jewish tradition and customs, current events, and any other pertinent questions they want to ask the rabbi. It’s a fun and insightful hour to which everyone is invited.

College Outreach High Holy Day Package Deadline: September 13 Our college students receive gifts of snacks and a greeting from Rabbi Wechsler. If you have not yet submitted your Chizuk Amuno college student’s address, please e-mail it to Bonnie Ziegelstein, bonnieroy3@verizon.net.

This effort is supported by the Adult Bat Mitzvah 2006 College Outreach Fund

For Our Children and Teens on Rosh HaShanah

Childcare for Our Youngest Friends both days of Rosh HaShanah 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Childcare for our youngest children (6 mos - 5 yrs old) on both days of Rosh HaShanah begins at 9 a.m. in the Goldsmith Early Childhood Center wing.

First Day of Rosh HaShanahMonday, September 30For Grades K and Below 11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots

Registration required A high energy, interactive service with Michelle Gold that includes song, dancing, snacks, and stories.

For Grades K-4 and Families 10 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Family Service

Registration required An interactive service with Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, including story-telling, prayer, and shofar-sounding.

For Grades K-4 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp Tishrei A variety of experiential holiday activities including games, drama, prayer, shofar-blowing, and movement for students only, led by Chizuk Amuno teachers and college alumni. Timing for “Camp Tishrei” will coordinate with the times for the Family Services to accommodate students who wish to go to both.

For Grades 5-8 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Middle School Explorations Exploratory holiday programming including games, discussions, food-tasting, prayer, and shofar-sounding.

For the Family 5:00 p.m. Family Tashlikh

For Everyone 5:30 p.m. Community Tashlikh Our entire community will gather in the Garden Lounge for friendship and refreshments before walking to an outdoor ceremony, weather permitting, to symbolically cast away our sins.

Second Day of Rosh HaShanah Tuesday, October 1 For Grades K and Below 11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots

Registration required

For Grades K-4 and Families 10:00 a.m. Family Service

Registration required

For Grades K-4 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp Tishrei

For Grades 5-8 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Middle School Explorations

We hope you will participate in our joyous family-centered High Holy Day services and activities.

Please note that space is limited and prior sign-up is required for Torah for Tots, Family Service, and Middle School Kol Nidre Service. You may sign up for these services at chizukamuno.org/high-holy-days or by returning the attached card, or by e-mailing ehaas@chizukamuno.org.

For Our Children and Teenagers Yom Kippur Services, Programs, and Activities

Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre Tuesday, October 8

For Grades K-4 and Families 6:30 p.m. Family Service

Registration required An interactive Kol Nidre service with Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, including story-telling, prayers, and parent-child interaction.

For Grades 5-8 6:30 p.m. Middle School Prayer Experience

Registration required A participatory gathering for middle school students only, led by Morah Erica Allen, featuring Kol Nidre rituals, prayers, and discussions.

Yom Kippur Morning Wednesday, October 9

Childcare for Our Youngest Friends on Yom Kippur 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Childcare for our youngest children begins at 9 a.m. in the Goldsmith Early Childhood Center wing.

For Grades K and below11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots, Gym

Registration required

For Grades K-4 and Families10 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Family Service, Esterson Auditorium

Registration required

For Grades K-4 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp Tishrei

For Grades 5-8 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Middle School Explorations

Neilah | Yom Kippur Evening Wednesday, October 9

6:45 p.m. Family Neilah Service Bring the entire family for an uplifting concluding Yom Kippur Service in our Krieger Auditorium. Following the Family Neilah Service, we will parade into the Sanctuary to join for Havdalah and the final shofar blasts. We invite you to bring your own shofar if you have one. There will be light sticks for everyone!

We hope you will participate in our joyous family-centered High Holy Day services and activities as well

as participate in adult services. Please note that space is limited for Torah for Tots, Family Service, and Middle School Kol Nidre Service. You may sign up for these services at chizukamuno.org/high-holy-days, by returning the enclosed card, or by e-mailing ehaas@chizukamuno.org.

Chizuk Amuno CongregationHigh Holy Day Youth Services

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Chizuk Amuno CongregationBrotherhood - Lulav & Etrog

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Youth Service ReservationsChildren must be accompanied to these services by at least one parent or adult. Please note: Middle School Kol Nidre Service is for students only. We will accommodate reservations on a first come, first served basis.

Please e-mail ehaas@chizukamuno.org or return this card by Monday, September 23 to the Religious School Office.

Name of parent(s) attending

Children/names and ages

E-mail __________________________Phone ______________________RH1 RH2 Kol Nidre YK

m 10 a.m. Family m 10:00 a.m. Family m 6:30 p.m. Family m 10 a.m. Family m 11:15 a.m. Family m 11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots m 6:30 p.m. Middle School m 11:15 a.m. Family m 11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots m 11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots

Lulav & Etrog Order FormOrder deadline: Monday, September 23

Cost per set: $45. Please enclose a check covering the cost of the total number of lulav/etrog sets ordered. Orders and checks should be sent to: Chizuk Amuno Brotherhood, Attn: Lulav & Etrog, 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD 21208.

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No. of sets Total enclosed $

Early pick up will be Sunday, October 13 between 10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Otherwise, they can be picked up the first morning of Sukkot at services.

Friendly Hosts & Greeters Needed! We need volunteers to serve as hosts for services during the year, both Shabbat and High Holy Days, and as hallway greeters. Please help us greet our congregants and guests warmly.

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For further questions, contact our front office, 410-486-6400. You may also contact Sheila Sandbank at grandmasheilax2@hotmail.com or 410-486-7922 or Fran Glushakow Gould, franny1912@ yahoo.com or 443-691-0133.

q Rosh HaShanah Day 2 q Kol Nidre q Yom Kippur

Thinking about purchasing a brick to celebrate a milestone or honor the memory of somebody special, perhaps for a bar/bat mitzvah?

Each permanent brick is a $250 contribution and can hold up to four lines with 15 characters per line, including spaces.

For more information or to make an order, please contact Judy Schwartz, Derekh Amuno Chair or Marci Scher at the synagogue office.

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