High Holy Days 5781
Although this will be a High Holy Days unlike any before, just as we do every other year, we will seek and find God this year. As always, we will gather as a community; even if this year we will not physically be together in our shul building. Instead we will transform each of our homes into the mikdash m’at, “small sanctuary,” that our tradition encourages us to create.
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Online Sanctuary Portal
Shearith is proud to welcome you to our custom-designed, easy-to-navigate web portal, created exclusively for our community. As soon as you log on, you will be instantly transported! Come through our front doors and feel the warm light of the sacred garden streaming through the windows of Beck Family Sanctuary or step into Aaron Family Main Sanctuary and gaze upward at the stunning Ark. You will register for portal access by sanctuary. This will ensure you are in the correct room for our Zoom Schmmoze, and for our sanctuary-specific slideshow. (See submit a Family Photo below.) However, you will be able to walk down the virtual hall and "step into" another sanctuary during our services. Please register via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Shearith is proud to welcome you to our custom-designed, easy-to-navigate web portal, created exclusively for our community. As soon as you log on, you will be instantly transported! Come through our front doors and feel the warm light of the sacred garden streaming through the windows of Beck Family Sanctuary or step into Aaron Family Main Sanctuary and gaze upward at the stunning Ark. You will register for portal access by sanctuary. This will ensure you are in the correct room for our Zoom Schmmoze, and for our sanctuary-specific slideshow. (See submit a Family Photo below.) However, you will be able to walk down the virtual hall and "step into" another sanctuary during our services. Please register via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Young Families and Youth
We’ve planned many special services and activities for our youth and young families!
On Rosh Hashanah, Day 1, join us for a Family Gathering Moment, led by Rabbi Shira Wallach at 9:45 am.
You can watch services on-demand, when it is most convenient for your family, in our comprehensive video library on the Portal. Choose from services for Young Families (Infants – Kinder), Youth in 1st-3rd grade, and Youth in 4th-7th grade, and watch as many times as you'd like!
Additionally, we’ll offer Zoom gatherings for school-age children on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and 2 and Yom Kippur. Please sign up via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
We’ve planned many special services and activities for our youth and young families!
On Rosh Hashanah, Day 1, join us for a Family Gathering Moment, led by Rabbi Shira Wallach at 9:45 am.
You can watch services on-demand, when it is most convenient for your family, in our comprehensive video library on the Portal. Choose from services for Young Families (Infants – Kinder), Youth in 1st-3rd grade, and Youth in 4th-7th grade, and watch as many times as you'd like!
Additionally, we’ll offer Zoom gatherings for school-age children on Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and 2 and Yom Kippur. Please sign up via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Shofar Service in the Parking Lot
Our sages teach that hearing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah, the day of blasting, is best fulfilled in person. Enjoy this most essential High Holy Day mitzvah while sitting comfortably and safely in your car at one of our six Shofar Services in the Parking Lot. Our klei kodesh and ba’alei tekiah (shofar blowers) will treat you to a shofar experience you won’t forget!
Choose one service to attend on Sunday, September 20.
12 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
3 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
4 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
Advance registration required via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Our sages teach that hearing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Teruah, the day of blasting, is best fulfilled in person. Enjoy this most essential High Holy Day mitzvah while sitting comfortably and safely in your car at one of our six Shofar Services in the Parking Lot. Our klei kodesh and ba’alei tekiah (shofar blowers) will treat you to a shofar experience you won’t forget!
Choose one service to attend on Sunday, September 20.
12 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
3 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
4 pm: Shearith OR Levine Academy
Advance registration required via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Member Photos
What we’ll miss most this year is seeing your smiling faces in our building as we come together to say goodbye to another year and welcome the rebirth and renewal that comes with this High Holy Days season. So that we can hold each other in our hearts and be reminded of the extraordinary community we’ve built together over the past 136 years, we ask that you submit a recent photo of you and/or your family. We will create sanctuary-specific slideshows of all of these treasured photos.
The photo should be horizontal/landscape and please frame it so we can see your smiling faces up close!
Please upload your photo via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or send your photo to digitalintern@shearith.org
What we’ll miss most this year is seeing your smiling faces in our building as we come together to say goodbye to another year and welcome the rebirth and renewal that comes with this High Holy Days season. So that we can hold each other in our hearts and be reminded of the extraordinary community we’ve built together over the past 136 years, we ask that you submit a recent photo of you and/or your family. We will create sanctuary-specific slideshows of all of these treasured photos.
The photo should be horizontal/landscape and please frame it so we can see your smiling faces up close!
Please upload your photo via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or send your photo to digitalintern@shearith.org
Mahzorim Check Out
Members may check out copies of Mahzor Lev Shalem, at no charge. Our beautiful prayer books were a generous gift from the Topletz family and will grace our synagogue for years to come, so each Mahzor must be returned no later than Thursday, October 15 or you will be billed $36 per book. Pre-register for Mahzorim check out via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Digital copies of the Mahzor will be also available for download. A link will be available soon.
If you would like to check out more than two Mahzorim, or have any other questions, contact Sandi Burt at sandib@shearith.org or call 214-939-7315.
High Holy Days Box
Each member family will receive a special High Holy Days Box that will awaken your senses to the spirit of the season. Along with traditional apples and honey and glow sticks to wave at havdalah at the end of Yom Kippur, there will be a few special surprises. Don’t open the box with the ribbon until we give you the signal during the Erev Rosh Hashanah service!
Mahzorim and High Holy Days Box Pick Up
Come by anytime during the times listed below to pick up your box and mahzorim. You do not need to pre-register for a pick-up time.
Members may check out copies of Mahzor Lev Shalem, at no charge. Our beautiful prayer books were a generous gift from the Topletz family and will grace our synagogue for years to come, so each Mahzor must be returned no later than Thursday, October 15 or you will be billed $36 per book. Pre-register for Mahzorim check out via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Digital copies of the Mahzor will be also available for download. A link will be available soon.
If you would like to check out more than two Mahzorim, or have any other questions, contact Sandi Burt at sandib@shearith.org or call 214-939-7315.
High Holy Days Box
Each member family will receive a special High Holy Days Box that will awaken your senses to the spirit of the season. Along with traditional apples and honey and glow sticks to wave at havdalah at the end of Yom Kippur, there will be a few special surprises. Don’t open the box with the ribbon until we give you the signal during the Erev Rosh Hashanah service!
Mahzorim and High Holy Days Box Pick Up
Come by anytime during the times listed below to pick up your box and mahzorim. You do not need to pre-register for a pick-up time.
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Sunday, September 13
9:30 am - 12:30 pm South Entrance - High Holy Days Box North Entrance - Mahzorim Check Out |
Monday, September 14
9:30 am - 12:30 pm South Entrance - High Holy Days Box North Entrance - Mahzorim Check Out |
Tuesday, September 15
2 - 6 pm Main Lobby - All check outs |
If you are homebound or living in a retirement home, we can bring your Mahzorim and your High Holy Days box to you. If you haven’t already been contacted, please email Theresa Hurt at thurt@shearith.org
Volunteers
The High Holy Days offer abundant volunteer opportunities, especially this year as our celebrations and worship are mostly virtual. Volunteer opportunities include:
▭ Calling homebound and/or senior congregants
▭ Delivering High Holy Days boxes to homebound/senior congregants
▭ Joining out Torah Tech Squad
▭ General volunteering
Sign up to help online via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
The High Holy Days offer abundant volunteer opportunities, especially this year as our celebrations and worship are mostly virtual. Volunteer opportunities include:
▭ Calling homebound and/or senior congregants
▭ Delivering High Holy Days boxes to homebound/senior congregants
▭ Joining out Torah Tech Squad
▭ General volunteering
Sign up to help online via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Social Action Food Drive
Each year our Social Action High Holy Day Food Drive provides much needed donations for families struggling with food insecurity. This year we are not taking actual food donations. Instead, please consider donating to Jewish Family Services Food Pantry and/or MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
Make your donation online via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or mail a check indicating in the memo which organization(s) you would like to support. Mail to: Katie Babin, 9401 Douglas Ave, Dallas, TX 75225
100% of donations go to these wonderful organizations!
Each year our Social Action High Holy Day Food Drive provides much needed donations for families struggling with food insecurity. This year we are not taking actual food donations. Instead, please consider donating to Jewish Family Services Food Pantry and/or MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
Make your donation online via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or mail a check indicating in the memo which organization(s) you would like to support. Mail to: Katie Babin, 9401 Douglas Ave, Dallas, TX 75225
100% of donations go to these wonderful organizations!
Lulav and Etrog
Order your Lulav and Etrog for $60 per set. Order via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Order your Lulav and Etrog for $60 per set. Order via the High Holy Days Registration Form HERE or print out a form to mail in HERE
Kever Avot
Join us in-person, but socially-distanced, for a moving annual service where we come together as a community at the graves of our ancestors to remember and be inspired by their example during this season of our faithful introspection.
Join us in-person, but socially-distanced, for a moving annual service where we come together as a community at the graves of our ancestors to remember and be inspired by their example during this season of our faithful introspection.
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Sunday, September 27
10:30 am: Shearith Israel Memorial Park (Dolphin Road) |
12 pm: Shearith Israel North Cemetery (Sparkman-Hillcrest) |
Blessing Board
In the last couple years, many congregants told us how much meaning they found in our High Holy Days Post It board. This year we will recreate the experience virtually with a Blessing Board, that will open just before the High Holy Days. You will be able to write messages, and upload pictures and videos.
Chat Room
It wouldn't be the High Holy Days without the chance to schmooze with friends! Our chat room in our customized portal will make it easy for you to find friends and family and pause for a few moments to say hello and wish them Shana Tova!
Watch for more details coming soon!
In the last couple years, many congregants told us how much meaning they found in our High Holy Days Post It board. This year we will recreate the experience virtually with a Blessing Board, that will open just before the High Holy Days. You will be able to write messages, and upload pictures and videos.
Chat Room
It wouldn't be the High Holy Days without the chance to schmooze with friends! Our chat room in our customized portal will make it easy for you to find friends and family and pause for a few moments to say hello and wish them Shana Tova!
Watch for more details coming soon!
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