Come Celebrate the spirit and wisdom of the Holy Days
with Ad Olam - Synagogue without Walls
- Rosh Hashanah Evening will be a home-based event this year at Jordan's Home
- Tashlich will be at Tugman Park
- Yom Kippur Evening, Morning, and Afternoon will be at Unity of the Valley*
- Neilah and Break the Fast will be at Jordan's House
Ad Olam High Holy Days are uplifting, life-affirming, and transformative. Accessible and welcoming whatever your background.
Suggested donation of $20 and up for Rosh Hashanah and $30 and up for each of the two Yom Kippur days.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Donations are accepted at the door, or
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Donations are accepted at the door, or
If you have a special prayer, poem, prayer, or words to share, or want to make sure you are asked to share a reading or would like to offer a Yom Kippur Afternoon Playshop contact Jordan at [email protected].
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Rosh Hashanah Service and Kiddish
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 – 6:45 pm
Please RSVP so we can get a count at Jordan Michels House (address will be sent later)
Welcome the New Year with uplifting songs, prayer, and community with Jordan Michels, Aruna Beth Miriam Rose, Mara Cook and guests.
Welcome the New Year with uplifting songs, prayer, and community with Jordan Michels, Aruna Beth Miriam Rose, Mara Cook and guests.
- 6:45 pm - Gathering
- 7:00 pm - Service - This will be a short, sweet, mostly musical service
- 8:30 pm - Kiddish -Juice or Wine, Apples, Honey, and Challah provided.
Feel free to bring treats.
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Rosh Hashanah Morning Gathering and Tashlich
Thursday, October 3, 2024 – 11:00 am -2:00 pm
At Tugman Park
- 11:30 am - An informal morning Prayer and song circle. Facilitated by Aruna Beth Miriam Rose and Jordan Michels
- 12:30 pm - Tashlich (casting away of the old) -Tugman Park (birdseed provided). Feel free to bring a song or prayer
- 1:00 pm - Potluck Lunch - Bring food to share- Biblically kosher - no pork or shellfish please.
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Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement - Kol Nidre Service
Friday, October 11, 2024
At Unity of the Valley*
- 6:15 pm - Meditation and Seating
- 6:30 pm - Service
Join us for a meaningful Renewal-style service with trmusic, prayer, and teachings.
Led by Aruna Beth Miriam Rose and Jordan Michels with Mara Cook and others. Cello with Amy Danziger.
Led by Aruna Beth Miriam Rose and Jordan Michels with Mara Cook and others. Cello with Amy Danziger.
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Yom Kippur Day – Services and Break-The-Fast
Saturday, October 12 – 10:30 am
At Unity of the Valley*
Please join us for a soulful, joyful, contemplative, and musical celebration of the morning of Yom Kippur, co-led by Emily Fox and Cantor Yosi Weintraub. Yitzkor service at the end.
On this Day of A-tune-ment, may we each find the space to re-align our neshama/souls with our highest and most loving potential, gracing ourselves, each other, and our world with compassion, forgiveness, and renewal, including a brief interpretative Torah reading.
Yom Kippur Conclusion
At Jordan's House
- 5:00 pm - Neilah (Closing the gates)- This is the last service and led by all
- 6:00 pm - Break-the-Fast celebration. Kiddish followed by a potluck. Please bring a Biblically Kosher dish to share (No Pork or Shellfish).
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Discussion Group on the Meaning of Teshuvah in Your Life
TBA
We will schedule a meeting for anyone who wants to share
Please read This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared, by Rabbi Alan Lew (available on Amazon, etc.)
Many of the themes we will discuss are in chapters 1, 2, and 7.
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