Shabbat Services

Friday Night Services are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first Friday night of the month, at 6 p.m. on the second Friday and at 8 p.m. on subsequent Fridays. There are occasional variations in that schedule. Check services for this month by clicking on the calendar of events link.

High Holiday Services

Selichot Themes, Dreams, and Hopes
An Evening of Stories, Music, & Prayers
Introducing the High Holidays
Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.
Selichot evening is our annual pre-holiday warmup for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This year’s “warmup” will feature Rona Leventhal, storyteller and dramatist.
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
Wednesday, September 12
Evening Service ..........................8:00 p.m.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY
Thursday, September 13
First Service ................................ 8:45 a.m.
Second Service ..........................11:00 a.m.
Tashlich ......................................4:30 p.m.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday, September 16
Sinai Temple Cemetery .............2:00 p.m.
KOL NIDRE
Friday, September 21
Evening Service ..........................8:00 p.m.
YOM KIPPUR DAY
(Times approximate)
Saturday September 22
Morning Service .....................10:00 a.m.
Musical Interlude ....................12:30 p.m.
Study Options .......................... 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Service ................... 3:00 p.m.
Yizkor Service .......................... 4:45 p.m.
Neilah/Closing Service ................5:45 p.m.

Selichot Themes, Dreams, and Hopes
An Evening of Stories, Music, & Prayers
Introducing the High Holidays
Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.
At Sinai Temple
Selichot evening is our annual pre-holiday warmup for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This year’s “warmup” will feature Rona Leventhal, Storyteller, Environmental Educator, and Specialist in Improvisational Theatre. Rona Leventhal is an exuberant artist with a specialty in storytelling. She tours internationally and teaches storytelling as Adjunct Faculty with Lesley University (Cambridge,
MA) and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Selichot evening will begin with a dramatic presentation of “themes, dreams, and hopes” relevant to the holidays. Our Selichot service will follow with its own unique prayers and musical accents.
A reception with home baking will culminate the evening.

Friday Evening Services in September

FAMILY SERVICE at 7:00 p.m.
September 7
August and September birthdays too!
KABBALAT SHABBAT at 6:00 p.m.
September 14
You deserve a break. (Veggies and snacks at 5:30
p.m.)
KOL NIDRE at 8:00 p.m.
September 21
Gmar Chatimah Tova – May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a
good year.
FRIDAY NIGHT CLASSIC at 8:00 p.m.
September 28
Shabbat Shalom – We join together as the month of Tishri unfolds.

Sukkot

Services

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EREV SUKKOT Wednesday, September 26 Starting at 7:00 p.m.
We start the evening earlier than usual in order to meet outside and decorate the outdoor sukkah. After that, the harvest celebration continues at 7:30 p.m. with a Sukkot Family Service in the sanctuary.
SUKKOT DAY
Thursday, September 27 At 10:30 a.m.
It’s time to give thanks for the natural world around us. Lulav and etrog. Kiddush in the sukkah.
SUKKOT DAY – CONTINUES...
Thursday, September 27 At Noon Our Annual Fall Seniors Luncheon will take place after services. The Caring Community will host Sinai’s Seniors. Invitations will follow in the mail.

EREV SIMCHAT TORAH
Wednesday, October 3 At 7:00 p.m.
The entire congregation is invited to one of the year’s great celebrations. We will consecrate our First Graders and then march and dance with all five of our Torah
scrolls. Special music! Special festivities! Chatan Torah (reading Deuteronomy) will be Mitch Torff; Chatan Bresheet (reading Genesis) will be Sam Torff.

Sukkot Luncheon for Sinai Senior Members

The Caring Community of Sinai Temple cordially invites you to attend A Sukkot Luncheon for Sinai Senior Members With Guest Speaker, Rabbi Dennis Ross Thursday, September 27 12:00 noon Rabbi Dennis Ross will speak on "The Wonder of it All: How We Can Have Faith in the Bible and Believe in Evolution"

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross is director of Concerned Clergy for Choice of The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State and associate rabbi of Temple Emanuel, Worcester, MA. He has served Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, Chappaqua, NY, Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, DC, and synagogues in Massachusetts.

SIMCHAT TORAH/YIZKOR SERVICE
Thursday, October 4 at 10:30 a.m.