Kol Nidre services will begin this Friday at 6:45 sharp!  The calendar for Yom Kippur (and the next few months) is here, and you can learn more about Kol Nidre and the customs of Yom Kippur here. Customs and blessings for the meal before Yom Kippur are here, and there are notes about the liturgy here.

Yom Kippur Calendar:

Friday: Kol Nidre 6:45 SHARP!
Saturday: morning services at 9 am
Torah service at 10:30 am
children’s service 1t 10:30
Mincha at 5:30 pm
Neilah at 6:45 pm

Special notes:

• Yertzheit candles are lit after the meal at home, but before the holiday candles.
• It is customary to give tzedakah before the holiday.  In addition to your usual tzedakah donations, please consider giving specifically to organizations that help the homeless and hungry.  Our morning haftarah teaches (Isaiah 58):

⁵ Is such the fast I desire,
A day for men to starve their bodies?
Is it bowing the head like a bulrush
And lying in sackcloth and ashes?
Do you call that a fast,
A day when the Lord is favorable?
⁶ No, this is the fast I desire:
To unlock the fetters of wickedness,
And untie the cords of the yoke
To let the oppressed go free;
To break off every yoke.
⁷ It is to share your bread with the hungry,
And to take the wretched poor into your home;
When you see the naked, to clothe him,
And not to ignore your own kin.

• If you are accustomed to wearing a tallit, please bring one for Kol Nidre.  It is the only evening service of the year when congregants wear a tallit.
• Please plan to park at the office park across the street or a few blocks away at Grace Church.  The driveway is reserved for disabled visitors and the residents of Dominion Cove have asked that we NOT use the north side of their street for parking.  The south side is available but limited.
• Come early!

Did you know ???

This is the only Shabbat of the entire year that does not include a kiddush?  Come anyway!