Sunday, September 25, 2022

7:45 PM
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

Monday, September 26, 2022

9:00 AM
Family Service
Abroms Hall

10:00 AM
Rosh Hashanah Morning Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

10:00 AM
Learning Activities for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade
Third Floor at Temple Emanu-El

3:00 PM
Tashlich
The Birmingham Zoo
2630 Cahaba Road
Birmingham, AL 35223

Sunday, October 2, 2022

12:30 PM
Kever Avot/Congregational Memorial Service
Northside Cemetery

1:15 PM
Kever Avot/Congregational Memorial Service
Elmwood Cemetery

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

7:45 PM
Kol Nidre
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

Wednesday, October 5

9:00 AM
Yom Kippur Family Service
Abroms Hall

10:00 AM
Yom Kippur Morning Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

10:00 AM
Learning Activities for Kindergarten through Fifth Grade
Third Floor at Temple Emanu-El

1:30 PM
Yom Kippur Learning with Bruce Pearl
Sanctuary

OR

Music & Meditation
Hess Chapel

3:00 PM
Yom Kippur Afternoon Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

4:30 PM
Yizkor & Concluding Service/Havdalah
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary

Break-the-Fast Immediately Follows Havdalah
Abroms Hall
Click Here to RSVP to Break-the-Fast by Friday, September 30

Saturday, October 8

6:00 PM
Havdalah Service & Program

Friday, October 14

5:45 PM
Sukkot Shabbat Service

Sunday, October 16

11:00 AM
Yizkor Service

Friday, October 21

5:45 PM
Simchat Torah Shabbat Service
Consecration of the First Grade Religious School Students

Our sacred literature teaches us, “If you sanctify yourself a little, you are sanctified much” (Yomah 39a). We have just entered the sacred month of Elul – the month in which we prepare mentally and spiritually for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During Elul, we also partake in deep introspection with regard to this past year:

“What were our strengths?”

“What were our limitations?”

“What would we change in order to make 5782 a more fulfilling year?”

Elul is a special month; no other Hebrew month challenges us to engage in such a personal reflective practice. For example, during Elul, we sound the shofar daily after the morning service – tekiah, shevarim, teruah, tekiah in order to remind us to think about this past year, especially repentance. Moreover, Jewish scholar Philip Goodman writes, “from the advent of Elul until the Day of Atonement, when writing to a friend one should mention at the beginning or at the end of the letter his prayers that the friend shall merit in the coming days being inscribed and sealed in the book of good life.”¹

On this special, spiritual, and reflective month, may you find personal meaning, insight, and reward. As Deuteronomy Rabbah 2:7 tells us, “The gates of prayer are sometimes open, sometimes closed; but the gates of repentance are open forever.”

Rabbi Adam Wright

¹See Philip Goodman, The Rosh Hashanah Anthology (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973), 57ff.

2022 High Holy Day Kid Activities and Babysitting Registration
Join us for fun, enriching holiday activities for Kindergarten through fifth grade:

Monday, September 26, 10 AM to 12 PM
Wednesday, October 5, 10 AM to 12 PM

Babysitting is available for toddlers ages five and under:
Drop-off begins at 9:30 AM.

Monday, September 26, 10 AM to 12 PM
Wednesday, October 5, 10 AM to 12 PM

*** PLEASE REGISTER NO LATER THAN ***

October 4

2022 High Holy Day Services Security Pass Request Form
We invite your guests to share in the warmth of this holiday season and encourage your contribution to our High Holy Day Fund!

*** PLEASE REQUEST A PASS NO LATER THAN ***

September 19

 Although Security Passes are complimentary for members, we would be appreciative of a contribution to Temple Emanu-El for each pass.  Security passes will be available at will call on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for pick up.