ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם
Let them build me a sanctuary that I may dwell within them. Exodus 25:8
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ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם
Let them build me a sanctuary that I may dwell within them. Exodus 25:8
Note: This page will be updated daily with the most accurate information. Please add to your bookmarks and return here often!
7:45 PM
Kol Nidre
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary
9:00 AM
Yom Kippur Family Service
DRESS CASUAL – lose the tie, bring a mask!
Located at the Levite Jewish Community Center field
3960 Montclair Road
Birmingham, AL 35213
10:30 AM
Yom Kippur Morning Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary
1:30 PM
Yom Kippur Learning/Breakout Session
Stories, Music, & Laughter with Susan Koretzky – Hess Chapel
3:00 PM
Yom Kippur Afternoon Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary
4:00 PM
Healing Service
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary
4:30 PM
Yizkor & Concluding Service/Havdalah
Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary
5:45 PM
Sukkot Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Sukkot Havdalah & Sukkah Crawl
with Temple Beth-El & You Belong in Birmingham
10:30 AM
Yizkor Service
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.
2021 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 PASS NO LATER THAN ***
August 31
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.
Dear Temple Family,
We hope that this letter finds you and your family well.
For the ongoing safety and well-being of all, we continue to monitor carefully what is happening in the community as it relates to the COVID 19 pandemic. Over the last month there have been growing trends in the rates of positive cases, percentage of people testing positive, and most concerning, the numbers of children and adults who are admitted to the hospital with COVID-19.
The Temple Emanu-El COVID Task Force has developed recommendations based upon the key values of keeping our community safe while maintaining temple activities. On July 28, the Task Force recommended, and the Temple Board approved, that we revert to the Yellow Tier, indicating a status like we experienced last spring.
Here is what you should expect:
1. If you are ill or experiencing symptoms related to COVID 19, please stay home
2. To enter Temple for any reason, it is mandatory to wear a mask and follow other strategies to mitigate COVID 19.
3. During the High Holidays, only vaccinated members will be allowed to attend services:
RSVPs are required. You may RSVP at ourtemple.org/hhd5782 or contact Judy Edwards at 205.933.8037, ext 230.
Please click here to view our latest COVID Pandemic Policy.
Please view our latest COVID Pandemic Policy at ourtemple.org by clicking the COVID19 Updates link.
Should you have any questions, contact:
Dr. Al Cohn, 205-999-7422 or albcohnmd@gmail.com
Dr. David Askenazi, 205-907-6048, daskenazi@peds.uab.edu
Robert Berman, President, 205-915-7608, robertbrianberman@gmail.com