Celebrate Rosh HaShanah

with Beth El!

Join us for the Yamim Nora'im, the Days of Awe

High Holiday
Resources

Start the Month of
Tishrei with a
New Book from the
Joseph and Mae Gray
Cultural & Learning
Center!

New in the Pinsof
Children's Reading
Room:
I'm Sorry,
Grover!
by Tilda
Balsley and
Ellen Fischer

Mitzi's
Mitzvah
by Gloria
Koster

Sammy
Spider's First
Yom
Kippur by
Sylvia A.
Rouss

Click here for a
complete list of
recommended books,
DVDs, and music for
Rosh Hashana, Yom
Kippur, Sukkot and
Simchat Torah for
children.
Service Schedule:

Saturday, September 20
Selichot


9:30 pm Reception
10:00 pm Study Session
11:00 pm Dedication of the Memorial Plaques /
Selichot Services



Click here for High Holiday Service Times

Eruv Tavshilin

When a Festival begins on Wednesday evening or Thursday evening,
special arrangements must be made to prepare food for Shabbat.
Ordinarily, it is forbidden to cook or bake food for Shabbat during a
Festival, just as it is forbidden to do so on Shabbat. If the preparation is
begun before the Festival, however, it may be continued by cooking for
Shabbat during the Festival. On Wednesday before candlelighting, a
bracha is recited over some foods which have been cooked and baked for
Shabbat. The food is then set aside to be eaten on Shabbat and further
preparations for Shabbat may be made during the Festival. The brachot
for Eruv Tavshilin can be found in Siddur Sim Shalom page 716.
Hear the Shofar with H.U.G.S!
A Rosh HaShanah celebration for families
with special needs

Join us for a High Holiday experience on

Thursday September 25th, 5:00-5:45 p.m.

Program is free and open to all in the community. Enjoy singing, apples
and honey, a special service, and then join the community for Tashlich.
RSVP to Ali Drumm at adrumm@nssbethel.org
or call 847-432-8126


Click here for a list of
Tishrei holiday
resources for adults in
the Maxwell Abbell
Library.



Sound the
Shofar at the Paul
S. and Sylvia
Steinberg Pre-
School

The children in the
Paul S. and Sylvia
Steinberg Pre-School
returned to school in
time to celebrate Rosh
Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. Each group
will have a chance to
hear the Shofar and
taste apples, honey
and round challah. We
are sending New
Year's greetings to our
families as we
celebrate the birthday
of the world.

Teen Minyan
LeadsTashlich

Join our teens as they lead the
entire congregation in the tradition of
symbolically casting away our sins by throwing
bread into the lake.

On the first day of Rosh HaShanah, Thursday September 25th, Beth El
teens from our USY chapter will lead us in a short meaningful ceremony in
the synagogue backyard before Mincha/Maariv services.

Tashlich begins at 5:45 p.m.

Mincha/Maariv services begin at 6:15 p.m.
Families of all ages are invited to
join in this meaningful and enjoyable experience.
Tishrei in the Jack and Mildred Cohen Religious School
and Bernard H. Sokol Hebrew High School



Students in the Cohen Religious School will celebrate Rosh Hashanah
with songs, stories, and apples dipped in honey. We will simulate the
departure of the old year '' 5774 while ushering in the new year
5775 '' in a group assembly concluding with the blowing of the shofar
by Ritual Director, Mark Stadler.
Students will also participate in the Rosh Hashanah Penny Postcard
Project, an initiative of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater
Washington. Students will step back in time to experience one of the ways
in which Jews in Washington celebrated Rosh Hashanah in the late 19th
century. By learning about Rosh Hashanah Penny Postcards, students will
create a link to the Jewish past and prepare themselves to embark upon a
new Jewish year. SHHS students will participate in writing L'Shanah
Tovah cards to I.D.F. lone soldiers. We will have a visit from an I.D.F. lone
soldier right after Yom Kippur to discuss Zionism, and service in the I.D.F.