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Shabbat & Holiday Services Friday, Sept 3 Saturday, Sept 4 Wednesday, Sept 8 Thursday, Sept 9 Friday, Sept 10 Saturday, Sept 11 Sunday, Sept 12 Friday, Sept 17 Saturday, Sept 18 Thursday, Sept 23 Friday, Sept 24 Saturday, Sept 25 Wednesday, Sept 29 Thursday, Sept 30 Please join us for services when your Oneg is scheduled so that we may thank you and honor your family’s contribution. Oneg Sponsors are Now Listed Online If you’ve been wondering what date you are sponsoring Oneg, or want to see what dates are still open, you can now look it up online. From the Agudas Achim home page (www.agudasma.org), just click on Calendar (on the left) for a month-by-month view of synagogue events and Oneg sponsors. If you need to change your date, or want to sign up to sponsor oneg, please contact Joel Kravetz at 781-344-0252 or jemeljr@verizon.net. Remember, it’s a mitzvah! High Holiday Schedule Rosh Hashanah Slichot Sat., Sept. 4 Erev Rosh Hashanah Wed., Sept. 8 8:00 pm Service Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Fri., Sept. 17 6:30 pm Service Sukkot Sukkot Wed., Sept. 22 6:00 pm Dinner Exchange Regular Shabbat Services held each Friday @ 7:30 pm & Saturday @ 10:00 am Erev Sukkot Dinner Exchange Want to eat dinner in a local Sukkah? Have a sukkah that needs guests? Please let the rabbi know if you would like to be a guest or if you can host (and how many you are or can accommodate) at rabbi@agudasma.org by September 19 and you will be matched for a Sukkot dinner. Sofer Visit and Program “Scribing our Legacy: The Art of Writing a Torah.” Join visiting Sofer Rabbi Kevin Hale in a hands on exploration of scribal arts and the making of a Torah. Practice the art of writing Hebrew letters, learn about our new Torah scroll, and more. Program runs from 9 am to noon. Lower School students will participate with their classes; upper school students, teens and all adults are encouraged to attend. Bring a veggie/dairy potluck to share. Simchat Torah Service and Potluck Celebrate Simhat Torah with Congregation Agudas Achim. Pizza and potluck dinner begins at 6 pm. Bring a side dish or drink. Services and celebration and dancing with the Torah will follow at 7 pm. “May their memory be a blessing” Please join us for our annual New Year Memorial Service at Congregation Agudas Achim’s Hebrew Cemetery, Sunday, September 12 at 10:00 am. The Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is a traditional time to visit cemeteries. We will offer memorial prayers and read the synagogue’s golden book (which is also read on Yom Kippur). Please join us for a moving opportunity to recall all who have come before us in our Jewish community. Synagogue Sukkah Building Help construct the synagogue’s sukkah on Sunday, September 19 at 9:30 am. Many hands make light work! Contact Brian Bodemer for all the information you could possibly want: 508-386-1166 or kandbbod@verizon.net. “Ask the Rabbi” "Ask the Rabbi" will appear as long as questions are asked. Please send your questions via email to rabbi@agudasma.org or drop a note in the envelope on the rabbi's office door. All questioners’ identities will remain confidential. Prayer Services at Agudas Achim As a Reconstructionist congregation with members of diverse backgrounds, our worship services are eclectic and varied. We aim to make our services accessible to newcomers while maintaining a healthy respect and love of tradition. While most of our songs and prayers are in Hebrew, our prayer book, Kol HaNeshemah, contains many translations, transliterations, explanations and commentary. Service leaders often offer their own interpretations or understandings of prayers to bring out their relevancy to our modern lives. We use a variety of melodies from many sources: Reform camp melodies, Hasidic chants, and traditional “nusach.” In response to recent feedback as well as ongoing questions, we have begun a new labeling system for our service styles. We hope to clarify our intentions and enable you to choose the service style that is most comfortable for you. Of course, everyone is welcome to our services at all times. Please check our newsletter or website for schedules and dates. All services are followed by an Oneg Shabbat (on Fridays) or Kiddush (on Saturdays) to which all are invited. Friday Services Friday Family Shabbat Service For our youngest members and their families (grade 3 and under), the Family Service precedes the Community Dinner during Shabbat B’Yachad Fridays. Come and share singing, stories, and prayers at this special time. In the Round , 7:30 pm, meets most Friday nights This is our “regular” service to welcome Shabbat with singing, meditation, silence and prayer. Our chairs are arranged in a circle and the leader sits among the community. While the leader may offer a short teaching or d’var torah, this service emphasizes ending the workweek and preparing the mind, body and spirit to enter Shabbat, the day of rest. Traditional style, 7:30 pm, meets once per month This service has more of the flavor and feel of a traditional Conservative or Reform service. The chairs are arranged in rows. The prayer leader [PC1]leads from the front of the room and offers a more formal sermon/teaching on these evenings. Saturday Services Shabbat services, 10:00 am, most Saturdays Our Shabbat morning service is often described as informal, interactive, and participatory. While we go through the prayer service, we may stop to discuss an interesting reading or point of liturgy. Instructions or comments are added throughout the service and the Torah reading is always followed by a lively discussion of the week’s portion. All are encouraged to add their voices and participate regardless of background and familiarity with the liturgy. Shabbat B’Yachad Saturday, 9:00 am, once per month Our award winning intergenerational Shabbat program includes an array of programming for all ages. The morning begins at 9:00 am with electives for children, adults or both. Electives may include yoga, meditation, drumming, a nature walk, singing, Torah discussion, games or schmoozing in the kitchen. At 10:00 am, services begin in three locations: adults meet in the sanctuary while children meet in two classrooms for age appropriate services of their own. At 11:00 all return to the sanctuary for a community-wide Torah service and intergenerational learning and singing. The entire morning ends with a potluck lunch at 12:15. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Services, 10:00 am, as scheduled throughout the year B’nai Mitzvah services at Congregation Agudas Achim are a community event and all are welcome. Because of the relative size of the crowds, we sit in rows and the service is led from the bimah. Family members and friends of the bar or bat mitzvah often participate and take honors in the service. However, since we believe that children become Bar or Bat Mitzvah within the context of our community, this is by no means a private event – all are welcome! Our b’nai mitzvah families are delighted to have you join with them in worship and celebration. Celebrate Shabbat! |
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