High Holiday Information Sheet 5770
| Pre-Holiday Mikvah | Slichot | Dancing into New Year | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur |
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone will lead all services. Please take careful note of the following information related to the various High Holy Day events.
All services will be held at Seventh Day Adventist Church, 345 Mapleton Ave.
(Mapleton and Fourth St.) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
CARPOOLING STRONGLY ENCOURAGED! Limited parking available north of church (this is a shared lot with the hospital) on Mapleton Ave, Fourth St, or surrounding streets.
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN WATER BOTTLES!
MEMBERS & PRE-PAID GUESTS ONLY - MAY ENTER THE MAIN SANCTUARY ENTRANCE (On Mapleton Ave.) Please give your name as you enter. Your nametag indicates you have registered so don’t forget to get one. |
• If you are disabled or have difficulty with stairs, please let us know in advance and we will meet you at the North Entrance. Contact us at (303) 271-3542.
• Teens ages 13 and up are encouraged to respectfully join the adult services.
• GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN: It is our aim to offer uplifting services for the entire family while respecting the sanctity of our holidays, the safety of our children, and the property of our hosts at Seventh Day Adventist Church. Children are welcome to sit with their parents at services or remain in childcare. They MAY NOT BE unsupervised on church grounds! Clear guidelines will be provided when you check your child in. Parents are responsible for their children at all times.
• DRESS: We recommend festive and comfortable dress. It is traditional (but not required) to wear white, as a symbol of the purification process we are in, and also traditional to avoid wearing leather on Yom Kippur. (Shoes can be removed at the door.)
• VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please join in! Volunteers are needed to help with transporting items, making signs, greeting, baking honey cakes, set-up and clean-up at High Holidays. Participating as a volunteer is a wonderful opportunity to be a “Nevei Kodesh Ambassador” and introduce the spirit of renewal to all who attend our services. Please contact Kellie Pederson or Scott Griffiths:kellie@tandemleap.com (303) 818-8101.
SCHEDULE OF HIGH HOLIDAY EVENTS
• S’lichot Service:Saturday, Sept. 12, 8-10:30 p.m. Havdalah and chants/prayers for forgiveness. At CUCC Church, 2650 Table Mesa Dr. (Table Mesa west, just past Lehigh turn left.) Bring your shofar!
• Mikvah/Purification Ceremony for High Holy Days:Wednesday, Sept. 16, 8 a.m. (meet to carpool). Mikvah will be at Idaho Springs (Indian Hot Springs Resort), with women’s leader Eve Ilsen and men’s leader TBA. This is a HIGHLY worthwhile way to prepare for High Holy Days. Meet to carpool at 8 a.m. (leaving promptly by 8:15 a.m.) in front of the Saver’s store at the Table Mesa Shopping Center, southeast parking lot. (Take Broadway to just south of Table Mesa and turn right into the parking lot. Saver’s store is on your left.) Cost: $18/person. We will be back in Boulder approximately 12:30 p.m. (See below for PREPARING FOR A MIKVAH)
• Dancing into the New Year: Praying with the Body: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. Melissa Michaels leads guided movement-prayer to prepare for the New Year. Kelly’s Barn, 1360 Sumac, Boulder 80304. $5 donation requested.
• Rosh Hashanah Services:
Friday, Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m. Children’s services led by Reb Tirzah will begin promptly in the Youth Chapel and end at 6:30. Tickets to the children’s service include childcare afterwards. Member children who are NOT staying for childcare may attend this service at no charge.
7 p.m.: Doors open for adult services at 6:30 p.m. Services begin promptly at 7 p.m. Evening services last about two and a half hours. A holiday Kiddush will follow outdoors under the new moon.
Saturday, Sept. 19, Services begin 9:30 a.m. Registration for morning services opens at 8:45 a.m. and services begin promptly at 9:30. Children 8-13 are invited to participate in “Torah Quest,” from 9:30-11:30 a.m., an exciting interactive storytelling activity grounded in Torah principles. Cost is $18 per member child/$20 per guest child. Younger children’s services begin promptly at 11 a.m. and end at noon. Adult services will end at approximately 2 p.m. (bring a snack if you think you’ll get hungry). Please send your child with lunch, snack and drink and comfortable shoes for walking.
• 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Services in the Mountains at Gold Lake Resort: Sunday Sept. 20. Arrive by 9:45 a.m. as services begin promptly at 10 a.m. A contemplative morning service led by Reb Tirzah, includes shofar, deep prayer and guided meditation followed by a tashlich ceremony nearby, where we symbolically cast our “sins” into the water. Children 6-13 are invited to join in a special High Holiday nature program from 9:45-noon. Childcare for younger children is also provided up until Tashlich (around noon). Please bring a cushion, backjack or chair if you need one. Some chairs will be provided. CHILDREN: BRING A SNACK AND DRINK. Optional gourmet fish/vegetarian lunch afterwards at their renowned restaurant for an additional $18/adult, $10/child. This includes all gratuities. There is also an option to do their “day escape” - access to their hot tubs, boats, grounds all afternoon for an additional $26. Cost: $26/Nevei Kodesh adult member, $54/guest, $10/child; plus and added fees for lunch/day escape. This service is NOT included in regular High Holiday tickets unless registered for separately. Advance registration required! Please contact (303) 271-3542 for forms (or download them online, www.neveikodesh.org) (Directions: Go west on Canyon Blvd., driving 20 minutes to Nederland. At Nederland traffic rotary go straight up (becomes Hwy 72) and drive 12 miles west/north toward Estes Park. Turn right on Gold Lake Road .25 miles past Ward (CR 100) (Just before Brainard). Take the first right onto Gold Lake Road (again) and follow the 3-mile dirt road to the resort.) CARPOOLING STRONGLY ENCOURANGED!!!! Meet at the Justice Center Parking lot 8:45 to carpool
• Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Services:
Sunday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m.: Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and services will begin promptly at 7 p.m. Services will last about two and a half hours. There will be no special children's service on Friday evening, but childcare will be available for pre-registered children under age 13.
Monday, Sept. 28, 9:30 a.m. Yom Kippur morning, doors will open at 8:45 a.m. and services will begin promptly at 9:30. Children 9-13 are invited to participate in a “Torah Quest” adventure 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost is $18 per member child/$20 per guest child. Younger children’s services will be from 11 a.m. to noon. All children need to bring lunch, snack and drink and comfortable shoes for walking.
- YIZKOR MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM.
- We will break for approximately 2-3 hours in the mid-afternoon.
- We will reconvene at 5 p.m. for a teaching, followed by the Ne’ilah service.
- Havdalah and a light break-the-fast nosh will be held at approximately 7:45 p.m.
PREPARING FOR A MIKVAH
Mikvah is a powerful ritual of purification and renewal used by our ancestors for thousands of years. One prepares for entering into "the living waters" by physically stripping off everything that is not our essential selves. We use the mikvah to allow ourselves to be spiritually available for the deep work that the High Holiday season enables. We remove all jewelry, make-up, nail polish, false hair, false teeth, and contact lenses. Then we shower and shampoo, scrubbing every part of our body. You will be directed exactly how to do it and with what intention. Bring towels, fresh underwear, water to drink, and perhaps a bit of fruit or brunch snacks for afterwards, so you don't drive back with low blood sugar. Enjoy this amazing pre-Yom Tov experience and allow it to take you to new spiritual levels!
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