Welcome to our sukkah

Temple Israel will hold an ushpizin service to welcome guests to our sukkah during family Shabbat services at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. A potluck dinner in the sukkah will follow.

In the picture above, Religious and Hebrew School students had just finished decorating the sukkah with a blessing chain, stars of David and natural vegetation. Each student wrote three things for which they are thankful and three hopes for the world on the individual rings of the five-foot chain.

Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur services will be observed at Temple Israel as follows:

Tuesday, Sept. 25 

• 8 p.m. Kol Nidrei

Wednesday, Sept. 26

• 10 a.m. Morning Service
• 11 a.m. Family Service
• 1:30 p.m. Community Discussion
• 3:30 p.m. Mincha Service
• 4:45 p.m. Avodah and Martyrology Service
• 5:15 p.m. Yizkor Service
• 6:30 p.m. Tekiah Gedolah

Please join us for this annual Jewish observance of fasting, prayer and repentance.

day of sounding the shofar

Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, will be observed and celebrated Sunday, Sept. 16 through Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Temple Israel. The list of services follows.

• Sunday, Sept. 16: 8 p.m. evening service.
• Monday, Sept. 17: 10 a.m. morning service; 11 a.m. family service; 1:30 p.m. tashlich service at Chester Bowl.
• Tuesday, Sept. 18: 10 a.m. morning service.

Come hear the blast of the shofar and join us in these days of celebration and self-assessment. L'shanah tovah tikateyvu! (May you be inscribed for a good year!)