Yom Kippur Services
Please wear white in honor of the Chag
Friday, September 21st
– 6.00 pm Kol Nidrei
Saturday, September 22nd
– 9.00 am Shacharit
- 11.30 am Children's services
- 12 noon Yizkor
- 4.30 pm Afternoon services
- 6.15 pm Neilah
Yom Kippur Ends 7.28 pm
Light refreshments will be served in shul immediately after ma'ariv.
No charge for services
There is no charge for Yom Tov services, all are welcome to attend. Donations are much appreciated, and membership is strongly encouraged. Please contact Geoff Patz at 858/733-3777 for more information. All donations are tax deductible and should be made payable to Kehillat Ahavat Yisrael and mailed to Selwyn Lurie at 13030 Brixton Place, San Diego CA 92130-1325. Thank you for your support!
Sukkah Decorating for Kids
@ Rav Menashe and Donna's Sukkah. Tuesday afternoon, September 25, 4pm. come play music, eat great food and get ready for sukkot. Cost: $5 Location: 3905 Carmel Brooks Way 92130 Sunday. Please RSVP
KAY's Trip to the Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit Oct 21st
Save the Date: KAY"s Trip to the Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit in Balboa Park will be after the High Holiday season. Sunday October 21st, at 11am-1pm. Please RSVP to Rav Menashe to let us know how many tickets we need to order.
KAY's Torah Study Opportunities
Advanced Talmud Class: Men and Women are invited to study high level Talmud. We will be starting this Class after the High Holiday Season. Please speak to Rav Menashe to inquire further and to vote on what will be this year's Talmud tractate for the Kehilla.
KAY Chavurot: Join an informal, social Chavurah study group this year. Please speak to Rav Menashe on which Chavurah you'd like to join or create.
Work Person's Shiur: Join us every third week for a lunchtime Torah class at Aubrey Meyerowitz's office. 9863 Pacifc Heights Blvd. Suite E SD 92121
Virtual Beit Midrash
Join Jewish communities from all over America for a
monthly study seminar in conjunction with The Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Please contact Rav Menashe for this very special learning opportunity.
Community events
JCC Jewish Book Fair. November 1-10 and the 27th
The Museum of Man – Copper Age Exhibit, featuring Archeology in Israel, runs through February.
Museum of Natural History- Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit- runs through December.
Jewish and Single? A new group of San Diego Jewish Singles has formed. Contact Rose to be included at shoshilender7@sbcglobal.net.
Refuah Sheleima
Please contact Rav Menashe to let him know of any family or friends who are ill.
Member news
New members - we are delighted to welcome our new members Isaac & Allison Ciechanover & Family and Trevor & Judy Renfield & Family!
Happy birthday to Pierre Lotzof (Sept 21), Clive Stanger (Sept 21), Jordan Rapoport (Sept 22), Linda Slome (Sept 25), Greg Matus (Sept 27) and Darrah Rosin (Sept 27)!
Kiddush
Please contact Barbara Lurie at barblurie@san.rr.com or 858/792-7942 if you would like to sponsor kiddush on Shabbat morning.
Membership registration
Your support is vital! Please complete and send in your membership form as soon as possible. To discuss your monthly contribution in strict confidence, please contact Geoff Patz at 858/733-3777. All donations are tax deductible and should be made payable to Kehillat Ahavat Yisrael and mailed to 13030 Brixton Place, San Diego CA 92130-1325. Thank you for your support!
Shabbat services
Friday night services: 6.15 pm. Shabbat morning: 9.30 am. Children's service 10.30 am. Services are held every week in the Bet Midrash of the San Diego Jewish Academy's Carmel Valley campus. Please see our web site for more information and directions.
Yom Tov and Shabbat times
- Fri Sep 21: Candle lighting 6.30 PM
- Sat Sep 22: Shabbat ends 7.28 PM
Thought for the week
Making Yom Kippur Meaningful
For all special times, we hope to identify and capture the uniqueness of that moment. As we approach the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, we try finding meaning and inspiration on this day. How can we hold onto the greatness of this day so that Yom Kippur will leave a deep impression on our hearts for the coming year?
The stories of our Jewish heritage, our past, often serve as great inspiration for us, in our present. The Torah reading for Yom Kippur recounts the service in the temple on Yom Kippur. The High Priest, Aaron, would go through a rigorous process of preparation, of sacrifices, of clothing himself in his gold and, then, linen garments and his ritual immersions. The pinnacle of the service would be Aaron's entrance into the most sacred space of the temple, the Holy of Holies. (See Leviticus 16)
The image of Aaron clothed in his simple linen outfit, entering the place where G-d's presence hovers, as a cloud of incense fills the small cube is an image that we can adopt at our own Yom Kippur experience.
We too have undergone great preparation. During the summer months we mourned the destruction of Jerusalem and our severance from G-d. The month of Elul served as a time of rekindling our relationships; Rosh Hashanah announced G-d as our King and Creator, but we, then, arrive at Yom Kippur, an even deeper opening and a more intimate chamber for our relationships to grow, the Holy of Holies.
This Yom Kippur we imagine ourselves like Aaron, like the high priest, embarking on a journey to our most intimate, most sublime relationship. Yom Kippur breaks down the barriers between us and other. G-d is not left alone in the Holy of Holies, behind curtains. Yom Kippur pushes the curtains away and brings us face to face with G-d and ourselves.
In Rabbinic tradition, Yom Kippur is described as the happiest day on the Jewish calendar. (TB Taanit 30a) There is no happiness as powerful as the removal of doubt, when curtains of potentiality open wide before our eyes.
Shabbat Shalom Umevorach and Gmar Chatima Tova,
Rav Menashe
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Contact information:
Rabbi: Rav Menashe and Donna East 858/605-1111
Board:
- President: Michael Lurie 858/794-8278
- Marketing: Ian Aires 858/481-2706
- At large: Barbara Berkovich 858/353-1420
- Programs: Gary Lewis 858/538-2330
- Programs: Jeff Max 858/481-7627
- Finance: Selwyn Lurie 858/792-7942
- Ladies: Barbara Lurie 858/792-7942
- Membership: Geoff Patz 858/733-3777
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