L'shana Tovah! High Holy Days 5778 (2017)

Please visit our calendar for complete details.

Please join us at Congregation Achduth Vesholom for the High Holy Days led by Rabbi Lenny Sarko.

Babysitting is available on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during evening and morning services for those with a reservation. Find out more.

Selichot - Saturday, September 16 - We'll gather at 6 p.m. for a reception. Our Selichot service follows at 7 p.m. when the Torah covers are changed to white to begin the High Holy Days period.

Erev Rosh Hashanah - Wednesday, September 20 - We'll start the New Year with our service at 8 p.m., followed by our annual Rosh Hashanah Reception. The chance to kindle new and old friendships is especially significant this sacred time of year.

• Our MInyan Katan children's service and program begins at 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Lenny and is designed for those in kindergarten through 5th grade with their parents. After the brief service, crafts, stories, music, and more continue for children until noon. Find out more.

• Our Rosh Hashanah morning service begins at 10 a.m. led by Rabbi Lenny Sarko with musical accompaniment by Dr. Gary Helfin. Hear the sound of the shofar as we welcome the new year. FOrTY, our high school youth group, will serve apples & honey after the service.

• Tashlich Service & PJ Library Program - Thursday, September 21 - Following the morning service, please join Rabbi Lenny at 12:30 p.m. at Foster Park (Pavilion 2) as we symbolically cast away our sins in the St. Mary's River. A joint program with Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne and Congregation B’nai Jacob.

Yom Kippur - Saturday, September 30 - Please allow plenty of time to get to the Temple this morning due to the traffic advisory in the area due to the Fort4Fitness race. Old Mill Road will be closed. Please see the traffic advisory and take a look at the race map. 

• MInyan Katan Children's Service and Program begins at 9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Lenny and is designed for those in kindergarten through 5th grade with their parents. After the brief service, crafts, stories, music, and more continue for children until noon. Find out more.
  
• Morning Worship begins at 10 a.m.
• Yizkor (Memorial) Service begins around noon. We'll also dedicate yahrzeit plaques added during the past year.
• Study Session with Rabbi Lenny from 2 to 3 p.m. - We'll discuss the Book of Psalms
• Afternoon Service at 4 p.m. - We'll focus on the Book of Jonah
• Neilah (Concluding) Service - 5 p.m.
• Break-the-Fast follows - 6 p.m. Please make a reservation by Friday, September 22.

High Holy Days Food Drive to help the food bank at Wellspring Interfaith Social Services. Please pick up a bag on Rosh Hashanah and return on Yom Kippur filled with non-perishable food and household items.

Sukkot Celebration, Dinner, and Sukkah Decorating - Friday, October 6 - A casual “Pizza in the Hut” dinner and decorating at 6 p.m. and service at 7 p.m. Our Shabbat Katan families with little ones are invited to be part of the fun as we launch another year of our monthly program introducing small children to the joys of Judaism. Please make a dinner reservation by Wednesday, September 27. 

Simchat Torah Service - Friday, October 13 - Service at 7 p.m. 

All are welcome to join us for worship services for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. In addition, we mark the New Year with an erev Rosh Hashanah Reception and end the Days of Awe with a congregational break-the-fast meal. We commemorate Hanukkah with a special service and Passover with a congregational Second Seder. Our Shavuot service usually is held in conjunction with Confirmation of our 10th grade students.

Please see the Temple calendar for specific times and details. If you have further questions, contact the Temple office at 744-4245.