Rosh Hashanah - 1st Day

23 Sep - ALL DAY EVENT

L’shana Tovah! Please join us as we welcome the New Year 5786 as a community, gathering to hear the sound of the shofar and offering prayers for renewal, forgiveness, good health, and peace.

Join us in person or via livestream on YouTube. Guests are warmly welcome.  

Our Rosh Hashanah services for the first day on Tuesday, September 23 include our new Family Service. The schedule is:

Rosh Hashanah – First Day – Tuesday, September 23

  • Conservative Services
    • 8:30 a.m. – Shacharit
    • 10 a.m. Torah service with D’var Torah
    • 11 a.m. Musaf
  • 10 a.m. – Reform Service
  • Noon – All-Congregation Tashlich at Foster Park West, Winchester Road
  • 4 p.m. Joy Vey Rosh Hashanah Service

Cast Away Your Sins on Tashlich

The Hebrew word tashlich literally means “You shall cast away.”  In the book of Micah (7:18-20) we find the verse: “And you shall cast (tashlich) into the depths of the sea all their sins.”  Traditionally, Jewish communities throughout the world have taken Micah’s words to heart by gathering on Rosh Hashanah and symbolically casting away their sins by throwing breadcrumbs into a lake, stream or ocean.

Join us for Tashlich on Tuesday, September 23, following Rosh Hashanah morning services (about noon). Meet in the lobby for directions to Foster Park West, Winchester Road (street address 3900 Old Mill Road). Bread will be provided. No livestreaming will be available.

New Joy Vey Service on Rosh Hashanah Afternoon

Join Rabbi Meir Bargeron and Hazzan Penny Myers for a joyful and spirited Joy Vey Rosh Hashanah Service on Tuesday, September 23 at 4 p.m. at the Temple. Through singing, movement, stories and prayer, we will welcome the New Year 5786 with heart and celebration. We will hear the shofar and celebrate the Birthday of the World with apples and honey. Perfect for families and kids of all ages — come sing, sway, and start the new year in sweetness together!

SUPPORT THE TEMPLE WITH HIGH HOLY DAYS DONATION

As we prepare to start the New Year, it’s tradition to make a donation to the Temple to help support our year-round efforts to ensure a Jewish presence in Northeast Indiana.

Please consider being a “sponsor” of Achduth Vesholom’s High Holy Days 5786. Your generous gift will be used for needs during the holidays and beyond, from replenishing the floral fund to assisting with security, music, technology, and congregational events.

Sponsors who donate $180 or more by Thursday, September 11 will be recognized in our holiday announcements.

Jewish tradition encourages making tzedakah (charitable gifts) in multiples of 18, which is spelled chai and also means “life.” Donations offered in any amount will be greatly appreciated.

We’re proud to be one congregation with two worship traditions. Whether your customary gift is through sponsoring aliyot during Conservative services or your annual donation contributes to other congregational needs, we value and appreciate your assistance.

We have several ways to give:

  • Donate online and choose “High Holy Days” on the dropdown menu. Please indicate if your gift is “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person, or celebrates an occasion.
  • For aliyot during our Conservative service, please contact Josh Tourkow at jtourkow@tcrjlaw.com. (To donate online, choose “High Holy Days – Aliyot” on the dropdown menu and indicate if your gift is “in honor of” or “in memory of” a special person, or celebrates an occasion.)
  • Send a check payable to “CAV- The Temple” to sponsor the High Holy Days (5200 Old Mill Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46807).

SUPPORT HIGH HOLY DAYS FOOD DRIVE WITH THANKSGIVING ITEMS

This year for the High Holy Days, we’re asking you to help those who need food assistance get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. Wellspring Interfaith Social Services, which counts the Temple among its congregational faith partners, will provide all the fixings their clients need to enjoy a delicious holiday meal. And we can help!

Please take a paper grocery bag from the lobby on Rosh Hashanah and return it on Yom Kippur with the following items in cans or boxes:

Mashed potatoes

Stuffing

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Cranberry sauce

Green Beans

Canned Pumpkin

Cake Mix & Frosting

Au Gratin Potatoes

Turkey gravy

French Fried Onions

If shopping is not your thing, we accept checks! Write a check to “Wellspring Interfaith Social Services” for any amount you can donate, get it to Temple, and we will take all checks to Wellspring.

You can always make a direct donation at www.wellspringinterfaith.org.  

Fill yourself with the holiday spirit and give what you can!

Thank you from the Social Action Committee!