Soon the Gates of Heaven will open to our Yom Kippur prayers. This year, 5782 is a Shmitta year. Every seven years is a sabbatical year. It is a year, according to the Tanakh, our Bible, when the land in Israel must lie fallow and debts are released. It is a year of renewal. As we gather together both in person and online we will be one sacred congregation combining our hearts and souls in earnest supplication to the Holy One of Blessing. We shall pray to renew our spirits for the year ahead. We shall pray for release and cleansing of any transgression and sins. We shall seek forgiveness for our errors and misdeed and hopefully, grant that forgiveness to those who may have harmed us, intentionally or unintentionally.
May the words of our heart, and the meditations of our souls be acceptable to the Holy, Eternal One and may you find a sense of peace at the end of Yom Kippur Day. May you and your family be inscribed in the Book of Life Well Lived for the shmitta year ahead.
On behalf of myself, Cantor LInsky, Rabbi Levy and our Board of Trustees we wish you a gmar chatimah tovah, and look forward to being with you during this Yom Kippur.
at Harmony Gold By now we have registered everyone for Yom Kippur so if someone who is a member, guest of a member, or non-member who paid for tickets didn't receive the email confirmation with their link to access the services online, please emailhhd@kol-ami.org
Non-members can purchase in-person ticket and online accesshere .
Proof of vaccination required if you are coming in-person upload your vaccination card here If you're coming in person please check in early*
Yom Kippur Thursday, September 16 at Harmony Gold Morning Service 10:00 AM
If you're coming in person please check in early* Torah Service (AM) 11:30 AM 12-Step Meeting 12:30 PM Register Family Service [Online Only] 1:00 PM Register Torah Study w/ Rabbi Levy 2:15 PM Register Torah Service (PM) 3:30 PM
If you're coming in person please check in early* Afternoon Service 4:00 PM Yizkor Service 4:45 PM Neilah 5:15 PM Proof of vaccination required if you are coming in-person upload your vaccination card here
*We are asking those who are coming for Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur in person to Harmony Gold to arrive early, to make sure they are checked in on time for the begining of the service. For Kol Nidre on Wednesday, September 15, please come at 7:00 PM. Plan to come early for check in also on Thursday September 16: Morning check in by 9:40 am and afternoon check in by 3:15 PM.
Shabbat Services Friday, September 17 at 6:30 PM Join Rabbi Levy and Student Rabbi Elana Rabishaw in welcoming Shabbat with prayers and music, in-person at the Kol Ami Sanctuary and online on FacebookYouTube, and on our temple website. Register for in-person.
L'chayim/To LIfe: A Sukkot Celebration Monday, September 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy for a Sukkot celebration at Kol Ami in our Temple Sukkah at 7 pm. Join us for a toast to life as we say l'chayim, share in a glass of wine/apple champagne and bring in the goodness of the Holiday of Sukkot together REGISTER
Drum Circle: A Musical Sukkot Shabbat Friday, September 24 at 6:30 PM
Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy for a special, musical Kabbalat Shabbat for Sukkot, to be held outdoors in the Kol Ami Sukkah. As a way of renewing our spirits in the new year, the service will include a drum circle facilitated by guest musician Diana Lynn Wallace. REGISTER HERE
MOKA Sukkot Brunch Sunday, September 26 at 11:00 AM Join the Men of Kol Ami as we welcome our new assistant rabbi with brunch, a bit of learning, and shmoozing in the Kol Ami sukkah. Please register in advance and we hope to see you there! REGISTER HERE
"Tattooed Torah" Family Screening Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Join us for a special online screening of Tattood Torah, an animated short film that recounts the true story of the rescue and restoration of a small Torah from Brno, Czechoslovakia, and teaches the Holocaust not only as a period of destruction but also as an opportunity for redemption. REGISTER HERE
Simchat Torah Celebration Monday, September 27 at 6:30 PM
Join our clergy in-person and online for an evening of celebration to mark the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. With torah readings and movie screening: The Tattooed Torah. Rabbi Brett Kopin, co-creator of the movie, will join us for the evening. REGISTER HERE
Sova Holiday Food Drive SOVA is a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community through food distribution and offering a wide range of supportive services. Every year in July and August, Congregation Kol Ami joins the effort of helping with food donations. As we go back to in-person service, we ask you to pay your personal tribute toward a world without hunger. Whether you come for Shabbat Service, or every other time you come to temple bring donated groceries to put in the Sova barrels inside the building: Pasta, toiletries, tuna, salmon, peanut and almond butter, canned goods etc.
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