Rabbi Michal Shekel will lead services together with Tanya Sermer as cantorial soloist.  Service dates and times are as follows:

Erev Rosh Hashanah	Wednesday, September 28	7:00 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah Day 1	Thursday, September 29	10:00 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah Day 2	Friday, September 30	10:00 a.m.
Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre	Friday, October 7	7:00 p.m.
Yom Kippur	Saturday, October 8	10:00 a.m.
Concluding Service/Yizkor	Saturday, October 8	5:00 p.m.

As in past years, we celebrate Tashlich, the traditional casting-off of one’s sins, following services on the second day of Rosh Hashanah.   Tashlich will take place at Fairy Lake, a short walk from our new home.

Yom Kippur services will end with another Or Hadash tradition, Break-the-Fast.

Members

High Holy Day tickets are included in your annual membership and will be issued to all members in good standing who have completed and submitted the High Holy Day Ticket Request Form available below.  Please take the time now to order your tickets to ensure that you receive them.

High Holy Day Services at Or Hadash are warm, inclusive and participatory.  Our services are enhanced by the participation of you, our members.  There are many ways for members to be involved in the services:

-        receive an aliyah honour

-        read a passage in the service (in English or Hebrew)

-        read or chant a Torah parshah

-        read or chant Haftarah or the blessings for the Haftarah reading

-        carry or dress the Torah

If you are interested in playing a more active role in the High Holy Day services, e-mail Esther Bobet at esther@orhadash.org or call the synagogue office at (905) 898-2220.

Friends and Guests

High Holy Day tickets for Guests of Members or Friends of Or Hadash may be  purchased at a cost of $165 each for adults and $85 each for youths under 18.  Please complete the Ticket Request Form belowand send it to Or Hadash with payment as soon as possible to ensure your tickets are received in time.

Undecided?

If you haven’t made your membership decision yet, don’t let that stop you from spending the High Holy Days at Or Hadash – purchase your High Holy Day tickets today!  Complete a Ticket Request Form and send it to Or Hadash with payment and your tickets will be sent to you.  If you decide after experiencing High Holy Days at Or Hadash that you would like to be a member, the cost of your High Holy Day tickets will be credited to the cost of your membership for this year.

About Tanya Sermer

Tanya Sermer completed her BMus at McGill University. She has completed the MA in Ethnomusicology, and her dissertation topic is on “Soundscapes of the Old City of Jerusalem: Musical Practice, Communal Identity, and the Politics of Place.” Tanya received the International Dissertation Research Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council for ethnographic fieldwork in Jerusalem.

We are delighted that Tanya has extended her summer Toronto visit from Jerusalem to lead us in songful prayer during the High Holy Days.