Please note there will be no Shabbat Announcements this week due to the Chaggim. Shabbat October 5th's standup kiddush is sponsored by Lori and Steve Schwartz in honor of the Aufruf and upcoming marriage of their son, Joseph Schwartz to Emily Gaines,
Your safety and security, along with preserving a healthy environment, are our priorities. We take extra precautions for the High Holidays and thank you in advance for your cooperation. Every individual has been required to register for the High Holidays. You should have received physical tickets in the mail. Security guards and New Rochelle Police will be situated throughout the property. Please do not bring any large bags, and note Beth El reserves the right to check all bags. Please allow extra time to enter. Please make sure to pick up your name tags in the lobby on the first day you come to High Holiday services. The name tags help us create community and are also a safety measure.
Please acquaint yourself with relevant exit signs and publicized evacuation routes, and be aware at all times of your surroundings and new features of our security infrastructure, including doors which lock from the inside and a strobe/siren alert system. Ushers, greeters, board members, and Beth El staff will be available to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Livestream & Machzor Pickup
For those participating in the High Holiday services by livestream, Machzors will be available for pick-up at the Beth El security desk until tomorrow, Wednesday, at 4:00pm.
While we hope you will be together with us in person, we are aware that not everyone is able to do so. We will be offering a livestream of our Main Service throughout the entirety of the holidays.
There is no parking allowed in the Wykagyl (CVS) parking lot, they will boot or ticket people who park in their lot.
Dropoff access at the front of our building is available.
All parking spaces available in the front of Beth El will be reserved for those displaying a handicap sticker. Additional parking will be available in the middle parking lot.
Parking will be available at Ursuline High School on Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur. Parking will not be available there on Rosh Hashanah.
Parking is available at designated areas in the neighborhood.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
Childcare
Childcare will be available 10:15 am–12:00pm on both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and from 6:15pm until the end of service on Kol Nidrei.
Childcare will take place in Rooms 3 & 5.
Children ages 2–5 can be dropped off for childcare. Children under 2 years old are welcome to join with an adult only. Water and a snack will be provided. Please do not bring any food into the babysitting classrooms. Only a parent/ guardian may remove a child from the room, older siblings are not permitted to pick up younger siblings.
Nursing Room
Located in Room 4 throughout the holidays.
Quiet Space & Buddy Program Room 102 is reserved as a quiet room throughout the holidays. Children must be accompanied by an adult when using this space. There will be couches to relax on, books to read, and games to play. This room is designed by our Keruv Committee to ensure a comfortable space for those that need a break from the holiday bustle. In addition to the Quiet Room, for parents with a developmentally disabled child, Keruv will arrange for a "buddy” to stay with your child to enable parents to attend services. Please reach out to the main office if you would like more information.
High Holiday Food Drive Please bring in non-perishable, un-opened, and non-expired food items for this year's High Holiday food drive. Collection bins are located outside the front office and food can be delivered during Beth El open hours through Friday, October 18th.
On May 22 of this year, an all-star group of klezmer musicians and Jewish singers met at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, NY under the auspices of Shoresh Halev Center for Jewish Music at Beth El to record 8 new compositions by klezmer giant Frank London. These brilliant new songs are meant to be sung while dancing hakafot on Simchat Torah. The recording session was held on the eve of Frank’s treatment for a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer and what ensued was a beautiful evening of spiritual uplift and close loving Jewish community. In hopes of sharing the power of this music, today we are premiering the first of these eight new songs: L’Adonai Ha’aretz which uses Psalm 24, the Psalm for Sunday, as a text. The text translates to “The earth is Adonai’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell in it. For God founded it upon the ocean, set it on the nether-streams.”
The full album “In The City of God” will be released
Mazal tov to Lori & Steve Schwartz on the Aufruf and upcoming marriage of their son, Joseph Schwartz to Emily Gaines, daughter of Andrew & Monica Gaines.
Those marking a simcha, observing the loss of a loved one, or someone who is sick or recovering from an illness have delighted/comforted that their lifecycle event has inspired generosity. If you would like to make a donation to Beth El in honor or in memory, please click here.
MISHEBERACH LIST If you would like to add a name to the Misheberach list, please email Rabbi Sitkin at zsitkin@bethelnr.org.
