8:30 AM - Special Yizkor Servicefollowing the Hoshana Rabbah morning services officiated by Rabbi Howard Morrison and Rabbi David Grundland in Toronto and Cantor Lipa Glantz in Israel. Click here for the Yizkor service prayers Where:FACEBOOK LIVEorZOOM
6:25 PM - Candle Lighting
6:30 PM -Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv for Shabbat/Shemini Atzeret Mincha, Reading of the Shabbat Yahrzeits, and Kabbalat Shabbat (up to and including L'cha dodi) Where: Main Sanctuary / Livestream
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
Shmini Atzeret 9:30 AM - Shabbat and Shmini Atzeret (Yizkor) Where: Main Sanctuaryclick to register / Livestream Yizkor service following Musaf - There will be a speaker in the parking lot where you can listen to the Yizkor service, while still being socially distant.
6:30 PM - Mincha/Maariv end of Shabbat Where: Main Sanctuary click to register / Livestream 7:23 pm - Candle Lighting
Thanksgiving - OFFICE CLOSED 8:00 AM - Shacharit Where: FACEBOOK LIVEor ZOOM Sponsor: Shacharit is sponsored this morning by Randi Stern & Fred Strieman on the 15th yahrzeit of Randi's beloved father, Izy Stern ז״ל - he was a giant of a man, loved and respected by all.
12:00 PM - Rabbi Morrison's Study Class - Pirkei Avot - The Wisdom of the Sages Where: ZOOM The passcode can be found on our website
3:30 PM - Virtual Coffee and Conversation Join us in our virtual cafe. What are you doing during the day? Did you watch any good movies or TV series? Did you make a great recipe? How are you feeling? Say hello to your friends. Where: ZOOMThe passcode can be found on our website
7:30 PM - Continuing Education with Phyllis Taylor - Whispers and Wisdom of the Prision LadyClick here to registerZoom link will be made available to registered attendees
9:30 AM - Tefillah Training with Rabbi David Where: ZOOM
12:00 PM - Rabbi Morrison's Study Class - Parshat Ha'Shavua - The Weekly Torah Portion Where: ZOOM The passcode can be found on our website
1:30 PM - Lunch and Literature - The Third Daughter reviewed by Philippa Sheppard Click here to registerZoom link will be made available to registered attendees
3:30 PM - Virtual Coffee and Conversation Join us in our virtual cafe. What are you doing during the day? Did you watch any good movies or TV series? Did you make a great recipe? How are you feeling? Say hello to your friends. Where: ZOOMThe passcode can be found on our website 6:20 PM - Mincha/Maariv Where: FACEBOOK LIVE or ZOOM
5:00 PM - Getting Ready for Shabbat with Bryna Where: Zoom
5:30 PM -Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv for Shabbat/Shemini Atzeret Mincha, Reading of the Shabbat Yahrzeits, and Kabbalat Shabbat (up to and including L'cha dodi) Where: FACEBOOK LIVEor ZOOM 6:13 PM - Candle Lighting
Click here for a version of kaddish that can be said without a minyan
FROM RABBI MORRISON
Celebrating Torah inside and out
Dear Congregational Family,
As with the High Holy Days, the current Festival of Sukkot has felt very different. In part, the difference has been felt by not encircling the sanctuary during the recitation of Hoshanot. Nevertheless, I am grateful that we had a full service in the sanctuary on the first two days of Sukkot, and that many people participated via livestream.
I anticipate a strange feeling on Simchat Torah this coming Saturday night and Sunday. Normally, we dance with the Torah scrolls and encircle the sanctuary. For obvious safety concerns, there will be no group dancing this year. Nevertheless, the most important feature of Simchat Torah is the annual transition from completing the fifth and last book of the Torah to staring anew with the first book of the Torah. The cycle of endings and beginnings defines the chapters of our lives and the chapters of our people's history.
Two weeks ago on Rosh Hashanah, I was spiritually and emotionally overwhelmed when over 150 people filled the parking lot to hear the Shofar live in person after indoor services were completed. Weather permitting, after indoor services are completed this coming Sunday on Simchat Torah, we will read the entire last portion of the Torah followed by the first chapter of the Torah outside in the parking lot for those who wish to celebrate the ending and beginning of the Torah reading cycle in person in an outdoor setting.
Inside or outside, the message of the Torah is that our values come with us wherever we are. By reading the ending and the beginning indoors and outdoors, we celebrate the complete immersion of Torah in our lives.
Myrna Lefko and family on the loss of her husband, Louis Lefkoז״ל
JOIN US IN PERSON FOR SHABBAT! 9:30 AM WEEKLY Pre-registration required -- Click to register
*Registration opens each week on Tuesday and closes Friday at 12 PM
OUTREACH COMMUNITY PROJECT We hope to provide access to our livesteam to seniors in our community, as well as retirement residences. If you have working tablets, laptops or can donate airmiles for us to purchase some, please contact the office at 416-633-3838
Would you like a misheberach said for someone who is ill? Please email Rabbi David
In our new norm with online Clergy led private services, Divrei Torah, Torah Readings, Cantorial Music, Rabbi Lectures and Classes, you too can also sponsor one of these weekly online live sessions in honour of your Simchas or in memory of your loved ones for a donation of $54.
Your generous sponsorship will be included in the weekly e-blast, as well as mentioned by the clergy at the beginning and end of the online live session you are sponsoring. While we are temporarily closed due to this health crisis, it is imperative we continue to keep our synagogue operating at this time thereby ensuring we are able to once again open our doors to you - our dedicated members, and to the Jewish community when it is viable to do so.
The Executive, Board and Clergy thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. Best wishes for a healthy and safe Shabbat.
