Important Emails from Beth Sholom

Dear Friends,

Please see below for a number of important updates/reminders about the High Holidays. 

Please reach out with any questions:
For the rabbis - clergy@bethsholom.org
For health questions - health@bethsholom.org
For the president - president@bethsholom.org
For the office - office@bethsholom.org
For Rachel Zutshi (Executive Director)- rzutshi@bethsholom.org

-Beth sholom congregation

Important Reminders:

• Lulav and Etrog signup: The deadline for Lulav & Etrog orders is TODAY,  Wednesday, Sep 16th. Sign up here
  
  
• Session with Rabbis tonight at 8:00 PM - “Rosh hashana davening this year. What’s the same, what’s different in terms of logistics and davening?” (in the Brodie Zoom Room- will be recorded)
  
  
• UPDATED Health and Safety Guidelines: Our Health Committee has developed important guidelines for the Beth Sholom community to stay as healthy and safe as possible. Please click here for the guidelines . We ask that everyone review this document in advance of attending services!

• Communal Shofar Blowing: If you are not attending davening but would still like to hear shofar being blown, there will be an opportunity to do so. Please click on this link and go to the second page to see a full schedule of times and locations. Beth Sholom is also now a Co-Sponsor of TheBlast DC.

• Please see this map for instructions for how to enter/exit shul depending on the minyan you are attending. 
  
  
• Getting your Tickets: Tickets were emailed on Monday night 9/14 (you should have gotten one email per ticket). Please print out each ticket and bring it/them with you on the High Holidays. If you do not receive an email with the ticket, please let our office know.
  
  
• Schedule: Please click here for a full schedule of all services. As a reminder, only those with tickets will be able to attend Shacharit and musaf. You may attend services in the evening without a ticket. Please note that the schedule for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur morning is very tight - it is crucial that everyone arrives on time so that we can ensure a minyan at the start time of each service! if you are attending the “early” shift we ask that you leave as soon as possible after the service concludes. 

• Machzors: If you would like to borrow a machzor from the shul, you are welcome to stop by during the week to pick one up. You can come to the shul and press the button to be let in and someone will let you in (machzors are on a table when you walk in). For those davening at shul, machzors will be available. We will ask that you take your machzor home with you after services and bring it back for each subsequent service you attend. Your machzor can be returned at the end of each holiday, or at a later point in time (you can drop it off during office hours).

• Rosh Hashanah Kits: Starting TODAY, volunteers (thank you!) will be delivering special Rosh Hashanah kits (which include homemade challah from Rabbi Antine!). If you signed up for the High Holidays, you will be receiving a kit. If you did not sign up, but would still like one, please fill out this form. 
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• Recording from Rabbi Antine's class on davening at home this year - click here to access

• High Holiday Davening Recording: With gratitude to Abe Cherrick, we are pleased to be able to make available a recording of the entire Rosh Hashanah davening. Please click here to access the recording 
  
  
• Dedication of Greenway: We will be deciating our Greenway in memory of Isaac Landa Z"L this Friday September 18th at 5:00 PM in the Brodie Zoom Room. We hope you can make it!
  
  
• Yom Kippur Food Drive: Beth Sholom’s Social Action Committee wishes you and your loved ones a heartfelt Shanah Tovah Umetukah and G'mar Hatimah Tovah. With Yom Kippur imminent, we are announcing the annual Yom Kippur Food Drive through September 29th benefiting Manna Food Center and the more than 70,000 county residents who currently experience hunger and food insecurity!! The need is profound, please give generously!! Blue covered bins will in front of the shul Friday, Sept. 25 to Sept. 29 in which to deposit bags of food (no glass or Pesach foods please). Alternatively, you may drop off bags of food on the porch or in front of the garage door at 11906 Reynolds Avenue, Potomac. If you prefer a pickup of your food donation, please contact 240-401-4354 or debklis@comcast.net and we should be most happy to pick up in socially-distant fashion. If you lack bags in which to gather food for donation, paper bags are available for pickup on the porch at 8603 Wild Olive Drive, Potomac.

• Shofar Blast - Youth program: On Sunday, September 20th at 3:00 PM we will have a family shofar blowing + ice cream in the Beth Sholom parking lot. It promises to be a “blast!” Details forthcoming on Yom Kippur and Sukkot youth programs
  
  
• Yizkor Books: In advance of Yom Kippur, we will have hard copies of Yizkor books available for pick up at Beth Sholom. Please stay tuned for announcements about when you can pick them up if you wish. We will also be distributing an electronic version of Yizkor. We will be having a virtual Yizkor service at 2:15 PM on Sunday, September 27th in the Brodie Zoom Room