L’Shanah Tovah!
High Holy Days services will be streamed and some will be interactive. All families registered to attend our High Holy Days will receive a link to our High Holy Days Central page and all links will be available there.
Page Contents:
- Elul Reflections
- High Holy Day Service Schedule
- Guest Speakers
- Shofar Wave
- Mishkan Hanefesh: Prayer Book
The Jewish High Holy Days are a reflective time of beginnings and endings. We welcome a new year, ripe with hope and opportunity. We close the gates on the year gone by, going deep into our hearts and souls to examine, atone and recommit to doing better. It is a profound process of self-examination and determination to grow and be better in the year ahead.
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Elul Reflections
During the month of Elul, we are called upon to hear the sound of the shofar each day and read Psalms and reflective readings that encourage us to examine our lives more fully. Beginning on Friday, August 21, the first day of Elul, we would like to email you one reflective reading for each day leading up to Rosh Hashanah. These brief readings can water the arid soil of our soul. To receive the daily reflections, please sign up using the link below.
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE DAILY ELUL WISDOMS
High Holy Day Schedule
Our clergy and staff have been working to create a meaningful High Holy Day Experience for everyone in our community. Please join us for all of the High Holy Day offerings listed below. Links will be sent as we get closer to the Holy Days. All services will be recorded and available on our website.
High Holy Day Schedule
To gain access to our High Holy Days Central page which contains all the links you need to join our schmoozes, services, and more remember to register for High Holy Days. Links are listed on this page, above.
Pre-Service Schmooze
Before some of our services, we are providing several Zoom gathering rooms (pre-service schmooze rooms) for you to join friends and other congregants. This is a place for you to greet each other and chat before services. You will be able to choose any themed room that you wish!
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Friday, September 18
EAT – SING – PRAY with Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar. Join together for a virtual and informal Rosh Hashanah evening service.
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- 7:00 PM – Pre-Service Schmooze
- 7:30 PM – Service
Rosh Hashanah Morning
Saturday, September 19
This service will include music from the TAE Chorale and the Band of Milk and Honey along with youth Torah readers and special offerings from some of our college age members. This is a TAE community service. *If you are a family with young children, please join us for our children’s service at 1:00 p.m. of Zoom or Facebook Live.
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- 9:30 AM – Pre-Service Schmooze
- 10:00 AM – Service
Rosh Hashanah Children’s Service
Saturday, September 19
Join Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar for this Rosh Hashanah service designed for early childhood aged children and their parents.
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- 1:00 PM – Service
Tashlich @ Home
Saturday, September 19
Join us for this special ritual from the comfort of your own home. During this ritual, people think of things they’ve done wrong in the past year and then “throw them away,” promising for improvement in the coming year.
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- 6:00 PM – Tashlich Ceremony
- Service followed by Havdallah
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Shofar Wave
Sunday, September 20
Do you blow shofar? Join the Shofar Wave!
Join fellow Jews across Southern California in a coordinated shofar blast. We will meet at 3:30 p.m. Please click here to email Rabbi Diamond if you would like to participate. Click here to learn more.
Click here to learn how to blow a shofar.
Shabbat Shuvah
Friday, September 25
Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar will lead our community in worship.
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- 6:00 PM – Service
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Kever Avot
Sunday, September 27
A community service remembering our loved ones presented by Temple Adat Elohim in partnership with Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks – Griffin Mortuary and Memorial Park.
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- 10:00 AM
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Kol Nidre
Sunday, September 27
Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar will lead our community in a service that will include music from the TAE Chorale, the Band of Milk and Honey and our guest cellist.
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- 7:00 PM – Pre-Service Schmooze
- 7:30 PM – Service
Yom Kippur Morning
Monday, September 28
Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar will lead our community in a prerecorded service that will include music from the TAE Chorale, the Band of Milk and Honey along with Youth Torah readers. *If you are a family with young children, please join us for our children’s service at 1:00 p.m. of Zoom or Facebook Live.
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- 9:30 AM – Pre-Service Schmooze
- 10:00 AM – Service
Yom Kippur Children’s Service
Monday, September 28
Join Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar for this Yom Kippur service designed for early childhood aged children and their parents.
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- 1:00 PM – Service
Yom Kippur Afternoon
Monday, September 28
Join us for a unique Yom Kippur afternoon learning experience! We are thrilled to welcome award-winning author Marra B. Gad as our Yom Kippur guest speaker. Gad’s, The Color of Love, an unforgettable story about what you inherit from your family – identity, disease, melanin, hate, and most powerful of all, love. Click here for more information.
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- 4:30 PM – Guest Speaker
In partnership with Kehilat Israel, Temple Isaiah, Temple Akiba, and Beth Chaim Chadashim.
Yizkor & Ne’ilah
Monday, September 28
The TAE Shofar Corps is invited for a Community T’kiah (shofar blowing) to conclude our High Holy Day services.
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HIGH HOLY DAY FOOD DRIVE
September 17 – 19
Anytime – Please see below for in-person drop-off times.
It is our annual tradition to provide food donations to those in need in our community during the High Holidays. We choose to fast on Yom Kippur, but many of our neighbors fast involuntarily on a regular basis. For the last three years, we have donated over 6500 pounds of food each year to Manna Conejo Food Bank. They rely on our donation in the fall to fill their shelves.
Our annual Food Drive will take place in conjunction with the High Holy Day Experience and Rosh Hashanah. Please bring your food donation to the temple anytime between September 17 – 19. The Manna Conejo Valley Food Bank truck will be in our parking lot.
You may also choose to make a donation to Manna. Simply mail your check, payable to Manna, to the temple. We will forward all donations directly to Manna.
In Person Food Drive Drop-Off:
If you prefer to drop off food when a volunteer can help you, please bring your bag(s) on the days and times listed below.
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- Thursday, September 17, from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Friday, September 18, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m
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Mishkan HaNefesh
This year we will be utilizing the new Reform Movement High Holy Day Prayer Book – Mishkan HaNefesh. We will be projecting the prayer book during our virtual services; however, if you would prefer to follow along from your own prayer book, now is the time to place your order.