the shofar - Temple Adat Shalom

September - October 2007
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Challenge Yourself:
Give a D’var Torah
Do you want an intellectual challenge? Call Natalie
Diamond (858) 451-6913 or e-mail her at ndiamond@san.
rr.com to volunteer to provide a D’var Torah on a
Saturday morning. This is an exciting opportunity to
share your personal interpretation of the weekly Torah
portion or share your opinions on a topic of Jewish
interest.
Absences From School For The
High Holy Days
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Absences from school for the High Holy Days are
considered excused absences for internal purposes by the
Poway Unified School District. This means that students
will not be penalized for attendance awards or academic
honors when absent from school for the High Holy Days.
A formal letter should be written to the school explaining
the absence. A sample letter is available at the Temple
office. If you have questions regarding this matter, please
feel free to contact Rabbi Malino at the Temple office.
Save the Date for the
Jewish Heritage Tour of
Eastern Europe
with Cantor Frank
April 28, 2008 - May 9, 2008.
Join Cantor Frank on an exciting congregational tour
of Eastern Europe April 28, 2008 - May 9, 2008.
Included in this trip will be all the famous Jewish
sites in Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest and Prague. In
addition, our tour will meet up for a memorable day
participating in the 20th anniversary March of The
Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom Ha-
Shoah. For more information contact Cantor Lori
Frank at the Temple office 858-451-1200.
Camp Shabbat Is Coming...
Friday, September 7, 2007
Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Service at 7:30 p.m.
On Friday, September 7th, there will be a special
Shabbat program for all campers who attended
Jewish Overnight camps this summer.
• 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Pizza Dinner
and Activities in the Courtyard. (Campers
attend as guests of the Youth Committee - no
charge for dinner, or the entire family can
have dinner for just $15) RSVP required by
September 6 to the Mosad Shalom School
office 858-451-8480.
• 7:30 p.m. - Shabbat Services with
Camper Participation begins.
For information about being a participant contact
Fran at the Temple office at 858-451-1200.
High Holy Day Prayer Books
It is customary that our members bring their own
prayer books to High Holyday services. It is
necessary that each congregant have his or
her own book. If you do not have Avot v’Imahot
prayer book stickers in your prayer books, you may
pick them up at the Temple office. You may purchase
Gates of Repentance in advance at the Temple office
for a cost of $20 each.
In our use of The Gates of Repentance during our
TAS High Holyday worship, you may have observed
variations in the text. While the 1978 edition of the
book provides compatible pagination, the more recent
publication of 1996 contains text changes in addition
to its gender sensitive features. Please understand
that there is nothing we can do about this as the
Central Conference of American Rabbis, publisher of
our High Holy Day machzor (prayer book), currently
only makes the 1996 edition available. You will
be hearing these changes from the bimah as well
since our pulpit copies will have to be replaced by
the newer gender sensitive version of 1996. Should
you have further questions about this, please contact
Rabbi Malino.