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5778

5778
A Time For
Reinventing
Mario Rojzman, Rabbi
Rosh Hashanah is the longest day of the year (I already know dear reader, what you are
thinking…that there must be some mistake!!!!) and that the longest day, must be
found during the June Solstice, between June 20 and 22 depending on the year and
the local time zone. But what I am saying is also true. Rosh Hashanah is known in the
Talmud as the “Yoma de Arichta”, a day that is 48 hours long, that day that so many
times we would love to have. We are entering the period of days of balance and
introspection, that well used, represent a sacred opportunity, but if the opportunity is
missed they are just LONG DAYS.
Some people measure time with a watch, others with the calendar. But for me, I measure
the year from Rosh Hashanah to Rosh Hashanah. Maybe it is because I am a religious Jew,
or maybe it is a professional deformation.
Having the privilege of being on the Bima, allows me the Holy (Sacred) opportunity to see
reflected in individuals or family groups, the passage of time. I can see the young girl that
celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in this place not long ago and now she is a woman. I can see
that family of “scared” newcomers, converted into an established family in the community. I
can see the one who is suffering within the confines of a family with a sickness, that, as an
intruder, has snuck in and has changed the way of life for everyone for forever. I can see
from the Bima those who have come from afar to spend Rosh Hashanah with you. I can also
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see who has been added to your family and who is
missing. I can see the joy on your face for your
daughter, who recently got married, or your son who
was accepted to college, but is here at your side.
This is our 15th Rosh Hashanah here at Beth Torah. It is
inevitable that this number does not generate
reflections for me. As I say to myself, 15 years ago, I left
South America and had to REINVENT myself as a person,
as a Rabbi and as part of my family. But, thinking about
it, the history of the Jewish People lies in REINVENTING
itself. REINVENTING ourselves is what we did when the
Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed and for 2000 years
we were driven into the Diaspora. REINVENTING
ourselves is what we did when we consciously took
upon ourselves the destruction and annihilation of 1/3
of our people in the Holocaust and REINVENTING
ourselves is what we have done since the State of Israel
was created.
REINVENTING oneself is what all the principal characters
in the Torah did:
1. While playing hiding and seek from life, Adam and
Eve were forced to leave the Garden of Eden. This
departure, represents the actual moment in which they
grow up. In the Garden of Eden, they lived a naive life,
like the life of an infant where they had everything
served to them. But, once they tasted the fruit, that is
when their eyes were opened to the truth of the world
outside of the Garden of Eden and they were
REINVENTED as adults.
2. Abraham and his famous “Lech Lecha.” G-d orders
Abraham and Sarah to abandon the house of their
fathers’ and REINVENT themselves.
3. Moses abandoned the comfort of his home in the
palace, as a “Prince,” to begin to take care of his “People”
all without wanting to REINVENTING himself as a
prophet.
What does this have to do with us? All of us who share
these High Holy Days, have had to, at some point,
REINVENT ourselves. If you review your life, you will find
that for as long as you have memories, you are
REINVENTING yourself. When you were a child, you had
a vision of what you wanted for your future, but based
on what?? On little experience, and the small amount of
information that you had up until that point in your life.
For that reason, more than once in my life, I would have
liked to have had a Kiosk of “Sweets” to always have
them available. Maybe some of you dreamt of being a
fireman or some of you a ballerina? What happened to
you that you were not able to convert yourself to into
the vision that you wanted to be?
You GREW UP!! You became an adolescent and your
expectations of life changed. You now had more
information and more experience! What happened
next? Probably in your 20’s you REINVENTED yourself
again. Why? For the same reasons and motivations as
before. You created a newer version of yourself.
Now comes the BIG question…… In what moment do
you think that this process of REINVENTING oneself
stops? When does the need to REINVENT oneself cease?
If you have followed my reasoning, it is when one dies.
By that reasoning, when one stops the REINVENTION
process, either consciously or unconsciously, nothing
good can come of it.
One of my favorite sayings is: “You will never become
who you want to be by remaining who you are.”
I would like to share the following story with you:
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A
fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a
terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is
anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority,
and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy,
peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The
same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other
person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then
asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
I wish you a High Holy Days season with the capacity to
think, and I dare you to reinvent yourself as many times
as you need, to be the very best version of yourself.
With all best wishes for a sweet and healthy 5778, surrounded by
family and loved ones,
Annie, Daniela, Igal, Sarit, Henri, Gisela,
and Rabbi Mario Rojzman
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Cantor
Gastón Bogomolni
Gratitude
others, raised self-confidence, better work attitude,
strengthened resiliency, less physical pain, improved
health, and longevity.”
(https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/5-sc
ientificaly-proven-benefits-gratitude-398582%3famp=1)
As parents we insist and persist that our children learn to
say "thank you". Why? We may all have different reasons, I
personally do it because I want to teach my kids to be
grateful, respectful and learn good manners. But let's face
it, many times our kids, including us, say thank you just to
be polite; but we don't really mean it. The latter reminds
me of a story of a student of mine. He grew up saying
thank you as he was taught by his parents, in fact he
learned to receive a positive smile from others, a hug or a
pleasant feedback; that magic phrase took him anywhere
he wanted. One day when he was 8 years old he asked his
parents, what does "thank you" mean? What does thank
you mean to you? How can we learn to mean these two
words and be really honest? It ought to start with humility.
Gratitude can't coexist with arrogance, resentment and
selfishness. The chassidic teacher Rebbe Nachman of
Breslov writes, "Gratitude rejoices with her sister joy, and is
always ready to light a candle and have a party. Gratitude
doesn't much like the old cronies of boredom, despair and
taking life for granted."
In the scientific world gratitude is strongly and
consistently associated with greater happiness, as well as
better physical and mental health, reads a note from
Harvard Medical School. “Gratitude helps people feel more
positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their
health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships,”
researchers write. A psychologist from the University of
Birmingham noted in 2013 that the “list of potential
benefits is almost endless: fewer intellectual biases, more
effective learning strategies, more helpfulness towards
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In spite of the amount of proven scientific research on the
healthy benefits of gratitude, being thankful is not a
modern concept for Judaism, it is actually a daily habit.
Furthermore, it is the first word we say as soon as we open
our eyes and become conscious.
Modeh (Modah) Ani Lefanecha Melech Chai v'Kayam,
Sh'hechezarta Bi Nishmati B'chemla. Rabbah Emunatecha.
I thank (acknowledge, admit) you, living and enduring
king, for You have graciously returned my soul within me.
Great is your faithfulness.
The message is simple and to the point we thank Hashem
for giving the soul (life, breath) back to us every morning.
However how many of us teach this deep habit to our
kids? Giving thanks to something greater than you for
providing you with life is not just an Orthodox "thing", it is
in fact very human so and the beginning of gratitude. How
many of us thank Him daily anyway? Is it that Hashem isn't
worth to be thanked or it is that we are taking life for
granted? When I say "life" I mean every aspect of it, family,
health, jobs, career, food, transportation, wealth, houses,
peacefulness, communication, crisis, frustration, sadness,
intelligence, love, etc. Every and all aspects of our lives are
granted by Hashem, and they are all for good. Let's not be
arrogants and think for a second we can take credit for it.
Each of us are a miracle and Hashem shows mercy and
bless us daily, and yet, we don't see them or choose not to
acknowledge it, but what is worse, we barely remember to
say thank you. Sadly, we tend to turn to Hashem and give
thanks to Him when we are in trouble and only when we
are saved from it. However, when things don't happen as
expected we turn our back to Him and become Photo by SVE Productions
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ungrateful. It seems that we only turn to prayers,
synagogues, religious leaders and other places of comfort
when things don't go well and when we lack the power to
control; and that's fine, we are always here to chanel God's
support by guiding you, the main work is up to you only.
So when are you going to start thanking Him for
everything you are and are not, for everything you have
and have not? When things go well and when they don't?
When our rationale can understand and when it can't?
Rabbi Shalom Arush writes in his book Garden of
Gratitude: "Rav [Yitzchok] Hutner says that the literal
translation of these words is not "we thank You;" rather,
the literal translation is "we admit to You.” Rav Hutner
explains that the reason why these two words are identical
in Hebrew is because a person's ability to give thanks is
based on his ability to admit that he is incomplete. If a
person gives thanks to someone, it indicates that he is
incomplete -- he needed the favors and kindness of
someone else. This is why it is sometimes so difficult for us
to say "thank you" -- because it is so difficult for us to
admit that we were in need. The greater the gifts that we
receive from someone, the more difficult it is to say "thank
you," because a greater gift indicates our greater need.
It is sometimes very difficult to give thanks to parents
because we need them so much. They have given us so
much. It is sometimes very difficult to thank our spouses
because we know that we are incomplete without them.
The word for thanks is the same as the word for admission,
because in order to say thank you a person must have the
ability to admit that he is less than perfect."
Jewish prayer is an ongoing seminar in gratitude. Birkhot
ha-Shachar, ‘the Dawn Blessings’ said at the start of
morning prayers each day, form a litany of thanksgiving
for life itself: for the human body, the physical world, land
to stand on and eyes to see with. We can either recite
them every morning at home or at the synagogue.
In his article "The Power of Gratitude", Rabbi Lord
Jonathan Sacks writes that Part of the essence of gratitude
is that it recognizes that we are not the sole authors of
what is good in our lives. The egoist, says Andre
Comte-Sponville, “is ungrateful because he doesn’t like to
acknowledge his debt to others and gratitude is this
acknowledgement.”La Rochefoucald put it more bluntly:
“Pride refuses to owe, self-love to pay.” Thankfulness has an
inner connection with humility. It recognizes that what we
are and what we have is due to others, and above all to
God. Comte-Sponville adds: “Those who are incapable of
gratitude live in vain; they can never be satisfied, fulfilled
or happy: they do not live, they get ready to live, as Seneca
puts it.”
(https://www.ou.org/torah/parsha/rabbi-sacks-on-parsha/
the-power-of-gratitude/)
So what are the real benefits of gratitude? It might sound
cliché, but the reward for being grateful is more blessings
and more reasons to be thankful.,,,The Hassidic masters
have illustrated the bottom line mesaage with stories for
centuries: if you complain focusing on what you lack of
Hashem will give you plenty of reasons for you to whine,
on the other hand when you are grateful and look at your
life with positivism, then Hashem will give you plenty of
reasons for you to be happy and blessings to count. In the
mood of the High Holidays remember that ungratefulness
is one of the worst sins.
In fact you don't need to be religious to be grateful and
elevate your conscious daily, you just need to open your
eyes, feel and observe. There many ways to cultivate
gratitude on a daily basis: write a thank you note, thank
someone mentally, keep a thank you journal, pray, count
your blessings, meditate, download any of the dozens of
apps to keep a log of gratitude, share at dinner time with
your family the amount of things you are thankful for,
create a gratitude whatsapp group, etc.
If we learn to see Hashem in every single aspect of our
lives, in every object, in our children's eyes, tears and
smiles, in our spouses' kisses, in the warm water that
allows us to shower, in the plumber that made the right
pipes connections to make that water flow, in the city that
provides us with the right amount of water, in the towel
that helps us get dry, the textile company that made it, the
workers behind the scenes, in our businesses that
produces money for us to pay everything, in the energy,
ideas and creativeness we posses, and many thousands
more, we can then see the myriads of blessings and
miracles that happen to us in every second of our lives.
When you wake up every morning and open your eyes,
remember that this is a miracle on itself, and furthermore,
you came to this world with a mission to fulfill and if
Hashem decides to return your soul daily it is because
there is still work to be done, don't waste it by focusing on
what you don't have and complaining, rather OPEN your
eyes to a new way, a new routine. On this Rosh Hashana
when you come to shul to beg God to be inscribed and
sealed in the Book of Life to live yet another year let's be
sure first we make this 5778 the first of many years of
Gratitude!
Shanah Tovah u'Metuka
Cantor Gastón & Marcela Bogomolni
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Edwin Farber,
Rabbi Emeritus
Changes
Every New Year brings something ‘new’. We all come to
High Holy Days services and see our friends and acquaintances
and they are for the most part sitting in the same
seats. But they are not the same people they were last
year. They may be the same in terms of personality,
interests and maybe even commitments. But the experiences
of the last year by necessity make them into different
people. Good things happen each year and not such
good things. New people enter our lives and some leave.
Transitions occur within the family and in our work.
Relationships evolve. The changes are sometimes very
subtle and at other times very dramatic. We may not be
completely aware of the change but subconsciously we
are impacted by it. I personally believe that is the reason
why it is so important to us to hear some of the same
melodies when we come on Yom Tov and that the ritual be
basically familiar. It provides a comfort zone. With so many
other things different in our lives we’d like at least to find
something constant and dependable like the words and
melodies of the High Holy Days ritual. We don’t have a
‘Spanish’ service because people can’t follow the English.
We have a Spanish service because its’ style, its‘ melody, its’
flavor and yes its’ language reminds them of their past,
their youth, their parents, their grandparents and their
former home. We all need that on the High Holy Days. We
all need that on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur because
it is a time for ‘anchoring’ our lives and to do that we need
to recall the past and bring it with us into the future.
In fact the High Holy Days Prayer Book (the Machzor from
the Hebrew word for cycle of the year) assumes change in
our lives: ‘We have sinned (i.e. made mistakes) and they
need correction’; ‘We made commitments and failed to act
upon them (Kol Nidre)’; ‘We may have suffered a new loss
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or are looking to remember our past (Yizkor)’. If we
remained the same we wouldn’t need Rosh HaShanah and
Yom Kippur every year. In this past year we have had the
birth of our 14th grandchild and the marriage of our eldest
grandchild which adds another one through marriage to
the grandchild list. This will be our congregation’s first Yom
Kippur in many decades without four of our eldest members
who left us this year: Hy Katz at age 93, Nathan Tabor
at age 94, Esther Propis at age 98 and Ronni Mintz at age
99. Our personal lives are dynamic and always changing as
is the life of our community and our synagogue. Every one
of us will bring something new with us when we enter the
synagogue this Rosh Hashanah. Some have become empty
nesters while others have new additions. Some will be
thinking about their new jobs or new responsibilities they
have assumed since we last gathered. But there will be
certain constants which will help us remain anchored such
as our synagogue, our rituals, our Jewish community. At
the interview of prospective converts we always ask them
what it was that most attracted them to Judaism. The
answer they give over 90% of the time is the Jewish
people’s commitment to family and community. They are
right. Coming into the synagogue on Rosh Hashanah with
all those changes in lives, with all the personal concerns we
carry with us gives us a ‘safe feeling’ – a sense of pride and
belonging. In truth its great therapy and I wonder what
those people who don’t have that connection do to find an
anchor in life and a sense of belonging.
I don’t know what the New Year will bring – none of us do.
But knowing that we have a synagogue family, a Jewish
community, beautiful rituals, songs and prayers can go a
long way in sustaining us and preparing us for the joys,
sorrows, challenges and disappointments which every year
inevitably brings.
Laurie and I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Sweet
New Year and may the changes in our lives in the coming
year be mostly good and pleasing and may God give us the
strength to deal with those which aren’t.
Shanah Tova oo’mtukah
Rabbi Ed Farber

Letter from our
Co -Presidents
“Der mentsh trakht
un Got lakht”
Dear Beth Torah Family,
“Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht.” This famous Yiddish
proverb, which translates as “Man plans and G-d laughs” is
synagogue leadership in a nutshell. As synagogue board
members, we love to plan. We love Board Retreats,
special task forces and setting goals. We figure that the
more we plan, the more successful we will be at achieving
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our goals.
Even though we always strive for everything to go as
planned, G-d must be cracking up since the best part of
synagogue life can be found in the organized chaos that
inevitably ensues.
One of the best examples of this is our Neilah service
which concludes Yom Kippur. We plan for months to
have everything go as planned and on schedule. We
have board members stationed on the bima to keep the
prayer in front of the ark line moving. We have staff
members trying to hand out glow sticks to hundreds of
children. We even have someone ready to shut off the
lights at the perfect time. No matter how much we plan,
this service always ends the same way with hundreds of
people on the bima waiting for the “Tekiah Gedolah”
signifying the end of the High Holy Days. Nearly 2,000
people, members and non-members alike, come to this
service from all over Miami to experience this beautiful
moment of organized chaos and it’s not for the pound
cake and orange juice which follows. They come to Beth
Torah because that moment is a perfect example of what
life is all about. It’s all about family, friends, community,
love, spirituality, laughter and even a few tears.
The great part about your Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus
is that these life moments happen all year long. Just
picture over 250 of our Suzy Fischer ECA Children
jumping around while celebrating Shabbat with our
clergy. How about the moment when parents bless their
children in front of the Torah when they become a B’nai
Mitzvah? There are even moments when our Beth Torah
community comes together to support members
following a loss in the family.
These life moments and so many more like them are what
makes our Beth Torah so special. We will continue to plan
(even with G-d laughing) and hope that you experience
more of these moments with us in the year to come.
If you have any suggestions on how we could provide
more value to your membership or if you would like to
get more involved in making these life moments possible,
please let us know by emailing us at president@btbrc.org.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and Professional Staff
of Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus, we wish you and your
families a Happy and Healthy New Year or as our
Grandparents used to say, “Leshono toyvo tiko-seyvu”!
B’Shalom,
Steven Scheck
Co-President
Michael Segal
Co-President
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Recipes
Sweets for a
Sweet New Year
YIELD: 6
ACTIVE TIME: 20 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 1 hour
Apple Cinnamon Quick
Bread
A simple, not-too-sweet apple bread that's spiced with
cinnamon and ginger.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups chopped Granny Smith apples, with peel,
seeds, and core removed
1 teaspoon butter, for greasing pan
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter an 5- by 10-inch loaf
pan.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda,
baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs for 30 seconds with a fork.
Add vanilla, 1/2 cup sugar, and brown sugar to the
bowl. Stir until well combined. Whisk in vegetable oil.
4. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients in two additions,
mixing until just combined. Stir apples into batter
until evenly distributed.
5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with
remaining one tablespoon sugar. Bake bread until
golden and a cake tester comes out clean, about 40
minutes.
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Apple Cider Doughnut
Cake
YIELD: Serves 10 to 12
ACTIVE TIME: 30 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Tiny and chubby apple cider doughnuts herald the fall
season at the farmers' markets.
INGREDIENTS
For the Cake:
9 tablespoons (4 1/2 ounces) unsalted butter, at room
temperature
1 large Granny Smith apple (about 8 ounces), peeled,
cored, and roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups apple cider
1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
2 1/2 cups (about 12 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
3/4 cup (about 5 1/4 ounces) sugar
1/2 cup (about 3 1/2 ounces) packed light brown sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon Sugar Coating:
6 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS
1. For the Cake: Adjust oven rack to middle position
and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease Bundt pan with 1
tablespoon butter.
2. In medium saucepan, bring chopped apple and cider
to boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to
medium and simmer until most of the cider has been
absorbed and apples are easily smashed with a fork, 10
to 12 minutes. Remove pan from heat, cool 5 minutes,
then pulse in food processor until pureed. Measure out
1 cup apple mixture and stir in milk; set aside.
3. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking
powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and mace; set aside.
4. In large bowl, beat remaining 8 tablespoons butter,
sugar, and brown sugar on medium speed until light
and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Add oil and beat until
incorporated, about 1 minute.
5. Decrease mixer speed to low and add flour mixture
in three batches, alternating with apple mixture,
scraping down sides and bottom of bowl with rubber
spatula as needed. Increase speed to medium and beat
mixture just until combined, about 20 seconds. Add
vanilla and beat once more, just to combine, about 10
seconds.
6. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake until cake
tester inserted in cake comes out clean, rotating cake
halfway through baking, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer
cake to cooling rack set inside baking sheet and cool in
pan 10 minutes, then invert directly onto cooling rack.
7. For the Cinnamon Sugar Coating: Combine sugar,
cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in small bowl. Sprinkle
warm cake with cinnamon sugar, using fingers to rub it
onto sides.
8. Cool cake completely, about 1 hour.
Special Equipment: 10-cup bundt pan, electric mixer,
rubber spatula, cooling rack
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HIGH HOLY DAYS
CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
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ROSH HASHANAH
Wednesday, September 20
Mincha ......................................... 6:45 PM
Maariv ......................................... 7:00 PM
Thursday, September 21
Preliminary/ Shacharit .............. 8:30 AM
Torah Service ............................. 9:30 AM
Family Service ............................ 10:30 AM
Shofar Service ........................... 10:30 AM
Musaf – beginning .................. 11:30 AM
Sermon ......................................... 12:00 PM
Musaf – conclusion .................. 12:40 PM
Family Service ........................... 6:30 PM
Tashlich ..................................... 6:45 PM
Mincha-Maariv ............................ 7:15 PM
Friday, September 22
Preliminary/ Shacharit.............. 8:30 AM
Torah Service ........................... 9:30 AM
Shofar Service ......................... 10:30 AM
Musaf - beginning ................... 11:30 AM
Sermon ......................................... 12:00 PM
Musaf – conclusion.................... 12:40 PM
Mincha-Maariv (Shabbat)......... 7:00 PM
YOM KIPPUR
Friday, September 29
Kol Nidre (English) ...................... 6:30 PM
Kol Nidre (Spanish) ..................... 6:45 PM
Maariv ............................................ 7:00 PM
Sermon ......................................... 8:00 PM
Saturday, September 30
Preliminary/ Shacharit ............... 8:30 AM
Torah Service .............................. 10:00 AM
Spanish Service .......................... 9:30 AM
Family Service .............................. 10:30 AM
Sermon .......................................... 12:00 PM
Yizkor .............................................. 12:30 PM
Musaf .............................................. 1:00 PM
Hope and Healing Service ...... 4:00 PM
Mincha-Maftir Yonah ................ 5:00 PM
Neilah ............................................. 6:30 PM
Maariv/Havdalah ........................ 7:30 PM
Shofar ...........…..………..… 7:45 PM

TISHREI 5778/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Sept 17
24
18
25
19
26
Erev Rosh
Hashanah
Erev Sukkot
Hoshana
Rabbah
Erev Shemini
Atzeret
20
Candles 7:00pm
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27
First Day Rosh
Hashanah
Tashlich
First Day of
Sukkot
21
Candles 8:00pm
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28
Shemini Atzeret
Yizkor
Erev Simchat
Torah Celebration
22
Second Day
Rosh Hashanah
Candles 6:58pm
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Kol Nidre
(Erev
Yom Kippur)
Second Day
of Sukkot
Simchat
Torah
29
Candles 6:50pm
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Yom Kippur
Fast Day
23
Shabbat
Services at 9:30am
Shabbat
Ends 7:58pm
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Oct 1 2
3
4
5
6
7
30
Yom Kippur
Ends 7:57pm
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Shabbat Chol
HaMoed Sukkot
Services at 9:30am
Shabbat
Candles 6:45pm Candles 7:45pm Candles 6:43pm Ends 7:43pm
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Chol HaMoed
Sukkot
8 9
10 11 12
13 14
Chol HaMoed
Sukkot
Chol HaMoed
Sukkot
Shabbat
Services at 9:30am
Shabbat
Candles 6:38pm Candles 7:38pm Candles 6:36pm Ends 7:36pm
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HIGH HOLY DAYS GUIDE I 5778 11

BT2U sponsored Programs include:
Proud Sponsor
Beth Torah would like to thank the BT2U program for
its continued commitment and support of these
worthwhile programs that benefit all of our members.
In order to be able to continue to offer these types of
programs that enhance the experience for everyone
at Beth Torah, we ask you to please consider a
separate contribution earmarked for BT2U
programming. If you have any questions about BT2U
here at Beth Torah, please contact Marla Cohen, BT2U
Coordinator at 305-932-2829, ext 7818. Thank you.
. High Holiday Guide (fourth year)
. "On the Wings of Prayer CD"
. Chanukkah Under the Stars
. Disney Shabbat
. Simchat Torah Celebration
. Purim Celebration
. Pesach Seders in Spanish and English
. Tikkun Layl Shavuot
. Special Programming for our Spanish speaking members
. Special Shabbatot throughout the year
. BT College Connection - Keri Brooke Heiken College Fund
. J2M Program (Pre Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program)
. Kadima (5th -8th graders) and USY (9th -12th graders)
programs in our Kettler and Levy Families Youth Connection
. BTTeens for Israel - Israel Advocacy Program for 9th-11th grades
. Various other programs during the year
Many Thanks...
BT2U would like to acknowledge the following people and companies for their help, guidance and support in
bringing the High Holy Day Guide to you again this year:
. Mario Rojzman, Rabbi
. Ed Farber, Rabbi Emeritus
. Cantor Gastón Bogomolni
. Marshall Baltuch, Director of Development
. Wayne Keil, COO
. Steven Scheck and Mike Segal, Co-President;
Rich Berger and Jill Koch, Executive Vice Presidents
. The volunteers of Beth Torah for their tireless work packing
the guide for mailing to the congregation.
. Blue Ink Print and Bernardo Alterman, for assistance with
the printing.
Finally, to Cinthya Bigio-Poreh, President of Kadami
Group-Marketing, for all her wisdom, patience, extraordinary
vision, and creative design work that always makes this guide
possible.
Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun Inc.
Benny Rok Campus - 20350 NE 26th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33180
Main Office: 305.932.2829 Main Fax: 305.933.6955 Email: info@btbrc.org
www.btbrc.org