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Elul 5784 leads us into High Holy Days 5785

Prepare for your Rosh HaShanah observance here: Rosh HaShanah 101

Prepare for your Yom Kippur observance here: Things you can't do on Yom Kippur

Sukkot comes five days after Yom Kippur: The Fall Harvest Celebration Week

Simkhat Torah, what a relief and a joy: Celebrating the Torah

Preparing your heart for the High Holy Days

Read a book:

This Is Real and You are Completely Unprepared, Alan Lew

Entering the High Holy Days, Reuven Hammer

Return: Daily Inspiration for the Days of Awe, Erica Brown

On Repentence and Repair: Danya Ruttenberg

How Can I Forgive You: The courage to forgive, the freedom not to, Janis Spring

Join a class:

Enroll in the Oregon Board of Rabbis' Introduction to Judaism class to deepen your understanding of the Jewish Community and your part in it. Learn more here: Intro To Judaism

Shir Tikvah offers Torah study, Talmud study, mini courses, and independent and hevruta opportunities. How will you stretch your spiritual comfort zone this year?

Selikhot 

On a Saturday night in the days approaching Rosh HaShanah, Jews everywhere gather to recall the prayers, poems and songs that mark the holy day period.

This year's event: September 28, 2024, 7.30pm–9pm, at Shir Tikvah in the Commons (in person only). Join Rabbi Ariel in a thoughtful evening gathering as we prepare ourselves for the soul-accounting and community consolation of the high point of the Jewish spiritual year. Bring your makhzor (HHD prayerbook)

Link to register. 

Rosh Hashanah Tashlikh

Each year, we gather by the water on Rosh HaShanah afternoon to celebrate the New Year and do some introspection via the symbolic casting off of sin with breadcrumbs. 

This year's event: Sellwood Waterfront Park, Thurs, Oct 3, 2024 at 2pm. In person only, all ages, including a Rosh HaShanah Seder ritual and a traditional Tashlikh Ritual.

Yom Kippur Yoga 

Once again this year you are invited to bring your spiritual journey into embodiment with the guidance of Rachel Stern. She brings the themes of the High Holy Days into bodily expression through a fusion of her deep knowledge of both Jewish theology and Hatha yoga.

In 2024: join us for this 75 minute session on Yom Kippur day, 2:00-3:15pm at the Commons and on zoom.

Sat, March 22 2025 22 Adar 5785