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The High Holidays are coming up soon, and we hope you'll spend them with us at Stanton! Please Find Our Full High Holiday Schedule Below:



Register for all FREE services and meals here.

*Please note that while all High Holiday services are always free of charge at our Shul, donations are encouraged and appreciated for those who are able to contribute.*

Rosh Hashana:
Monday, September 22nd, 6:30pm Evening Services 
Tuesday, September 23rd, 9:30am Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush will be held following services.
Wednesday, September 24th, 9:30am Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush will be held following services.
Childcare will be provided from 10:30am - 1pm on both days of Rosh Hashana, with programming happening from 11:30am - 12:30 pm
Fast of Gedalia:
Thursday, September 25th
Fast begins at 5:25am and ends at 7:29pm
Yom Kippur:
Wednesday, October 1st, 6:15pm Kol Nidre Services
(Please refer to myzmanim.com for local fast beginning and end times)
Thursday, October 2nd, 9:30am Services in Shul, 4:30pm Mincha & 6pm Neilah Services, followed by Maariv, Havdalah & a Light Break-Fast
Childcare will be provided from 10:30am - 2pm, with programming happening from 11:30am - 12:30 pm
Sukkot:
Sunday, October 5th, Sukkah Decorating Program for Children & Caregivers with StantonKIDS at Siempre Verde Garden (Community Garden Across from the Shul), 10am - 12pm
Tuesday, October 7th, 9:30am Shacharit Services
Wednesday, October 8th, 9:30am Shacharit Services
Shemini Atzeret:
Tuesday, October 14th, 9:30am Shacharit Services
Yizkor will be recited after 11am
Simchat Torah:
Tuesday, October 14th, 7pm Maariv Services
Wednesday, October 15th, 9:30am Shacharit Services in Shul/Women’s Tefillah Group Torah Reading & Shacharit Services
A Festive Kiddush Lunch Will be Held at Approximately 1pm Following Services.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TIMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY UPDATES VIA EMAIL.

Visit stantonstshul.org for more information and updates.

We are currently in a period known as the Shiva D’Nechemta or the Seven Weeks of Consolation. The name nods to the ancient practice that on each Shabbos, during the seven weeks between Tisha B’Av and Rosh HaShanah, we recite special haftoros from the book of Isaiah. These haftoros contain prophesies which seek to comfort the Jewish people after the destruction of the Temple and which look towards the future redemption, in which all that was broken will be made whole and God’s presence will again be manifest as in days of old.

Tisha B’Av marks a significant rupture in the unique relationship forged between the Omnipresent and our forbears. It is a time when we reflect on the ways in which we have turned from God and the ways in which God has seemingly turned from us. We put a lot of energy into getting into the proper emotional headspace and, for a moment, we do wallow in the sorrow and brokenness that Tisha B’Av proclaims; but only for a moment. The same prophets who prophesied the doom and gloom which befell us, also prophesied the restoration and reconciliation that lies in wait. We have seen all the calamity they foretold and so can trust their promises of future rejoicing. 

These seven weeks embody this tension and reversal, and even play them out in the micro. We reach the sorrow of Tisha B’Av, reflecting on how we got here and what is keeping us here. Once Tisha B’Av has passed, however, the work of healing begins. We focus again on the future and our thoughts turn towards teshuvah- reconciliation with ourselves, reconciliation with each other, and reconciliation with the Ribon Kol HaOlamim. At the end of the Jewish year, during the mysterious calm and hot breezes of late summer, these haftoros remind us that all is not lost. Despite the rupture, and despite the real distance that has developed, the covenant remains eternal and there is a promise that the best is yet to come. This gives us the strength to work up to Rosh HaShanah which, at its core, is a yearly renewal of our relationship with the Divine even in the face of a broken world.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Ben Birkeland