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High Holidays 5785/2024 With Kadima

This Moment: לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה

LaZman HaZeh: High Holy Days During These Times

With open hearts, with broken hearts, let us gather to mark the season of renewal at this moment: lazman hazeh. It is said Rosh HaShanah is an opening for great renewal. Our tradition passes down a waterfall of occasions this season that merit the use of the Shehechiyanu, our classic blessing for renewal, offering gratitude for arriving at this season. For those of us who have been granted life, joy, connection, and community this year, may we find the capacity to be grateful.

But we also must ask the excruciating: is renewal even possible at this moment?

Join Kadima for the season of renewal at this moment. Together, let us see if indeed there is an answer, and, if not, to feel the pain of it together.

Register below with your presence, your financial generosity, and/or your contribution of wise labor.

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Services will be held at Plymouth UCC Church and live on Zoom, unless otherwise stated. Masks required for all in person, indoor services and activites. 

Address:
Plymouth UCC Church
1217 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
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We will continue to offer online and onsite options, in a commitment to our Disability Justice values to NEVER GO BACK to "the way things were". We are mindful that the health and well-being of everyone is the responsibility of each of us, that Long Covid/long term complications due to COVID are common, and that there have always been people in our community who have chronic illness and/or are more vulnerable to complications from illness.  

COVID/Communal Health Policy for the High Holidays:
1. For indoor events, participants over age three will be required to wear a tested, certified mask while indoors, and give each other distance as able. 

2. For visual and audio accessibility, speakers will remove their mask while speaking from the bimah. There will be a small air purifier at the bimah to make this as safe as possible.

3. We will not be checking vaccination status this year, but *please be vaccinated* to the extent that is available to you.

4. Only attend onsite if you are completely free of any new symptoms (that are not part of your daily life).

Click here to see our full COVID Community Guidelines.

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For updated and complete information on celebrating the High Holidays with Kadima, please visit our website. Current schedule is as follows:

  • Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, October 2nd; hybrid
    • Zoom/Room opens: 6:15pm
    • Candle Lighting & Singing: 6:30pm
    • Services: 7pm - 9pm
  • Rosh Hashanah: Thursday, October 3rd; hybrid
  • Shabbat Shuvah Services: Saturday, October 5th; hybrid
    (Not at Plymouth UCC, please email office@kadima.org for location)
    • Services: 10am – 12pm

  • Kol Nidre: Friday, October 11th; hybrid
    • Zoom/Room opens: 6pm
    • Candle Lighting & Singing: 6:15pm
    • Services: 7pm – 9pm

  • Yom Kippur : Saturday, October 12th; hybrid
    • Zoom/Room opens: 9:15am
    • Morning Services: 9:45am – 1pm
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    • Dreaming Our 5785 w/ Rabbi May Ye: 1:30pm - 2:45pm
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    • Open Source Community Offerings (in-person only): 3pm - 4pm
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    • Yizkor Service: 4:30pm - 5:45pm
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    • Ne’ilah Service: 6pm - 7:15pm
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    • Break Fast: 7:15pm - 8:30pm

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ALL ARE WELCOME, regardless of membership in Kadima! However, you are invited to join Kadima here.

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This is to get an idea of how many folks are planning on being at each service. Please mark any service anyone in your party is currently planning on attending. We understand that plans may change.

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Childcare will be available beginning 1/2 hour before the start of services on Rosh Hashanah morning and Yom Kippur morning. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer childcare for the evening services.

Kadima will be providing captions and live tech support for the online options, a fully ADA accessible venue, low scent environment, and some sensory accommodations. Please, make your needs known here if you need any additional accommodations to access the High Holidays fully!

High Holiday Volunteer Support

Roles include: registration, welcoming, set up, break down, online support, onsite tech support, pre-HH admin support, accessibility station attendant, errands, safety team, and childcare assistance.
We always set aside a list of passages for our community members to sign up to read during services. Would you like to offer to read a passage in english during one or more of the services this year?

Community offerings for Yom Kippur afternoon

Here are some examples if they are useful: "Host a conversation on…" or "Amble around the block with…" or "Stretching & Yoga led by…" or "Join for a game of Sorry with…" or whatever else you can think up!

Please in 50-100 words, describe your breakout offering. Then please tell us the target audience (age), and any A/V needs or space desires you might have. Thank you so much for offering a Yom Kippur breakout session!

Tickets are free. However, donations are greatly appreciated!

We are grateful you are joining us! For transparency, we are budgeted to bring in $25,000 through contributions during the High Holiday season. With 275 expected adult participants, we would meet this year’s goal if we averaged a $90 contribution per attendee. We expect that some cannot contribute anywhere near that and others could contribute that amount many times. Please give what you are able in order to offset the costs of producing High Holidays and support the work of Kadima generally.
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Agreement to Abide by Kadima's COVID/Communal Health Policy for the High Holidays

By submitting this form, I agree for myself and my guests to abide by Kadima's COVID/Communal Health Policy for the High Holidays. I agree that I & my party are vaccinated to the extent I/we can be, and to wear a certified mask while indoors.