📅 Sunday September 7th ⏰ 10:30  am 📍Pardes Chaim (Rabbi Tina) & Pardes Shalom (Rabbi Ryan) In the month of Elul, as we prepare our hearts for the High Holy Days, it is a long-standing Jewish tradition to visit the graves of family and loved ones. This meaningful practice helps us reflect, remember, and enter the Days of Awe with a sense of connection and renewal. Join our rabbis, Rabbi Tina Grimberg and Rabbi Ryan Leszner, for prayer and reflection as we gather in the Darchei Noam community sections of our local cemeteries, Pardes Chaim and Pardes Shalom.

Join Us for a Post-Kiddush Program: Hosted by Avital Brown Saturday, September 13th at 1:15 PM   AVITAL BROWN is the co-founder of PosiTeam Consulting and Training, which was established to assist hi-tech organizations in coping with management challenges. Alongside her partner at PosiTeam, Brown has overseen and delivered capacity-building programs for Palestinian hi-tech companies in collaboration with CISCO, USAID, and the European Union. She has been actively involved in the field of training and education since 1984, working across Israel, North America, and Australia. Brown is also a dedicated member of Women Wage Peace (WWP) since its early days. She serves as a member of the Strategic Team and was selected to be part of the Steering Committee for the years 2021-2022. Additionally, she contributed to the outreach team, focused on fostering relationships with Palestinian women and women globally. Motivated by her personal experiences, including her sons and son-in-law serving on the front lines during the 2014 Gaza War , Brown joined WWP with the utmost determination and faith that peace, alongside security, is possible. She is deeply committed to taking collective responsibility with other women to actively pursue this goal. Women Wage Peace (WWP) is a large, non-partisan Israeli grassroots peace movement, founded in 2014 during the Gaza War, that advocates for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated political solution that includes the active participation of women. The movement is known for its diverse membership across religious, ethnic, political, and secular lines, as well as for its collaborations with the Palestinian movement, Women of the Sun, to promote a shared vision for peace and security. WWP's strategies include marches, street presence, parliamentary work, and community engagement to build popular support for peace and to pressure decision-makers for a diplomatic resolution  

📅 Saturday, September 13th ⏰ 8:30-10:00 pm 📍Sanctuary Join us for Selichot services, this Saturday night, for an evening to prepare us for the High Holidays through soulful song, meditation and prayer. The evening will also feature a talk with potter Minda Davis, who will share pottery and discuss the spiritual practice of working with clay, inspired by the piyyut (liturgicual poem) of Ki Hinei KaChomer (Like Clay).Selichot 2025 Handout

📅 Sunday September 14th ⏰ 10 am 📍Woodbine Beach The 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul to Yom Kippur are likened by the rabbis to a Mikvah (ritual bath) in time. Jump into this rejuvenating and refreshing time of year with Reb Aaron for a morning at the beach including some short learning about the Mivkah and the month of Elul, followed by a guided, interpretative Mikvah dip in Lake Ontario. Meet beside the Woodbine Beach Bathing Station. Please bring and wear a bathing suit.

Tot Shabbat! On Saturday, September 20th, Join us as we learn together, sing, and enjoy a delicious Kiddush lunch!  🎵 11:30 AM: Tot Shabbat with fun activities and songs 🍽 12:00 PM: Blessings and Kiddush lunch for all Let's celebrate a beautiful year of singing, playing, and dancing together.  Please RSVP here

Tashlich in the Park 📅 Tuesday, September 23rd ⏰ 2:30 pm 📍Earl Bales Park Join Reb Aaron for Tashlich in the Park. We will gather local natural 'crumbs' (please don't bring bread, which isn't good for wildlife and the ecosystem) to throw into the river. We will share reflections, songs and hopes for the year ahead and symbolically "cast off" fears and regrets to help us enter the New Year with a full heart and clean slate. For tashlich we will gather at the Dogs Off Leash Parking Area in Earl Bales Park (Link to location here) just off of Don River Blvd. From there we will walk together to a location with flowing water in the park.