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- High Holiday Services — Deadline for Non-Member Registration is Sept. 24th
- Erev Rosh Hashanah Seder & Dinner
- Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur for Children & Families
- Tashlich & Birthday Party of the World
- Yom Kippur Study Session with Rabbi Booth
- Yizkor Book of Remembrance — Deadline to submit a name is Sept. 17th
- Order a Lulav & Etrog — Deadline to order is Sept. 17th
- High Holiday Food Drive
- Sukkot Harvest Festival
- Erev Simchat Torah
HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
Great news for Kol Emeth Members – You don’t need to register for High Holiday services this year!
All members will receive a physical mailing in mid-September that contains bookmark tickets. Please show your ticket and Kol Emeth name tag at security.
Members can also take advantage of the following perks:
- Request Accessible Parking — We have a limited number of onsite parking spots that are reserved for accessibility needs. Please bring your government-issued placard.
- Request a Lyft Code — Parking is extremely limited on the High Holidays. Consider taking a Lyft using our discount code.
- Sign up to volunteer — Please fill this out if you are interested in volunteering.
- Register Family Members — Will you have immediate family in town for the High Holidays? Use the registration link to receive up to two free tickets for immediate family members. If you would like more than two tickets, or if you would like to bring non-immediate family members, use the same link to purchase tickets at a discounted price. Guest tickets will be available at will call. They will not be included in our High Holiday mailing. The deadline to register family guests is SEPTEMBER 24th.
NON-MEMBERS: Click here to purchase non-member tickets for High Holiday services. Tickets are limited, and the deadline is SEPTEMBER 24th.
EREV ROSH HASHANAH SEDER
Join us on October 2nd for a Rosh Hashanah seder and dinner! Explore the themes of the Jewish New Year with Rabbi Booth, Rabbi Graff, Morat Derech Sarah Miller, and the Educational Programming team. Share in an evening of lively conversation, hands-on activities, singing, a delicious dinner, and special holiday treats. There will be specific activities for various age groups to play, learn, and connect with each other throughout the evening. SPACE IS HIGHLY LIMITED—Reserve your seat now!
ROSH HASHANAH & YOM KIPPUR FOR KIDS & FAMILIES
Led by Morat Derech Sarah Miller, the KE Educational Programming team offers special Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Options for Children and Families while High Holiday services take place. If you are a non-member, please be sure to obtain High Holiday tickets to enter Kol Emeth.
Use the sign-up forms below to sign up a child (age 0 to 7th grade) for our special Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur options for children and families.
Please do not complete these forms if your child will be accompanying you in the Main Service.
- Sign up your child/family for Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (Oct. 3) — Featuring Therapy Bunnies and two Monarch Butterfly Releases!
- Sign up your child/family for Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Oct. 4) — Includes 3rd-7th Grade Family Service with Rabbi Graff and Jeff Schwarz
- Sign up your child/family for Yom Kippur (Oct. 12) — Includes 6th-7th Grade Family Service with Rabbi Graff
TASHLICH & BIRTHDAY PARTY OF THE WORLD
Join Kol Emeth at Bol Park in Palo Alto (3590 Laguna Ave) for Tashlich and a Birthday Party of the World! Come cast your sins into the water and celebrate the world's birthday. This event features a lovely creekfront service, Minchah & Maariv for Rosh Hashanah, and of course birthday cupcakes and a beautiful playground. Tashlich is a several hundred year old Jewish practice of going to a body of water on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. We throw bread crumbs into the water as we symbolically toss away our sins. It is a short, sweet, family-friendly event with a taste of Rosh Hashanah, but outdoors in the beauty of the world.
YOM KIPPUR STUDY SESSION
Change Yourself, Change the World: Complete Teshuvah Through the Eyes of Rav Kook — What is the real pathway to repairing our world? Are there ways that our own behavior can amplify an energy in the world that wants wholeness and healing? Join Rabbi Booth for a study session of Chapter 13th of Rav Kook's magnificent book, On Repentance. This study session will begin at 3:00 pm in the Main Sanctuary and on Zoom.
YIZKOR BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE — Click Here
We are honored that you have chosen Kol Emeth as your Jewish and spiritual home. One key ritual is Yizkor which occurs four times a year, most prominently at Yom Kippur. During Yizkor, we set aside time together for each of us to remember our loved ones who have passed away. We also remember those who perished in the Holocaust and those who lost their lives defending the State of Israel. Each year we publish a Yizkor Book of Life in which we list the names of everyone our community invites us to remember. It is a custom to include anyone for whom we would sit shiva (ie, parents, siblings, children, spouse), and many of us include other beloved family members whom we want remembered. May our memories of our loved ones bring us blessing, and may we feel their continued presence in our lives. We invite you to join us in this beautiful custom of memory by filling out our Yizkor Book of Remembrance Form by September 17th.
ORDER A LULAV & ETROG — Order Here
Kol Emeth provides the local community an opportunity to order a lulav and etrog. These orders must be placed by September 17th so we can make sure to have enough for everyone to celebrate.
HIGH HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE — Donate Here
At this special time of year, we can all make a resolution to help fight hunger and food insufficiency in the South Bay Area. Contributions are down, so please donate generously to our partner, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley by clicking here. Please help us meet our goal of raising $10,000 for Second Harvest this High Holiday Season! Thank you!
SUKKOT HARVEST FESTIVAL — Register Here
Don’t miss our annual Sukkot Harvest Festival, one of KE’s biggest events of the year! Highlights include horse-drawn carriage rides, petting zoo, mechanical bull rides, lulav “shakes”, pumpkin games, and sukkah decoration crafts! We will also have the amazing bee experts from Sager Farm for beekeeper talks, product demonstrations, and honey tasting. Enjoy the festivities, and then join us for dinner and dessert featuring fall favorites, followed by services. Click here to register!
EREV SIMCHAT TORAH — Register Here
5:30 pm | Young Families Families with babies and tots are invited to a special Simchat Torah celebration with Morat Derech Sarah Miller, Music Specialist Tyler Dean, and Rabbi Booth who will take us on a “tour” of the Torah!
6:15 pm | Around the World Dinner & Dancing Everyone is invited! We are excited to welcome back West African Dance Instructor Naby Bangoura. Join us for a global celebration featuring circle dancing, cocktails and mocktails with international inspirations, and a delicious dinner of cultural cuisine (vegan Chinese food). After dinner, the celebration continues with services and dancing, caramel apples, and crafts.
