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MaNishma with Rabbi Arnold Goodman – The Two New Moons

4/14/2022

MaNishma with Rabbi Arnold Goodman The Two New Moons By Rabbi Arnold Goodman Each of the five biblical festivals: Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Succot. is dated according

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Pesach 5782

4/14/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Biblical Readings for Pesach 5782The Torah of Passover By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal The eight days of Passover are replete with Torah readings. Each day

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Metzora

4/07/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat Metzora Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Seeing the Metzora By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal There is an unusual sentence at the beginning of this week's sidra which

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Tazriah

3/31/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat TazriahLeviticus 12:1-13:59The Consciousness of Moral Freedom By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Our sidra this week begins with the ritual impurity of childbirth. It's hard

A Message from Rabbi Neil Sandler

3/24/2022

A Message from Rabbi Neil Sandler Pour Out Your Wrath: A Reflection on Ukraine, Borys Romanchenko and Vladimir Putin By Rabbi Neil Sandler The Passover seder meal has just concluded.

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Tzav

3/17/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat TzavLeviticus 6:1 – 8:36 By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal The current conversation about God circles around belief. Does a person believe in God? This

MaNishma with Rabbi Arnold Goodman – Purim 5782

3/17/2022

MaNishma with Rabbi Arnold Goodman Purim 5782La'et Kazot – For a Time Such as This By Rabbi Arnold Goodman Mordecai… to Esther… 'if you keep silent in this crisis, relief

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Vayikra

3/09/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat Vayikra Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 Words Aren't Cheap By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָֹה אֵלָיו מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר "And (God) called

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Tetzaveh

2/09/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat Tetzaveh – Don't Burn the Candle at Both EndsExodus 27:20 – 30:10; Ezekiel 43:10 – 27 By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal כָּתִית לַמָּאוֹר לְהַעֲלֹת

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Trumah

2/02/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat TrumahExodus 25:1 – 27:19; Haftara: I Kings 5:26 – 6:13 By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal This week's Torah begins with a different sort of

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Yitro

1/19/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat YitroExodus 18:1 – 20:23; Haftara: Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6, 9:5 – 6 By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal We are finally at the third pillar

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal – Parshat Beshalakh

1/12/2022

Torah Commentary with Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Parshat BeshalakhExodus 13:17 – 17:16; Haftara: Jeremiah 4:4 – 5:31 By Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal Our sidra this week begins at the breaking point. After

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Selichot – Saturday, September 17
7:15 p.m	Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah Service	Hybrid: Ellman Chapel and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
8:10 p.m.	Selichot Service	Hybrid: Ellman Chapel and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
Erev Rosh Hashanah – Sunday, September 25
9–10:30 a.m.	Morning Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
6:00 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
7:12 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Monday, September 26
8–9:00 a.m.	Coffee and Schmooze Co-sponsored by Sisterhood	In-Person: Garden
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9–10:00 a.m.	Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Dr. Andrew Zangwill “Happy Birthday World!”: After each Rosh Hashanah shofar blast, we chant a short poem which begins “hayom harat olam,” a phrase often translated as “today the world was born.”  This session examines this (and other) translations of ”hayom harat olam”  and teases out their meaning for us today. Andy Zangwill is a native of Pittsburgh and is somehow related to the British Zionist Israel Zangwill. He has taught physics at Georgia Tech since 1985 and has helped administer the AA Torah Study since 2000.	Hybrid: Cavalier Room and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
10:00 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
12:30–1:00 p.m.	Oneg and Light Kiddush	In-Person: Garden
6–7:00 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
7:54 p.m.	Candle Lighting
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Tuesday, September 27
8–9:00 a.m.	Coffee and Schmooze	In-Person: Garden
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Rosh Hashanah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9:00 a.m.–End of RH Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
9:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Dr. Paul Feldman “From Yom Teruah to Rosh Hashanah – A Rabbinic Journey”: The torah instructs us that, on the first day of the seventh month, there should be “teruah.” From that, it becomes a New Year where, hopefully, our Father, our King, inscribes us in the book of life. Let’s explore the rabbinic mindset that defines us as Jews. Paul Feldman has attended AA’s Shabbat Torah Study religiously for over 20 years. His interests include the historical aspects of Tanakh and the intellectual history of b’nai Yisrael through the ages.	Hybrid: Paradies Hall and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
12:30 p.m.	Tashlich	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
7:30 p.m.	Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdallah Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
Aseret Y’mei Teshuva (Ten Days of Repentance) – Sunday, October 2
9–10:30 a.m.	Morning Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Family Taslich and Picnic with Shofar Blowing	In-Person: Morgan Falls Overlook Park
2–4:00 p.m.	Reverse Tashlich	In-Person: Peachtree Creek Greenway Register
6–7:00 p.m.	Evening Minyan	Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
Kol Nidre – Tuesday, October 4
5–5:30 pm	Family Service	Hybrid: Breezeway and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
5:30–6:15 p.m.	Vegan Kapparot Yom Kippur challenges us to cleanse our souls from missteps over the past year. Our tradition seeks to imbue the ethereal nature of our good and evil, right a wrong into an object that can be consumed, cast out, or flung away. Kapparot seeks to take that which is weighing us down and swing it over our heads, casting it far away from us. We have reclaimed this medieval ritual for our modern spiritual life, replacing the killing of a chicken with the righteous act of tzedakah. Join Rabbi Rosenthal in the garden as we will recite our prayers, imbue a bag of money with our regrets for the past year, and swing it over our heads, thereby turning our shortcomings into acts of loving kindness to help others. Farmer Joe and his chicken will be on site… for petting only.	In-Person: Garden
6:10 p.m.	Mincha Service	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
6:30 p.m.	Kol Nidre Service
7:00 p.m.	Ma’ariv Service
Yom Kippur – Wednesday, October 5
8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Yom Kippur and Yizkor Services Yizkor Service begins around 12:30 p.m. 5783 Yizkor Book Supplement	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
9–10:00 a.m.	Family Service	In-Person: Outdoor Tent
9:30–10:30 a.m.	Torah Study Led by Judy Marx “Everything Old is New Again”: This session explores how understanding our history through Yom Kippur’s Torah reading and liturgy lead us to repentance and forgiveness. Judy Marx is a long-time Jewish community professional. She was the Atlanta Director of the American Jewish Committee for twelve years and is currently with the Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta. In her free time she consults with interfaith organizations and prepares for Torah Study at AA.	Hybrid: Cavalier Room and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
10:00 a.m.–End of YK Service	Children’s Programming (0–5th Grade)	In-Person: Check-In at Ahava ELC
2:30–4:00 p.m.	Beit Midrash (Study Hall) Led by Dr. Dennis Gilbride “The Golden Calf, Consuming Fire, Atonement, and Forgiveness”: This session focuses on two relatively well known, but under-studied stories in the Torah: the Golden Calf and the death of Aaron’s sons, Nadav and Avihu.  By exploring midrashim and ideas that tie these two episodes together, we will provide an interesting and provocative understanding of the Jewish approach to atonement, forgiveness, and connection to G-d. Dennis Gilbride has been a professor for 32 years, first at Syracuse University and, for the last ten years, at Georgia State University in its Department of Counseling and Psychological Services. He began his career at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa where he and his family were congregants of Neil Sandler, AA’s Rabbi Emeritus.	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
4–6:30 p.m.	Chanting with SunMoonPie	Hybrid: Paradies Hall and Virtual (Zoom) Join Zoom
5:30 p.m.	Mincha Service Reading of the Book of Jonah	Hybrid: Srochi Auditorium and Virtual (Zoom and Live Stream) Join Zoom
6:30 p.m.	Neilah Service
7:41 p.m.	Ma’ariv/Havdallah and Final Shofar Blast

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