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Tunes and Meshorerim

AA Tunes Campaign

What are the AA tunes? Our rabbis hear this question yearly as the journey toward the High Holidays begins. The AA tunes are melodies that have accompanied us through countless High Holidays throughout our youth and as we grew with the congregation. Cantor after cantor, choir after choir, some melodies have followed us, embraced us, and given us a sense of the holiness of the AA prayer experience. But what are they? We embarked on a mission to “find” the AA tunes, with our community’s help. Check out the journey!

AA Tunes Campaign

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Sing with the Meshorerim

Our Meshorerim (Hebrew for “spiritual singers”) group enhances prayer through music and song. The group is open to anyone regardless of musical background, Hebrew ability, or rehearsal attendance. Even if you’ve never attended a practice before, you can join our Meshorerim  anytime. All we ask is that you sit up front during the Holidays in the designated “Meshorerim” section and sing along when you can! See the full schedule of gatherings on the AA Tunes Linktree.

Questions? Please contact the Interim Director of Music and Tefillah: Bonnie Levine (music@aasynagogue.org).

AA Children's Choir

The Children’s Choir, introduced for the first time during the 5784 High Holiday services, will sing again this year! The Children’s Choir currently includes young singers ages 5–15 and rehearses on Sundays during our Kesher Jewish School program and Saturdays after Rebbe’s Tish.

Spiritual Preparation

They say listening to a band’s album before attending their concert can help people enjoy the show. The same is true of spiritual preparation for the High Holiday services. Familiarizing yourself with the audio tracks of the AA Tunes will lead to a more meaningful High Holiday experience! While we may not have an AA Tunes album (at least not yet), we offer sheet music and audio files for some of our selections. You can find an index with links here.

Behind the "AA Tunes"

Ahavath Achim has a rich musical history of over a century, from commissioned choral works to rock band tributes. In addition to the AA Tunes Campaign playlist, please enjoy inspirational musical kavanot (Hebrew for “intentions” or “sincere feelings, directions of the heart”) and some of our favorite musical memories and stories about our beloved “AA Tunes” and other resources.

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Service Schedule

Kol Nidre—Friday, October 11

5–5:30 p.m.

Family Kol Nidre Service (up to 10 years old)

In-Person: Tent

5:30 p.m.

Vegan Kapparot

In-Person: Breezeway

6–6:15 p.m.

Mincha

In-Person: Sanctuary
Virtual: Zoom and YouTube

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6:15–7:00 p.m.

Kol Nidre Service
Candle Lighting: 6:49 p.m.

7–9:00 p.m.

Ma’ariv Service

Yom Kippur—Saturday, October 12

7:45–10:00 a.m.

Childcare (6 months–6th grade)

Check-In at Ahava

8:00 a.m.–2:15 p.m.

Sanctuary and Yizkor Services
The Yizkor service will begin around 1:00 p.m.

In-Person: Sanctuary
Virtual: Zoom

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10:00 a.m.–2:15 p.m.

Child/Teen Programming (6 months–12th grade)

Check-In at Ahava
Registration from 10–10:15 a.m.

10:15–10:50 a.m.

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10:15–10:50 a.m.

10:55–11:30 a.m.

10:55–11:30 a.m.

10:55–11:30 a.m.

Family Services:

Pre-K–2nd Grade: Family Service

3rd–7th Grade: Audience Performance

8th–12th Grade: Speaker and Drum Circle

Pre-K–2nd Grade: Audience Performance

3rd–7th Grade: Family Service

8th–12th Grade: Speaker and Drum Circle

In-Person: Tent

In-Person: Paradies Hall

In-Person: Library

In-Person: Paradies Hall

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In-Person: Library

10–11:00 a.m.

Torah Study (Led by Dr. Douglas Ander)

In-Person: Ellman Chapel
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2–3:00 p.m.

Beit Midrash Study Hall: (Re)Engaging Differing Faith and Ethnic Communities After 10/7

Join Anat Sultan-Dadon (the Consul General of Israel to the Southeast), Victoria Raggs (Executive Director, AJOCC Atlanta Jews of Color Council), and Samuel Halpern (Senior Associate, Advocacy and Programming, AJC Atlanta/Southeast American Jewish Committee) for an important conversation moderated by Judy Marx (Operations Manager, Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta and Consultant to Interfaith Organizations), exploring the challenges that Jewish communities have had engaging with the non-Jewish world since October 7, how we might reengage and the new opportunities that have emerged.

In-Person: Sanctuary
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3–6:00 p.m.

Yom Kippur Chant and Drum Circle

In-Person: Paradies Hall

5:15 p.m.

Mincha
Reading of the Book of Jonah

In-Person: Sanctuary
Virtual: Zoom

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6:15 p.m.

Neilah Service

7:32 p.m.

Ma’ariv/Havdallah/Final Shofar Blast Service

7:45 p.m.

Break Fast

Gold Doors and Breezeway

Visit our events calendar for the Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah schedules!

Community Partners

Congregation Bet Haverim

Congregation Bet Haverim is a Reconstructionist Jewish community in Atlanta. Our mission, in a nutshell, is to provide contemporary Jewish spiritual, educational, cultural, and social experiences in which an individual can integrate practice of Judaism with other aspects of their life, including social consciousness, intellectual curiosity, sexual orientation, and familial bonds. We serve and support the lesbian, gay, and transgender communities and promote the Reconstructionist concept of Judaism as an evolving religious civilization.