Welcome Members and Guests to High Holy Days 5772. We hope you will find spiritual meaning and joy in our worship services.

Tickets
Tickets are required to ensure appropriate seating capacity and provide a secure environment for all attendees. Members should have received their tickets along with their registration information. Guest and visitor tickets were sent after a completed registration form was received. One ticket per person was issued for the entire High Holy Day period and we ask for your cooperation in presenting it at each service. Governing Board members will be available prior to services to assist with questions or lost/forgotten tickets.

Member Participation in Services
Temple Beth Or members will participate in High Holy Days Services by leading a reading in English, reading or chanting a prayer in Hebrew, reading or chanting from the Torah in Hebrew, having a role in the Torah Service (ark opener, aliyah, holding or dressing the Torah), or reading Haftarah portion in either Hebrew or English.

Donations
High Holy Days are a traditional time to make donations to the Jewish community. You can make an online donation to assist in meeting the cost of our holiday services, such as security, parking, and childcare; or general Tzedakah donations will be directed to a restricted fund that is used throughout the year to assist community, national or worldwide organizations or individuals in need.

Parking
A limited number of parking spaces are available behind, and north of, the Temple. We also have permission from the owner of the parking lot on the corner of Broadway and 32nd Street to use the lot during services. Unrestricted, on-street parking is available south of 34th Street on Lombard, and south of 35th Street on Oakes and Rockefeller. On-street parking time restrictions are not in force on Saturdays.

Special Needs
The Temple has a wheelchair ramp at the entrance to our sanctuary on Lombard Avenue. The downstairs of the Temple is wheelchair accessible from the alley behind the building. If you need space in the sanctuary for a wheelchair or are hearing impaired and wish to sit up front, please indicate your requirements on the Registration Form. Please note, your reserved seat will only be held until 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the service to allow for maximum seating in the sanctuary.

S’lichot
S’lichot is a service at the start of the week preceding Rosh HaShanah. This quiet, informal worship and study experience begins our cheshbon nefesh, our “accounting of the soul”, as part of teshuvah, a “return” to the direction in which our lives should head.

Tashlich
The Jewish year is full of symbols. Tashlich, which literally means "casting off", is a symbolic dispersal of our sins to the winds and the sea, after we have completed the process of repentance (teshuvah). For that reason, we will go to flowing waters -- in our case, the Everett Public Boat Launch, on West Marine View Drive at 10th Street.

Yizkor Service
The names of members' departed relatives will be printed in the Yizkor brochure. Only the names of immediate family members (husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, and son) will be read aloud during the Yizkor Service.

 
High Holy Days Food Drive
Temple Beth Or will participate in the national High Holy Days Food Drive, with contributions going to the Volunteers of America Food Bank in Everett. Empty bags will be distributed on Rosh HaShanah. Please fill them and return them on Kol Nidre or Yom Kippur. Please consider filling one bag per family member to help stock the shelves at the Food Bank which are always low at this time of year. We have been asked to help supply the most urgently needed items: baby formula,canned fruits and canned meats or fish. Of course, any nutritious canned or dry food items will be appreciated. We will also distribute envelopes for donations to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Help make our fast a feast for those whose daily fast is neither symbolic nor voluntary.

Rosh HaShanah Lunch & Break-The-Fast Dinner
After Morning Rosh Hashanah Services, a dairy and vegan lunch, prepared by the Temple Beth Or Rosh Chodesh group, will be served at the Temple. After the Yom Kippur Concluding Service, a complimentary Break-the-Fast light meal will be served at the Temple. Members and non-members signed up for these meals on their Registration Form. Volunteers are still needed to help with setup or cleanup; contact us if you can help.

On both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur afternoons, Rabbi Marshall will lead brief services targeted toward school-age children. All ages are welcome, and we encourage adults to join their children.

Childcare is available for children ages 1-11 years old during all services (except S’lichot and Shabbat Shuva). Unfortunately, we are not able to accommodate infants less than one year old. Nut-free snacks are provided; if your child has other health issues or allerfies, please contact the Temple office. Childcare was requested on the Registration Form; drop-ins may be accommodated on a space-available basis.