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High Holidays Are Almost Here!
For a complete list of service dates, times and locations, CLICK HERE
MEMBERS
Renew your membership for 2022
Once you've renewed your membership you will be entitled to join us at all High Holiday services* and 10 Days of Awesome events.
No need to register for services, just show up!
NOTE: registration IS required for Neilah service and all "10 Days of Awesome" events. See below for registration links.
NON-MEMBERS
Welcome! Purchase tickets for 2022 High Holiday Services
Once you've purchased tickets you will be entitled to join us at all High Holiday services* and 10 Days of Awesome events.
No need to register for services, just show up!
NOTE: registration IS required for Neilah service and all "10 Days of Awesome" events. See below for registration links.
GATES OF REPENTANCE PRAYER BOOK
This Prayer Book is used exclusively for our High Holiday Services. Please note that we do not provide prayer books and there are no loaners or book sales at services. The book will be available for pickup at the front desk of each service.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
REGISTRATIONS
1. NEILAH SERVICE* REGISTER
2. 10 DAYS OF AWESOME IN-PERSON EVENTS! DETAILS & REGISTRATION
3. REGISTRATION FOR THE EREV ROSH HASHANAH DINNER IS NOW CLOSED
All services are concurrently live-streamed. Members and High Holiday ticket holders will be sent the live-stream links before the holiday.
We would love to have you and your family volunteer for any of our High Holiday events. Students are eligible for volunteer hours! Please email volunteer@cityshul.com
Click HERE to watch Rabbi Goldstein's High Holiday video.
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Rabbi Goldstein's September Message: Fitting in Vs. Belonging
As we approach the high holiday season, many Jews consider what it might mean to “belong” to a synagogue or “be a part of” the Jewish community. These holy days bring us together from seemingly different points of contact and this year how special it will be to do that in-person without many of the limitations we had last year. I am proud that City Shul offers different entry points and different opportunities to belong whether that is every week, occasionally, or for a few services or events.
Yet it is also the time of year that many of us worry about fitting in. What if we don’t dress a certain way, present a certain way, pray a certain way? Brenee Brown differentiates between “belonging" and "fitting in" in her book Atlas of the Heart. She writes: "Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it.” How I love that way of looking at our gathering together for the High Holidays! We bring our authentic, imperfect selves to the world of City Shul, and there we can feel accepted, loved, and embraced. We have worked hard—and will continue to work hard— to make City Shul the kind of place where you do not have to “fit in.” You do not have to change who you are to meet any standard or any expectation. You do not have to twist yourself into uncomfortable shapes to match any ideal, or hold yourself to an impossible standard. Brown continues: “Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are…” And isn't that the beautiful message of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur? Teshuva is to return again to the truth of your own soul. Brown reminds us: “..actually fitting in is the greatest barrier to belonging because fitting in says, ‘Be like them to be accepted.’ Belonging says, ‘This is who I am…”
The great theme of the High Holidays is the ability to change and do better, but that does not mean becoming less of your authentic self; it means changing to return to that authentic self. The emotional price tag of having to “fit in” with a group far outweighs its benefit. It is the spiritual feeling that you finally “belong” as your true self that makes you so peaceful at a service, and so ready to do the work that the High Holidays ask of us.
Be who you are at City Shul, and belong in the way you want. We welcome you as we prepare for the great themes of renewal and repentance to work their way into our hearts. If you want this year to belong to us for the High Holidays only, more information is here. If you are a member but haven’t yet renewed your membership please do so here. And if you feel that this is the year you want to belong as a member, please fill out a membership form here.
Rest assured you will always belong at City Shul, in the deepest sense of the word.
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