The New Year 5768 at Congregation T'chiyah

Detailed information on the High Holidays and about our Student Rabbi, Donna Kirshbaum, can be found below. Please contact us for further information about joining our community:
Mailing address: 15000 W. Ten Mile, Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone Number: 248-542-0900 // Email: tchiyah at tchiyah.org

Introducing Student Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum: Congregation T’chiyah is pleased to announce that Donna Kirshbaum will be its Student Rabbi for the High Holidays and for eight Shabbat weekend visits during this coming year. Ms. Kirshbaum will be entering her last year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia in September. Before entering rabbinical school, she taught Latin and Ancient Greek in high schools in the Baltimore area. She is also an accomplished cellist and has sung in a number of choral groups. She will be a significant addition to T’chiyah’s community over the next year. “This is a wonderful time,” said T’chiyah president Harold Gurewitz, “to invite Student Rabbi Donna Kirschbaum into our community. Her visits and participation will highlight the year-long 30th anniversary celebration of the founding of our congregation.”

Among activities and events planned is a lecture/discussion series on topics of contemporary importance and interest (to be announced). Daven, sing, study, and learn with T’chiyah members this coming year! Please join us!

Besides the High Holidays (Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 12; Rosh Hashanah, September 13-14, Kol Nidre, September 21and Yom Kippur, September 22), Student Rabbi Donna Kirshbaum’s (tentatively) scheduled weekends are: Oct. 5, Nov. 2, and Dec. 7, 2007, and Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Mar. 21, Apr. 18, 2008.

HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION
5768 / 2007

Le-Shannah Tovah. We are pleased to provide you with the following schedule of service dates and times for the High Holidays:
Erev Rosh ha-Shannah
  Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:45 P.M.
Rosh ha-Shannah -- 1st Day
  Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:30 A.M.
    Lunch and Tashlikh will follow.*
Rosh ha-Shannah -- 2nd Day
  Friday, September 14, 2007 9:30 A.M.
Kol Nidrei
  Friday, September 21, 2007 7:30 P.M.
Yom Kippur
  Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:30 A.M.
    Yizkor 12 Noon
    Break 1:45 P.M.
    Discussion/Study 4:00 P.M.
    Minhah 5:00 P.M.
    Neilah 6:15 P.M.
    Break Fast will follow.

Click here for links to the texts (poems) for the High Holiday discussions

Luncheon will occur immediately following the conclusion of services on the first day of Rosh Hashannah. All members and guests are invited. Lunch will be a buffet served in our space at the David Mondry Building. It will be vegetarian food from the Pita Café. The cost IS $12.00 per person. Tashlikh will follow at 3:30 P.M. at Quarton Lake. Please let us know if you plan to stay for lunch. RSVP before September 12 by contacting Mary Ellen Gurewitz or Congregation T'chiyah by phone (248-542-0900) or by email (tchiyah at tchiyah.org