High Holy Days 5785

Elul Classes with Southside Jewish Collective
Join the rabbis of the Southside Jewish Collective as they present learning sessions. All sessions will be help on Zoom. Please sign-up for our newsletter to receive the links.

Rabbbi Shana Chandler Leon, Ner Tamid
Soul Accounting in Five Steps
We will give ourselves the gift of cheshbon ha-nefesh, an accounting of our inner life, spiritual practices and relationships as we enter the season of the High Holidays. Please bring a pen and notebook, journal or writing paper, and your open hearts, willing to embrace the New Year as an opportunity for reflection and growth.  
Thursday, September 12th, 7pm

Rabbbi Jason Mann, Beth Or of Studio City
What Rabbi Hillel Has to Teach us About Returning to Our True Selves
In this session we will explore this famous teaching by Rabbi Hillel to help us prepare for the High Holiday season.
 "If I am not for myself, who is for me? But if I am for my own self [only], what am I? And if not now, when?"
Thursday, September 19th, 7pm

Rabbbi Chayva Lehrman, Am Tikvah
The Strength of Hannah: Many Facets of the Haftarah Heroine
Thursday, September 26th, 7pm

Reverse Tashlich: Repair the Sea Tikkun HaYam 
Reverse Tashlich is an innovative environmental Jewish ritual where we clean up waterfront land to remove human "sins" from the water and land. Join Rabbi Chayva Lehrman and Am Tikvah community members at a local beach to help repair the sea.

Sunday, September 29th, 1pm

NOTE: This is in addition to the traditional Tashlich that we will do on Rosh Hashanah. More details below.

Reflective Hike
Following our beach cleanup, Rabbi Chayva will lead us on a reflective hour-long hike.
Sunday, September 29th, 2pm

Erev Rosh Hashanah Catered Dinner
Join with family, friends, and community for a catered buffet dinner. This festive Rosh Hashanah meal will be vegetarian catered from Le Mediterranee. It begins promptly at 5:30pm in the Social Hall (90 minutes before start of evening Erev Rosh Hashanah Services in the Sanctuary).

Wednesday, October 2nd, 5:30pm
$36 for ADULTS (age 13 - 89)
$18 for CHILDREN (age 2 - 12)
FREE for under age 2 and/or over age 90, college students, and active military

We ask you to please register no later than Wednesday, September 18th at 3pm to allow time to plan. We cannot honor reservations after that time. 

Register Here.

Yom Kippur Break the Fast Community Meal
Saturday, October 12th 
7pm - Break the Fast

Huge thanks to a longtime community member for sponsoring this special community meal!

Please consider registering for this free community meal. It will help us plan for the correct amount of food.

Register Here.

Childcare
Am Tikvah aims to welcome families of all shapes and sizes. We offer childcare in the Fireside Room while there is no Kids & Family Service and the Main Services take place in the Sanctuary. Childcare is available during the following services and times:

Erev Rosh Hashanah - Wednesday, 10/2/24 @ 7pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 - Thursday, 10/3/24 @ 10am
Kol Nidre - Friday, 10/11/24 @ 6:30pm
Yom Kippur (3 sessions) - Saturday, 10/12/24       
Session 1 @ 10 - 1:30pm: Getting Good At Getting Older workshop with Rabbi Laura Geller
Session 2 @ 2 - 4pm: QiGong "Let's Stretch" with Beth Weisberg
Session 3 @ 4:30 - 7pm: Meditation & song led by Rabbi Chayva, Jerry Bernstein, Ariela Morgenstern, Jodi Meromy

We offer childcare for kids 2- 12. The suggested cost for childcare is $18 per service per child. For Yom Kippur only, choose 2 sessions for $27 per child or 3 sessions for $36 per child.

Please register your child(ren) if you are interested in utilizing this service so we can plan in advance to have enough childcare providers.

Please pack lunch for your child(ren). We will provide light snacks, juice, and water.

October 7th Memorial Service

Please join us as we come together as one community to remember, honor, and mourn those killed during the attack of October 7, 2023.

Congregation Emanu-El is honored to host the San Francisco Jewish Community's October 7 Memorial Service in partnership with the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.

This Yizkor service will be led by Rabbis and Cantors from Congregations Emanu-el, Am Tikvah, Beth Shalom, Ner Tamid, Sha'ar Zahav, Sherith Israel, and JCCSF.

We appreciate the support of our San Francisco Jewish community partners: the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, the Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Family and Children's Services, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.

Monday, October 7th, 7pm
Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake St, San Francisco

Please register here.

Simchat Torah Shabbat & Candy Parade

Join Am Tikvah as we celebrate Simchat Torah! We'll parade around the Sanctuary with our Torahs in seven hakafot with kids following and collecting  candy then we'll unroll our Torah through the Social Hall.

Friday, October 25th
Shabbat Service 
Candy Parade