Temple Emanu-El Haverhill News
October 6, 2020 | 18th of Tishrei 5781
Hold on to your machzorim!

Please DO NOT return your High Holy Day machzorim to the Temple! The building is not open to Temple activities, so there is no one present to accept them, and they must not be left outside. We also need to make sure that we know who has returned their books. A procedure for the return of machzorim will be announced in an upcoming Shavuon. Thank you!
Shalom chevraya,
So many of you have shared with me how meaningful the High Holy Day services were for you. It is truly amazing the kind of magic that can happen over Zoom! None of that magic would have happened without the intention and dedication of so many hard-working community members as well as the incredible service-leading team of Cantor Vera and Phil Platcow. I hope you are still riding high from the beautiful Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services we shared together!

We now find ourselves on the other side of all of the intensity of the High Holy Days during the intermediate days of the festival of Sukkot. Being in a sukkah, sheltered but connected to ...
Temple Emanu-El wants YOU to bring your favorite Torah portion (parashah) to our community’s attention on Simchat Torah (Saturday, October 10, at 7:30 pm) as we virtually “unroll the scroll!” You’ll say the name of the parashah and one sentence about its content and why it’s important to you. Maybe you chanted it for your b’nei mitzvah celebration. Maybe it’s one that you’ve always wrestled with. We’ll go “book by book” in the service as together we bring our Torah to life! Please email Cantor Vera before the Simchat Torah service with the name of your parashah.

Watch Cantor Vera's instructional video
on shaking the lulav and etrog for Sukkot!
The building remains closed, but our clergy are available
for your questions, conversations, and pastoral care.

Cantor Vera: CantorB@TempleEmanu-El.org or 617.372.3245
Rabbi Rachel: RabbiRachel@TempleEmanu-El.org or 917.434.6198
Shabbat/Sh'mini Atzeret
October 10, 2020
22nd of Tishrei 5781

Megillah: Ecclesiastes
Haftarah: 1 Kings 8:54–66

Click on above links to view the text, in Hebrew and English, on Sefaria.org.
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Community Interest
Annual Zoom Kick-off Meeting

Thursday, October 15, 2020 
7:00–8:30 pm
 
RSVP to Sherry to receive a Zoom login information prior to the meeting.
  • Let’s check in with one another and brainstorm new ways to support our students in literacy
  • Explore Coalition topics, including celebrating diversity and supporting social and emotional needs of our youth through literature 
  • Develop new online skills in our literacy service delivery model 
  • Bring your own libations and appetizers to our online meeting! 
City of Haverhill Emergency Rental Assistance

The City of Haverhill is launching a temporary rent support program designed to help people who have lost income because of COVID-19 pay their rent and/or utilities. Information and an application are available here.
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