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October 3 / 8 Tishrei

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Yom Kippur

Tuesday evening, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 - 10 Tishrei 5783


Read more about all of the programming in our High Holy Day bulletinsee the schedule for all service times and Zoom links.

The Poetry of the Prayer Book

Yom Kippur Morning, 10:00-10:45 am

Michael Kuhne, Ph.D.


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Service of Healing and Reflection

Yom Kippur Day, 1:45 pm

This year moved to Yom Kippur Day!


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Emerging from the Pandemic: Finding a New Balance

Yom Kippur Day, 1:45pm


We will read the rich Talmudic story of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son as they hid from the Romans for thirteen years in a cave. As they emerged, their zeal about the way the world “ought to be” blinded them until they learned better. Rabbi Spilker will lead this participatory text-study.

Food Collection on Yom Kippur

Don’t forget to bring food for the Food Shelf on Yom Kippur. Our food drive is needed more than ever. As well, our financial contributions to the Yom Kippur Fast Appeal is something we ask of all members so that we can give collectively in Mount Zion’s name to the community.

Yom Kippur Greeters Needed!

Volunteers are needed to help greet in-person and online during Yom Kippur. We need many people to help us take care of our community. Please consider signing up for one, five or ten shifts! Questions? Contact Shai Avny at savny@mzion.org.


Sign up to be a Zoom greeter

Sign up to be an in-person greeter

Connect
Image of Rabbi and Cantor Spilker in the Sukkah with members.

Open Sukkah at the home of

Rabbi and Cantor Spilker

Sunday, October 9, 4:30 - 6:15 pm


Connect with other Mount Zion members over snacks and drinks! We will conclude with a brief Erev Sukkot Service at 6 pm.


The address will be sent on October 7 to all MZ members who RSVP by October 6.

MZ Small Groups


Climate Action Small Group

What’s next!

October 9, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm   

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Celebrate in MZ’s Sukkah!

October 12, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

4th night of Sukkot


5:30 pm Pizza in the Hut

6:15 pm Brief Sukkot Service


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Learn

Beginning Adult Hebrew

Oct 9 - Jan 22, 10:00 - 11:00 am via Zoom

Taught by Siana Goodwin

Tuition: $75 members/$100 non-members (Minimum of five students).


Learn the aleph-bet, the building blocks of written Hebrew. You will learn to recognize letters and begin basic reading, including parts of the Shabbat prayer book.


Details.

Pray
This Shabbat

Friday, October 7

6:30 pm Shabbat Services


In person or online via Zoom, Livestream on mzion.org, or Facebook Live! (For calling into Zoom, use Meeting ID: 147 120 944).

Saturday, October 8

9:00 am Torah Study

In person (Johnson Social Hall) and via Zoom Meeting ID: 949 308 718


10:00 am Shabbat Services

We welcome third graders and families for this service.

In person and Livestream on mzion.org

(For calling in, use Meeting ID: 905 418 669)

Ha’azinu – Deut. 32:1-52


10:30 am Tot Shabbat

Please email if you'd like to be added to the Tot Shabbat email reminder list.

Hakhel image

An Ancient Sukkot Gathering Ritual Every 7 Years: Hakhel!

October 10, 10:00 am

After services, enjoy mini-Nothing Bundt Cakes! Why? Because it is fun, and Sukkot is all about JOY! (Gluten-free, dairy free options will be served).


After the shemita year (the sabbatical year which occurs every seven years), the ancient Israelites gathered (Hakhel) on Sukkot morning as a community to hear the message of Torah. It was actually the only time every person – woman, man, child, stranger – was REQUIRED to attend a community gathering. At Mount Zion, we will simply invite you! As part of our Festival Service, we will have a ritual recitation of the Torah distinct from the celebration of Torah on Simchat Torah. Please join us!

Act

Opportunities to Volunteer in the Community

One-time, multiple-time, and weekly year-long commitment opportunities through Interfaith Action

 

For our transitional housing program, Project Home:

  1. Meal team volunteers – learn more and sign up by clicking here!
  2. Adopt-a-Family winter gear drive – learn more and sign up by clicking here! (families will be added/updated as they rotate in and out of shelter)

 

For our emergency, referral, and education services programs at Department of Indian Work (DIW):

  1. Food shelf and other volunteer opportunities – email Emergency Services Coordinator Theresa Halvorson-Lee at thalvorson-lee@interfaithaction.org for the latest needs and to coordinate shifts!
  2. Participate in the upcoming CROP walk (Sunday, Oct. 9)! – learn more and register (individual and houses of worship) here! This is a great way to support DIW and build community within and beyond your house of worship!

 

For our Opportunity St. Paul partner organizations (CommonBond Communities, DailyWork, East Side Learning Center, Neighborhood House, Reading Partners, and St. Paul Public Library):

  1. Check out these opportunities on pages 9-20 of our volunteer handbook linked here!
  2. Register to get connected to one or more opportunities by clicking here!
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In the Community



- MnMN's 2022 Annual Conference - Sacred Creation in Crisis: Strengthening the multifaith response in Minnesota MnMN is gathering Minnesota’s faith leaders and practitioners, multifaith activists, scholars, community leaders, and artists on October 12 to celebrate and express our reverence for creation, learn from each other’s wisdom, and find common ground for acting together. This year’s conference, “Sacred Creation in Crisis: Strengthening the Multifaith Response in Minnesota,” supports the United Nations (UN) declaration that “access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right.” Faith leaders and interfaith organization leaders will have separate spaces over lunch to discuss how to work together for climate justice. The conference is being planned in cooperation with Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light. Register here 

Mount Zion
1300 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

Phone: 651-698-3881
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