Calendar (5767) :: Temple House of Israel

Temple House of Israel Schedule
2007 – 2008 (5767-5768)

** All Rabbi–led services begin at 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.**
All events here are held at Temple House of Israel unless noted.

Harrisonburg references are for Temple Beth El

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Last Updated March 12, 2008

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August

Aug 2     Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Aug 3     Lay-led Shabbat service at THOI at 7:30 pm
Aug 5-15 Congregational Trip to Israel
Aug 10    Lay-led Shabbat gathering and Torah study at 7:30 pm
Aug 17    Lay-led Shabbat service at THOI at 7:30 pm
Aug 19    End of Summer Pot Luck Picnic at 5:00 pm at the Youngs'
Aug 2      Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Aug 24    Lay-led Shabbat service at THOI at 7:30 pm
Aug 31    Lay-led Shabbat service at THOI at 7:30 pm

September

Sept 4       Rabbi Joe's vacation ends
Sept 6       Interfaith Association meeting at Noon, EMU
Sept 6       Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Sept 7      Shabbat service at THOI at 7:30 pm
Sept 8       Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Sept 8       Selichot service at Beth El at 9:00 pm
Sept 9       Religious school begins 9:30 am at Beth El; bagel bar at 9:00 am
                   (NOTE: Religious school takes place each week unless noted)
            Mitzvah day at 1:00 pm
Sept 12     Erev Rosh Hashanah 8:00 pm with Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
Sept 13     Rosh Hashanah 10:00 am with Rabbi Joe Blair
                   - Taschlich service at Gypsy Hill Park at 1:00 pm with Rabbi Joe Blair
Sept 14     Second day of Rosh Hashanah (no service scheduled at THOI)
Sept 14     Shabbat Shuvah services at Beth El at 7:30 pm
Sept 15     Selichot film and service 7:00 pm
Sept 16     Yizkor Memorial Service, THOI Cemetery on N. Augusta Street 3:00 pm
Sept 17     Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Sept 21     Kol Nidre 7:15 pm with Rabbi Joe Blair
Sept 22     Yom Kippur morning service 10 am with Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell
                    - Yom Kippur Minchah (Afternoon) service, 4 pm
                    - Yizkor (Memorial) service, approximately 5:45 pm
                    - Neilah (Concluding) service at 6:15 pm
                    - Havdalah and the Break-the-fast communal pot luck follow approx. 7:00 pm
Sept 26 at sunset to sunset October 5th
               Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Sept 26     Sukkot services at Beth El 7:30 pm, preceded by dinner in Sukkah at 6:00 pm
Sept 30     Religious School Sukkot celebration at 11:00 am

October

Oct 1       Sukkot - 'dinner in the hut' at 6:00 pm
Oct 4       Interfaith Association meeting at Noon, EMU
Oct 5       Shabbat services, Simchat Torah, & Religious School Consecration 7:30 pm
              Rededication of the Ben Raybin Library following Shabbat services 9:00 pm
Oct 7       Religious School Simchat Torah celebration in Harrisonburg at 11:00 am
Oct 12-13 Shabbat services at Beth El at 7:30 pm & 10 am (Stein Bar Mitzvah)
Oct 13      Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am (email for location and directions)
Oct 15      Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Oct 19-20 Shabbat services at 7:30 pm and 10 am (Miller Bar Mitzvah)
Oct 20      Shenandoah Valley Holocaust Education
                    - Special Live Performance, "Presenting Corrie ten Boom" at 7:00 pm
Oct 21      Shenandoah Valley Holocaust Education:
                    - Special Live Performance, "Presenting Corrie ten Boom" at Beth El at 1:00 pm
Oct 26      Adult Education:
                    - Talmud Torah Limud at Beth El at 6:30 pm, followed by Shabbat services
Oct 26-Nov 2
               **Temple House of Israel's Staunton Jewish Film Festival**

November

Oct 26-Nov 2
               **Temple House of Israel's Staunton Jewish Film Festival**
Nov 1       Interfaith Association at Noon on the campus of EMU
Nov 2       Shabbat services at 7:30 pm
Nov 5       Adult Education: Introduction to Hebrew, Class at 6:00 pm
Nov 9       Adult Education:
                    - Talmud Torah Limud at Beth El at 6:30 pm, followed by Shabbat services
Nov 12      Adult Education: Introduction to Hebrew, Class at 6:00 pm
Nov 16      Fall dinner at 6; Community Awareness Shabbat services at 7:30 pm
Nov 17      Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Nov 18      Religious School Family Education Day (Ellis Island and a Jewish Food Experience)
Nov 19      Board meeting at 7 pm
Nov 22-25 Office closed for Thanksgiving break
Nov 25      No religious school
Nov 26      Adult Education: Introduction to Hebrew, Class at 6:00 pm
Nov 30-Dec 2
               Religious School Daled class to MAJYK

December

Nov 30-Dec 2
               Religious School Daled class to MAJYK
Dec 2       THOI Congregational Meeting at 2:00 pm
Dec 3       Adult Education: Introduction to Hebrew, Class at 6:00 pm
Dec 4 (sunset)-12 (sunset)
               Chanukah (Festival of Dedication, Festival of Lights)
Dec 6       Interfaith Association at Noon on the campus of EMU
Dec 7       Chanukah dinner at 6:00 pm followed by Shabbat services (Bring your Menorah!)
Dec 9       Religious School Chanukah celebration
Dec 12      Final day of Chanukah (ends at sundown)
Dec 12-16 URJ Biennial Convention, San Diego
Dec 15      Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Dec 17      Adult Education: Introduction to Hebrew, Class at 6:00 pm
Dec 17      Board meeting at 7 pm
Dec 18      Talmud Torah Limud at Harrisonburg at 6:30 pm, followed by Shabbat services
Dec 21      Adult Education: Introduction to the Talmud 1 at 7:00 pm
Dec 22      Torah Lishmah at Noon
Dec 23      No religious school
Dec 24      Church Childcare: Mitzvah for our Community at 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Dec 25      Movie/Game/Party day & pot luck at Noon to 5
Dec 28      Shabbat services at 7:30 pm
Dec 30      No religious school

January 2008

Jan 3         Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
Jan 5         Shabbat morning services at Beth El at 10:00 am
Jan 11       Shorty Youth Group fund-raising dinner at 6:00 pm
Jan 11       Shabbat services led by Shorty Youth Group at 7:30 pm
Jan 13       Adult Education: Taste of Judaism 1 at Beth El at 2
Jan 18-20   Shorty Services and Ski Weekend at Beth El
Jan 19       Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Jan 20       Religious School Tu Bi'Shevat celebration at Beth El at 11:00 am
Jan 21       Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Jan 25       Tu B'Shevat Seder at 6:30 pm
Jan 25       Shabbat services at 8:00 pm

February

Feb 7        Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
Feb 9        Shabbat morning services at 10 am
Feb 15      Talmud Torah Limud at Harrisonburg at 6:30 pm followed by Shabbat services
Feb 16      Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Feb 16      Board Retreat?
Feb 17      Adult Education: Taste of Judaism 2 at Beth El at 2:00 pm
Feb 18      Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Feb 22      Shabbat service
Feb 23      Board retreat?

March

Mar 1       Shabbat morning services at 10:00 am at Beth El
Mar 2       Adult Education: Taste of Judaism 3 at Beth El at 2:00 pm
Mar 6       Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
Mar 7-8    Shabbat services at 7:30 and 10:00 am (Amber Pearson Bat Mitzvah)
Mar 14      Religious School Shabbat Service at Beth El at 7:30
Mar 15     Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Mar 16     Religious School Purim celebration at 11:00 am
Mar 17     Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Mar 21    Shabbat service
Mar 23     No Religious School (Spring Break)
Mar 28     Talmud Torah Limud at Harrisonburg at 6:30 pm, followed by Shabbat services

April

Apr 3      Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
Apr 11    Shabbat service
Apr 12    Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
Apr 18    Talmud Torah Limud at Harrisonburg at 6:30 pm followed by Shabbat services
Apr 19    Community Passover Seder at 6:00 pm at Beth El
Apr 20    No religious school
Apr 20    Second Night of Passover Community Seder at 6:00pm
Apr 21    Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Apr 26    Shabbat morning services at 10 am, including Yizkor
Apr 27    No religious school
Apr 27    Yeast Feast at 7:00 pm

May

May1      Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
May 4     Yom Hashoah
May 4     Religious School Yom HaAtzma'ut/Yom HaShoah obsevance
May 9     Talmud Torah Limud at Harrisonburg at 6:30 pm followed by Shabbat services
May11     No Religious School (Mothers' day)
May 16    Shabbat dinner at 6:00 pm
                 - followed by Community Awareness Shabbat service
May 17    Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am
May 19    Board meeting at 7:00 pm
May 23    Shabbat service at 7:30 pm

June

June 1     Religious School picnic & Maccabi games 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
June 5     Interfaith Association at noon at EMU
June 6     Shorty Youth group Fundraising Dinner at 6:00 pm in Harrisonburg
                  - followed by the Shavuot Service and Confirmation (if any) in Harrisonburg
June 6-7 Shorty shul-in & Williamsburg trip
June 8     Shorty Volunteer Farm work 8:00 am to noon
June 8     Tikkun Leil Shavuot at 7:00 pm
June 8-10 Shavuot
June 13    Shabbat service
June 16    Board meeting at 7:00 pm
June 20    Shabbat service
June 21    Tot Shabbat at 10:00 am

July

July 4      Lay-led Shabbat services
July 11    Lay-led Shabbat service
July 18    Lay-led Shabbat service
July 21    Board meeting at 7:00 pm
July 25    Lay-led Shabbat service

August

Aug 1      Shabbat service
Aug 8      Lay-led Shabbat service
Aug 15    Lay-led Shabbat service
Aug 18    Board meeting at 7:00 pm
Aug 22    Lay-led Shabbat service
Aug 29    Lay-led Shabbat service