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As this season invites us once more to reflect on our lives, to make positive changes and to return to our best selves, we are approaching the High Holidays with humility and a particular awareness of what is and what is not in our control. We acknowledge the disappointment of not being in person for a second year and are even more so committed to meet these challenges with grace, creativity, playfulness and meaning.
Let us join together for this sacred season. Let us welcome each feeling and emotion that may arise. Let us notice the ways we are wiser and the things we still seek to learn. Let us take comfort in one another, in the ancient rhythm of the Jewish year, gaining strength from the legacy of our tradition.
Below you will find the schedule for our High Holy Days 5782. Please take a few minutes to peruse the variety of opportunities available this year. All of our services will be available online and the majority of our services are remote-only. However, we hope you will join us outdoors for our selected in-person offerings, noted below.
We can’t wait to share these High Holy Days with all of you, together as a community in all the ways that matter.
Shana Tovah u’Metukah – A Sweet and Hopeful New Year!
Join us during the month of Elul for a 4-part series as we prepare ourselves for the High Holidays.
The month of Elul, preceding the high holiday season, offers us space and time for contemplation, to make ourselves ready to enter into the holiest time of our year. We have the opportunity to look inward and find ways to return to our best selves. This act of cheshbon hanefesh, an accounting of our souls can be difficult and seem daunting. Join me and let’s begin this process together with both ancient and contemporary wisdom of our tradition.
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How can you spiritually renew yourself? Tradition teaches that we begin a process known as a cheshbon hanefesh/ an accounting of the soul— a deeply introspective time. The custom is to do this reflective work each year during the month preceding Rosh Hashanah, the month of Elul. Rabbi Miller will share a bit about how we might approach this sacred task with teachings from her book: ReSOULutions: A Practical Guide to Self-Repair available at keepingitsacred.com/the-book (available as paperback and ebook). Purchase is not necessary to attend the class.
Rabbi Heather Miller is thrilled to share her book with the Beth Chayim Chadashim community where she lovingly served in various rabbinic capacities for 6 years. She has since founded Keeping It Sacred (KITS), an international center for the exploration of accessible, relevant, and empowering sacred texts and rituals. She is a proud member of an interfaith, international, interracial, inclusive LGBT family and lives in Laguna Niguel, CA.
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In the Jewish calendar, the coming year is a special year within a seven year cycle: a sabbatical year called Shemitah (Hebrew for “release”). Building upon lessons learned from this past year we’ll explore tools and practices from our Jewish tradition to deepen our awareness, clarify our purposes, inform and inspire our continued transformation as we enter 5782.
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Experience teachings, music and meditations on introspection, forgiveness and transformation as we gather together on the last Shabbat of the Jewish year. Special Havdalah service, followed by musical service and study with Rabbi Jillian Cameron and Cantor Juval Porat.
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During this last week of the year 5781 we’ll take a close look at two passages from this week’s Torah portion, Nitzavim. Why? Because these are the Torah passages chosen by Reform liturgists to be read on Yom Kippur morning. And why – since 1894 – have Reform Jews chosen these passages to contemplate on Yom Kippur morning – out of all of Torah? What did these verses say to them then, and how do they – the reformers and these verses – speak to us today?
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| Date and Time | Event Name and Details |
|---|---|
| 9/6/2021 at 7 – 8:30 PM | Erev Rosh HaShanah Click here to register. |
| 9/7/2021 at 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Rosh HaShanah I Click here to register. |
| 9/7/2021 at 3:30 – 4:15 PM | Ohr Chayim Holiday Celebration with Rae Antonoff Portnoy We welcome our youth, their families and all who want to join us. Click here to learn more about Ohr Chayim. Santa Monica Beach 2600 Barnard Way, Santa Monica This is an outdoor in-person event, masks required for all who are not vaccinated. Click here to register. |
| 9/7/2021 at 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Tashlich Santa Monica Beach 2600 Barnard Way, Santa Monica This is an outdoor in-person event, masks required for all who are not vaccinated. |
| 9/8/2021 at 11 AM – 12:30 PM | Rosh HaShanah II: A Creative Study Session with Rabbi Jillian Cameron and Cantor Juval Porat BCC Parking Lot 6090 W. Pico Blvd This is an outdoor in-person event, masks required for all who are not vaccinated. Please note that this event is currently only open to BCC members. Click here to register. |
| Date and Time | Event Name and Description |
|---|---|
| 9/10/2021 at 7:30 – 9 PM | Shabbat Shuva Click here to register. |
| Date and Time | Event Name and Description |
|---|---|
| 9/15/2021 at 7 – 9 PM | Kol Nidrei Click here to register. |
| 9/16/2021 at 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Yom Kippur Morning Click here to register. |
| 9/16/2021 at 1:30 – 3 PM | Yom Kippur Afternoon Click here to register. |
| 9/16/2021 at 3:30 – 4:30 PM | Yom Kippur Youth and Family Service with Rae Antonoff Portnoy Click here to register. |
| 9/16/2021 at 3:30 – 4:30 PM | 12 Step Meeting Click here to register. |
| 9/16/2021 at 5 – 7:30 PM | Yizkor/Ne’ilah Click here to register. Click here to add your loved one’s name(s) to our Yizkor Book. |
| Date and Time | Event Name and Details |
|---|---|
| 9/20/2021 at 7 PM | Erev Sukkot Celebration In the BCC parking lot. Click here to RSVP! |
| 9/26, 9/27 at 12 PM | Lunch in the Sukkah! Join BCC friends and family over lunch in the Sukkah at BCC! Click here to RSVP! |
| 9/24/2021 at 7:30 PM | Shabbat Evening Services On Zoom! Click here to register! |
| 9/25/2021 at 10:30 AM | Sukkotpalooza + Ohr Chayim and Teen Track Open House In the BCC parking lot. Click here to RSVP! |
| 9/25/2021 at 7 PM | Havdalah in the Sukkah In the BCC parking lot. Click here to RSVP! |
| 9/27/2021 at 7 PM | Simchat Torah service, starting with Yizkor On Zoom! Click here to register! |
To access an online version of our Machzorim (High Holiday Prayer books) click here:
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