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Kol Ami, The Northern Virginia Reconstructionist Community

Kol Ami's High Holiday Services

I had never seen a Torah passed arm-to-arm around a synagogue until I attended my first Kol Ami-NVRC service during the High Holy Days ... Cradling a Torah is a more personal, thought-provoking experience. As I held the scroll like an infant that morning, I thought of my 9- and 17-year-old daughters on either side of me and the meaningful tradition I was taking from one and giving to the other.

The service itself – and in fact, as I came to find out, all services at Kol Ami – had the same mix of Hebrew and English as those at the conservative shul I had been attending. The prayers and hymns were the same. Even some of the tunes were the same.

High Holy Days 2008

Please join Kol Ami as we celebrate the High Holy Days. Services will be co-led by Rabbi Leila Gal Berner and members of the congregation.

High Holiday services are included in Kol Ami membership. Non-members are welcome, and the requested donation is as follows:
      Erev Rosh Hashanah - $36.00
      Rosh Hashanah Day  - $36.00
      Kol Nidre - $36.00
      Yom Kippur Day - $36.00
      Ne'ila - $18.00

There will be a Rosh Hashanah Day Luncheon and a Break the Fast - the cost for members and non-members is $10.00 per event.

Nobody will be turned away for financial reasons. Those who can not make the requested contribution are asked to contribute whatever they can. Children under 18 years of age may attend services free when they are accompanied by an adult. Non-members who join Kol Ami: NVRC within 90 days of the High Holy Days may deduct their High Holiday contribution from their membership contribution.

Please visit http://kolaminvrc.org for additonal information and a High Holiday Reservation Form.  Thank you.

To register for High Holy Days attendance, please print and complete our High Holy Days RSVP Form and mail it along with your contribution to: 
Kol Ami, P.O. Box 1801, Annandale, VA  22003.  Confirmation of your reservation will be sent by e-mail unless otherwise requested.

Members do not have to complete the form, but an RSVP is requested to facilitate planning for each service.  In your email, please indicate which service(s) you plan on attending, and whether you will join us for the luncheon and/or Break fast.  Payment for these events can be made with your dues payment or separately if dues have already been paid.  Thank you.

As a way of building community, Kol Ami provides attendees with name tags rather than issuing tickets. Provided we receive your information in time, your name tag will be waiting for you at the door.

Yom Kippur Afternoon Workshops - to be announced

High Holiday Children Services
 

Rosh Hashanah Day

High Holy Days Food Drive

In the spirit of t’zedakah, charity, Kol Ami: NVRC is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Northern Virginia Branch of the Capital Area Food Bank. Serving 183 feeding organizations, NVCAFB distributes over 2 million pounds of food to more than a quarter of a million needy Northern Virginians annually.

This is Kol Ami/NVRC’s 5th annual High Holy Days Food Drive. Last year we donated a phenomenal amount of canned and boxed foods. If you would like to participate, please take the donation bag provided at Rosh Hashanah services, fill it up and bring it back when you return for Yom Kippur.

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