Events being planned for the year 5771 (2010/2011)
For all events please pre-register your interest by email to info@cvjcc.ca
at least one week in advance of the event
to ensure that we can appropriately accommodate everyone.
Please read important notes at the bottom of this page for community events.
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High Holyday Retreat on Hornby Island
Wednesday-Sunday 8-12 September 2010
Friday-Sunday 17-19 September 2010
Led by Rabbi Daniel Siegel and Noam Dolgin
This will be an intimate High Holyday experience for 20-30 people.
We will combine traditional liturgy, creativity, and study to create a unique connection among the deep meaning of these special days, our people's traditions, and our contemporary commitment to a Judaism which embodies the universal as well as the particular.
Beginning with a Rosh HaShanah dinner, we will meet to share in the familiar sounds and form of the evening service. The next day, we will davven together with an emphasis on adjusting the order of the service to focus on the major themes of Rosh HaShanah, the blowing of the shofar and the three unique sections of the Musaf (additional) service, usually recited so late in the morning that many of us have already left for home.
The second day of Rosh HaShanah will, G!d willing, be spent outdoors, as we take the beautiful Helliwell Park walk, stopping for prayer, for the shofar to sound, for a picnic lunch, and tashlich.
On Yom Kippur, we will again begin with a shared meal, followed by a traditional Kol Nidre service. During the day, we will once again structure the service so that it guides through the process which brings us to the Holy of Holies and the feeling of having been forgiven by a loving and compassionate universe and its Creator.
There will be opportunities for study, for outdoor mikveh, hikes, and bicycle rides, as well as a Shabbat program for the day after Rosh HaShanah.
For those coming for Yom Kippur, there will be the added treat of the annual Hornby Island Fall Fair, which has been moved to Sunday for the very first time!
Further information, including costs and instructions on how to register can be found at:
http://alephcanada.ca/hhretreat.htm
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To find events going on in the rest of Vancouver Island, check out:
The Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island event page.
Important Notes:
Note that contact through the email is quiet (not actively read nor used) during the Shabbat
For our community events, please bring potluck items that are kosher-style
this means, for example:
no pork, no shellfish, no meat and dairy on the same plate
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