High Holy Days 5769 at Congregation Beth David

High Holy Days 5769 Schedule of Services

Congregation Beth David, 19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, CA

Visit our Services page for Shabbat and daily Minyan times.

Saturday, September 20:
9:00 pm    Selichot Study Session & Ice Cream Social
Midnight    Selichot Services

Monday, September 29:
6:00 & 8:00 pm    Erev Rosh Hashanah

Tuesday, September 30:

8:30 am*   Rosh Hashanah – 1st Day
8:00 pm    Evening Services

Wednesday, October 1:
8:30 am    Rosh Hashanah – 2nd Day
10:00 am  Family Service

Wednesday, October 8:
6:00 pm*   Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre

Thursday, October 9:
9:00 am*   Yom Kippur Morning
4:45 pm    Mincha & N’ilah

*At these times, Kehila K’tana services will be held at Ascension Church (across the parking lot from CBD) in parallel with Kehila Gadola services in the Sanctuary / Social Hall.

Congregation Beth David is offering free high holiday tickets to young adults!

If you’re between 19 and 33, a student, or military personnel, call the Beth David office at (408) 257-3333 to get your ticket.

Lulav and Etrog Sets
Enduring Symbols of Heart, Integrity and Compassion

If you have never had your own lulav and etrog set for Sukkot, maybe it’s time to do so! This is the time of the year to fulfill the Mitzvah – learn and say the blessings and share holy time with family and friends. This year we are offering two sets* to choose from: Junior, $50 or Mehudar (premium), $90. To order, complete and return an order form to CBD, along with your payment, or contact Barbara at 408.366.9106 or biran@beth-david.org. Deadline is September 12. Forms can be found at the CBD office or by clicking the link above.

*The difference in cost per set is due to size of etrog and pitom

SF AIDS Walk Recap

Congratulations Team Jews’ Next Dor and thanks to everyone who sponsored our walkers. As the final totals have been tallied, our team of 31 registered walkers raised $3,754.00. Our team ranked 162th out of 684 teams of varying sizes.

In total More than 25,000 walkers came together to raise a near-record $4,512,934 for the thousands of men, women and children struggling with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco and the entire Bay Area. As we’ve mentioned before, this year’s walk supported a record number of local organizations.

Our walkers had a great time you can see in all the pictures from the event. Click on the link below for multiple albums of pictures. While the weather was a bit icky early in the day, it got to be a nice day and everyone had a great time talking while we walked. Our Stanford and Cal fans event got to enjoy the bands from these schools. Radio stations were out cheering along with playing music, and the Fat Chance Belly Dance Troupe was there again, as we were.

Pictures, more pictures, even more pictures, and yes, more pictures.

For more on AIDS Walk SF visit the walks homepage at http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/

Young Adult Shir Shabbat Tomorrow

Young Adult Shir Shabbat
Friday, August 22, 2008
8pm

Congregation Beth David
19700 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, Ca

Join with the congregation for a lively Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a Young Adult oneg in Classroom 1, with homemade challah. Shir Shabbat is an upbeat and joyous Friday evening service (held every 4th Friday) welcoming in Shabbat, complete with Carlebachi melodies, dancing and instruments. After the service, young adults will be enjoying a separate kiddush to get a chance to unwind and celebrate Shabbat. RSVPs appreciated to jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com.

Kosher “Meat” & Greet: BBQ & Barchu Edition

Kosher “Meat” and Greet: B-B-Q & Barchu Edition

Friday, September 5

6pm

Congregation Beth David

19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca

Reservations Needed

Kosher “Meat” and Greet returns for one night only as Jews’ Next Dor participates in Congregation Beth David’s annual  B-B-Q and Barchu. We’ll have a designated table for us. Join us for an outdoor Kosher barbecue followed by Shabbat evening services.

Cost: Adults and teens: $18; Children 6-12: $8; Children 5 and under: free.

RSVP to reservations@beth-david.org by Friday, August 29.

For further information, call 408-257-3333 or email admin[at]beth-david.org.  Questions? jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com

Jews’ Next Dor 2008 Apples and Honey Cookoff Entry Rules

Our Matzah Cookoff was such a success this year, we’re bringing you another great holiday cookoff opportunity to show off your culinary talents. Enter our first ever Apple and Honey Cookoff to be held on Sunday, September 14, 3:30pm at a Private home in San Jose (you know the drill, RSVP for the address, directions and parking tips to jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com). Please note our host has a mild manored dog. Besure to the read the following carefully, to be sure your dish qualifies for judging. We’ve step up the qualifications for this Cookoff. We might not be awarding medals, but no competition would be complete without prizes, but you must enter to win. Oh course, you’re welcome to come wish your fellow Jews’ Next Dor (Jewish 20 and 30 somethings) a sweet new year, with out entering a dish, but please bring drinks (doesn’t have to be apple and honey theme).

Apples and Honey Cookoff

Sunday, September 14, 2008

3:30pm
Private home near downtown San Jose
Contact: jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com

Offical Cookoff Rules, Regulations and Judging Criteria

Who is Eligible?

• Any Jewish 20 or 30 something
• You and dish must be present on September 14, starting at 3:30pm at a private home in San Jose to win.

Food Entry Requirements?

• Dish must feature either apples or honey or both.
• Dish must be parve or dairy
• Dish must be at least 50% homemade.
• All items should be prepared in advanced, and brought cook ready to serve. Plating is allowed at the cookoff. Note: only standard paper goods will be provided.
• All dishes will be consumed by participants and event attendees after judging
• Recipes for entries must be submitted to jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com by Friday, September 12 at Noon. (Recipes will be also be included on the recipe exchange on our website). A recipe must be submitted for all entries, or it will not be judged.
• All dishes to be judged must be there within 15 minutes of the start time. Dishes to arrive late will not be judged, but may be consumed after all judging is completed.
• Please provide enough of your dish that all event participates can have a portion.
• If your dish contains nuts please clearly label it.
• Name your entries
  

The Judging:

• There will be two categories. Sweet and Savory.
  • Entrants must decide which category to enter their dish in upon arrival.
  • Each dish can only be judged in one category
  • A first prize will be awarded for each category
  • Each entrant can enter up to 3 dishes total across both categories.
  • Entrants do not need to enter both categories.

• All judging will take place on Sunday, September 14.
• Each dish will be judged on originality (25%), presentation (25%) and flavor (50%).
• Everyone present will get to judge all entries, other then their own.
• All entries will be served by a Jews’ Next Dor representative.
• Judging will be done on a point system, the dish with the most votes in each category gets first place.
• Points will be deducted if Apples and Honey are not the center piece of the dish.
• Points will be tallied by a Jews’ Next Dor representative.
• Chef of winning dishes will be awarded prizes.

P.S. CBD offers free High Holiday tickets for college students, military personnel, and those ages 19-33!
You just have to ask. Call the CBD office 408-257-3333 or stop by during regular office hours.

In your 30s or 40s and Jewish? We’ve Got the Group For You

Are you Jewish in your 30s or 40s and feeling left out of all the great programming in the Bay Area? Feeling “old” or out of place at young adult events, and feeling “young” and out of place at other events? Don’t have kids, and feel like all programming for those your age is family oriented?

Congregation Beth David is starting a new group for those in their 30s and 40s just for you. It will be a fully volunteer run group. If you’d like to learn more, be a part of it, or even help with it, send jewsnextdor[at]gmail.com an email and we’ll make sure it goes to the right place. While children aren’t excluded, this group is not family oriented, programming will be geared towards Jewish 20 and 30 somethings. Look for details on their first event coming soon.

Of course those in their 30s are still very welcome at Jews’ Next Dor events.

Build-a-Brunch at Beth David Open House.

Beth David has it going on.They have something for everyone of all ages, but do you know what they offer? It’s not just a place of prayer, in fact that’s a very small portion of what it’s about. They have a vibrant community providing events and opportunities for all. Come found out what Beth David has to offer and if any of it speaks to you. At the very least come nosh on free food and schmooze with fellow tribes’ peeps at the Beth David Open House.

Come by the Jews’ Next Dor table for Free Food, flip through our scrapebook, and more.

Congregation Beth David Open House

19700 Prospect Road, Saratoga, Ca 95014

Monday, August 24
10am-Noon

Come learn what CBD has to offer, and build your own brunch. Don’t forget to stop by the young the adult table and say hello. We’ll have a few treats and surprises for you.

Here’s the official blurb from CBD:

This is an opportunity for new and prospective members to learn more about Beth David. Representatives from all the CBD affinity groups will be around to answer questions and provide information about 2008-2009 events and activities. Religious school teachers will hold a meet and greet session for new students from 11-12. For more information, contact Stacey Cabral at 408-257-3333.

“A New Perspective on Judaism” or “So You Want to Visit the Holy Land …”

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by ShelleyT, a CBD and Jews’ Next Dor member, who traveled to Israel for the first time this summer on the CBD congregational trip to Israel. Pictures included are not from ShelleyT.

Our guide referred to it as the “Jerusalem Syndrome.”  One visit to the Holy City has a way of turning moderates and even non-believers into orthodox.  I have to admit, I half expected that joining Congregation Beth David’s summer trip to Israel – the first trip to Israel for myself and my 70+year-old parents – would change my life.  I had this idea that I would be overwhelmed by the Holy Land’s, well, holiness.  I’ve traveled before, but planning a trip to Israel didn’t feel like tourism.  The info packet we received before the flight put it better: it was a pilgrimage.

Jerusalem, Israel

Well let me slow down for minute here.  I haven’t exactly started growing out peyot.  I wouldn’t even say that stepping foot in Eretz Yisrael significantly changed my life.  Just so we’re clear, this isn’t another case of the Syndrome.  However, seeing Israel for the first time did change my perspective about Judaism in general, especially about what Judaism means to me. You have to understand that I grew up in a little town called Groveland in the foothills near Yosemite, and I can pretty much guarantee that my family was the only Jewish family in our neck of the woods.  With the closest synagogue in Stockton, about a 2½-hour drive away, we only went to shul for the High Holy Days and for my bar mitzvah.  Otherwise, our dinner table was our Shabbat sanctuary.  I identified as Jewish, but Israel was some far away, war-torn land I knew only from CNN footage.   Am Yisrael really didn’t mean anything to me.  I felt no connection. That changed after day one in Jerusalem.  Our primary guide/teacher welcomed us like old friends, and explained how much it meant to him to have us there.  Signs at the airport and our hotel stated simply, “Welcome Home.”  But more than any of these things, I was affected by seeing aspects of Jewish life everywhere, commonplace, as natural as having windows on a house.  There were mezuzot on the hotel door frames, little boys with kippot playing, and big signs on restaurants declaring not simply that they kept kosher but whether they served meat or dairy.  It was enough to make me repeatedly declare (in my head, not out loud fortunately), “Man, there are like tons of Jews here!”  Hey, for a guy from Groveland, it was a big deal.

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