The Second ALEPH Canada

High Holyday Retreat on Hornby Island

Wednesday-Saturday 28 September – 1 October 2011
Friday-Saturday 7-8 October 2011

Led by Rabbi Daniel Siegel and Noam Dolgin

 

Links

ALEPH Canada Home Page

ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (International)

Canada Helps

Our Shul for Second Day Shacharit

 

The Retreat Leaders:

Rabbi Daniel Siegel is the Director of Spiritual Resources for ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Rabbinic Director of ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal Canada, and Associate Dean of the ALEPH Ordination programs. He was the first person to receive semicha from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Reb Daniel served two college campuses – the University of British Columbia and Dartmouth College – for a total of more than twenty years. Together with his wife and partner, Hanna Tiferet, he co-founded Or Shalom in Vancouver, BC. Rabbi Siegel is a certified mediator and co-founded a successful mediation program at Dartmouth College. Reb Daniel is the editor of ALEPH’s Siddur Kol Koreh project and numerous teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, including the recently released books, “Credo of a Modern Kabbalist” and “Integral Halachah.”

Vancouverite, Noam Dolgin is an experiencial Jewish educator focussing on environmental responsibility and sustainable living within Jewish thought and practice. Noam crisscrosses North America teaching children, youth and adults about how to green their personal and communal practice. Noam is also Director of Vancouver's TAG program for teens and Executive Director of the Green Zionist Alliance, working from North America to promote environmental sustainability in Israel. Previous work includes co-founding Adam Va-Adamah, Canada's first Jewish environmental organization and serving as the Associate Director of the Teva Learning Center, North America's foremost Jewish environmental education organization, for 7 years. Noam has also published a number of Jewish environmental curricula and most recently a transit guide to Vancouver entitled, Canada Line Adventures. More information on Noam’s work is available at www.noamdolgin.com

 

  

This will be an intimate High Holyday experience for up to 20 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 Part 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.

Tentative Schedule:

Rosh HaShanah

Wednesday Sept 28th, 2011
4:30 pm Mikveh at Little Trib (for those who wish and can arrive earlier)
7:00 pm RH Ma’ariv (Traditional Service)
7:45 pm Dinner

Thursday Sept 29th, 2011
10:00 am RH Shacharit
12:45 pm Lunch
3:30 pm Hike

Friday Sept 30th, 2011
10:30 am RH 2nd day Shacharit at Helliwell Park
12:30 pm Picnic lunch at Helliwell (pot luck)
1:30 pm Tashlich at Helliwell
6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30 pm Shabbat Dinner

Shabbat Oct 1st, 201a
10:00 am Shabbat Shuvah Shacharit & Torah
1:00 pm Lunch
4:00 pm Minchah & Study on T’shuvah
Beach Stroll and personal meditation
7:30 pm Havdallah

YOM KIPPUR

Friday Oct 7th, 2011
6:00 pm Pre YK Dinner
7:00 pm Kol Nidre (Traditional Service)

Saturday Oct 8th, 2011
10:00 am YK Services
7:30 pm Break Fast

 

FEES AND REGISTRATION

This retreat is a program of ALEPH Canada and all attendees should be current members. You can take out a membership now by credit card through CanadaHelps and receive a tax receipt directly from them.

EACH PERSON WHO REGISTERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A PDF FILE OF THE MACHZOR WE WILL USE COMPLETE WITH EMBEDDED SOUND FILES OF MUSIC.

Retreat Fees (Sliding Scale):

Rosh HaShanah      $100-$225

Yom Kippur            $ 70-$150

RH and YK              $150-$300

We encourage those who can to pay the maximum by credit card. You can do so by clicking on the appropriate paypal icon below. Otherwise please mail a cheque to ALEPH Canada, c/o Daniel Siegel, Grassy Point 1-2, Hornby Island, BC V0R 1Z0 and include your email address.

Rosh HaShanah only ($225):

Yom Kippur only ($150):

Both RH and YK ($300):

THOSE PAYING BY CREDIT CARD WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION WHICH WILL INCLUDE DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MACHZOR.

THOSE PAYING BY CHEQUE WILL RECEIVE A DOWNLOAD ADDRESS WHEN AT LEAST PARTIAL PAYMENT IS RECEIVED.

Accomodation is extra. For those of you who want to get an early start, please go to http://www.hornbyisland.com for a good list of places to stay.

We are also hoping to help where needed with both accommodation and food, so please watch for further updates.