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ROSH HASHANAH with MISHKAN SHALOM

We welcome all who wish to share the many blessings of the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, to join us in this High Holiday season. No tickets or pre-registration are required: All are welcome at Mishkan Shalom. Please note, some services are held at the Haverford School:

Shabbat: A Way In Jewish Mindfulness service, lunch and teaching: Cultivating Compassion and Forgiveness – Saturday, September 8 – 10:00 am - 12:15 pm; teaching begins about 1:00 pm – at Mishkan Shalom

Selichot – Saturday, September 8 – 10:00 pm at Mishkan Shalom

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EREV ROSH HASHANAH  Sunday, September 16 – 7:30 pm at Mishkan Shalom

ROSH HASHANAH  Monday, September 17 – 9:00 am at the Haverford School: In addition to our traditional services, Mindfulness-based services are also offered from 9:00 - 11:00 am, running concurrently with the first two hours of our traditional services.

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ROSH HASHANAH (Day 2– Tuesday, September 18 – 9:00 am at Mishkan Shalom Experience Music, Meditation & Yoga.

Tashlich – Tuesday, September 18 – 4:00 pm at Valley Green on the Wissahickon Creek

Adult Ed Class: Empty Stomach, Full Heart: Preparing Your Body and Mind for Fasting – Wednesday, September 19 – 6:30 pm at Mishkan Shalom. Please see our Adult Ed page for details and registration.

Shabbat Shuvah – Punishing Innocence: Stories from Death Row (Mishkan member David Love, Executive Director of Witness to Innocence, will speak on his organization's work supporting innocent people on death row.) – Saturday, September 22 – 10:00 am at Mishkan Shalom

HELP US CONTINUE TO WELCOME ALL GUESTS

Mishkan Shalom welcomes all who wish to join us for the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe. We encourage you to make as generous a donation as your means allow to help us continue this core tradition. We welcome all who support our Statement of Principles to become members of our community. Guests who become members by November 1, 2012 may apply their guest donation towards their membership deposit. All donations are tax-deductable and can be mailed to: Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19026.

Please click on the suggested donations links below to make your donation online:

$72 per adult guest per service

$360 per adult guest for all services

There is no fee for childcare; all parents are welcome to use childcare by taking a shift in the childcare co-op. For full instructions, please see below.

EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YAMIM NORAIM

Click here for a brief overview of service times, locations and childcare guidelines.

Click here for our full program of services, communal meals, childcare, directions, preparing yourself for the High Holidays and more.

We wish you all a Shanah Tovah u'Metuchah: A good and sweet year.

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