Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement
Unity of the Valley
39th and Hilyard
Sunday Sept. 27th
| Mediation and Music | 6:30pm |
| Kol Nidre Service | 7:00pm-9:30pm |
Monday Sept. 28th--Full Day
Unity of the Valley
39th and Hilyard
Said Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel "There were no days as festive as Yom Kippur afternoon" In this spirit the afternoon theme will be Meditation, Movement and Process. There will be several offerings to choose from sessions. Each will have a choice of two offerings. The detailed descriptions will be available at the services. These offerings will be between 1:30 ‚ 4:00 pm.
| Mediation and Music | 10 am |
| Service | 10:30-1pm |
| Afternoon Happenings (see
descriptions below) | 1:45-2:45pm and 2:55-3:55 |
| Yizkor (memorial) | 4-5:00pm |
| Services Continued at Jordan and Susi's Home
(see below) |
| Neilah* (closing) | 6:15 pm |
| Break-the-fast* - Potluck | 7:15 pm |
Yom Kippur is traditionally
a day of fasting. We end the day with a ritual sharing of food. This is a
potluck event. Please bring a “Biblically Kosher” dish to share (no pork or
shellfish). Labels with ingredients are helpful for the diverse needs of our
community.
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YOM KIPPUR AFTERNOON HAPPENINGS
DANCING OURSELVES HOME FOR THE HARVEST
ANCIENT YOM KIPPUR RITUAL
There were no days as
festive as… Yom Kippur, when young men and women (in the afternoon) would be
clad in white so that none would be embarrassed, and they would dance and sing,
calling to one another: Gaze not upon the outside appearances but upon what is
at our core.
Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel (2nd
century)
1:45-2:45pm
Yom Kippur Dreaming / PATH OF
HEART with Gary Reiss and Annie Goldberg
Following your deepest callings in
the coming year. We will be helping people use new methods in Process Work to
get advice for the coming year, be closest to their deepest self and follow
their path of heart.
Gary Reiss LCSW, PhD, is a
certified trainer in Process Oriented Psychotherapy with a private practice in
Eugene. He also teaches this work worldwide. Gary has done extensive Shamanic
work.
Annie Greenberg is a
therapist who utilizes many modalities, including Process Oriented Psychology.
She is currently interested in working with women on issues relating to
fertility, creativity, our bodies and inner-criticism. Her personal passions
include gardening and cooking.
1:45-2:45pm
FORGIVENESS MEDITATION with Cindy McPherson
Do you want more joy in your
life? On Yom Kippur we create space inside to be our true joyful nature, by
making amends and forgiving. Forgiveness clears weight and cobwebs from our
heart. Come to this experimental session to deepen your forgiveness process.
Learn a powerful tool of Toltec Shamanism to release energy you took on and call
your energy back from the past. Step into the New Year lighter and energized.
Cindy McPherson dances in
both Jewish and Toltec traditions. She is a coach and teacher with the Toltec
Center of Creative Intent, in the lineage of don Miguel Ruiz (author of "The
Four Agreements"). She offers tools to help people release limiting beliefs and
manifest their true potential.
2:55-3:55pm
SINGING ALIVE & TESHUVA
MOVEMENT with Rob Tobias
Welcome the New Year with singing
and movement. We will sing and move together with multi-part songs with
inspirational lyrics that are easy to sing and move along to. We are the seed
to singing the world alive.
Rob Tobias is an Ad-Olam
music coordinator, singer, songwriter, playback theatre performer, audio/video
producer and workshop leader.
www.robtobias.com for more music and info
2:55-3:55pm
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION with
Barry Noble PhD
The practice of mindfulness is the
art of being more fully present and underlies the High Holy Days teachings on
teshuvah (return/repentance), tefillah (prayer), and tzedakah
(charity/justice). Please join us for the simple but liberating practice of
mindfulness, and for conversation on the important role of mindfulness in
Judaism.
Barry Nobel, PhD began
practicing meditation in 1974. He has taught Religious Studies in colleges in
Oregon, Washington and California, and he has been teaching mindfulness for the
past seven years around the Northwest.
$25 tax deductible donation requested for each of the main services per person , or an appropriate amount based on your financial situation. All money goes to expenses and supporting the work of Ad Olam.
