HIGH HOLY DAYS

S'lichot STUDY

Dolores and Walter Neustadt Lecture Series and S'lichot Service

Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg on ‘The Path to Forgiveness’

The Elul period culminates this year with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, who will guide us as we begin the internal work of the High Holy Days. Rabbi Weinberg is the Director of Outreach and Community Development at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (www.ijs-online.org), and is committed to helping Jews deepen their spiritual lives and make the connection between the inner work of spiritual growth and the outer work of creating more justice and compassion in the world. The Institute promotes the ideas that “spirituality involves nurturing the human capacity to develop one’s personal understanding of God; to seek out truth and purpose; to discover meaning in personal and communal prayer; to develop a relationship with one’s deepest and most authentic self and with others; to find strength and hope and maintain balance in the face of challenges; and to experience deeper joy at times of simcha.”

Rabbi Peltz Weinberg has written that contemplative practice can have a powerful impact, making a difference in “how we live our lives, how we relate to ourselves and others, how free we become to embody the values and ideals we embrace in our minds, how we deal with temptations of all sorts.”

We are thrilled to have the opportunity to delve into these ideas as we study with Rabbi Peltz Weinberg during the weekend.

Rabbi Peltz Weinberg is a scholar for the Dolores and Walter Neustadt Lecture Series. We are grateful to the Neustadts for establishing this Temple Fund.

Friday, September 11, Olan Sanctuary
• 6:15 p.m. Shabbat Services
Awareness and Forgiveness
With music, teaching and meditation, we will uncover the beauty and poetry of the Shabbat evening prayers as a way to develop our personal understanding of God.

Saturday, September 12, Linz Hall
• 9:00 a.m. Chever Torah
Torah and Return: Parashat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20)
• 7:30 p.m. Dessert and wine reception
• 8:15 p.m. Havdalah
• 8:30 p.m. S’lichot Learning and Prayer
Loving The Imperfect: Preparing for the Season of Forgiveness
Our S’lichot observance opens a pathway toward forgiveness. By exploring qualities of compassion and patience, we will begin a process of inner awakening that offeres great promise for the High Holy Day season.

Sunday, September 13
• 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. Meditation class
• 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Yoga class
Reservation required for Sunday events.

For more information, please contact Nancy Rivin or 214.706.0000, ext. 155.