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each other a blessing for the year to
come. Then we come together and
end with a big camp-style Ne’illah
service where everyone’s holding
Havdalah candles, we’re singing
songs together, and it’s so filled with
ruach and joy. It’s just an awesome
moment,” Dahlen says.
Often for young families partici-
pating in traditional High Holiday
services, there’s a sense of needed
decorum — a feeling of not want-
ing to disrupt anyone else and of
embarrassment or guilt if their
children are being too loud. At the
same time, they want their kids to
experience the High Holidays while
still being able to make noise, move
around and dance if they want to.
What CSZ highlights through the
PrayGround, Dahlen says, is how
that’s exactly the way kids pray.
“We want them to feel like shul
is a place where they can be them-
selves and no one’s shushing them
or telling them to sit down or stop
dancing. We want the opposite. We
want them to hear Jewish music and
Jewish prayer and to feel like they
can get up and dance and own it.”
These are the first High Holidays
at CSZ since Oct. 7 and the ensu-
ing war. After what’s been a tough
year for the Jewish community
overall, Dahlen says the synagogue
has focused on the idea of “we will
dance again,” of defiance and taking
a year that has felt so heavy and sad
and infusing as much hope and joy
as they possibly can.
“Raising Jewish pride in the face
of despair and hate is what we’re
focusing on.”
The PrayGround is free and open
to the community. High Holiday
tickets at CSZ are not needed to
attend. For the sake of security,
though, CSZ asks that people regis-
ter at https://shaareyzedek.shulcloud.
com/event/prayground.html.
A Reform-Renewal Shul
Please join us for
High Holy Day Services
Open to the community!
Warm. Spiritual. Totally Welcoming.
Our Rabbis, Board of Trustees and synagogue community invite
you to join us for Shabbat services.
Please check shirtikvah.org for exact service dates/times
& to view our live stream.
3900 Northfield Parkway • Troy, MI 48084 | shirtikvah.org | (248) 649-4418
@CongregationShirTikvah
3900 Northfield Parkway • Troy, MI 48084
shirtikvah.org | (248)649-4418
@CongregationShirTikvah
Thursday, October 3rd at 4:00pm
Young Family Service
Apples and Honey
Friday, October 4th at 11:00am
Tashlich in Jaycee Park
(Long Lake between Rochester & John R in Troy)
Bring your own picnic lunch at Noon
Saturday, October 12th at 4:00pm
Young Family Service
Friday, October 18th at 6:15pm
Shabbat Under the Stars in the Sukkah
Cider & Donuts Oneg
Friday, October 25th at 6:15pm
SimchaToberFest
Tour de Torah, Klezundheit band, dancing
with the Torah & potluck dinner to follow
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