Dear Parent,

It is customary to bless our children the eve of Yom Kipur. Many of our children live away from home and the parents can't bless them. Some parents don't have great communication with their children. Some parents feel the child should call the parent first. The list of reasons goes on. 

It would be very beneficial if you read this to please pass it along to your friends as well this that I am suggesting. 

This year call or write a letter to each child separately how you love them, what they mean to you and how precious they are. THAT YOU ARE WISHING THEM A GREAT SWEET YEAR in everything etc. 

Include the traditional blessing that parents have done throughout the ages. You can urge your children to do the same to their children. What a great way to begin our New Year. When each one of us do this, G-d in turn as our Father will bless each and every one of us with a good sweet year and with the ultimate blessing that we are all waiting for this year that we should merit the coming of Moshiach.

Call your children and grandchildren wherever they are during the day on Tuesday and bless them. My Parents and in-laws bless us, then my children and then their great grandchildren.

Blessing the Children

For a Boy "Ye'simcha Elohim ke-Ephraim ve'chi-Menashe
May God make you like Ephrayim & Menashe

For a Girl "Yesimaich Elokim Ke- Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.
May God make you like Sara Rivka Rachel & Leah 

Then continue, for both boys and girls: Ye'varech'echa Adonoy ve-yish'merecha.
Ya'eir Adonoy panav eilecha viy-chuneka. 
Yisa Adonoy panav eilecha,ve-yaseim lecha shalom.

May God bless you and watch over you.
May God shine His face toward you and show you favor.
May God be favorably disposed toward you, and may He grant you peace. 

Others add this: Hamalach hagoel oti mikol ra yevarech et hanArim vikareh bahem shmi 
VShem avotai Avraham vyizchak vyidgu larov bkerev haaretz.

Translation: May the angel who has delivered me from all harm bless these lads. May they carry on my name and the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude on earth.

Evening Services:
Candle lighting - Fast Begins: 5:41 pm

Oct. 11th, Kol Nidrei 5:45 pm

Morning Services:
Oct. 12th, 9:30am- 2 pm
                 Yizkor Services 11:30 am Approx.
Oct  12th  4:30pm Mincha & Neila services.

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Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, begins Tuesday night and continues through Wednesday, for a period of 25 hours. Some fast an additional hour to conform to the numerical value of G-d's name which adds up to 26.

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year. When the Hebrew calendar was set over 2000 years ago, it was set in such a way that Yom Kippur can be only on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Shabbat. Yom Kippur cannot fall on a Sunday, Tuesday, or Friday.

The day before Yom Kippur it is customary to put out charity-plates in synagogue, so that people can give extra charity.

During each of the Yom Kippur services we confess for the sins we may have committed. We even confess for sins we are sure we didn't commit. We confess in the plural; We have transgressed...

Q.   Why are the confessions said in the plural? Why do we confess and ask forgiveness for sins we have not even committed?

A.   Our rabbis explain that as Jews we are not only responsible for our own deeds, but also for our fellow Jews as well.  If another Jew transgresses, we are all partly responsible.  Thus, we confess in the plural, as we confess not only for our sins, but also for those committed by others.

Q.   What is the connection between fasting and the Day of Atonement?

A.   There are a number of reasons:  1) Being the Day of Atonement, it is fitting for us to spend the day with spiritual matters and not physical pleasures.

2)  Fasting humbles a person.  Thus, on Yom Kippur, when we must repent with all our heart and with humility, we refrain from eating or drinking.

3)  On Yom Kippur, when we are forgiven for our sins, we are considered as pure as angels, who have no sin.  We express this by acting like angels who don't eat or drink.

Q.  Why is it customary that "Tzedakah plates" or "Tzedakah boxes" from various charities are placed in the synagogue Erev (day before) Yom Kippur into which everyone contributes before the holiday?

A.   In the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayers we say, "Repentance, prayer and charity nullify a bad decree."  Since it is forbidden to handle money on Yom Kippur, we give extra charity on the day before Yom Kippur.  We pray that our mercy to others will invoke G-d's mercy toward us.

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