Download Amidah (led by Yvonne) - Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community

Torah on the Beach service
31st August 2013
Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community
BEIT CHAVERIM
www.eljc.org.uk
 Short Shabbat service starting at 1.30pm
 Simcha Kiddush and renaming of EPJC ceremony
 BBQ and picnic on the beach
 At Harbour Reach beach
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Torah on the Beach service - 31st August 2013
 Welcome by Chairman Suzanne
 Shema (led by Suzanne)
 Tefilah - The Daily Prayer (sung - led by Yvonne)
 Amidah (led by Yvonne) and Oseh Shalom (sung - led by Yvonne)
 Aleynu (led by Suzanne)
 Kaddish (led by Yvonne)
 Dvar Torah and New Year greetings from Danny Rich (Read by Yvonne)
 Conclusion - and Adon Olam (sung - led by Yvonne)
 Dedication of the Synagogue (renaming) (led by Angela)
The Shema:
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Sh'ma Yis-ra-eil, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, A-do-nai E-chad.
(Whisper:)
Ba-ruch sheim k'vod mal-chu-to l'o-lam va-ed.
V'a-hav-ta eit A-do-nai E-lo-he-cha,
B'chawl l'va-v'cha,
u-v'chawl naf-sh'cha,
u-v'chawl m'o-de-cha.
V'ha-yu ha-d'va-rim ha-ei-leh,
A-sher a-no-chi m'tsa-v'cha ha-yom, al l'va-ve-cha.
V'shi-nan-tam l'-va-ne-cha, v'di-bar-ta bam
b'shiv-t'cha b'vei-te-cha,
uv-lech-t'cha va-de-rech,
u-v'shawch-b'cha uv-ku-me-cha.
Uk-shar-tam l'ot al ya-de-cha,
v'ha-yu l'to-ta-fot bein ei-ne-cha.
Uch-tav-tam, al m'zu-zot bei-te-cha, u-vish-a-re-cha.
Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One. Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever. You shall
love the Lord your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you
today shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in
your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your
hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon
your gates.
Tefilah - sing twice:
‫ ופי יגיד תהלתך‬,‫אדני שפתי תפתה‬
Adonai sa-fa-tie teef-tah, ooh-fee yah-geed t-hee-lah-tay-ha
Eternal G-d, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.
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The Amidah:
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Oseh shalom:
: ‫ ו ְִּא ְמרּו‬,‫ֲשה ָׁשלֹום עָׁ לֵ יֽ נּו וְעַ ל כָׁל י ְִּש ָׁראֵ ל‬
ֶׂ ‫ הּוא ַיע‬,‫רֹומיו‬
ָׁ ‫עֹ ֶׂשה ָׁשלֹום ִּב ְמ‬
.‫אָׁ ֵמן‬
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v'al kol Yisrael, v'imru: Amen
May the High, Source of perfect peace, grant peace to us and to all Israel, and let us say; Amen
Aleynu:
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Dvar Torah - Nitzavim - Deuteronomy 29:9–30:20 by Rabbi Janet Darley (ULPS)
This Shabbat is a time of endings and new beginnings: it is the last Shabbat of 5773 and the Torah cycle is nearly
finished. We are bidding farewell to the past year, and moving forward into the new. Atem nitzavim—like the
ancient Israelite we are poised to enter what is metaphorically a new land, a brand new year. Have you ever thought
what an appropriate season this is to begin a new year? Much better than when the secular New Year occurs in the
middle of winter; a time with no real hint of change.
Autumn is a time for looking both forwards and backwards. As we harvest the bounty of one growing year in the
Autumn, we prepare for the next. So it is with our lives. We gather up that which we have done in the past year, look
it over and like the farmer, save that which is good and dispose of that which is not. In the days before Rosh
Hashanah and between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we seek to rid ourselves of the habits, the thoughts, the
actions that blemish our lives and prevent us from being all that we could be.
Besides the agricultural connotations, we are used to new beginnings at this time from our experience of school. I
am sure that I am not the only one who can remember the excitement and sometimes the relief of a new school
year. The chance to be away from the old year’s teacher who saw so many of our errors; the opportunity to leave
the previous embarrassments behind and start afresh. And how can we bring more light and colour into the new
year? One way is through our teshuvah. Teshuvah is far more than repentance. It is, argues Adin Steinsaltz, a
spiritual awakening to the possibilities within us. It is not just remorse, but a profound change of one’s life, a break, a
reformation. We alone of all creatures have this power to turn, to recreate ourselves anew.
Teshuvah at its heart is a creative process. It is not a turning back, but rather a turning forward, a turning to a new
creation. Our teshuvah allows us to turn to who we have always possibly been and indeed are meant to be, but have
not yet become. We turn to the growth and possibility that is inside us, but which has lain dormant. Like the sculptor
who creates a work of art from what appears to be a block of stone, we create the person we truly are but which we
may have kept locked inside us, not knowing how to release it or perhaps even afraid to do so. This process is not
always easy. We might face both an intellectual and an emotional block to our teshuvah, yet, teshuvah, though
sometimes painful can also be joyous. As we create our true selves, we truly become partners with G-d in the
process of creation.
We all stand here in the doorway of a brand new year, clutching metaphorically our new crayons and our new
notebooks. What will we do? We have the opportunity and the potential to create both ourselves and the world
anew —today
Shanah Tovah from Liberal Judaism - Rabbi Danny Rich, Chief Executive, Liberal Judaism
On 5 October 1945 Rabbi Israel Mattuck, Britain’s first Liberal rabbi, preached a sermon to his congregation at the
LJS, an institution he had served for over 30 years. He argued that the world needed spiritual direction. He asked in
the context of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany whether the knowledge and power of humanity had
(finally) outstripped its moral sense. He questioned the moral appropriateness of extreme power. He observed,
‘When the atomic bomb was first launched all thinking people were profoundly disturbed.’
Having identified what must have been in the minds of his listeners, he then asked what Judaism might contribute to
the debate. In a succinct paragraph he summarised his personal philosophy which had underpinned his life’s work:
the essence of Judaism was to speak the simple truth about the issues of the day. He said,
"If Judaism is to exercise an influence in the world it must be something more than tradition which some Jews like to
maintain for their satisfaction; it must be a message to the world. That requires two things. It must embody the
thought, the ideas which men and women accept as true on sufficient ground. It cannot have a message for the world
of today if it clings to obsolete beliefs and ideas. Secondly, it must address itself to the problems that agitate our
world.’ This remains the raison d’être of Liberal Judaism, and on behalf of its President, Vice-Presidents, Officers, its
Rabbis and its staff I send all members of Liberal Judaism communities good wishes for a thoughtful and
successful Yamim Noraim and 5774.
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Renaming ceremony led by Angela Jay
Whenever the cloud was lifted from the tabernacle, the
Israelites moved forward on all their journeys. It is not only
the Jewish people who have travelled through space and
time: the Jewish religion travelled with them. True, there
have been defining moments, chief among them the
Revelation at Mount Sinai, which have shaped it; and there
have been defining principles, chief among them the Unity
of God, which have distinguished it. There have been more
and less creative periods. But Judaism has never stood still.
Always like a living organism, it has been in process of
development.
The continuity is reassuring. It is what makes us one people,
with a common heritage and task. It enables us to affirm.
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling-places, O
Israel.
‘Dwelling places’ refers to synagogues and sanctuaries, so
designated in the hope that God may dwell in them, and
accept the prayers of those who worship there. And they
are called ‘good’ because they benefit not only those who make use of them, but the entire people.
O G-d, you have been our dwelling place in all generations’. This refers to synagogues and schools.
Thus says the Eternal G-d: Although I have removed them far away among the nations, and scattered them
among the countries, yet I have been to them as a small sanctuary. That too refers to synagogues and
schools.
G-d says: All who engage in the study of Torah and acts of kindness, and pray with the congregation, are
considered as if they had redeemed Me and My children.
With the Synagogue there began a new type of worship in the history of humanity, the type of
congregational worship without priest or ritual… In all their long history the Jewish people have done
scarcely anything more wonderful than to create the Synagogue. No human institution has a longer
continuous history, and none has done more for the uplifting of the human race.
The Synagogue is the one unfailing well-spring of Jewish feeling. There we pray with a mightier company
still. We become members of a far greater congregation that that of which we form a physical part. We
join in spirit our brothers and sisters all over the world in their homage to the God of our people.
The Synagogue is called beit k’neset, a house of meeting.
May we meet here in friendship, to share our joys and sorrows, and to renew our common memories and
hopes.
The Synagogue is called beit midrash, a house of study.
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May we learn here to know our heritage, to understand its values, and to consider how they apply to our
daily lives.
The Synagogue is called beit tefillah, a house of prayer.
May all who come to worship here find inner peace, and know that they have been in God’s presence.
May the door of this Synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for
friendship.
May it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture.
May the door of this Synagogue be narrow enough to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and enmity.
May its threshold be no stumbling block to young or straying feet.
May the door of this Synagogue be too high to admit complacency, selfishness and harshness.
May this Synagogue be, for all who enter, the doorway leading to a richer and meaningful life.
Happy are those who dwell in Your house, who are ever singing Your praise. Happy the people on whom
such blessing falls; happy the people whose G-d is the Eternal One.
(ELJC Chairman Suzanne with founder Angela Jay and Rabbi Harry Jacobi)
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