NO SHAZOOM September 11, 2026 – EREV ROSH HASHANAH
KETIVAH VECHATIMA TOVAH – A GOOD WRITING AND SEALING!
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND ALL THE VICTIMS OF CONFLICT
From “Mishkan T’filah / A Reform Siddur” p.178
SHALOM RAV al Yisraël amcha tasim l’olam, v’al kol yoshvëi tëvël, v’imru. Amen.
GRANT ABUNDANT PEACE to Israel Your people forever, [and all who inhabit the earth. Amen.]
NO SHAZOOM
We will NOT meet for Shazoom again until Friday, September 18, 2026, Erev Shabbat Shuvah. Please see the Shazoom and Observances schedule through September 2026 below.
Read this week’s Parshot at https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.21.1-19, https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.22.1-24; and Haftarot at https://www.sefaria.org/I_Samuel.1.1-2.10, https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.31.2-20.
YAHRZEITS/ANYOS
This coming week, 1 Tishrei through 7 Tishrei, we lovingly remember:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Am Yisrael
Roger Surrette
Past Member of Temple Kol Hamidbar
Jesse Way
Father of Diana Turner
Those victims of the Sho’ah (Holocaust) who died at this time of year.
“ZICHRONAM LIV’RACHAH” – MAY THEIR MEMORIES BE FOR BLESSING.
PSALM 27
- Look to the Eternal One;
be strong and of good courage!
O look to the Eternal One!
HIGH HOLY DAYS – 2026/5787 – Shanah Tovah uMetukah – Anyada Buena i Dulce!
The Reform Movement normally observes one day of Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur begins the evening of Sunday, September 20 (Kol Nidrë) through Monday, September 21, 2026. Temple Kol Hamidbar will NOT be holding High Holy Day services either in person or online.
Various congregations within the Reform Movement provide online resources to anyone interested in participating in services. In some cases, registration and/or a password is required. You may want to visit the following websites for their latest information on the High Holy Days and how to access them.
Temple Kol Hamidbar and Kol Ami in Tucson have reciprocity. Any TKH members wishing to attend Kol Ami’s High Holy Day services require an admission request email from Dr. Sam Caron, Congregational President, to Kol Ami’s office, stating your name(s) and email address, along with a scanned copy of the photo IDs for each person. Kol Ami will send an electronic “ticket” with the number and names of the individual(s) to be admitted, and other instructions. A printout of the “ticket” along with a photo ID are required at the door prior to admission.
Kol Ami (formerly Temple Emanu-El and Congregation Or Chadash), Tucson, AZ
Temple office (520) 327-4501 or https://www.katucson.org/
Congregation Or Ami, Calabasas, CA
High Holy Days 2026 | Or Ami or https://coa.livecontrol.tv/
Temple Sinai, Oakland, CA
Temple Office 510-451-3263
https://www.oaklandsinai.org or High Holy Days 5787 – Temple Sinai
The Union for Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/rosh-hashanah/how-find-high-holiday-community-wherever-you-are
Some High Holy Day Greetings besides Shanah Tovah and Chag Samëach:
Tizkú Leshaním Rabbót (“May you merit many years”),
to which the answer is Ne’imót VeTovót (“pleasant and good ones”)
or
Muchos Anyos (“many years”) to which the answer is I Muchos Mas (“and many more”) or Dulces i Buenos (“sweet and good [ones])
L’SHANAH TOVAH TIKATËVU V’TËCHATËMU – May you be written and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year!
L’shalom,
-Ruben
PS – Shazoom and Observances Schedule through September 2026 (Arizona Time Zone):
September 11, 2026 – NO Shazoom
September 11, 2026, Friday PM – Erev Rosh Hashanah
[September 12–13, Saturday-Sunday – Rosh Hashanah (mostly one day in Reform)]
September 18, 2026 – Erev Shabbat Shuvah – Shazoom ONLY at 6:30 pm
[September 19 – Shabbat Shuvah (Shabbat of Return)]
[September 20, Sunday – Erev Yom Kippur – Kol Nidrë]
[September 21, Monday – Yom Kippur]
September 25, 2026 – Erev Sukkot (TBD)
[September 26-October 2, Saturday-Friday – Sukkot]
[October 2, 2026 – Erev Shabbat (TBD)
[October 2-3, Sh’mini Atzéret (Eight Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah); Reform Movement combines as in Israel]