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5781 High Holiday Virtual  Youth & Family Experience

Welcome!!  HTAA isn't the same without you being in the building, but I hope you find comfort bringing in the New Year with me visiting your home instead… Welcome to Rachel’s Virtual Playlab! We will have services, stories, and songs available all holiday season!
I am so glad that you decided to join us for HTAA's Virtual High Holiday Youth & Family Experience. 
 L👀k around, there's lots to see and do! 
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to email myself, or the office at any time. 
Shana Tovah!  Happy New Year! 
Adrienne 'Auntie A' Suson 

3 TIPS TO HAVING A GREAT NEW YEAR

Celebrating The High Holidays

SWEET-TASTING TRADITIONS
One of the themes of Rosh Hashanah is, of course, sweetness. (A traditional greeting is “May you have a good and sweet new year.”) Apples dipped in honey symbolize that sweetness.

BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN

Consider making a trip to a local apple orchard (we have many!) to collect several varieties of local apples. During the holiday, sample the apples using sweet recipes. 

NATURE 
According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashanah is the anniversary of the sixth day of creation. To celebrate the completion of our beautiful world, spend some holiday time surrounded by nature.  Whether it’s a hike, or a picnic at a local park, point out and enjoy the many beautiful things Hashem created. Here in Silver Spring, we are SO lucky to have Brookside Nature Center right around the corner! Each year at Brookside, you can enjoy their bees and the annual honey harvest. Let's learn about the bee's hard work and thank Hashem for their delicious treat!

Consider Visiting Brookside Nature Center & Gardens!

THE SHOFAR 
Take a shofar with you on a hike, and allow your children to use it. Or have the kids pretend making their own shofar sounds. 
Want to know how to blow the shofar?

Listen to this Podcast! 

DROP OF HONEY ROSH HASHANAH FAMILY SERVICE 

ROSH HASHANAH

WATCH SHALOM AT HOME EPISODES HERE!

CLICK HERE TO READ STORIES WITH AUNTIE A TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ROSH HASHANAH! 

Got Cable? Watch Rhythm 'N' Ruach on Jewish Life Television! 

TASHLICH

Tashlich, which literally translates to “casting off,” is a ceremony performed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah. During this ceremony, Jews symbolically cast off the sins of the previous year by tossing pebbles or bread crumbs into flowing water. During this ritual, people think of things they’ve done wrong in the past year and then “throw them away,” promising for improvement in the coming year.

Kids can easily grasp the ideas of wanting to do better and saying "sorry," so including them in a simple, age-appropriate tashlich ceremony is a great way to build understanding about the ritual while building a fun family tradition.

Many of the ideas in the list below are great for children ages four and up. If your children are too young to remember mistakes or make a list of them, you can help write a simple list, and let them focus on the fun of the "washing away" part of the activity. Click here if you'd like to join us for physically distant Tashlich at Sligo Creek.

USE BATH CRAYONS:

Use bath crayons to write or draw things you are sorry about in the tub and then wash them away. Again, if your kids are too young to verbalize or recognize things that they are sorry for, you can do the writing or drawing for them and then let them do the part -- washing away the writing.

GRAB SIDEWALK CHALK!

Make a short list together and write it out in sidewalk chalk. Then, fill up some water balloons, or use the hose, to "erase" the words and sentences in the list. You'll be left with beautiful, and temporary, rainbow streaks on your driveway or sidewalk.

FILL UP A BIRD BATH OR A KIDDIE POOL:

Don’t have running water near your home? Instead use whatever you have around, like a kiddie pool or even a bowl or tub of water. While having a discussion about tashlich’s values, have your children write/draw some of their transgressions on pieces of white copy paper in washable marker. Float the papers in the water and have them watch as their sins and mistakes disappear.

YOM KIPPUR

WATCH SHALOM AT HOME EPISODES HERE!

CLICK HERE TO READ STORIES WITH AUNTIE A TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOM KIPPUR! 

Got Cable? Watch Rhythm 'N' Ruach on Jewish Life Television! 

Avinu Malkeinu - Prayer-e-oke

Check out this awesome   Forgiveness    Spotify Playlist!

Listen to the beginning of the Kol Nidre Service 

Let's Learn About Jonah & the Big Fish!

SUKKOT

WATCH SUKKOT SHALOM AT HOME EPISODES HERE!
Got Cable? Watch Rhythm 'N' Ruach on Jewish Life Television! 

CLICK HERE TO READ STORIES WITH AUNTIE A TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SUKKOT! 

SIMCHAT TORAH

WATCH SIMCHAT TORAH SHALOM AT HOME

CLICK HERE TO READ STORIES WITH AUNTIE A TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SIMCHAT TORAH! 

Visit PJLibrary.org/highholidays for more wonderful resources! 

B'Shana Haba B'Yerushalayim!

This year we have been separated from people we love and communities we care about. As the new year begins, we think about how we can make this a year of healing, growth, and hope.

Next year in Jerusalem!

Next year may we celebrate the
High Holidays together.

Tue, June 3 2025 7 Sivan 5785