Anticipation

Howdy YABAniks! We've got some great stuff to look forward to...

Tashlich - Tashlich is a beautiful, spiritual tradition of "casting off" our sins. You go to a flowing body of water, and cast a physical embodiment of your sins (usually breadcrumbs or rice) into the water, and recite some short prayers. We will be having our YABA Tashlich service on Sunday morning, 1 October 2006, probably at 10 a.m. It's the morning of Erev Yom Kippur, so we promise not to drag it out too long. We'll be meeting in Santa Monica, possibly somewhere along the pier, and we'll walk to the water's edge together to perform our service. It's "Bring Your Own Sins" (i.e., breadcrumbs are not provided!).

Sukkot - We will have our Second Annual Shabbat Sukkot dinner in the Beth Am Sukkah on Friday, 6 October 2006. Some of you may recall that last year's Sukkah dinner -- which was attended by over 50 people! -- was our very first YABA event. I hope to see all of you there this year.

If you're interested in High Holidays at Temple Beth Am, you can get all kinds of info (including a link to the ticket order form) here. Or you can e-mail Desiree Gaines, who is Rabbi Leider's assistant.

And finally, if you're interested in joining the YABA steering committee, please let us know! We'll be meeting about once every two months to discuss events, plan events, and figure out what we want to do. So if you want to see YABA move in a particular direction, now's your chance.

I hope y'all have had a great summer, and we look forward to another great YABA year!