Yizkor Memorial & Ne'ilah Service

[Music] do [Music] oh sweet spirit hear my prayers [Music] these words heal someone out there i am but a voice just a in the air but i sing nonetheless in this pain we share [Music] oh sweet friends come and drive and hold each other by this tree of life i'm angry and [Music] [Applause] [Music] with love on our side [Music] oh sweet souls who feel broken [Music] together somewhere somehow [Music] still whole and still proud [Music] help these words heal someone out there [Music] um [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh my [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] [Laughter] [Music] oh [Music] yisker is like an appointment with grief and so the time has come again to open that portal in our hearts it's a time of memory and reunion so we're going to take some time for quiet reflection and recollection if you'd like to take a few deep deep breaths centering and calming coming fully to this sacred work of remembering i invite you to feel the presence of your loved one imagine they're sitting right in front of you looking right at you take a good look at their skin their face their eyes reach out and take their hand as you recall was the grip firm or gentle warm or cool big or small hold their hand for a moment look right into their eyes as you recall the color the shape are there specks or other features or their wrinkles around their eyes seeing especially how they look at you recalling the sound of their voice is it high was it low certain or tentative take a moment in your mind to say anything you'd like to say to them maybe you got to say it while they were alive maybe you didn't but it bears saying again [Music] it bears saying now might be i love you it might be i forgive you it might be there's something that still hurts whatever you need to say and now in your mind hearing them saying whatever it is you need to hear from them it might be i love you it might be i forgive you they may have said it in their lifetime or not but still it bears repeating what do you need to hear from them knowing that even as they are gone they will always be a part of you you will always be a part of them beginning lovingly and gently to say goodbye become beginning to come back into this room hearing my countdown three two one opening your eyes and feeling relaxed sensing the presence and the feel that person felt for you and you feel for that person and will always feel mccord wellspring of life and author of souls may we be together with our loved ones again amen [Music] um [Music] um um um so [Music] so in the book of proverbs we read suff the nephesh umarpe words of pleasant pleasantness meaning words of torah are a honeycomb sweetness to the soul and healing to the body imagine torah to be as sweet as honey as healing as medicine to the body imagine torah as a source of strength during times of sadness and loneliness isolation distress and fear imagine torah as melting into our souls like we melt honey into hot water imagine torah comforting our bodies like the hand on our shoulder of someone who we once loved in a moment we're going to take out five taurus scrolls and we're going to place them around the sanctuary we invite you to visit those torah scrolls as a source of healing a source of sweetness and honey as you recall the loved one whom you remember during yiskar as you walk up to the parchment recall the person's skin as you notice the letters of torah think of the person's words or perhaps hear their voice notice the black ink on the white background and think of the multi-dimension of the person you loved their beautiful parts and perhaps even the ones that you struggled with be respectful of each other's space and each other's time everyone who wants will be able to visit a torah i ask for five volunteers to come forward now five volunteers to come forward now as we open the ark and rabbis decosta and chernow hand you the torahs those of you who don't want to visit a torah we're going to be following the liturgy we're starting with it's not in your prayer books but then we will be on page 250 after that [Music] you don't need to stand we're going to be bringing the torahs near you [Music] i [Music] all night [Music] know [Music] you can go to the torahs now one thing i asked [Music] one thing [Music] that i might dwell in your house all the days of my life [Music] knowing the beauty the beauty of you and to dwell in your holy place knowing the beauty the beauty of you and to dwell in your holy [Music] page 250 adonai what are we humans that you should know about us we children of the flesh that you should take account of us a human being is like a momentary breeze a person's days as quickly passing as a shadow we come and go like grass which in the morning shoots up renewed and in the evening fades and withers you turn us to contrition saying deutsche children of the flesh would that we were wise and understood what awaits us in the end for when we die we carry nothing away our glory will not descend along with us observe the innocent person take notice of the upright for the end of such a person is peace adonai can be trusted to redeem the souls of the righteous and no one who trusts in god shall be confounded [Music] may i know [Music] i [Music] oh is [Music] [Music] is oh [Music] i raise my eyes to the mountains what is the source of my help my help will come from the eternal maker of heaven and earth god will not allow your foot to slip your guardian will not slumber behold the guardian of israel neither slumbers nor sleeps the eternal is your keeper god is your shade at your right hand the sun shall not harm you by day nor the moon by night god will guard you from all harm god will protect your being the eternal will guard you coming and going from this time forth and forever [Music] [Music] me [Music] me [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] [Music] keep me [Music] i ask the volunteers to bring the dress torus back to the ark we're on page 252 page 252. adonai is my shepherd i shall not want god makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters and restores my soul you lead me in right path for the sake of your name even when i walk in the valley of the shadow of death i will not fear evil for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me you have set a table before me in the presence of my enemies you have anointed my head with oil my cup overflows surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i shall dwell in the house of adonai forever [Music] i [Music] is is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] see [Music] oh [Music] [Laughter] [Music] me [Music] oh god we see that one generation comes into the world and is blessed with days of peace and safety and another goes through the valley of the shadow enduring the cruelties of persecution and war heartbreaking have been the times that have fallen to us we have lived through years of tyranny and destruction we are schooled in sorrow and acquainted with grief we have seen the just defeated the innocent driven from their homes and the righteous suffer a martyrdom as merciless as any ages have witnessed at this memorial hour we recall with grief all your children who have perished through the cruelty of the oppressor victims of a demonic hate the aged and the young the learned and unlettered all driven in multitudes along the road of pain and pitiless death their very presence on earth was begrudged to them for they brought your covenant of mercy and justice to the recollection of your enemies they perished because they were a symbol of your torah their death has brought darkness to the human soul they lie in nameless graves in far-off forests and lonely fields and the substance of many was scattered by the winds to the earth's four corners yet we will not forget them we take them into our hearts and give them a place beside the cherished memories of our own loved ones they are now ours we pray to you a source of mercy that your torah to which these your children bore witness in life and in death may come to glow with a renewed light in the human soul that remembering them we may sanctify your name in all the world thus will their memory become an enduring blessing to all your children we invite anatole klebenow susan weil ben pomerantz bonnie pastor and emma blankstein to please light our six memorial candles [Music] ah [Music] is [Music] of [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] see [Music] so do [Music] [Music] do [Music] do [Music] we pause in memory of our sons our daughters who gave their lives for the security of our people in our homelands not in monuments of stones or trees shall their memories be preserved but in the reverence and pride which will until the end of time fill the hearts of our people when their memory is recalled as we continue to hold on to the memory of our loved ones some of whom we may not have met but their impact continues to be felt we want to preserve their memory in name in the book of loving remembrance we'll read names out loud we're going to show a photo montage at the end of this service of our loved ones and you'll be able to see some of the faces some pictures of family of friends of memory of love we will offer names of those now who we have lost this year those close to members of this community we remember alexander angerman linda armstrong sema aviad frank baker alice berman miguel ferber ray finegood matthew anthony flynn david frank robert glasser allen lewis gold lila greenspoon shannon grossman anna halperin martha heller stephen lee horowitz freda huttenbach joy jacobson joram kahana alan kosloff lynne krinsky alexander loewy marion marin ellen miller maxine gene nyberg heller aaron nitkin raymond rosen seymour marshall sabzin crime shone william shallman dennis shapiro mario sherman stephen charles schiffman virginia spurgle charlotte spiegelman harriet steinberg edna stodell john henry stoddell michael warner marilyn ruth wolff judy zager pauline pat zepcker as we hold these names these memories close to us remind ourselves that it's not death itself that we fear but the unfinished story the promise of what could have been it's enough to break a heart the shattered pieces of a life that will never come together again but we shouldn't fear death death is always at our side when we show fear it jumps at us faster than light but if we don't show fear it casts its eye upon us gently and guides us into the infinite we invite all those who are able to rise to do so at this time as we offer el malay rahamim we joined together the bottom of 255 in the english o god full of compassion for those you bring into this world grant complete repose under the wings of your presence to our loved ones who have entered eternity master of motherly love sheltered by your divine wings may they join the company of the holy and pure who shine as bright as heaven may their souls be bound up in the bond of eternal life the eternal god is their inheritance may they rest in peace amen [Music] and [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] we remain standing and we invite all those who are comfortable to share the name of a loved one whom you are remembering at this time we join together on the bottom of page 256 and we offer kadisha tome for all those who are remembering as well as to offer these words for those who have no one to say it for them together [Music] amen [Music] do [Music] so [Music] in the rising of the sun we remember in the blowing of the wind we remember in the opening of birds we remember [Music] in the blueness of the sky we remember in the rustling of leaves we remember as the year starts and it ends as we remember we remember when we're weary and need strength we remember when we're lost and sick at heart we remember [Music] we remember so as we live they too shall live they are not of us [Music] as we remember we remember [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] who makes me [Music] please stop please [Music] oh [Music] please stop who makes peace bring peace [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] please be seated [Music] a couple of notes first of all we're not going to thank right now publicly all the extraordinary people who worked so hard to put this day together people behind the scenes people up here but it i would be remiss if i did not mention roger kumble right now who put together that beautiful video and our heartfelt gratitude goes out to him and again to so many who made this day so beautiful one other note you may have noticed the band coming in that's different we are in the moment of transition we have been engaged in very very difficult hard work today and yesterday and throughout these days of chuva and the point of going through that work is to come out the other side feeling having had this catharsis and feeling optimistic and joyful stepping into the new world new year with a clean slate we may not be there a hundred percent but i just want you to imagine for one minute being able to say fully and completely i have no unfinished business i have no unfinished business that's the work we are meant to do to get ourselves to that place on yom kippur so we are turning to naila we're going to get there slowly but we're going to rock it in a few minutes so get ready [Music] me [Music] you [Music] [Applause] [Music] page 260. this is god's house and this is heaven's gateway open for me the gates of righteousness then i shall enter praising you please join me hear me my god when i cry out by be tender and answer me you have called me to seek you i yearn for you within my heart to breathe life into my soul to renew me with joy and hope do not be distant compassionate one nor hide from me let us come into your courts in song let us enter into your presence be engulfed in your light and warmed in your glow let our hearts open wide even as your gates open for us to enter together we are in your house oh god we stand before your gates let us go through let us go through the doors [Music] sure [Music] it said [Music] is [Music] yourself [Music] [Music] foreign is [Music] my [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] me [Music] we rise for amidah page 262. [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] is [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] a [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] continue privately through page 266. you you [Music] hmm [Music] hmm [Music] hey [Applause] [Music] hi guys [Music] well now that we're awake incredible we turn now to page 266 as we offer avinu malcano for the final time on yom kippur please rise avinu maukenu pataksha array shamayim filatenu the gates of heaven let them be open to our plea aveeno malcano not all chief bring us back to you in full repentance forgive and pardon all our wrongdoings avinu maukainu haram karen give strength and vision to your people israel avenue remember those slain for their love of your name avinu malcano remember those who went through fire and water for your sake be mindful of us help us remove from all your children disease war famine exile and destruction avenue seal us in the book of forgiveness and reconciliation avinu malcano quote menu besides seal us for blessing in your book for a life of goodness forget seal us in the book of redemption and freedom avinu malcana yeshua karov hastened the time of our redemption avinu malcano nenu be gracious with us respond to us for we have too few good deeds place in our hearts the inspiration and will to act righteously gently and lovingly and bring us meaning and salvation [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] page 268 our god our ancients god may our prayer come before you hide not from our supplication for we are not so insolent and stubborn as to say here in your presence holy one god of our fathers and mothers we are righteous and we have not sinned for we indeed have sinned [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] of [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] so i'll show [Music] you [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] i oh [Music] oh we read together in the middle of page 268 we have all committed offenses together we confess these human sins the sins of arrogance bigotry and cynicism of deceit and egotism flattery and greed hatred injustice and jealousy some of us kept grudges were lustful malicious and narrow-minded others were obstinate possessive quarrelsome rancorous selfish and truculent we callously used others there was violence weakness of will xenophobia we yielded to temptation and showed zeal for bad causes we have turned away from your midst votes and from your righteous laws as if they did not matter to us you are just whatever befalls us you call us to righteousness but we bring evil upon ourselves what can we say before you you who dwell on high what can we plead before you enthroned beyond the stars are not all things known to you both the mysteries of eternity and the dark secrets of all that live you search the inmost chambers of the heart and probe the deep recesses of the soul nothing is concealed from your sights so let it be your will eternal one our god god of our ancestors that you may grant forgiveness to us for all our sins and pardon us for all of our injustices and let us atone for all we have done wrong we continue silently now through page 272. [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] two page 272 shemakolenu hear our voice adonai we're asking you to hear us but we also want to be open to listening we don't want to be like the rebellious child in deuteronomy who didn't listen to his parents voices and was humiliated in public we don't want to be stubborn and insolent not listening to the messages of our earth we don't want to block out the voices of those who are left behind and have no place to live or are treated as if they were are unimportant take us back to sinai giver of torah take us back to the moment we were able to hear everything at once shema kolenu listen to us as we try to listen to you [Music] reigns [Music] foreign [Music] day [Music] more time [Music] is [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] lord [Music] god of awesome deeds power in the universe that is beyond what we see hear experience understand open our hearts to one another open our empathy to our children open our love toward those who frustrate us open our compassion to ourselves open our souls to you el nara ali inspire us to be no ra as awesome and expansive as you are [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] m [Music] [Applause] [Music] eric lavander here he comes well he's coming up let's see some joy [Music] so [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right so before the earth and sky was formed adonai was sovereign when heaven's lights had to shine adonai did rain though like a garment earth decay and heaven as a smoke dissolved the sovereign god will reign forever and ever bottom of 274 open the gates for us even now even now when the gates are closing and the day begins to fade oh the day is fading the sun is set let us enter your gates [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] page 275 as we prepare to return to our homes be with us compassionate one as a shelter from life storms and when our time has come to pass from this light life opened for us the gates of eternal peace um [Music] sorry joined together on the bottom of 275 we recite the shema once baruch three times i don't know who halloween seven times we are escorting god back to god's throne in heaven and then we end with tequila together is [Music] [Music] [Music] lady foreign [Music] [Music] two [Applause] [Music] my life [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] is [Music] la [Music] hello [Music] my [Music] my foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] a [Music] is [Music] you

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