High Holy Days 5784 Childcare

Past Sessions
Monday, September 25, 2023 • 10 Tishrei 5784 - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Yom Kippur: estimated begin & end time; from after kid's service to pickup by the end of morning services
Sunday, September 24, 2023 • 9 Tishrei 5784 - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Kol Nidre
Sunday, September 17, 2023 • 2 Tishrei 5784 - 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Rosh Hashanah Day 2: estimated begin & end time; from after kid's service to pickup by the end of services
Saturday, September 16, 2023 • 1 Tishrei 5784 - 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM - Rosh Hashanah Day 1: estimated begin & end time; from after kid's service to pickup by the end of services
Friday, September 15, 2023 • 29 Elul 5783 - 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM - Erev Rosh Hashanah

Childcare

Babysitting for children up to age 5 (we are labelling this kiddos as "preschool" age, whether or not they are in preschool). During the High Holy Day services is available by prior reservation only.

Every child in the care of the shul must have an adult who is responsible for them in the temple building at all times.

Register

You must register your preschool children to use Temple Har Zion childcare. We must have accurate registration numbers to plan adequately.

The deadline for registration for Rosh Hashanah services is Wednesday, September 13 and for Yom Kippur services it is Wednesday, September 20. PLEASE DO NOT expect to be able to just drop your children off when you arrive for services. It is essential that you register your child(ren)!

You must remain in the building while your children are being cared for at Har Zion.

In addition to childcare, Temple Har Zion offers Camp Shana Tovah, which offers age-appropriate services/programs for preschoolers (on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, September 16, and on Yom Kippur, September 25), and also for school-aged children to grade 7 (on both days of Rosh Hashanah, September 16-17, and on Yom Kippur, September 25). Registration is required to attend Camp Shana Tovah services; please go to the Camp Shana Tovah page to sign your children up.

Continue below to sign your preschool children up for High Holy Day childcare.

Children are welcome in the Har Zion main services, but if you would prefer to have your older children to have an alternative to attending services, Camp Shana Tovah offers supervised activities for school-aged children (kindergarten to 7th grade) from the end of the children's services until the end of the main services on both days of Rosh Hashanah and the morning services on Yom Kippur. Registration is required; go to the Camp Shana Tovah page to sign your children up.

* First Name of Adult

* Last Name of Adult

* Email

* Phone number

First Name of Additional Adult (optional)

Last Name of Additional Adult (optional)

Additional email

Alternative/ emergency phone number

* How many children will be attending?

* Child(ren)'s Name(s) with age(s):

Please use the following to let us know how many preschool age children you will have in the temple's care during these services:

Erev Rosh Hashanah, 9/15, 6:30 PM

Rosh Hashanah, Day 1, 9/16, 10:30 AM

Rosh Hashanah Day 2, 9/17, 10 AM

Kol Nidre, 9/24, 7 PM

Yom Kippur, 9/25, 10:30 AM

Please tell us what we need to know about the younger, preK, children that you will have in our care: name(s), drop off and pick up time(s) and date(s)/services(s), and whatever else you think we should know about your child(ren).

Are there ALLERGIES we should be aware of or anything else of importance?

Do your child(ren) wear diapers? Please indicate in the box above if they do.

Please check IF:

you are a Temple Har Zion memberyou have a child enrolled in Har Zion's preschoolyou are interested in learning about membershipyou are interested in your child attending Har Zion's preschoolyou are interested in your child attending Har Zion's religious school

We are requesting a minimum donation of $18 per child per service.

We request a minimum donation of $18 per child per service to defray some of these costs so we can continue to offer this programming in the future.

The SUBMIT button is at the bottom of the form; it will not work if you have not responded to all asterisked questions.

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OctOctober 7 , 2023

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Saturday ,
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OctOctober 8 , 2023

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OctOctober 8 , 2023

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OctOctober 11 , 2023

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