Congregation Tikkun v’Or (Ithaca Reform Temple) is a vibrant congregation that strives for a warm personal bond among its members, creative experiential education for the children, and a dynamic program for adults. We welcome those from diverse backgrounds, interfaith families, LGBTQ+ folks, people who are newly discovering Jewish connections, as well as those with a wide range of Jewish experiences.
Our core values are best expressed by three words:
View of Cayuga Lake from Congregation Tikkun v’Or
Please join us for the fall holidays:
SUKKOT / KABBALAT SHABBAT (Welcoming Shabbat) Friday, September 29
With Rabbi Shifrah and Lauren Korfine
Sukkah Decorating 6:20-6:50 pm (weather permitting)
Shabbat Sukkot Service 7-8:30 pm (inside and online)
Friday night is the start of Sukkot! Come decorate the sukkah with items from the land. Then stay to welcome Shabbat, which will include a couple of extra holiday prayers and songs. You can also just come at 7 for the service. Chag sameach!
SHEMINI ATZERET / SIMCHAT TORAH / SHABBAT
Saturday, October 7, 10 am – 12 pm In person at TVO only
Outside, weather permitting.
With Rabbi Shifrah
OUR TORAH IS COMING HOME! And just in time for Simchat Torah, the holiday that is all about celebrating the Torah. You may recall that since late June, the scroll has been in the hands of a soferet stam (sacred scribe), having its worn letters re-drawn and parchment cleaned. Come celebrate the end of Sukkot and the beginning of Simchat Torah. We’ll welcome the fall morning, sing and dance, and read from the very end and the very beginning of the Torah, and rejoice in the new year of 5784!
After the service, we’ll break bread and enjoy a dish-to-pass lunch. Please bring a veggie or dairy dish to share, and your own table settings if possible.
HIGH HOLIDAYS: As a follow up to our Isaiah Challenge, here is a list of organizations in Tompkins County that aid immigrants.
TVO MEMBERS
Have you joined the TVO listserve yet? Listserv membership is available to Tikkun v’Or members; their spouses/partners; and teenage children with parental permission. You will receive confirmation e-mail(s) when the moderator gives you listserv membership. To join send an e-mail to: listserv-moderator@tikkunvor.
TIKKUN V'OR SERVICES, MEETINGS, PROGRAMS, and CLASSES
Many programs are currently hybrid (in-person and online), unless otherwise listed. Join us on Zoom for Tuesday morning contemplative services and conversations. Shabbat evening or morning services and other programs are usually both in person and online. Contact info@tikkunvor.org to be added to the list to get links.
In addition to High Holiday services, Rabbi Shifrah usually leads services twice a month, including the following upcoming dates:
Saturday, Sept 9, 7:30 pm Selichot
Friday, Sept 29, 7:30 pm Shabbat / Sukkot
Friday, Oct 6, 6 pm Shabbat dinner / Simchat Torah
Friday, Oct 20, 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat (welcoming Shabbat)
Saturday, Nov 4, 10 am Shabbat morning
Jewish Learning Experiences
Registration for JLE grades K-7 for the 2023-2024 school year is now available! It this is your first year registering, please contact info@tikkunvor.org JLE students in Bet-Zayin (2nd-7th grade ) meet on Sunday mornings, with vav/zayin (6th and 7th grade) also meeting on Wednesday afternoons. Students in gan (kindergarten) and kitah alef (first grade),
and their caregivers, meet monthly for Family JLE. Younger children and their families are invited to join in Family Jam programs throughout the year. The full guide to JLE for 2023-2024 is here.
Tuition Assistance is available, with thanks to a grant from IAUJC.
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Land Acknowlegement
We acknowledge that Tikkun v’Or / Ithaca Reform Temple is located on the unceded ancestral territory of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ (Gayocohono) (Cayuga) Nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We recognize the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
We bring forward the Jewish principles of teshuva (facing the harms and taking responsibility for the past), tikkun olam (repair) and tzedek (acting for justice). We ask ourselves how we might contribute to justice and healing for Gayogo̱hó:nǫ. We seek to understand our place in history and the responsibility to educate ourselves and our children about how to live in good relation to the earth and with our neighbors.
