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Sarasota News Leader September 27, 2013 Page 131 HIGH HOLY DAY FOOD DRIVE BENEFITS ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK Temple Emanu-El once again observed Yom Kippur — the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, marked by prayer and fasting — with a food drive to benefit All Faiths Food Bank, the Temple has announced. Rosenberg said in the release. "I ordered seven [empty] bins [from All Faiths Food Bank] this year ± one more than last year — in the hopes of filling them, and again, they were so full that cans were on the floor. After services for Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish new year — on Sept. 4 and 5, members of Temple Emanu-El's Social Action Committee distributed 600 paper bags, asking worshippers to fill them with nonperishable food and return them on Yom Kippur, Sept. 13 and 14, a news release says. Although the response to the annual High Holy Day food drive has always been strong, program chairwoman Helene Rosenberg commented that this year's results exceeded her expectations, the release adds. "Next year," she added, "we'll order eight bins." The final tally for the drive was 3,673 pounds of collected food and $2,315 in financial donations for All Faiths Food Bank, which corresponds to 6,605 meals for the hungry of Sarasota and DeSoto counties, the news release points out. Rosenberg thanked members of Temple Emanu-El's Social Action Committee and Brotherhood, as well as students of the preschool and Religious School and Rabbi Brenner J. "I worried that because Rosh Hashanah was Glickman for their support of the food drive. so early this year ... people wouldn't be ready to give, but everyone was very cooperative," For more information, please call 371-2788. % Temple Emanu-El High Holy Day food drive chairwoman Helene Rosenberg (center) and Temple Emanu-El Religious School students Sarah Mankowitz and Alena Barwick display some of the collected food. Contributed photo