Join Us for Worship and Celebration
Experience the power, beauty, and spirituality of our High Holy Days in new and exciting ways while also holding on to the traditions that have been hallmarks of our congregation for 150 years.
Browse the schedule below and then register to attend on the registration page.
MAIN SERVICES
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
Erev Rosh HaShanah Worship Service
Wednesday, October 2nd, 6:00 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Black
Welcome the New Year with familiar melodies and messages of hope.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Rosh HaShanah Worship – Service 1
Thursday, October 3rd, 8:30 a.m.
Sermon: Cantor Sacks
Experience the soul-reaching sound of the shofar! Celebrate the New Year with joy while reflecting on the powerful themes of our High Holy Days.
Rosh HaShanah Worship – Service 2
Thursday, October 3rd, 11:30 a.m.
Sermon: Cantor Sacks
Experience the soul-reaching sound of the shofar! Celebrate the New Year with joy while reflecting on the powerful themes of our High Holy Days.
Time Capsule Replacement
Thursday, October 3, 2:00 p.m.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2
Rosh HaShanah Day 2 Worship
Friday, October 4th, 10:00 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt
A more intimate worship service as Rosh HaShanah continues. Join the clergy for a service that continues our journey into this new year.
Tashlich
Friday, October 4th, 12:00 p.m.
Join us for one of the central rituals of the High Holy Day season – the symbolic casting away of our mistakes from the past year, creatively using the beautiful grounds and gardens at Temple.
SHABBAT SHUVAH
Shabbat Worship – The Shabbat of Repentance
Friday, October 4th, 6:00 p.m.
Shabbat worship.
KOL NIDREI
Kol Nidrei Worship - Service 1
Friday, October 11th, 5:30 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Black
We enter this day of repentance and reflection with a service that emphasizes memory, tradition, introspection, and honesty.
Kol Nidrei Worship - Service 2
Friday, October 11th, 8:00 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Black
We enter this day of repentance and reflection with a service that emphasizes memory, tradition, introspection, and honesty.
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur Morning - Service 1
Saturday, October 12th, 8:30 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt
We stand together as one community on this day – engaged in the holy process of confession, atonement, and promise – all intertwined with spiritual music and liturgy both creative and timeless.
Yom Kippur Morning - Service 2
Saturday, October 12th, 11:30 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt
We stand together as one community on this day – engaged in the holy process of confession, atonement, and promise – all intertwined with spiritual music and liturgy both creative and timeless.
Yom Kippur Afternoon with Lecture, Yizkor, and N’ilah
Saturday, October 12th, 3:00 p.m.
Yizkor Sermon: Rabbi Foster
Afternoon and Concluding Service: End the High Holy Days with the essential themes of the season.
“A Candid Conversation with DU Chancellor Jeremy Haeffner”
ADULT LEARNING
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Rosh HaShanah Learning Session with Nelly Ben Tal
Thursday, October 3rd, 10:00 a.m.
"Lehatchil M'bereshit (Start from the Beginning): What
our text can teach about key moments of creation,
rebuilding and renewal in the State of Israel"
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur Learning Session with Rabbi Ginsberg-Margo
Saturday, October 12th, 9:30 a.m.
"Is this not the fast I have chosen: The role of fasting in
Jewish tradition"
Yom Kippur Learning Session with Dr. Elias Sacks
Saturday, October 12th, 11:00 a.m.
"Do I Really Have to Love My Neighbor? Ethics and
Religion in Turbulent Times"
Praying Within: A Yom Kippur Reflection and Meditation with Ariela Halevi
Saturday, October 12th, 2:00 p.m.
FAMILY, YOUTH, AND TEEN
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
High Holy Day Family Pre-Oneg
Wednesday, October 2nd, 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Start your New Year Celebrations with an oneg! Join our ELC and Education Team for snacks and fun activities for all ages.
High Holy Day Family Service (All Ages)
Wednesday, October 2nd, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Come join us for Celebratory Family Services filled with joy and hope for a sweet New Year. Bring your whole family to sing familiar melodies and learn some new ones too.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Family Rosh HaShanah (Ages 0-5)
Thursday, October 3rd, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us in the tent for movement-oriented and musically-inspired High Holy Day services.
High Holy Day Camp (Grades K-5)
Middle School Experience (Grades 6-7)
Thursday, October 3rd, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Join us as we joyously celebrate our New Year with special programs for your child/ren with hands-on experiences, based on grade. From mysteries to campaigns, to music and art, to cooking and science, there’s something for everyone!
Teen Experience (Grades 8-12)
Thursday, October 3rd, 8:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 7:45)
Volunteer opportunity.
High Holy Day Childcare (Ages 1-2)
Thursday, October 3rd, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Childcare is limited and will run concurrent to the main services.
High Holy Day Childcare (Ages 3-4)
Thursday, October 3rd, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Childcare is limited and will run concurrent to the main services.
SUNDAY BETWEEN ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR
Religious School
Sunday, October 6th, 8:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Religious school will be held as normal.
Rosh HaShanah Family Festival
Sunday, October 6th, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Come Join us for our High Holiday Family Festival. We will have joyous worship and popsicles to follow. Registration required for families not enrolled in religious school.
Kindergarten Consecration and Ice Cream Social (K families only)
Sunday, October 6th, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Come celebrate Kindergarten Consecration at our Rosh HaShanah Family Festival. Join us for meaningful T’filah with Consecration Blessings, joyous dancing, and an ice cream social to follow. Separate registration required.
KOL NIDREI
High Holy Day Family Pre-Oneg
Friday, October 11th, 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Oneg.
Kid Nidrei
Friday, October 11th, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Meaningful worship and cheshbon ha'nefesh (soul searching) experience.
High Holy Day Camp (Grades K-5)
Friday, October 11th, 5:30 - 7:15 p.m. (Check in at 5:15)
Your student will be immersed in the beautiful music of Kol Nidre followed by a meaningful cheshbon ha-nefesh (accounting of our soul) experience.
YOM KIPPUR
Kid Kippur (Ages 0-5)
Saturday, October 12th, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us in the tent for a movement-oriented and musically-inspired Yom Kippur Service.
High Holy Day Camp (Grades K-5)
Middle School Experience (Grades 6-7)
Saturday, October 12th, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Continue our cheshbon ha'nefesh experience through lenses of ethics, music, worship, art & storytelling.
Teen Volunteering (Grades 8-12)
Saturday, October 12th, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Check in at 7:45)
Your teen can give back to our community by volunteering with our younger students for their Yom Kippur Experience in the morning.
High Holy Day Childcare (Ages 1-2)
Saturday, October 12th, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Childcare is limited and will run concurrent to the main services.
High Holy Day Childcare (Ages 3-4)
Saturday, October 12th, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Childcare is limited and will run concurrent to the main services.
Yom Kippur Family Service Project (all ages)
Saturday, October 12th, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Join us for a fun service project appropriate for the whole family engaging the themes of: memory, tradition, introspection, honesty, and the courage to be ourselves.
Yom Kippur Family Worship With N'ilah
Saturday, October 12th, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Join us for the concluding service of Yom Kippur. We end on a service that emphasizes memory, tradition, introspection, honesty, and the courage to be ourselves.
ROSH HASHANAH RETREAT
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Rosh HaShanah Retreat Day 1
Thursday, October 3rd, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2
Rosh HaShanah Retreat Day 2
Friday, October 4th, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
