Schedule of Events
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
Monday, September 22nd, 6:00 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Margo
Welcome the New Year with familiar melodies and messages of hope.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Rosh HaShanah Worship – Service 1
Tuesday, September 23rd, 8:30 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt & Rabbi 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
Tuesday, September 23rd, 11:30 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt & Rabbi 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 DAY 2
Rosh HaShanah Day 2 Worship
Wednesday, September 24th, 10:00 a.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt & Rabbi Sacks
A more intimate worship service as Rosh HaShanah continues. Join the clergy for a service that continues our journey into this new year.
Tashlich
Wednesday, September 24th, 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.
KOL NIDREI
Kol Nidrei Worship - Service 1
Wednesday, October 1st, 5:30 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Sacks
We enter this day of repentance and reflection with a service that emphasizes memory, tradition, introspection, and honesty.
Kol Nidrei Worship - Service 2
Wednesday, October 1st, 8:00 p.m.
Sermon: Rabbi Sacks
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
Thursday, October 2nd, 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
Thursday, October 2nd, 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
Thursday, October 2nd, 3:00 p.m.
Yizkor Sermon: Rabbi Hyatt
Afternoon and Concluding Service: End the High Holy Days with the essential themes of the season.
Special guest speaker, Kyle Clark, 9News
ADULT LEARNING
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Adult Learning Session - Beyond the Headlines: Israel’s Hidden Changemakers
Tuesday, September 23rd, 10:00 a.m.
Nelly Ben Tal, Community Sh'licha
As we enter Rosh Hashana, the season of renewal and hope , we look beyond the headlines to discover a different Israel: one of grassroots initiatives, social organizations, and NGOs quietly shaping a better future. These hidden changemakers, often absent from the news, embody the spirit of resilience, coexistence, and innovation. Two years after the painful day of Simchat Torah, their stories remind us that renewal is not only possible but already happening and that the new year can be a time to amplify light over darkness.
YOM KIPPUR
Yom Kippur Morning Yoga
Thursday, October 2nd, 9:30 a.m.
Amy Kaplan
Adult Learning Session - What's the Point of Religion, Anyway? with Dr. Elias Sacks
Thursday, October 2nd, 11:00 a.m.
Why should I keep showing up at High Holiday services, year after year after year? Why should I spend time performing Jewish rituals, studying Jewish texts, and participating in Jewish communities when there are so many other activities I could be pursuing, from hikes in the mountains to scientific study to political activism? Indeed, given all of the strife and violence that’s often associated with organized religion, why should I have anything to do with any religious tradition, Jewish or otherwise? We will explore diverse answers to these questions, encountering Jewish thinkers who have wrestled with the question: what’s the point of religion, anyway?
Praying Within: A Yom Kippur Reflection and Meditation with Ariela HaLevi
Thursday, October 2nd, 2:00 p.m.
Join Ariela HaLevi for a sacred journey as we turn inward on Yom Kippur. Through guided meditation, gentle reflection, and prayerful intention, this class invites you to pause, release, and realign.
FAMILY, YOUTH, AND TEEN
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
High Holy Day Family Pre-Oneg
Monday, September 22nd, 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)
Monday, September 22nd, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Welcome the High Holy Days all together as a family. We will sing and celebrate all the sounds of the season.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Family Rosh HaShanah (Ages 0-5)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Join us for movement-oriented and musically-inspired High Holy Day services.
High Holy Day Camp (Grades K-5)
Middle School Experience (Grades 6-7)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 8:30 – 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 8:00)
Hands-on experiences in music and art, cooking, science, and more!
Teen Experience (Grades 8-12)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 8:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (Check in at 7:45)
Volunteer opportunity.
High Holy Day Childcare (Ages 1-2)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 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)
Tuesday, September 23rd, 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, September 28th, 8:50 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Religious school will be held as normal.
Rosh HaShanah Family Festival
Sunday, September 28th, 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, September 28th, 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.
Reverse Tashlich Service Project
Sunday, September 28th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
During the High Holy Days, we celebrate Tashlich by symbolically casting sins into the water. This year, we will also participate in Reverse Tashlich, a community service project where together we will remove human sin from water and the natural environment. Location for this outdoor cleanup project is forthcoming.
KOL NIDREI
High Holy Day Family Pre-Oneg
Wednesday, October 1st, 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Oneg.
Kid Nidrei
Wednesday, October 1st, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Meaningful worship and cheshbon ha'nefesh (soul searching) experience.
High Holy Day Camp (Grades K-5)
Wednesday, October 1st, 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 + Parents)
Thursday, October 2nd, 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)
Thursday, October 2nd, 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)
Thursday, October 2nd, 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)
Thursday, October 2nd, 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 2nd, 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)
Thursday, October 2nd, 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
Thursday, October 2nd, 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 AT SHWAYDER
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 1
Rosh HaShanah at Shwayder Day 1
Tuesday, September 23rd, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2
Rosh HaShanah at Shwayder Day 2
Wednesday, September 24th, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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