Why are High Holidays such a big deal!?!
If the year is a train, the High Holidays (AKA High Holy Days) are its engine. A delicate blend of joy and solemnity, feasting and fasting, prayer and inspiration make up the spiritually charged head of the Jewish year. The two-day holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the head of the Jewish year, the time when G‑d reinvests Himself in creation as we crown Him king of the universe through prayer, shofar blasts, and celebration. A week later, the High Holidays reach their crescendo with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). Like angels, we neither eat nor drink for 25 hours. Dressed in white, we pray in the synagogue—united as one people, children of One Father. But it does not end there. The otherworldliness of the High Holidays is then channeled into the festive holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, which bring the annual fall holiday season to a most joyous conclusion.
FULL HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 2023
ROSH HASHANA
1ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
8:30 AM Morning Rosh Hashanah Service
9:00 AM Children's Program Begins
10:00 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:00 AM Kiddush at the Cohen Home
2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
10:00 AM Morning Rosh Hashanah Service
11:30 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:45 AM Shofar Sounding
12:30 PM - Grand Kiddush at Murray Hill
5:00 PM - Tashlich and Shofar Blowing at the park
(Meet at the Cohen residence)
YOM KIPPUR
YOM KIPPUR EVE
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
6:46 PM Candle Lighting | Fast Begins
7:00 PM Kol Nidrei Service
YOM KIPPUR DAY
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
10:00 AM Morning Services
11:00 AM Children's Program
12:00 PM Yizkor Memorial Service
5:30 PM Mincha/Neila Closing Services
7:42 PM Yom Kippur Ends
SERVICES FOLLOWED BY A BREAK-FAST BUFFET