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 2019
ROSH HASHANAH
ROSH HASHANAH COMMUNITY DINNER
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
COHEN RESIDENCE
6:38 PM Light holiday candles (in Loudoun)
6:30 PM Rosh Hashanah Community Meal
1ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
BROADLANDS COMMUNITY CENTER 43004 WAXPOOL RD
10:00 AM Family Rosh Hashanah service & kids Program
11:00 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:30 AM Shofar Blowing
12:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch
4:00 PM Tashlich walk - (meet at Cohen residence)
7:34 PM Light holiday candles from pre-existing flame
2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
BROADLANDS COMMUNITY CENTER 43004 WAXPOOL RD
10:30 AM Traditional Rosh Hashanah service
11:30 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:45 AM Shofar Blowing
YOM KIPPUR
YOM KIPPUR EVE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
COHEN RESIDENCE
6:24 PM Candle lighting (In Loudoun)
7:00 PM Kol Nidrei
YOM KIPPUR DAY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
BROADLANDS COMMUNITY CENTER 43004 WAXPOOL RD
9:30 AM Yom Kippur Group Study - Discover the true meaning of Yom Kippur
10 AM Traditional Yom Kippur service
12 PM Beginners, youth, teens (& anyone who can’t sit for long;)
1 PM Yizkor
6:45 PM Neila followed by a delicious break-fast
7:20 PM Holiday & fast ends