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 2022
ROSH HASHANA
1ST DAY ROSH HASHANAH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
10:00 AM Family Outdoor Rosh Hashanah Service
11:00 AM Rabbi's Sermon
Kids Program Begins
11:30 AM Torah Reading
12:00 PM Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch
Kids Progam Ends
4:00 PM Tashlich Walk - (meet at Cohen residence)
7:40 PM Light holiday candles from pre-existing flame
2ND DAY ROSH HASHANAH
TUESDAY, September 27
10:00 AM Traditional Rosh Hashanah service
11:30 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:45 AM Shofar Blowing
YOM KIPPUR
KOL NIDREI SERVICES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4
6:30 PM Candle Lighting | Fast Begins
6:45 PM Kol Nidrei Service
YOM KIPPUR DAY & YIZKOR SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5
10:00 AM Traditional Yom Kippur Service
10:40 AM Torah Reading
11:00 - 12:00 PM Kids Program
11:10 AM Rabbi's Sermon
11:20 AM Yizkor Memorial Ceremony
11:30 AM Musaf Prayer
12:15 PM Ending with Priestly Blessing
YOM KIPPUR NEILAH SERVICE & BREAK - FAST
6:15PM Mincha, Torah reading & Maftir Yona
6:30 PM: Approach ark for personal prayer
7:00 PM: Neilah Final Service
7:26 PM Yom Kippur Conclusion Dance & Break - Fast