High Holy Days | Schedule
SELICHOT
Saturday, September 28
7:00pm Learning Session with Rabbi Weisel & Rabbi Klass
Join us to kick off the Days of Awe with a study session focusing on Psalm 27. Please register so we know to expect you!
8:15pm Selichot Service Featuring Our Cantor Emeritus & Choir
After Havdalah, we will continue with a Selichot service with Cantor Emeritus David Serkin-Poole and our TBT Choir, followed by a dessert reception at 9:00pm.
REVERSE TASHLICH
Sunday, September 29
10:00am Beach Clean-up at Matthews Beach Park
Temple B'nai Torah is proud to participate in Repair the Sea’s international movement, Reverse Tashlich, by hosting a local waterfront cleanup. Join us as we reverse the tradition of Tashlich by focusing on picking up rather than casting off. Please register so we know to expect you!
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
Wednesday, October 2
5:30pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Tot Service Followed by Pizza Dinner
We welcome parents, grandparents, and little ones to share a meal, sing holiday songs, and enjoy a special Rosh Hashanah story. Geared for ages 5 and under, but all are welcome. Please register so we know to expect you!
7:30pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
Join us in welcoming the New Year with a spiritually uplifting service.
ROSH HASHANAH
Thursday, October 3
10:30am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service
Join our clergy for this meaningful and musical service to welcome the New Year. A prayer experience with contemporary music and reflections.
4:15pm Tashlich Service & Community Potluck at Local Park
A family-friendly moment at a local park where we will symbolically cast off our sins in the ancient ritual of Tashlich. Following this ritual, we’ll gather for a community potluck. Potluck information will be provided to those who register. The park location is available in our newsletter and Holiday Information Packet, and will be shared upon registration. Please register so we know to expect you!
SHABBAT SHUVAH
Friday, October 4
This Shabbat, the “Sabbath of Repentance,” is considered the most important Shabbat of the year, coming–as it does–in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
MARKING OCTOBER 7
Monday, October 7
7:00pm Community Commemoration Event
We’ll come together as a community to observe the first year of remembrance for the October 7th massacre. Temple B'nai Torah is a community partner for this event hosted by The Jewish Federation, Stroum Jewish Community Center, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Click here to learn more.
EREV YOM KIPPUR
Friday, October 11
Join our clergy and Cantor Emeritus David Serkin-Poole for this moving and contemplative service ushering in the Day of Atonement.
YOM KIPPUR DAY
Saturday, October 12
9:00am Yom Kippur Family Service
Our morning service, geared for the whole family, introduces our students to atonement and forgiveness.
10:30am Yom Kippur Morning Service
Our clergy will lead us through the prayers and reflections of our Yom Kippur Morning liturgy.
1:30pm Spiritual Activities for this Day of Awe
Yom Kippur afternoon is an opportunity to explore the meaning of atonement, faith, struggle, hope–the themes of this day. We do so with a choice of activities for the body, mind, and spirit. Plan on staying with us for 75 minutes of exploration. Information on the activities will be shared in the coming weeks.
3:00pm Afternoon Healing Service
This year has had more than its share of physical, emotional, and spiritual dis-ease. In this service we will draw on the power of prayer, community, and Torah to seek healing and strength--for our loved ones and ourselves.
This emotionally evocative service offers space to remember those whom we have loved and lost. As part of our hour-long service, we will share our annual Yizkor memorial book and will read the names of those members who have passed away since last Yom Kippur.
Our Yom Kippur observance draws to a close with a 60-minute service of hope and rededication to our faith and belief in the goodness of humanity. As we conclude, we will blow the shofar, and will celebrate Havdalah, marking the end of our fasting and the renewal of our spirits.
Enjoy a light nosh with your TBT community. Please register so we know to expect you!
SUKKOT
Thursday, October 17
10:30am Festival Morning Service
Weather permitting, join us in our sukkah for this 90-minute service, celebrating nature and the bounty that we have in our lives. Together, we will sing, pray, learn, and read Torah on this Festival of Booths.
SHABBAT SUKKOT
Friday, October 18
5:30pm Family Sukkot ShabbatFest
We’ll gather in the sukkah for a community pre-neg, Shabbat blessings, and a sing-along. Please register so we know to expect you!
6:00pm Family-friendly Sukkot/Shabbat Service
Join us for this brief Shabbat service as we celebrate the holiday of Sukkot. We will welcome our new Religious School students to the study of Torah with a brief Consecration ceremony.
EREV ATZERET - SIMCHAT TORAH
Wednesday, October 23
5:30pm Family-Friendly Simchat Torah Celebration & Dinner
Participate in the annual unrolling of our Torah scrolls. Be sure to join us to–literally–hold Torah high for all to see! This 45-minute family-friendly service will include interactive activities for all ages. After the service at 6:15pm, we’ll enjoy dinner together ($10/person). Please register so we know to expect you!
ATZERET - SIMCHAT TORAH
Thursday, October 24
10:30am Festival Morning & Yizkor Service
Our High Holiday season concludes with a festival service. At each of the three pilgrim festivals–Sukkot, Pesach, Shavuot–we pause from within our celebrations to remember those who have passed away. Be with us for our 90-minute celebration of Torah and to recall those who gave Torah (in all its forms) to us but are no longer with us.
