2023 ROSH HASHANAH
Friday Evening, Sept 15, 2023
Erev Rosh Hashanah @ 7:00 pm (nursery / live stream)
Apples and Honey Oneg
Saturday, Sept 16, 2023
Rosh Hashanah Shacharit @ 9:45 am - traditional prayers.
Rosh Hashanah Torah Service @ 11:15 am (nursery / live stream)
Festive Oneg to follow
Sunday, Sept 17, 2023
Rosh Hashanah II Shacharit @ 10:00 am
Oneg to follow
Tashlich at the Creek (near Synagogue)
Evening service is the beginning of the feast known as the "day of trumpets" in the Bible (sunset on Friday in 2023). It's the starting point of the "days of awe" a time of soul-searching and repentance. In the morning, we listen to the words of the Torah, and special Psalms. We spiritually prepare ourselves for the day God examines the lives we lived this year. Since Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat this year, the sounding of Shofars and Tashlich custom are performed on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, on Sunday.
2023 YOM KIPPUR
Saturday Morning, Sept 23
Shabbat Shuvah Service @ 10:45 am (nursery / live stream)
Sunday Evening, Sept 24
Evening Kol Nidrei Service @ 7:00 pm (nursery / live stream)
Monday, Sept 25
Yom Kippur Shachrit @ 9:45 am (nursery / live stream)
Yom Kippur Torah Service @ 11:30 (nursery / live stream)
Mussaf @ 12:45 (nursery / live stream)
Yizkor Service @ 2:00 pm (nursery)
Mincha Prayers and Jonah Reading @ 3:00 pm
Neilah Prayers @ 7:00 pm
Havdalah and Break Fast @ 8:07 pm
The Shabbat service immediately preceding Yom Kippur is called the Sabbath of Repentance and is focused exclusively on our intentions and actions (this year, it precedes Yom Kippur by a day). The Kol Nidrei evening service (Saturday evening) begins a solemn 24-hour fast, communal confessions, and prayers for forgiveness. Morning service (on Monday) continues with the prayers of repentance, reading from the Torah, and a special festive Amidah. There are multiple parts to this day worship with breaks in between. Participate in some or in all services depending on your abilty. Afternoon service includes a Yizkor Remembrance, Mincha, and reading of the book of Jonah. The customary fast concludes after sunset at Havdalah.
2023 SUKKOT AND SIMCHAT TORAH
Saturday Morning, Sept 30
Sukkot Shacharit @ 9:45 am - traditional prayers.
Sukkot Torah Service @ 11:00 am (nursery / live stream)
Festive Oneg to follow
Sunday Afternoon, Oct 1
Suktoberfest Celebration @ 4:00 pm
Saturday, Oct 7
Shmeni Atzeret Shachrit @ 9:45 am - traditional prayers
Shmeni Atzeret Torah Service @ 11:00 am - (nursery / live stream)
Simchat Torah Celebration @ 7:30 pm
This year Sukkot begins on Friday evening, and we enjoy our first Shabbat at home in our Sukkot. During the Saturday Morning Service (the first day of Sukkot), we recite special festival prayers and read from the Torah. We enjoy the oneg time in our makeshift dwellings outside. Suktoberfest is a Tikvat David tradition that combines the best of ancient Sukkot festivities with Octoberfest fun. It begins with snacks, drinks, and games at 4:00 pm (on Sunday this year), and then we enjoy a grilled dinner inside our Sukkos and visit with each other. Sukkot is a week-long event, and Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (Saturday evening) is the end of the Fall holidays when we read the final passage from the Torah scroll, immediately reroll it to the very beginning and begin anew in Genesis 1.
