Temple Beth-El

High Holidays

The High Holidays bring our synagogue community together, as our clergy lead and inspire us in prayer and music. We hold services and programs for all ages, and the upcoming schedule of offerings is available on our calendar.

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5785/2024 High Holidays

S’LICHOT  Saturday, September 28
7 p.m. Study Session with Wine and Cheese#
8 p.m. Havdalah, Torah Cover Ceremony and Service#

EREV ROSH HASHANAH  Wednesday, October 2
8 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

FIRST DAY ROSH HASHANAH  Thursday, October 3
9 a.m. Tot Service (ages 2-6 with adult)#
10 a.m. Babysitting (ages 2–6)* Click here to register.  
10 a.m. Family Service (grades K-6)#
10 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Service
11 a.m. Youth Programming
2:30 p.m. Community Tashlich Service at Steppingstone Park#

SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANAH  Friday, October 4
10 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Service#
12 p.m. Kiddush Brunch*# Click here to register.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT BETH MOSES CEMETERY  Sunday, October 6
11:30 a.m. Kever Avot Memorial Service#

EREV YOM KIPPUR  Friday, October 11
8 p.m. Kol Nidre and Erev Shabbat Service

YOM KIPPUR  Saturday, October 12
9 a.m. Tot Service (ages 2-6 with adult)# 
10 a.m. Babysitting (ages 2–6)* Click here to register.
10 a.m. Family Service (grades K-6)#
10 a.m. Yom Kippur Service
11 a.m. Youth Programming
1 p.m. Chapel Meditations and Reflections
2:15 p.m. Study Session with Rabbi Stoller
2:15 p.m. Hands-on Social Action Project supporting Great Neck Interfaith Pantry
3:45 p.m. Yizkor Service#
4:45 p.m. Afternoon, N’ilah and Havdalah Services#

SUKKOT Thursday, October 17
10 a.m. Sukkot Service#

EREV SIMCHAT TORAH Wednesday, October 23
7 p.m. Simchat Torah Service at Temple Isaiah#

SIMCHAT TORAH & SHEMINI ATZERET  Thursday, October 24
10 a.m. Simchat Torah and Shemini Atzeret Service with Yizkor#

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ADDITIONAL EVENTS DURING OUR HIGH HOLIDAYS SEASON

Friday, October 4
6:30 p.m. Cherry Tree Service for those who have lost a child

Sunday, October 6
4 p.m. Commemorative October 7 event

Friday, October 18
5:30 p.m. Sukkot Erev Shabbat family barbecue* Click here to register.

 

*These events require preregistration.

#These events are open to the entire community.

 

**We are now using the Zeffy website for certain registration and online payments. Unlike other services, Zeffy does not charge the temple a credit card processing fee. While it does offer users the choice to pay a fee to support Zeffy, it is completely optional. Your Zeffy contribution can be changed to zero—and no fee will be imposed to you or the temple.

 

 

High Holidays Sermons

Rosh Hashanah 5784
Rabbi Stoller
“It’s Okay to be Nervous, but You’ve Got This; Or: Dropping the Torah on Rosh Hashanah Will Humble the Proud”
Watch Rabbi Stoller’s sermon here.

Yom Kippur 5784
Rabbi Stoller
Kol Nidrei: “License to Dream: Kol Nidrei and the Theology of Aspiration”
Watch here.

Morning service: “Resisting Bartleby: On Duty, Change, and Vision for the Future”
Watch here.

Yizkor: “Past, Present, and Future are One”
Watch here.

 

Rosh Hashanah 5783
Rabbi Stoller
“On God, Spiritual Discontent, and Self-Knowledge: A Theology of Divine Friendship”

Yom Kippur 5783
Rabbi Stoller
“Kol Nidrei: In a Pandemic of Certainty, We Need More Curiosity”

“Yom Kippur: “Compassionate Candor” and the Mitzvah to Rebuke”