High Holy Days

Schedule

NB: zoom links will be sent out on Thursday, September 17.

Erev Rosh Hashanah (Friday, September 18)

7:00pm: zoom room opens (if you think you’ll need tech help, get on early)
7:30pm: service starts promptly, and lasts about an hour

Rosh Hashanah Morning (Saturday, September 19)

9:00am-9:30am: children's service
9:30am: morning service zoom room opens
10:00am-12:00pm: morning service (will include a Shofar service)
2:00pm-4:00pm: children's service will be available to watch again (not live) - click here to watch 

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Sunday, September 20)

9:30am: zoom room opens
10:00am-12:00pm: conversations and reflections on racial justice
12:00pm: Tashlich service

Erev Yom Kippur (Sunday, September 27)

7:00pm: zoom room opens
7:30pm-8:30pm: Kol Nidre

Yom Kippur (Monday, September 28)

9:00am-9:30am: children's service
9:30am: morning service zoom room opens
10:00am-12:00pm: morning service
12:30pm: Haftorah, led by Sam Petuchowski
1:00pm: Marc Gasser-Wingate – Aristotle on virtue and flourishing
1:30pm: Carol Kraus – Movement and meditation workshop
2:00pm: Ofer Levy – The race for a Coronavirus vaccine
2:30pm: Harris Gardner – Poetry reading and Yom Kippur reflections
3:00pm: Diana Lobel – What do I value? A time for interactive reflection and meditation
3:30pm: Ann Braude – The Art of Hyman Bloom: Jewish Mystic
4:30pm: Yizkor
5:00pm: Jonah play
6:00pm: Ne'ila at Magazine Beach (will be streamed for those who cannot attend in person)

Member Registration

Eitz Chayim members are not required to register for our virtual 2020 High Holy Days. If you have renewed your membership and submitted your 2020-2021 membership pledge form.

If you invite non-member friends and family to attend, we ask that you forward the non-member registration forms below to your guests. By registering, they will receive the Zoom link and password, and we will know who to expect at our services. For security reasons, we will be monitoring all participants who log into our Zoom events. Eitz Chayim is not charging any ticket fees this year, but donations to support Eitz Chayim are welcome.

Members are invited to complete the following Tzedakah and Names form to make High Holy Days donations and/or submit names for Yizkor memorial service on Yom Kippur and names for Mi Shebeirach and Kaddish on Erev Rosh Shoshana. In Eitz Chayim tradition, members are invited to anonymously submit their sins for the Al-Chet.

Non-member Registration

All non-members are welcome to our virtual High Holy Days services. However, non-members must register to receive the Zoom link and password. For security reasons, we will be monitoring all participants who log into our Zoom High Holy Days services and events. Eitz Chayim is not charging any ticket fees this year, but donations to support Eitz Chayim are welcome.

Use the Non-Member registration form for adult services and the Children registration form for children services.

Non-members are also invited to complete the following Tzedakah and Names form to submit names for Yizkor memorial service on Yom Kippur and names for Mi Shebeirach and Kaddish on Erev Rosh Hashana.

Non-members are also invited to anonymously submit their sins for the Al-Chet.