High Holy Days
The High Holidays are the pinnacle of our spiritual year. On these holy days, the elements of our community – both human and spiritual – unite for an uplifting experience of prayer, community, history, liturgy, and song. Please join us.
Yamim Noraim (The Days of Awe) begin with Rosh Chodesh Elul, the beginning of a month of contemplation and taking an account of our souls. The daily blast of the shofar reminds us of the work we must do to prepare Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Selichot, a late night service on Saturday night prior to Rosh Hashanah, helps us focus our thoughts and intensify our efforts to repair our lives and to ask forgiveness for our failings. PSJC and our neighbor-shul, Kolot Chayeinu: Voices of our Lives, come together at PSJC each year to begin this intense season together.
Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the Creation of the World and the beginning of a new year in the Jewish calendar, begins on Wednesday night, September 28, 2010 and continues through the day on Thursday and Friday. Here is our service schedule for Rosh Hashanah:
Erev Rosh Hashanah (Wednesday, September 28 )
Ma’ariv 6:30pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 (Thursday, September 29)
Pseukei D’zimra, Shacharit, Torah Service, Musaf 8:30am
Teen Service 11am-12:30pm
Junior Congregation (for children 7-12) 10:45am-12:30ish
Tot-Tefillah (for children 2-5 accompanied by an adult) 10:30-11:15am
Mini-Minyan (for children 5-7) 11:30am-12:15pm
Tashlich At the lake in Prospect Park at 5:30pm
Maariv (Thursday, September 9) 7:10pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Friday, September 30)
Pseukei D’zimra, Shacharit, Torah Service, Musaf 8:30am
Teen Service 11am-12:30pm
Junior Congregation (for children 7-12) 10:45am-12:30ish
Tot-Tefillah (for children 2-5 accompanied by an adult) 10:30-11:15am
Mini-Minyan (for children 5-7) 11:30am-12:15pm
Shabbat Shuvah (Friday night, September 30 and Saturday, October 1)
The Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah is known as Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Turning and doing Teshuvah.
Friday night services begin at 6:30pm
Saturday morning services begin at 10am
Erev Yom Kippur (Friday, October 7)
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year. It is a day of abstaining from the needs of the body in order to focus on the Eternal. Yom Kippur begins with Kol Nidrei, just before sundown on Friday night, October 7, 2010.
On Kol Nidrei, we have 2 services.
Our service in the main sanctuary is led by Rabbi Carie Carter and our cantor, Judy Ribnick. It begins with a preliminary mincha (afternoon service) at 5:45pm. This is followed by the recitation of Kol Nidrei at 6:05pm.
The service in the lower sanctuary is led by our members, David Rosen, Angela Weisl, and Rabbi Jeff Marker. This service begins with Kol Nidrei at 6:10pm and is free and open to the public.
Yom Kippur (Saturday, October 8 )
Yom Kippur, we spend the day together in shul. Shacharit (the morning service) begins at 8:30am. After a brief break mid-day, we continue with Mincha (the afternoon service) at 3:30pm, followed by Yizkor (the memorial service) at 5:00pm and the final service of Yom Kippur, Neilah at 5:40pm.
Sukkot—Shemini Atzeret—Simchat Torah
The day after Yom Kippur, join us as we build our communal Sukkah! Powertools are welcome but not required. Sukkot (The Feast of Booths) itself begins year on Wednesday night, October 12th. Services for the first two days of Sukkot begin at 10am, as do Shabbat services on Saturday. Please join us for services or to eat in the sukkah throughout Sukkot. The Sukkah is open to anyone who would like to sit and enjoy morning, afternoon, and evening the week of Sukkot. Keep an eye on the website for special Sukkot programming.
Wednesday night, October 19th and Thursday, October 20th is Shemini Atzeret. Services (including Yizkor) begin on Thursday at 10am.
Thursday night, October 20th, come and dance with us for Simchat Torah! Our Simchat Torah celebration begins on Thursday at 7pm and includes a tour of a wide-open Torah. Friday morning, the celebration continues beginning at 10am. Everyone has an opportunity to be called to the Torah as we conclude the final book of the Torah and begin it anew.