REGISTRATION
This year, we are requiring registration for all of our High Holiday events. Please register for the events you plan to attend.

Kol Nidrei Evening – Friday, October 11 – Evening Service – Learn more.

Yom Kippur 

9:00 a.m.

• Services (in-person + online) – Our Zoom space opens at 8:45 a.m. The service begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts a little over three hours.
• Tot / Preschool / Kindergarten Services (in-person only) – Children's services will be led by our community song leader, Aviv Kammay, along with Shaarei Shamayim parents. They will be held in Courtyard classroom A/B at the First Unitarian Society. Enter through the Atrium doors.
  Please register separately for children's services.

10:00 a.m.

• 1st-5th Grade Services / 6th-8th Grade Discussion / 9th-12th Grade Discussion (in-person only) – Children's services will be led by our community song leader, Aviv Kammay, along with Shaarei Shamayim parents. They will be held in Courtyard classroom A/B at the First Unitarian Society. Enter through the Atrium doors. We will also have discussions for 6th-8th graders and 9th-12th graders beginning at 10:00 a.m.
  Please register separately for children's services and discussions.

1:00 p.m.

• Yizkor (in-person + online) – In our memorial service, we do some of a traditional service but also leave time for individuals to say the name and a sentence about the person whom they are remembering and, if in person, place a stone in water to mark their loss.

2:15 p.m.

• Avodah (in-person + online) – Traditionally, Avodah is a recitation of the sacrificial service of the Temple in Jerusalem. Our ancestors brought sacred offerings to the Temple; today we bring a very different sort of offering – offerings of poetry, music, and stories. If you have a poem, song, or story to share, please bring it.

4:00 p.m.

• Commemorating the October 7 Attack in Israel and the War in Gaza (in-person + online) – Rabbi Laurie will lead a community gathering to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack in Israel and the war in Gaza. This program will be an opportunity for reflection, grieving, and coming together as a community, even as we hold different perspectives. We will end by reciting the Mourner’s Kaddish for Israeli Jews and Palestinians.

6:00 p.m. (final shofar 7:01 p.m.)

• Neilah (in-person + online) – Our Neilah service begins with fifteen minutes of meditation and chanting. It ends with a final shofar blast and havdalah. If you are at home you may wish to use your own havdalah set.

7:15 p.m.

• Break Fast Potluck – We conclude the day with a community-wide break fast potluck. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. (Feel free to leave it in the kitchen during Neilah services. Bring enough food so we don't run out!)