YOM KIPPUR

Sunday, September 24                                              

Yom Kippur Shir Chadash Kol Nidrei Service*
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Open-seating service for adults with participatory music and singing; children are welcome.

Kol Nidrei Formal Service
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.

Monday, September 25        

Yom Kippur Young Families Service
9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Isaac Mayer Wise Hall
Open-seating service for families with toddlers and preschoolers.

Yom Kippur Morning Formal Service
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary*
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir.

Yom Kippur Study Sessions
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Open to all congregants and their guests.

  • Jewish Wisdom on Justice and Mercy: Finding a Balance in our Country and our Lives*
    Rabbi Larry Hoffman and Dr. Joel Hoffman
    Beth-El Chapel
  • Be Fruitful! The Etrog in Jewish Art, Culture and History
    Warren Klein, Curator, Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum
    Greenwald Hall
  • The History of Fasting in Religious Traditions
    Dr. Alyssa Cady, Director of The Temple Emanu-El Center for Interfaith Dialogue
    Ivan M. Stettenheim Library
  • Dispatch from Ukraine with Temple Emanu-El’s Philanthropic Fund
    Alan Silberstein, NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief Fund and
    Murphy Poindexter, BlueCheck Ukraine
    Moderated by Daniel Bloch Jeydel, Philanthropic Fund Chair
    Isaac Mayer Wise Hall

Yom Kippur Teen Service*
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
Open-seating service for teens and their families.

Yom Kippur Family Worship Service
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary
Open-seating service for families with elementary and pre-teen children in grades K-7.

Yom Kippur Avodah, Afternoon, Memorial and Concluding Services*
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir. Told through poetry, song and art, the Avodah service evokes the days of the Temple when the High Priest’s confession on behalf of the people of Israel was the pinnacle of the Holy Day; afternoon service with Yizkor and concluding Neilah service.

Please note, the Yizkor service will begin at approximately 3:30 PM; please be seated by 3:15 PM.

Schedule subject to change. Please check this page for the most up-to-date information.

*This service will be livestreamed for everyone at Experience Emanu-El, Facebook and YouTube.