L’Shanah Tovah – Wishing You a Good Year!
Our High Holiday offerings are open to all – anyone and everyone is invited to join us!
As always, all of our High Holiday offerings are free! A donation from the heart would be greatly appreciated.
To help us plan for seating, refreshments, and other considerations, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for all services (except S’lichot) prior to attending. Please register at least a day or two before the first service or event you wish to attend.
After you register, you’re done! Your name will be on a list at the door; simply bring a form of ID. You do not need to register more than once.
Our High Holidays Schedule
All services and events will be held in the lobby area by the cafe at the JCC, except where noted.
- Erev Rosh HaShanah Service – Monday, September 22 at 8 pm
- Rosh HaShanah Morning Service – Tuesday, September 23 at 10 am
- Tashlich – Tuesday, September 23 at 12:15 pm at the Erie Canal beside the JCC
We will meet at the entrance to the canal, located near the Wolk Children’s Center parking lot area on Edgewood Avenue. Rabbi Drorah Setel will lead our Tashlich service. The phone and Zoom options will not be available during this time. - Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Morning Service – Wednesday, September 24 at 10 am
- Erev Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Service – Wednesday, October 1 at 8 pm
- Yom Kippur Morning Service – Thursday, October 2 at 10 am
- Yom Kippur Afternoon Program – Thursday, October 2 at 3 pm
The phone and Zoom options will not be available for this program. - Yizkor Service – Thursday, October 2 at 4:30 pm
The phone and Zoom options will not be available for this service. - Neilah Closing Service – Thursday, October 2 at 5:15 pm
- The phone and Zoom options will not be available for this service.
- Break-the-Fast – Thursday, October 2 at 6 pm
We will have an opportunity to chat and mingle while enjoying a light meal together. The phone and Zoom options will not be available during this time.
This year we will again run our High Holidays Food and Clothing Drive by handing out empty bags on Rosh HaShanah and asking you to return them filled on Yom Kippur. We will bring them to Brighton Food Cupboard at Jewish Family Services. Representatives there told us that their greatest needs are canned and boxed food, personal hygiene products, diapers, and NEW and PACKAGED socks, winter gloves, and hats. (Please do not bring used or unpackaged items.)
More Information about Our Food and Clothing Drive
For those who would be more comfortable attending from home, phone and Zoom options will be provided for most of our services and events, except where noted. To login by phone, call 1-929-205-6099 and use meeting ID 820 7559 6858. To login by Zoom, click on the button:
If you call or Zoom in to the services, you’ll need copies of the Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur prayer books, each entitled, Mishkan HaNefesh. Temple Emanu-El members may check out High Holiday prayer books from us for the duration of the holidays by contacting our office before Sept 15 (emanuelrochester@gmail.com, 585-461-2000 ext 203). Both print and Kindle editions of the prayerbooks are available for purchase online.
Our High Holiday Social Distancing/Masking Policy: We value the health and safety of all who worship, celebrate, and learn with us. We provide a socially distanced seating section, and masks are available upon request.
We are fortunate to have access to an app that aids communication. TigerChat is a phone app that’s been developed by the Center on Access Technology at RIT. The app allows you to converse with or listen to another person or group using automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology that converts spoken words into typed text. You can read our services as they happen! The app was designed to work on the RIT campus, and RIT has extended it so that it now also works in the JCC.
More Information about TigerChat
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office at 585-461-2000, ext 203 or emanuelrochester@gmail.com.