We hope you will share the High Holy Days with the B’nai Emunah community.
Overview of B’nai Emunah High Holy Days | High Holy Days Tickets/Fundraiser Form
Saturday, September 12 – The penitential season begins this night |
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| 8:00 pm | Havdalah followed by Music Program |
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| 8:45 pm | Selichot Service | |
Co-sponsored by Congregations B’nai Emunah, Beth Israel Judea and Ner Tamid Open to everyone; no ticket required. |
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Rosh Hashanah Evening and Day 1 |
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| 8:00 pm | Erev Shabbat, Friday Evening, September 18 | |
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 / Shabbat, Saturday, September 19 |
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| 9:00 am | Early Morning Psalms with Rabbi Sami |
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| 10:00 am | Morning Service – Torah/Haftarah |
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| 11:15 am | Break (Poetry and Music) | |
| 11:30 am | ‘State of the Shul’ speech, Healing/Community Prayers, D’rash, Musaf |
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Family Program with BIJ |
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| 9:30 am | Tots thru Age 5 |
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| 10:30 am | Grades 2 thru 5 |
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| 11:15 am | Grade 6 thru Teens | |
| 3:00 pm | Activities for All | |
Rosh Hashanah Day 2, Sunday, September 20 – Options |
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Rosh Hashanah Tefilah / Services |
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| 9:00 am | Early Morning Psalms with Rabbi Sami |
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| 10:00 am | Morning Service – Poetic, with Torah/Haftarah readings |
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| 11:00 am | Service of Healing and Shofar Service |
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| 11:30 am | Creative Musaf, Drash, Jewish Journey | |
High Holy Day Hike with Prayer, Readings and Music |
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| 10:00 am | Led by Rabbi Danny Gottlieb and Ricki WeintraubThe hike will begin at Pacifica Pier. We will maintain social distancing and all music will be recorded (no singing).Masks required. |
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Tashlich Service at Lake Merced |
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| 1:00 pm | Led by Rabbi Danny Gottlieb Where we symbolically cast away our sins (casting bits of stale bread into the water) and welcome a year of goodness and blessing.We will maintain social distancing and all music will be recorded (no singing).Masks required. |
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“Parking Lot” Shofar Service at BIJ |
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| 2:00 pm | Led by Rabbi Danny Gottlieb Come in your cars, roll down your windows, and hear the sounds of the Shofar. Don’t forget to bring your masks so you can talk with friends while keeping your cars 6 feet apart. |
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Tashlich at Ocean Beach |
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| 4:00 pm | Led by Rabbi Elisheva Salamo We will maintain social distancing and all music will be recorded (no singing). Masks required. With friends from BIJ and Ner Tamid. Meet between 3:45 and 3:55 at the pathway across Great Highway at end of Taraval St. Will be livestreamed. |
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Yom Kippur at B'nai Emunah |
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Kol Nidrei, Sunday, September 27 |
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| 6:30 pm | Preliminary Reflections, Music | |
| 6:45 pm | Kol Nidrei, Ma’ariv, Jewish Journey and Synagogue Support speeches |
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| 7:30 pm | D’rash and Viddui (Confession) | |
Yom Kippur Day – Monday, September 28 |
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| 9:00 am | Early Morning Psalms with Rabbi Sami |
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| 9:45 am | Morning Service, Torah/Haftarah | |
| 11:00 am | D'rash and Musaf | |
| 12:15 pm, option 1 | Martyrology (Eileh Ezkerah), Avodah (High Priest Service) | |
| 12:15 pm, option 2 | Yom Kippur Study with Rabbi Gottlieb: A study session on the Avodah liturgy | |
| 1:30 pm | Yom Kippur Study (TBD) | |
| 2:45 pm | “Profits and Prophets” study on “values” with Rabbi Sami |
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| 3:00 pm | Open Ark available at BIJ Courtyard for Personal Prayer (social distancing observed; masks required) |
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| 4:00 pm | Music and Meditation (with BIJ) |
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| 5:15 pm | Mincha Service with Torah and Haftarah | |
| 6:15 pm | Yizkor Service (with BIJ) | |
| 6:45 pm | Ne’ilah Service (with BIJ) | |
| 7:45 pm | Shofar – Tekiah Gedolah! followed by Zoom Havdalah | |
| 8:30 pm | “Parking Lot” Havdalah and “Drive-Thru” Break-the-Fast Led by Rabbi Gottlieb and Cantorial Soloists Ariela Morgenstern and Ricki Weintraub Get in your car and drive to BIJ for a conclusion to our High Holy Days. Roll down your windows and we will make Havdalah together, followed by a “drive-thru” around the BIJ building where you can pick up a “Break-the-Fast To-Go Box”. |
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