High Holidays 2020/5781 Service Schedule

Rosh Hashanah Schedule

Fri., Sept. 18:      

7:00 pm -7:45 pm        Rabbi’s family sermon: Noah – The First Quarantined Family

Sat., Sept. 19:     

  9:45 am      Preliminary prayers; morning service – Cantor and Rabbi

10:30 am      Torah service read by Hebrew school parents

                      Healing Prayers

                      Blessing of the Children; see their photos, hear their blessing

                      “The Shofar Play,” written by Cathy Turow, performed by CTI students

11:30 am      Rabbi’s Sermon

11:45 am      Musaf with the Cantor (“Who will live and who will die” prayer)

12:20 pm      Oseh Shalom – prerecorded prayer for peace with accompaniment by:

                                Rachel May, Shoshana May, Carl Schreiber and Phil White

12:30 pm      Service Ends

Sun., Sept. 20:    

  9:45 am      Preliminary prayers; morning service – Cantor and Rabbi

10:20 am      Prerecorded Avinu Malkeinu with Carly Baron, Tamra Spector Eker and the Kosher Nostra Players

10:30 am      Torah reading with Limud parents

                      Reiki Healing Prayers

                      Blessing of the Young Couples – see their photos, hear their blessing

                      Sounding of the Shofar (Yossi Ben David)

11:30 am      Rabbi’s Sermon

11:45 am      Musaf with the Cantor (“Who will live and who will die” prayer)

12:20 pm      Oseh Shalom – prerecorded prayer for peace with accompaniment by:

                                 Rachel May, Shoshana May, Carl Schreiber and Phil White

12:25 pm      Shofar with Madden Altman

12:30 pm      Service ends

Sun., Sept. 20:       Tashlich – in person, at the beach, wear a mask

     4:00 pm       At a private beach

Yom Kippur Schedule

Sun., Sept. 27:    Kol Nidre Service                                       

   6:20 pm       Cello prelude sets the tone with this beautiful music —  performed by Rachel May and Iris Winter Bastone

   6:30 pm      (Kol Nidre service begins) Virtual parade of our Torahs

                    Hear the haunting melody of the famous Kol Nidre prayer sung by Cantor Gustavo

   7:00 pm       President’s message

                    Rabbi’s sermon

   7:30 pm      Shma Koleinu with Patte Jordan Huberman

   8:00 pm       Service ends

Mon., Sept. 28: 

   9:30 am      Preliminary prayers; morning service – Cantor and Rabbi

   10:20 am    Prerecorded Avinu Malkeinu with Carly Baron, Tamra Spector Eker and the Kosher Nostra Players

   10:30 am    Torah reading with Limud parents

                      Healing Prayers

                      Blessing of the Children – see their photos, hear their blessing

   11:30 am    Rabbi’s Sermon

                      Yizkor 
                      Yizkor chanted in memory of those we have lost and those who have passed. A meditative moment.

   12:00 pm    Musaf with the Cantor (“Who will live and who will die” prayer)

                     These I Recall: Holocaust survivors remember...

                     Shma Koleinu with Patte Jordan Huberman

   1:20 pm     Ancient Priestly Blessing by the Kohanim

   1:25 pm     Oseh Shalom – prerecorded prayer for peace with accompaniment by:

                                Rachel May, Shoshana May, Carl Schreiber and Phil White

   1:30 pm     Morning service ends

                    (break)                           

   6:00 pm     Afternoon Mincha service (Book of Jonah)

   6:45 pm     Ne’ila Closing Service

                     Virtual Worshippers approach the ark

   7:15 pm     Children’s virtual Havdalah

   7:20 pm     The sound of the shofar ends the High Holidays