Full High Holiday Programming and Services Schedule for 2024/5785:
Selichot - Saturday night, September 28
| 10:00pm | Pre-Selichot Kumzitz |
| 11:00pm | Selichot |
Sunday, September 29
| 8:00am | Shacharit |
| 6:35pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Monday, October 1
| 6:50am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
| 6:35pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Erev Rosh Hashana - Wednesday, October 2
| 6:00am | Selichot followed by Shacharit & Hatarat Nedarim | |
| 6:30pm | Candle Lighting (remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin) | |
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Mincha/Maariv |
Rosh Hashana Day 1 - Thursday, October 3
| 8:00am | Shacharit |
| 5:30pm | Tashlich (Georgetown waterfront at the sundial on 30th) |
| 6:30pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 7:26pm* | Candle Lighting |
* Light candles from existing flame.
Rosh Hashana Day 2 - Friday, October 4
| 8:00am | Shacharit | ||
| 6:25pm | Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv | ||
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* Light candles from existing flame.
Shabbat Shuva - Shabbat, October 5
| 7:30am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| 4:45pm | Shabbat Shuva Drasha |
| 6:15pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 7:23pm | Havdalah |
Fast of Gedalia - Sunday, October 6
| 5:51am | Fast Begins |
| 8:00am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
| 6:10pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 7:11pm | Fast Ends |
Monday-Thursday, October 7-10 (Aseret Yemei Teshuva)
| 6:45am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
| 6:20pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Friday, October 11 (Erev Yom Kippur)
| 7:05am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
| 2:30pm | Early Mincha |
| 6:00pm | Late Mincha |
| 6:15pm | Kol Nidre |
| 6:16pm | Candle Lighting |
Yom Kippur - Shabbat, October 12
| 8:30am | Shacharit |
| Yizkor | |
| 4:45pm | Mincha |
| Neilah | |
| 7:18pm* | Maariv/Havdalah |
| Break Fast in the Kesher Israel Social Hall sponsored by Bracha Reznik in honor of her birthday and by Zach Terner in honor of his grandfather's yahrzeit |
*It is preferable to light the Havdalah candle after Yom Kippur from an existing flame.
Erev Sukkot - Wednesday, October 16
| 7:15am | Shacharit |
| 6:05pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 6:40pm | Candle Lighting (remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin) |
Sukkot Day 1 - Thursday, October 17
| 7:30am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| 6:05pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 7:06pm* | Candle Lighting/Preparation for Day 2 |
* Light candles from existing flame.
Sukkot Day 2 - Friday, October 18
| 7:30am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| 6:05pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 6:06pm* | Candle Lighting |
* Light candles from existing flame.
Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot- October 19
| 7:30am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| 5:55pm | Mincha/Maariv |
| 7:04pm | Havdala |
Chol Hamoed Sukkot - Sunday-Tuesday, October 22
| 6:55am | Shacharit |
| 6:30pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Hoshanah Rabbah - Wednesday, October 23
| 6:00am | Shacharit |
| 5:59pm | Candle Lighting (remember to make an Eruv Tavshilin) |
| 6:00pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Shmini Atzeret - Thursday, October 24
| 7:30am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| Yizkor | |
| 5:55pm | Mincha followed by Maariv and Hakafot |
| 6:57pm* | Candle Lighting/Preparation for Last Day |
*Light candles from existing flame.
Simchat Torah - Friday, October 25
| 7:00am | Shacharit |
| 9:00am | Shacharit |
| 5:55pm | Mincha |
| 5:57pm | Maariv/Havdalah |
Sat, December 21 2024
20 Kislev 5785
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