Schedule of High Holy Day Services

HIGH HOLIDAYS 2023 – DATES AND TIMES

(ALL TIMES – EXCEPT START TIMES – ARE APPROXIMATE WITHIN 10 MINUTES)

ROSH HASHANAH EVE, DAY 1 – FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 2023

6:38 pm Light Candles
6:40 pm Mincha Afternoon Prayers
7:00 pm Maariv Evening Prayers Begin Rosh Hashanah First Day
7:35 pm  Conclusion of Services

ROSH HASHANAH, DAY 1 – SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 2023

  9:00 am Shacharit Morning Prayers
10:10 am Torah Reading Begins: 1st Aliyah
10:50 am Rabbi Fischer’s Sermon (No Shofar on Shabbat)
11:10 am Musaf Begins with Chazan Erblich Chanting Hineni He’ani Mi’ma’as
  1:00 pm Conclusion of Services

ROSH HASHANAH EVE, DAY 2 – SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 2023

6:40 pm Mincha Afternoon Prayers
7:30 pm Maariv Evening Prayers Begin Rosh Hashanah Second Day
7:38 pm Light Candles (i.e., 7:38 pm or after)
8:15 pm Conclusion of Services

ROSH HASHANAH, DAY 2 – SUNDAY, SEPT. 17, 2023

  9:00 am Shacharit Morning Prayers
10:10 am Torah Reading Begins: 1st Aliyah
10:50 am Rabbi Fischer’s Sermon, followed by Shofar Sounding
11:20 am Musaf Begins with Chazan Chanting Hineni He’ani Mi’ma’as
  1:10 pm Conclusion of Services
 

CONCLUDING ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES, DAY 2

SUN., SEPT. 17, 2023

6:45 pm Mincha Afternoon Prayers
7:38 pm Havdalah

YOM KIPPUR AND KOL NIDRE EVE – SUNDAY, SEPT. 24, 2023

3:00 pm Mincha Early Afternoon Prayers
6:25 pm Light Candles (No Later Than 6:25 pm)
6:20 pm Kol Nidre Evening Prayers Begin Yom Kippur

YOM KIPPUR DAY – MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 2023

  9:00 am Shacharit Morning Prayers
10:40 am Torah Reading
11:20 am Rabbi Fischer’s Sermon, followed by Yizkor
2:30 pm Conclusion of Musaf Services
(Mid-Afternoon “Break“)
4:40 pm Mincha Afternoon Prayers
6:10 pm Ne’ilah Concluding Services
7:25 pm Shofar Sounding / HavdalahEnd of Fast