9:00 AM: Teshuvah Meditation
Registration required. Those registered for the in-person morning service may also join Basha on site. Also available to all on Zoom.
Basha Hirschfeld leads us in a morning meditation focused on forgiveness and gratitude as mechanisms for finding sacred in the everyday.
9:15 AM: Nitzanim Yom Kippur for Families
Free and open to families with young children. On site at Ner Shalom’s outdoor courtyard.
Led by Mia Zimman and Reb Irwin, we explore Yom Kippur themes in kid-friendly ways, using song, story, and activity. For information on Nitzanim, click here.
10:00 AM: Yom Kippur Morning
Registration Required. In person and in the High Holy Day Zoom Room.
We move deeper into our practice of teshuvah, finding the path back to our hearts, repairing our relationships with self, others, and Earth. We look at how we may imbue these relationships with greater holiness and mindfulness.
The service will include beautiful music, traditional and familiar Yom Kippur prayers, and a Storahtelling event.
2:00 PM: The Book of Jonah
Registration Required. Zoom Only, in the High Holy Day Zoom Room.
Gesher Calmenson leads us through our traditional Yom Kippur afternoon text, with an eye toward what it has to teach us about bringing a prophetic eye to the world problems around us and our own lives.
4:00 PM: Healing Service
Registration Required. Zoom Only, in the High Holy Day Zoom Room.
Sally Churgel and Leiah Bowden lead us in a service to breathe into the healing we need, and address it with song, mindfulness, and prayer. Don’t miss this beautiful experience.
5:00 PM: Yizkor Service
Registration Required. In person and in the High Holy Day Zoom Room.
Part of the holiness of this day (and our lives) is connected to holding the memory of the ancestors and healing relationships with ancestors.
Join us for memory, story, and song, led by Stephanie Brown and Susan Levine.
If you wish your loved ones' names to be included in our annual Yizkor list, be sure to select the Yizkor item when you register and offer us the names you want present in this year’s ritual.
6:00 PM: Neilah Service
Registration Required. In person and in the High Holy Day Zoom Room.
The climax of Yom Kippur, the Neilah service is our last communal opportunity to make amends, to reach new resolve, to write our intentions in the Book of Life. The service. led by Reb Irwin and our Musical Team, is followed at 7:00 PM by a short havdalah.
Folks attending by Zoom should be sure to have some food on hand so we can break our fast together.
Artwork by Anna Belle Kaufman