Holidays

Holidays

Rosh HaShanah 2025/5786

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Begins sundown Monday, September 22 through Wednesday, September 24

Erev Rosh HaShanah, Monday, September 22

  • Traditional Service, 6 pm, Sanctuary

Day 1 Rosh HaShanah, Tuesday, September 23

  • Traditional Service @ 8:30 am, Sanctuary
  • Preschool Family Service @ 9 am, Lower Level
  • Instrumental Music Service @ 9:30am, Goldsmith Hall
  • Youth Celebration (K-5th Grade) @ 10 am, Lower Level
  • Pavilion Musaf Service @ 11 am, Indian Creek Pavilion
  • Tashlikh/Mincha @ 4 pm, Regency by the Lake

Day 2 Rosh HaShanah, Wednesday, September 24

  • Traditional Service @ 8:30 am, Sanctuary
  • Preschool Family service, 9 am, Rooms 108 & 109
  • Youth Celebration (K-5th Grade) @ 10 am
  • Rimon Service @ 9:30 am, Goldsmith Hall

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Yom Kippur 2025/5786

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Begins sundown Wednesday, October 1 through Thursday, October 2

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Kol Nidrei, Wednesday, October 1

  • Pavilion Service @ 6 pm, Indian Creek Pavilion
  • Traditional Service @ 6:45 pm, Sanctuary

Yom Kippur Day, Thursday, October 2

  • Traditional Service @ 8:30 am, Sanctuary
  • Preschool Family service @ 9 am, Rooms 108 & 109
  • Instrumental Music Service @ 9:30 am, Goldsmith Hall
  • Youth Celebration (K-5th Grade) @ 10 am
  • Pavilion Musaf Service @ 11 am, Indian Creek Pavilion
  • Pre-Minchah Study Session @ 4:15 pm, Sanctuary
  • Minchah/Neilah/Ma’ariv @5:15 am, Sanctuary
  • Shofar Blast @ 7:40 pm, sanctuary

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Sukkot 2025/5786

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Begins Sundown – October 6 through October 13

Erev Sukkot, Monday, October 6

Tuesday, October 7 – Sukkot Yom Tov Day 1

  • 9 am Shacharit – Sanctuary
  • Kiddish in the Sukkah
  • 6 pm Minchah – Sanctuary with a Moment of Silence in Remembrance of October 7
  • 6:30 pm Communal Sukkot Dinner (Reservations Required) Click HERE to RSVP for the Dinner

Wednesday, October 8 – Sukkot Yom Tov Day 2

  • 9 am Shacharit – Sanctuary
  • Kiddish in the Sukkah

Thursday, October 9 – Hol HaMoed

  • 7 am Regular Weekday Minyan
  • 6 pm Zoom Minyan

Friday, October 10 – Hol HaMoed

  • 7 am Regular Weekday Minyan
  • RFEC Shabbat Singing in the Sukkah, followed by a Bring-Your-Own (meat-free) Lunch

Saturday, October 11 – Shabbat of Sukkot

  • 9:30 am Shabbat Services
  • 8 pm Teen Program in the Sukkah

Sunday, October 12 – Hol HaMoed

  • 8 am Shacharit in Library Minyan
  • 8:45 am PRS Family Breakfast in the Sukkah followed by a Lively Family Service and Sunday School
  • 12:30 pm Social Justice Committee Birthday Brunch and Open House (reservations required)  Click HERE to RSVP for the Brunch
  • 6 pm Zoom Minyan

Hoshana Rabbah 2025/5786

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Monday, October 13 – Hoshanah Rabbah

  • 6:45 am Shacharit in Library Minyan

 

Shemini Atzeret 2025/5786

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Tuesday, October 14 – Shemini Atzeret

  • 9 am Shacharit in Sanctuary with Yizkor – Yizkor will include Prayers in Remembrance of October 7
  • Kiddish in the Sukkah

Simchat Torah 2025/5786

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  • 6 pm Minchah/Ma’ariv/Hakafot for Simchat Torah
  • 6 pm PreK – Grade 5 Simchat Torah Activities

Wednesday, October 15 – Simchat Torah

  • 9 am Shacharit in Sanctuary w/Hakafot Honoring Joel Levine & Lisa Skolnick
  • Kiddish Lunch in the Sukkah
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Hanukkah 2025/5786

  • Begins sundown Dec 14
  • Ends evening of Dec 22

Purim 2026/5786

  • Begins sundown March 2

Passover 2026/5786

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  • Begins sundown on April 2
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  • Passover Resource Center
  • Sale of Chametz Click Here
  • 1st Seder April 2
  • 2nd Seder April 3
  • Ends sundown April 9
  • Click Here for Yizkor Book

Yom HaShoah 2026/5786 – Holocaust Remembrance Day

  • Begins sundown April 13
  • All day April 13

Yom HaZikaron 2026/5765 – Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers & Terrorism Victims

Yom HaAtzma’ut 2026/5786 – Israel Independence Day

  • Begins sundown April 21
  • All day April 22

Shavuot 2026/5786

  • The festival of Shavuot celebrates God giving the Torah to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai.  The Jewish people celebrate this time by staying up all night studying Torah and praying early in the morning. 
  • Begins sundown May 22
  • Ends sundown May 24

Tish’a B’Av 2026/5786

  • Begins sundown Wednesday July 22 – Thursday, July 23

Selichot 2026/5786

  • Saturday, September 5

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