Schedule High Holy Days 2025/5786

Schedule of High Holy Day Services & Events for Bolton Street Synagogue 

Registration Information for Guests & Non-Members

Selichot
Saturday, September 13
8:00 pm – Dessert Pre-Reception, Social Hall
8:30 pm – Selichot Concert with Judith, Vladimir, and Alan, Sanctuary
9:00 pm – Selichot Service, Sanctuary

Shofar Blowing Workshop
Sunday, September 21
12:00 pm – Join Rabbi Gordon and Abe Wasserberger to learn how to blow a shofar! (Bring your Own Shofar, or you may borrow one of ours.)
RSVP HERE

Erev Rosh Hashanah in the Meadow
Monday, September 22
5:00 pm – Picnic (bring your own picnic dinner)
6:00 pm – Musical Prelude by Leslie Seid Margolis and Mark Giuliano with our Erev Rosh Hashanah Service immediately following

Rosh Hashanah
1st Day – Tuesday, September 23
9:00 am – Tot Service (for families with young children), Sanctuary
10:00am – Youth Activities for Kindergarten to 5th Grade (Pre-Registration Required), Downstairs*
10:15 am – Rosh Hashanah Service, Sanctuary*
11:15 am – Family Service (for families with elementary school age children), Downstairs*
12:45 pm – Tashlich
1:00 pm – Reception, Social Hall

2nd Day – Wednesday, September 24
10:00 am – Rosh Hashanah Service, Sanctuary
12:00 pm – Reception, Social Hall

Community Tashlich with Third Space
This year, Rabbi Gordon and the BSS Community will join our friends from Third Space at Pier 4 before the Power Plant building downtown for a festival-like program.
Sunday, September 28
1:30pm – Tashlich program
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Kol Nidre
Wednesday, October 1
6:45 pm – Musical Prelude with Gita Ladd and Lewis Berman, Sanctuary*
7:15 pm – Kol Nidre Service, Sanctuary*

Yom Kippur
Thursday, October 2
9:00 am – Tot Service (for families with young children), Sanctuary
10:15 am – Yom Kippur Morning Service, Sanctuary*
11:15 am – Family Service (for families with elementary school age children), Downstairs*
1:00 pmYizkor Service, Sanctuary*
BREAK
3:00 pm – Adult Study Session with Melissa Zieve: What Does it Mean To be Human?: Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Perspectives
4:00 pm – Healing Service, Sanctuary
4:30 pm – Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Sanctuary
5:30 pm – Neilah Service, Sanctuary
6:30 pm – Community Break Fast (RSVP required), Social Hall

*These services registration for non-members & guest are required.

Erev Sukkot
Monday, October 6
6:00 pm – Erev Sukkot Service, Sanctuary
6:45 pm– Pizza in the Hut, Sukkah (RSVP required), Social Hall

Simchat Torah
Monday, October 13
6:00 pm – Pasta Dinner Dinner, (RSVP required), Social Hall
6:45 pm – Erev Simchat Torah Service, Sanctuary/Social Hall

Shemini Atzeret
Tuesday, October 14
8:00 am – Yizkor Service, Sanctuary