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​HIGH HOLIDAYS 2025


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WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US
ATTEND BY ZOOM
CHILDREN
ACCESSIBILITY​
SCHEDULE - ROSH HASHANAH​ and YOM KIPPUR


 

We hope you'll join us

The High Holidays at Havurat Shalom are a wonderful, intense, prayerful experience. They are also free! Everyone is welcome!
 
This year’s Rosh Hashanah services will be a combination of indoors and outdoors, for those who come in person, with the services for the first day of Rosh Hashanah also available via Zoom. In person services will be led from inside, with masks optional*. There will also be a tent in the backyard, with a speaker piping out the service, for those who don’t want to be indoors. All seating is first come, first served.

(*If the big hospitals in Boston respond to changing covid prevalence rates by requiring masking, then the Havurah will also require masking inside.)

 Yom Kippur services will be in person in tents in the backyard as well as on Zoom. Seating is first come, first served.
 
 

to attend by zoom

Please email [email protected] to get the Zoom link if you'd like attend Zoom services.

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All of the services for the first day of Rosh Hashanah and all of the services of Yom Kippur will be on Zoom as well as in person.

Zoom services will us the Zoom transliteration service in addition to having the prayerbook pages shared on the Zoom screen. We welcome your feedback on the quality of the Zoom transcription.

​Free PDFs of the machzor are available. Please email [email protected] if you want a PDF emailed to you, or click on the link below to download one:
Machzor Birkat Shalom

CHILDREN

If you need (or would just appreciate) free childcare during Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur services, please contact us asap by emailing [email protected] or calling 617-623-3376.
 
There are two rooms on the second floor where adults can bring children to play. Because the adult services are partially in the backyard, there will not be an outdoor space for the children to play.
 

ACCESSIBILITY

Havurat Shalom is committed to making all of our programming accessible to people with disabilities. If you have specific requests for the High Holidays for either in person or on Zoom, please contact us at [email protected] or 617-623-3376 (voice).

Schedule

 
Slichot 

Saturday September 13, 10:30 PM​​

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah evening service Monday September 22, 6:15 PM

Rosh Hashanah Tuesday September 23, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day evening service Tuesday September 23, 7:15 PM

​Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day Wednesday September 24, 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
       Services include a Creative (non-liturgical) Musaf.
       After services, there will be a vegetarian, potluck holiday meal to   
       which all are welcome!

Shabbat Shuva 

Shabbat Shuva evening service Friday September 26, 6:30 PM

Shabbat Shuva Saturday September 27, 10:00 AM
In keeping with the tradition for Shabbat Shuva (the Sabbath in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), today's services will include text study and a vegetarian, potluck Shabbat lunch.
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Yom Kippur

Kol Nidre Wednesday October 1, 6:00 PM  sharp
 
After the Kol Nidre service, Havurah founding member Joel Rosenberg will continue his tradition of teaching a text study class. 

Yom Kippur Thursday October 2, 9:00 AM
     Services include Yizkor, the Memorial Service.
   
Break 3:30 pm - 4:55 PM
   
​Services will resume after the break at 4:55 PM
 
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