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HIGH HOLIDAYS 2026


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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 on Zoom. Most in person services will be led both from inside and outside in a tent. Please see the schedule below for the details of each specific service. Indoors, masks  are optional*. Seating is first come, first served.

 Yom Kippur services will also be a combination of indoors and outdoors, for those who come in person. Please see the schedule below for the details of each specific service. For services led from inside, masks are optional*. 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.)

If you need any info, please contact us by emailing [email protected].
 
 

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 Kol Nidre plus all of Yom Kippur services led from inside will be on Zoom as well as in person.

Zoom services will use 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 asap at [email protected] or 617-623-3376 (voice).

Schedule

 
Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah evening service Friday September 11, 6:40 PM
      Led from inside, piped outside, Zoom available.

Rosh Hashanah Saturday September 12, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
      Led from both inside and outside**, Zoom available.

Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day evening service Saturday September 12, 7:40 PM
      Led from inside, piped outside.

​Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day Sunday September 13, 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!
       Shachrit and the Torah Service will be led from both inside and outside**
      The Creative (non-liturgical) Musaf service will be led from inside and piped out.

Shabbat Shuva 

Shabbat Ivrit service on Zoom Friday September 18, 6:30 PM
  with special guest Shula Levy discussing her personal history as an Iraqi   Jew

Kabbalat Shabbat on Zoom Friday September 18, 6:30 PM

Shabbat Shuva Saturday September 19, 10:00 AM

Yom Kippur

Kol Nidre Sunday September 20, 6:20 PM  sharp
     
Led from outside with Zoom available.
 
After the Kol Nidre service, Havurah founding member Joel Rosenberg will continue his tradition of teaching a text study class. 

Yom Kippur Monday September 21, 9:00 AM
     Services include Yizkor, the Memorial Service.
     Shachrit will be led from both inside and outside** with Zoom available. The rest of the day's services will be led from outside. Zoom will also be available for Yizkor.
   
Break 3:30 pm - 5:10 PM
   
​Services will resume after the break at 5:10 PM
  These services will be led from outside and Zoom will be available.

**If there is not a minyan outside, the service may not be led from outside.
 
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