High Holidays
Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה) September 16-18 2012 / 1-2 Tishre 5771
Yom Kippur (יום כפור)September 25, 2012/ 10 Tishre 5771
Our large sanctuary opens to accommodate the entire congregation in one worship space for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Family children’s services run concurrently with our main sanctuary service. Parents also are welcome to bring their children into the main sanctuary so that they can pray together as a family if they choose.
We offer tickets at no charge to member families. College and graduate students receive complementary tickets. All are welcome to our services!
Unaffiliated Jewish friends (single or family) living in the greater Hartford area who do not have a place to pray on Rosh Hashanah, may be our guest(s) at The Emanuel services and experience our vibrant community. There will be no charge for these friends to receive this special entry to our congregation during Rosh Hashanah. All we ask is that you provide us with the name, address and telephone number of the guest(s) so we can welcome them to join us on Rosh Hashanah.
Organ and choir accompany much of the main sanctuary service on the first day of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur. During Musaf, on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we hold a more intimate Ohel Service without organ for those who prefer this choice. Childcare is available, by reservation, for all High Holiday services.
Tashlich, the symbolic casting away of one’s sins into the sea, is held at 5:00 p.m. on Rosh Hashanah at two locations (simultaneously):
- West Hartford - the little bridge near the tennis courts across from the UConn Branch Campus (the northeast corner of Trout Brook Road and Asylum Avenue).
- Simsbury – at the site of the largest sycamore tree in Connecticut, at the intersection of Simsbury Road and Route 10.
We welcome lay participation in our services! Please contact us if you would like an aliyah, to read Torah or Haftarah, , blow Shofar or have any other honor.
CONTACT Ritual Director Moshe Pinchover, (860) 236-1275, gro.eugoganysleunamenull@hcnipm