High Holy Days 2024/5785

EHRS Member Tickets
We are looking forward to a wonderful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur this year. Every member of the Synagogue is entitled, of course, to a ticket and so this year we will mail you your ticket in August together with our High Holy Day Booklet telling you everything that is happening. There is no need to apply for tickets.

Non-Member Visitor or Reciprocal Tickets
If you are a member of a Synagogue affiliated to Reform Judaism you can receive a reciprocal ticket(s) at no cost. Once you have applied we will check with your membership with your Synagogue. If you are not a member of a Synagogue affiliated to Reform Judaism you will need to pay for your ticket(s) as a non-member visitor, adults £70, over 65’s £40, under 21 free.
Please click here for the HHD Ticket Application Form.
If you are a non member visitor, the cost of your ticket to join us will be refunded in full if you choose to join EHRS in the coming year. If you would like to know more please contact us at admin@ehrs.uk. We would love to welcome you to our community.

Children’s Service Tickets for Non-Member Families
We welcome your family to join us at EHRS for our wonderful children’s services over the High Holy Days. We kindly ask for a small donation of £25 per family for a ticket that will enable attendance at any of the children’s services over Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot & Simchat Torah.
Please click here to fill in the application.

Students & Young Adults
Reform Judaism is delighted to once again launch the Progressive Judaism High Holy Days Ticket Scheme for Young Adults. This allows any young person, aged 18 to 26, to attend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services free of charge at any Reform or Liberal community of their choice. Covering 80 congregations, and locations across the whole of the UK, the scheme provides more opportunities than ever for young adults to find Progressively-led services near them on the High Holy Days – whether they are at home, with family, travelling or at university.
To apply for the scheme, please click here. To ensure you receive your ticket in time for Rosh Hashanah, please complete the form by Friday 20 September.

Where Zoom is mentioned, please refer to your member’s hard copy of the HHD Brochure or email admin@ehrs.uk for details

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

CLASSIC SERVICES

Shacharit, 10:30-13:30
The morning service to take us on a journey of Teshuvah, Atonement, which includes the reading of Torah and Haftarah. This service takes place in the Beit Tefillah, with sermon by Rabbi Tanya and in the Upper Synagogue with sermon by Rabbi Debbie, and is Livestreamed on the Classic Channel.

Musaf, 13:45-15:20
Our Musaf service, in the Beit Tefillah only or on the Classic Channel, is the dramatic service in which we remember the Temple service for Yom Kippur. As part of recognising the development from this ritual, we consider the meaning of Kiddush HaShem (the sanctification of God’s name) in past times and today.

Minchah, 15:30-17:15
The Yom Kippur Afternoon service, in the Beit Tefillah only or on the Classic Channel, focuses around the reading of the Book of Jonah. Led by Rabbi Tanya.

Yizkor, 17:15-18:00
Our memorial service to remember our loved ones who are no longer with us including the reading of the names of those we have lost this year. Led by Rabbi Mark & Rabbi Tanya in the Beit Tefillah and Classic Channel with sermon given by Rabbi Mark. Also led by EHRS Emeritus Rabbi Steven Katz in the Upper Synagogue, sermon given by Rabbi Steven.

Neilah, 18:00-19:01
Our concluding service for Yom Kippur in the Beit Tefillah, as the Gates of Repentance draw to a close. Also Livestreamed on the Classic Channel.

Havdallah, 19:01-19:06
At the end of the Yom Kippur fast we all join together in the Beit Tefillah for the short concluding ceremony for Yom Kippur and the very first act of building our Sukkah.

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Early Years Service, 09:30-10:15
Our interactive service in the Community Centre with songs and Shofar is created for children aged 4-6 (Key Stage 1) and their families, led by Rabbi Debbie.

Stay and Schmooze, 10:15-12:00
In the ground floor of the Community Centre, we invite you to hang out following the Early Years Service or before or after the Primary Years Service, for conversation for adults and craft for the children with Sarah Koster and Jack Murphy.

Chumash Babies 10:30-11:00
Taking place in the Nagila Kindergarten, this is a special sensory Yom Kippur experience for our very youngest members aged 0-3 led by Sarah Koster.

Primary Years Service, 10:30-11:30
Our family service in the Community Centre for anyone aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2) and their families, led by Rabbi Debbie.

Secondary School Years Youth Service, 11:45-12:45
Especially for people aged 11+ and their families, Rabbi Debbie will lead this musical Yom Kippur service with real life stories on the theme of forgiveness. In the Community Centre.

Yom Kippur Chill Zone, 12:30-17:15
Jack Murphy & Marian Cohen invite you to drop into the Yom Kippur Tent at any time in the afternoon for activities, craft and just being together. Some activities will take place in the Senitt Sensory Room in the Community Centre. All ages welcome.

Yizkor Space for Young People, 17:15-18:00
While the Yizkor services take place, we welcome our young people to join a chilled space created just for them. Choose a craft, or relaxation activity, while you reflect, rejuvenate and are together with Jack Murphy and Marian Cohen.

Neilah for Young People, 18:00-19:01
Bring Yom Kippur to an end with special time in our Senitt Sensory room finding meaning together at the end of a challenging year. Enjoy discussion and meditation with Jack & Marian. Following, we join Havdallah with the whole community at 19:01.

FOR ADULTS PARALLEL TO CLASSIC SERVICES

Poetry of Reconciliation, 12:00-12:45
This year one of our new Together Groups, Pimms and Poetry, will create a special Yom Kippur space to share poems of Transition and Change. They might be your own composition or a poem you’ve appreciated by someone else, or just join us to listen. Facilitated by Ewen Goldsobel, this is a space for sharing and appreciating together. In the Beit Midrash.

Neshamah Avodah, 13:45-14:30
Experience a meditative journey through the Yom Kippur Temple service using Yoga and Jewish meditation with Lisa Morris and Rabbi Tanya, taking place in the Upper Synagogue.

No Beer Still a Shiur, 14:35-15:25
Our regular Young Adults (18-40) study is transformed for Yom Kippur – the learning remains but the drinks are gone! Join Rabbi Debbie in person in the Upper Synagogue or on Zoom for an intimate reflection on the year gone by, the many challenges it has held, and what our tradition has to offer in coping mechanisms.

Yom Kippur Walk into the New Year, 14:35-15:25
Join Rabbi Tanya for a gentle local walk and chat to help us to experience the outdoors on this Day of Awe starting at the front door of the Synagogue.

Talmud Study Session, 15:30-16:15
Rabbi Mark will take you into the discussions of our Rabbis two thousand years ago discussing what they made of Yom Kippur. In the style of EHRS’s fortnightly popular Talmud Class. In person in the Upper Synagogue or on Zoom.

Yom Kippur Discussion 16:20-17:10
As our new Machzor has its first outing over these chaggim, join Rabbi Debbie to explore some of the new writings and pieces that have stood out for you. In person in the Upper Synagogue or on Zoom.

This Year I Am Remembering, 17:15-18:00
We apologise that the time shown in the booklet is incorrect. This service takes place the same time as our other Yizkors.
A special Yizkor service, led by Rabbi Debbie, in which we will pray and take time to remember those we have lost, whether in the last year or many decades ago. For those who attended our Soul Candles session this will be an opportunity to light your candle. In person in the Beit Midrash or on Zoom.

Meditative Neilah, 18:00-19:01
Join our Rabbis in the Upper Synagogue for an opportunity to experience the closing of the gates in a quiet space with prayer, poetry, Kabbalistic mystical text and Jewish meditation, enabling us to take the closing hour into our souls.

**Breaking the Fast Together, 19:06-19:36**
Would you like to break your Yom Kippur fast with some of your fellow members of the EHRS Community & Rabbi Tanya? Come to the Community Centre Lobby after Havdallah and enjoy a drink and a snack to break the fast together.