High Holy Days - Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

The High Holy Days at Stephen Wise

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue offers a communal home where you can create a Jewish life for yourself and your family; a home where you can learn, pray, and do good deeds that help repair the world; and a place where you can experience the High Holy Days as deeply meaningful and enriching.

For those who won’t be with us in person, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is proud to livestream services here on our website at swfs.org/live. All of our virtual offerings will be listed in the schedule below. Want to follow along with your own siddur? At Stephen Wise, we use “Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe” for the High Holy Days.

Learn To Sound The Shofar!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 6–6:45 p.m.

Help us fill our sanctuary with the sound of the shofar! This September 21, Cantor Dan Singer will be teaching a crash course on shofar blowing for members of all ages or experience levels — all you need is a shofar!

2023/5784 Services and Programs

The link to register for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services and programs is being sent by email to all members in good standing as they renew.

Need help? Or need to renew your membership? Call our office at (212) 877-4050, ext. 280.

Doors open 30 minutes before posted service start times.

YOM KIPPUR

Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

4:00 p.m. Family-Friendly Erev Yom Kippur Service | Livestreaming
6:00 p.m. Early Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming
8:30 p.m. Later Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming

Yom Kippur
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

9:00 a.m. Early Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Later Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Adult Study with David Richter: The Sinai Covenant
12:00 p.m. The Meaning of Yom Kippur (Online) | Register
12:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Rena Rifkin: Shofar Sho-Good
1:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?
2:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz: Jonah as a Model for Personal Change
2:30 p.m. Family Yom Kippur Service and Activities
3:45 p.m. Yom Kippur Afternoon Service with Yizkor | Livestreaming
6:00 p.m. Neilah and New Child Blessing | Livestreaming
7:05 p.m. Havdalah
7:15 p.m. Break-Fast

SUKKOT

Erev Sukkot
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

6:00 p.m. Erev Sukkot Service | Livestreaming

Sukkot
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

10:00 a.m. Sukkot Morning Service

SIMCHAT TORAH

Erev Simchat Torah
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6

6:00 p.m. Outdoor Erev Simchat Torah Service and Dancing in the Street | (No Livestreaming)

Simchat Torah
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7

10:00 a.m. Simchat Torah Service

Join Or Renew Your Membership In Time For The High Holy Days!

Our clergy are hard at work creating a meaningful High Holy Days experience for all of our members. Now’s the time to join or renew your membership at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue!

To renew or discuss your membership or make a payment, please contact our director of membership engagement, Isaiah Benedek, at ibenedek@swfs.org or (212) 877-4050, ext. 223.

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