Onsite and Online
High Holy Day Services
This is the season of return. We are grateful to have the opportunity to gather both onsite and online to celebrate the new year together. We nourish our souls following a year in which we learned of our own resilience, and to expect the unexpected. On these High Holy Days our beloved community gathers to return and renew, reunite and reimagine, to restore and rededicate ourselves to our higher purpose and our highest selves.
View the schedule of all High Holy Day ServicesCommunity-wide Sanctuary Service: One Service Offered Twice
We return this year on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in mixed presence (onsite and online), where at last we can sing, rejoice, and pray as one. Both evening and morning sanctuary worship services are a joyous combination of our majestic and contemporary styles. We are no longer orange or purple or sage; we are one. We are a vibrant tapestry of sweeping poetry and beautiful music, instruments and voices; we are transcendent and immanent; we are Temple Israel, we are one. One service, offered twice.
Riverway Project Services
For those in their 20s or 30s looking for a dynamic, inclusive, uplifting way to begin the year, join The Riverway Project on Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre as we welcome 5782 both onsite and online. As a community of young adults, we will pray and sing, making connections with our tradition and with each other as we move into a fresh new year together. Spread the word to any young adults in your life who might want to join us.
Family Holiday Experience
Kids ages 5-13 and their families are invited to join TI clergy and musicians for a fun, interactive service and celebration of the New Year. We will gather online in the evening, and in the morning we will be onsite outdoors and online for our holiday morning services.
The Village for Families with Young Children
Calling all children under 5 and their grownups! Get ready to sing, dance and play as we celebrate together. This year, your family can celebrate online on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur evenings with Temple Israel clergy and special guests. In the mornings we gather onsite outdoors and online with Wayne Potash for lots of fun for the whole family.
All are welcome to participate in our live-streamed services
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Attending High Holy Day Services at Temple Israel
How to Participate Onsite
Tickets are required for all onsite High Holy Day services except for S’lichot.
- Tickets based on preference for onsite and online will be mailed to members in good standing on a rolling basis this summer.
- Additional tickets for visiting family members will be available for purchase. Details coming soon.
- We are pleased to offer complimentary tickets to military personnel and full-time undergraduate students.
- Last minute ticket orders can be picked up on site at the front desk, or at the will-call table.
- If you are interested in attending services onsite, but are not currently a Temple Israel Member tickets will be available. Details coming soon.
- If you are unable to attend services at Temple Israel, and would like to secure reciprocal tickets to a fellow URJ congregation, please send your request to tickets@tisrael.org, or call Emma Savitz, Development Associate at 617-566-3960.
How to Participate Online
Livestream: Links to the live-streamed services are found below in the information for each service.
Zoom: Temple Israel members who choose to participate online are invited to have a front row and interactive seat on Zoom, where you can see the faces of other members and engage with each other through the chat function. Zoom links will be emailed to Temple Israel members one week prior to the holidays. If you can’t find the link, please contact us at 617-566-3960.
Schedule of High Holy Day Services — Onsite and Online
S'lichot
S’lichot – Saturday, September 17 (Tickets Not Required for S'lichot)
Social Gathering
7:00 p.m., onsite, Courtyard. (If rain: Levi Auditorium)
Spiritual Practice Lab
7:30 – 8:45 p.m., throughout the building, onsite
Community S’lichot Service
9:00 p.m., Garden (if rain: Sanctuary), onsite or join online
We gather to sing and pray our beautiful S’lichot liturgy.
Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah – Sunday, September 25
Young Family Schmooze
4:45 – 5:15 p.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite
Young Family Service
5:15 – 6:00 p.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite or join online
Riverway Project Service (20s and 30s)
6:15 – 7:45 p.m., Social Hall, onsite or join online
Riverway Dinner
7:45 – 8:45 p.m., Downstairs, onsite
Family Pre-Neg
6:45 – 7:30 p.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite
Community-wide Service
7:30 – 8:45 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite or join online
Grand Homecoming Schmooze
8:45 p.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite
Shofar Experience
10:00 – 11:00 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite
Rosh Hashanah – Monday, September 26
Village Service for Young Children
8:45 – 10:30 a.m., Social Hall or join online
Family Service
8:45 – 10:30 a.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite or join online
Community-wide Service (Two Services)
9:00 – 10:45 a.m., Early Community Service, Sanctuary, onsite or join online
11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m., Late Community Service, Sanctuary, onsite or join online
Family and Village Tashlich
10:45 a.m., outdoor location, Muddy River
Community-Wide Tashlich
1:30 p.m., outdoor location, Muddy River
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Tuesday, September 27
Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre – Tuesday, October 4
Village Service for Young Children
4:30 – 5:15 p.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite or join online
Family Service
6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Levi Auditorium, or join online
Community-wide Service (Two Services)
5:45 – 7:30 p.m., Early Community Service, Sanctuary, or join online
8:15 – 10:00 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite or join online
Riverway Project Service (20s and 30s)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Social Hall, onsite or join online
Creative Kol Nidre Experience
10:15 – 11:00 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite or online
Yom Kippur – Wednesday, October 5
Village Experience for Young Children
8:45 – 10:30 a.m., Social Hall, onsite or join online
Family Service
9:15 – 10:45 a.m., Levi Auditorium, onsite or join online
Community-wide Service (Two Services)
9:00 – 10:45 a.m., Early Community Service, Sanctuary, onsite or join online
11:30 – 1:15 p.m., Late Community Service, Sanctuary, onsite or join online
Yom Kippur Learning Sessions
1:30 – 2:20 p.m., Preview of Circles with the clergy, Levi Auditorium, onsite
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Ask the Clergy: Delve into themes of the holidays together, Sanctuary, onsite or join online
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Poetry as Prayer, Prayer as Poetry, with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, Levi Auditorium, onsite or join online
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., 10Days/10Ways Wrap Up, Chapel, onsite or join online.
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Teen Gathering with Fallon Rubenstein, onsite.
Torah Service, Afternoon Service, Yizkor, Neilah
3:45 – 6:30 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite or join online
Havdalah
6:30 p.m., Sanctuary, onsite or join online