High Holiday Schedule 2023

CEMETERY Visits — Sunday, September 10

  • Meet at Etz Ahaim Cemetary, New Brunswick: 11:30am

  • Meet at Floral Park Cemetary: 1:30pm

Rosh Hashanah Evening — Friday, September 15

  • Selichot and Shaḥarit: 6:00am

  • Hatarat Nedarim: 7:10am

  • Minḥa and Arvit: 6:40pm

  • Candle Lighting: 6:48pm

First Day of Rosh Hashanah — Saturday, September 16

Youth Program (Ages 3 to 8): 10:00am to 1:00pm

No Shofer Blowing on Shabbat

  • Shaḥarit

    • Korbanot: 8:30am

    • Hodu: 8:45am

  • Tashlich (Donaldson Park Boat Ramp): 5:20pm

  • Eat Se’udah Sh’lishit before Minḥa

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:40pm

  • Candle Lighting: after 7:35pm

Second Day of Rosh Hashanah — Sunday, September 17

Youth Program (Ages 3 to 8): 10:00am to 1:00pm

No Shofer Blowing on Shabbat

  • Shaḥarit

    • Korbanot: 8:30am

    • Hodu: 8:45am

  • Shofar: 12:15pm

  • Makeup Shofer Blowing: 6:10pm

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:40pm

  • Rosh Hashanah Ends: 7:31pm

Fast of Gedaliah — Monday, September 18

  • Fast Begins: 5:19am

  • Selichot and Shacharit: 6:00am.

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:30pm

  • Fast Ends: 7:32pm

Yom Kippur Evening — Sunday, September 24

  • Selichot and Shacharit: 7:15am.

  • Hatarat Nedarim: 7:20am.

  • Mincha: 2:00pm

  • Fast Starts and Candle Lighting: 6:33pm

  • Kal Nidre: 6:40pm

Yom Kippur Day — Monday, September 25

Youth Program (3 to 8 Years Old): 10:30am to 1:30pm

  • Shacharit:

    • Akeidat Yitzchak: 8:30am

    • Hodu: 8:45am

  • Sermon: 11:45am

  • Yizkor: 12:30pm

  • Mincha: 4:00pm

  • Ne'ilah: 6:00pm

  • Shofar Followed by Arvit: 7:31pm

  • Fast Ends: 7:31pm

Erev Sukkot — Friday, September 29

  • Shacharit: 6:30am

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:20pm

  • Candle Lighting: 6:25pm

First Day of Sukkot — Shabbat, September 30

  • Shacharit: 8:45am

    • Followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah Sponsored by the Daughters of Etz Ahaim

    • Eat Seudah Shlishit before Mincha

  • Mincha: 3:00pm

  • Arvit: 7:05pm

  • Candle Lighting: after 7:09pm (No cooking until candle lighting)

Second Day of Sukkot — Sunday, October 1

  • Shacharit: 8:45am

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:20pm

  • Festival Ends: 7:10pm

  • Havdalah: 7:10pm

Hoshannah Rabbah Night — Thursday October 5

  • Tikkun/Learning Program: 11:30pm

Erev Shemini Atzeret — Friday, October 6

  • Shacharit: 6:30am

  • Mincha and Arvit: 6:10pm

  • Candle Lighting: 6:14pm

Shemini Atzeret — Shabbat, October 7

  • Shacharit: 8:45am

  • Yizkor: 10:30am

    • Eat Seudah Shlishit before Mincha

  • Mincha: 3:00pm

Simchat Torah Evening — Saturday, October 7

  • Arvit: 7:00pm

    • Followed by Dancing and Festivities

  • Candle Lighting: after 7:05pm

Simchat Torah — Sunday, October 8

  • Shacharit: 8:45am

    • Followed by Kiddush and Hakafot

  • Second Hakafot: 5:30pm

  • Mincha and Arvit 6:10pm

  • Havdalah: 7:05pm

  • Festival Ends: 7:05pm

    Hashem Gives Special Blessings to those who come on time!