Sunday, September 20: Kol Nidre

Family Program

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Walk and Reflection around the Central Park Reservoir. Meet Rabbi Adam at the Southwest Entrance of the Reservoir by 6:00 PM.

Sanctuary Services

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Tradition, accessible, and song-filled Sanctuary Service led by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann and Cantor Lisa Arbisser

Contemplative Services

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Contemplative Service led by Rabbi Emeritus Michael Strassfeld

Childcare

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Childcare for 4 year olds to 8th Grade

Monday, September 21: Yom Kippur Day Morning

Sanctuary Services

9:30 AM – 9:50 AM: Meditation

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM*: Main Sanctuary Services

Family Services and Childcare**

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Services for Babies to 2nd Grade & Grownups

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Services for 3rd to 8th Grade & Grownups

10:45 AM – 2:00 PM: Childcare for 4 year olds to 8th Grade

Teen Program

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: High Holiday Program

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Teens invited to join Sanctuary service. A teen-only hangout space is also available.

*Approximately

**Family Services: Led by Rabbi Adam Graubart, Director of Education and Family Outreach and Paul Wolf, a songleader and musician. A parent or guardian participates alongside the child.

Monday, September 21: Yom Kippur Day Afternoon

Sanctuary Services

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM: Congregant-Led Workshops 

• Self-Compassion Learning and Practice with Chaya Weinstein and Elena Shahom
• Poems of Solitude and Connection: Lea Goldberg and Jennifer Michael Hecht with SAJ member-poets David Katz and Linda Stern
• Limber with Leah with Leah Kaplan

3:45 PM- 5:00 PM: Special Speaker Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

5:15 PM -6:15 PM: Lay-Led Mincha Service 

6:15 PM-6:30 PM: Musical Interlude with Cantor Lisa

6:30 PM-7:35 PM*: Neilah with Final Shofar Blast

7:45 PM: BYO Break-the-Fast in the Social Hall. SAJ provides dessert and soft drinks

Family Services and Childcare**

6:15 PM- 7:30 PM: Childcare for 4 year olds to 8th Grade

7:15 PM: All children & teens join for the final prayers & Blast of the Shofar

Teen Program

6:15 PM – 7:30 PM: Teens invited to join Sanctuary service or serve as Teen Assistants for childcare

7:15 PM: All children and teen assistants join for the final prayers & Blast of the Shofar

*Approximately

**Family Services: Led by Rabbi Adam Graubart, Director of Education and Family Outreach and Paul Wolf, a songleader and musician. A parent or guardian participates alongside the child.