DMV High Holiday Guide 2024 / 5785

Updated 11:56 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23rd

Dear DMV friends,

Welcome to GatherDC’s 2024 / 5785 DMV High Holiday Guide, a one-stop-shop for everything you need to usher in the new year. There are dozens of amazing DMV Jewish organizations putting together incredible High Holiday experiences — but there’s only one place to find them all together, and that’s right here.

This year, the High Holidays hold particularly profound weight as we reflect on the events of the past year and approach the anniversary of October 7th. These next few weeks and months may be times of joy and sorrow both. Jewish tradition is full of duality; the sweetness of apples and honey that are traditionally eaten on Rosh Hashanah linger on our tongues as we recite liturgy that confronts our mortality. These moments do not oppose one another, but inform one another.

We hope this guide can be a useful tool as you craft the just-right-for-you combination of recipes, readings, services, classes, social gatherings, and much, much more that will make this High Holiday season deeply meaningful. When you see us out and about in the next couple months, say hello! We can’t wait for the next chance to gather with you.

Chag Sameach – Wishing you a good, sweet New Year,

The GatherDC Team

PS: Not sure where to start? Check out the table of contents in the drop down menu at the top of the screen! And, if we’re missing something, please let us know by submitting your event to our online calendar or by emailing us. We’ll be updating the guide just about every day, so check back early and often!

Sukkot

Monday, October 14th

• 5:00 p.m. — Sukkah Building / Decorating with Moishe House Arlington
• 7:00 p.m. — Candy Sukkah Building with Based-In DC
• 7:00 p.m. — Sukkah Building with Moishe House Bethesda

Tuesday, October 15th

• 6:00 p.m. — Nights at the Round Table: Ending Homelessness with the Capital Jewish Museum
• 6:00 p.m. — Sukkah Decoration Making with Moishe House Georgetown
• 6:30 p.m. — Build a Sukkah and Happy Hour with Moishe House Columbia Heights

Wednesday, October 16th

• 12:00 p.m. — Sukkot Celebration with the USDA
• 6:00 p.m. — Sukkah Party with Hill Havurah
• 6:30 p.m. — Erev Sukkot Services with Temple Micah
• 6:30 p.m. — Sukkah Soiree with GLOE
• 8:00 p.m. — Sukkot Festival Service with Temple Rodef Shalom

Thursday, October 17th

• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkot Festival Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:30 a.m. — Sukkot Day 1 Services with Segulah Minyan
• 10:00 a.m. — 1st Day Sukkot Services with Fabrangen
• 10:30 a.m. — Sukkot Festival Service with Washington Hebrew Congregation
• 12:30 p.m. — Sukkah Walk with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 5:30 p.m. — Sips in the Sukkah with Women of Washington Hebrew Congregation
• 7:00 p.m. — Sukkah Screening: Wet Hot American Summer with JxJ

Friday, October 18th

• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkah Open Hours with Sixth & I
• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkot Festival Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 6:00 p.m. — Friday Night Services with Guest Leaders Kohenet Harriette and Rabbi Koach with Sixth & I
• 6:00 p.m. — TEM Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner with Adas Israel
• 6:30 p.m. — Sukkot Potluck Shabbat Dinner with Am Kolel
• 6:30 p.m. — Queerspace x Kaleidoscope Sukkot Shabbat Potluck with New Synagogue Project
• 7:00 p.m. — Shabbat in the Sukkah with Temperance Alley Garden

Saturday, October 19th

• 9:00 a.m. — Shabbat Service with Kiddush in the Sukkah with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 12:30 p.m. — Shabbat Sukkot Community Potluck with New Synagogue Project
• 1:00 p.m. — Sukkah Hop with DC Minyan
  • Register by October 11th

Sunday, October 20th

• 10:00 a.m. — New Year Mindfulness Hike with GLOE
• 11:30 a.m. — Candy Sukkah-Making Brunch with Moishe House Columbia Heights
• 1:00 p.m. — Schmooze in the Sukkah with Jews United for Justice
• 5:00 p.m. — Pizza in the Hut with Kesher Israel
• 5:00 p.m. — Sunday Funday Sukkah Soiree Potluck with EntryPointDC Cooking Tribe and Arts Tribe
• 7:00 p.m. — Henna and Hookah in the Sukkah with Chabad of Northern Virginia

Monday, October 21st

• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkah Open Hours with Sixth & I
• 7:00 p.m. — Rejoice: A Creative Arts Exploration in the Sukkah with the Den Collective
• 7:30 p.m. — Politics and Beer in the Sukkah with Tifereth Israel Congregation

Tuesday, October 22nd

• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkah Open Hours with Sixth & I
• 6:45 p.m. — Something in the Sukkah with Moishe House Arlington
• 7:00 p.m. — Dance, Dance, (Re)Evolution: Hoshana Rabba Learning and Celebration with the Den Collective
• 7:00 p.m. — S’mores in the Sukkah with Rodef 2100
• 7:30 p.m. — Politics and Beer in the Sukkah: 14 Days from the 2024 Election with Tifereth Israel Congregation

Wednesday, October 23rd

• 7:30 a.m. — Hoshanah Raba Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:00 a.m. — Sukkah Open Hours with Sixth & I
• 6:30 p.m. — Sukkot Celebration with the EDCJCC’s Jews of Color Affinity Group

Sunday, October 27th

• 1:00 p.m. — Sukkot Herb Planting with Abrahamic House

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

Wednesday, October 23rd

• 5:30 p.m. — Erev Simchat Torah Services with Temple Micah
• 5:30 p.m. — Simchat Torah with Temple Rodef Shalom
• 6:00 p.m. — Simchat Torah Celebration with Hill Havurah
• 6:30 p.m. — Erev Simchat Torah Pizza Party with Temple Micah

Thursday, October 24th

• 9:15 a.m. — Shemini Atzeret Morning with DC Minyan
• 9:30 a.m. — Shmini Atzeret v’Simchat Torah Day 1 Services with Segulah Minyan
• 10:00 a.m. — Shemini Atzeret Services with Fabrangen
• 10:15 a.m. — Simchat Torah with Temple Micah
• 3:30 p.m. — Shemini Atzeret Sukkah Hop with Kesher Israel
  • Register by October 14th
• 5:00 p.m. — Simchat Torah Pregame with Moishe House Georgetown
• 6:00 p.m. — 5785 Simchat Torah Service & Dance Party with New Synagogue Project
• 6:30 p.m. — Choosing Joy: A Simchat Torah Celebration with Sixth & I
• 6:30 p.m. — Simchat Torah Celebration with Adas Israel
• 6:30 p.m. — Simchat Torah with Fabrangen
• 7:00 p.m. — Simchat Torah Night with DC Minyan
• 7:00 p.m. — Simchat Torah Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation

Friday, October 25th

• 9:00 a.m. — Simchat Torah Festival Service with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:15 a.m. — Clergy-Led Service with Adas Israel
• 9:15 a.m. — Simchat Torah Day with DC Minyan
• 9:30 a.m. — Simchat Torah Services with Segulah Minyan
• 6:00 p.m. — Motzei Simchat Torah with DC Minyan

Sunday, October 27th

• 10:30 a.m. — Reverse Tashlich with Adas Israel Sisterhood

Food for the High Holidays

Other Readings and Resources

• A First-Timer’s Guide to Hosting Rosh Hashanah Dinner by Sonya Sanford at Hey Alma
• Alt YK 2024 Spotify Playlist from GatherDC
• Celebrating the High Holy Days From Home from Exploring Judaism
• High Holiday Grief and Yizkor from Recustom
• High Holiday Rituals and Guidebooks from Recustom
• High Holidays Rituals from Ritualwell
• High Holy Day Blessings + Ritual Guide from the Den Collective
• High Holy Days Resource List from Jews of Color Initiative
• High Holy Days Sermons from Temple Rodef Shalom
• How To Lead A Sephardic Rosh Hashanah Seder from My Jewish Learning
• Must-Know Rosh Hashanah Words and Phrases from My Jewish Learning
• Non-Ritual Ways to Prepare in Elul from Exploring Judaism
• Prayers and Rituals for those Who Need to Eat on Yom Kippur from A Mitzvah to Eat
• Prayers for Peace from Recustom
• Requesting Time Off for the High Holidays Helped Me Define My Jewishness by Abi Winer at Hey Alma
• Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Readings and Rituals from American Jewish World Service
• Rosh Hashanah Guide from 18 Doors
• Rosh HaShanah Haggadah from Schusterman Family Philanthropies
  • Includes English, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew translations
• Simchat Torah Guide from Jewtina
• Six Ways to Celebrate Rosh Hashana with Your Friends by Vanessa Pamela Friedman at Hey Alma
• Sorry, Not Sorry: The Real Path to an Apology by Hanna Perlberger from At the Well
• Sukkot Guide from Jewtina
• Sukkot Resources from HIAS
• The Art of Dwelling: Creative Prompts for Sukkot by Jewish Studio Project
• The Joys of a Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah Seder by Donna Maher at Hey Alma
• The Mystical Resonance of the Shofar by Nili Salem from At the Well
• The Rosh Hashanah Seder: Latinx Edition from Jewtina
• The 18 Best Jewish High Holiday Movies and TV Episodes by Evelyn Frick at Hey Alma
• Wash My Soul Tashlich Ceremony from Recustom
• What to Read to Prepare for the High Holidays this Year from Exploring Judaism
• Yom Kippur Guidebook from BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change
• Yom Kippur Workbook from Jewtina
• 9 Things You Didn’t Know About Rosh Hashanah from My Jewish Learning
• 10 Things the Shofar Symbolizes from My Jewish Learning
• 10Q
  • “10Q emails you a question a day for 10 days. Afterwards, you send your answers to the secure online vault. One year later, your answers are unlocked and returned and the process begins anew.”

Getting Ready for the High Holidays!

Ongoing classes, events, and more!

• Elul Project 5784 with Temple Micah
  • Daily study and reflection over email in preparation for the High Holidays
• High Holiday Deep Dive with GatherDC
  • Meeting September 24th, October 1st, October 9th, and October 15th
  • Apply before September 12th!
• Meditations and Reflection on Elul: Preparing for the High Holy Days with Adas Israel Congregation
  • Meeting on September 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th on Facebook Live
• Simchat Torah Challenge
• Write / Return: Elul Reflection Prompts with Rabbi Jordan Braunig

Sunday, August 25th

• 1:00 p.m. — Hesed Honey Cake Baking Event with Adas Israel Congregation

Monday, September 2nd

• 7:00 p.m. — First Meeting of Elul Book Club: “On Repentance and Repair” with Based-In DC
  • Learn more about Based-In DC here!

Tuesday, September 3rd

• 7:30 p.m. — Rosh Hodesh Elul Rising Song Gathering with Hadar DC

Wednesday, September 4th

• 7:45 a.m. — Rosh Hodesh Elul Minyan with Hadar DC

Saturday, September 7th

• 11:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Cider Brunch with Moishe House Columbia Heights

Tuesday, September 10th

• 7:00 p.m. — An Evening with Rav James from Or HaLev with Adas Israel Congregation
• 7:00 p.m. — Confronting Death, So We Know How to Live with the Den Collective

Wednesday, September 11th

• 7:00 p.m. — What It Takes: Making the High Holidays Meaningful with Sixth & I
• 7:00 p.m. — The Only Constant Is Change: Learning and Reflection on Change with the Den Collective

Sunday, September 15th

• 10:00 a.m. — HiHo Hike: Adventures in Nature with the Den Collective

Wednesday, September 18th

• 7:00 p.m. — Cultivating Hope in Troubling Times: Challah Bake + Study with the Den Collective
• 7:15 p.m. — L’eil Orech Din – God Sits in Judgement with Rabbi Kalender with Congregation Olam Tikvah

Thursday, September 19th

• 7:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Gluten Free Challah Making with Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia

Friday, September 20th

• 6:45 p.m. — Elul Shabbat with Tikkun Leil Shabbat

Saturday, September 21st

• 10:00 a.m. — Lessening Our Suffering: Shabbat Morning Meditation + Learning with the Den Collective
• 5:30 p.m. — Yomim Noraim Class with Rabbi Shafner: Understanding Kol Nidrey on a Deeper Level with Kesher Israel

Sunday, September 22nd

• 10:00 a.m. — HiHo Hike: Adventures in Nature with the Den Collective
• 10:30 a.m. — The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Book Chat with Adas Israel
• 12:00 p.m. — Shofar on the Roof with Kol Shalom
• 12:30 p.m. — Apple Picking, L’Chaim Toast, and Tashlich with EntryPointDC
• 1:00 p.m. — Apple Picking with Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia

Monday, September 23rd

• 7:00 p.m. — God As a Four-Letter Word? Connecting + Disconnecting to God During the High Holy Day Season with the Den Collective

Wednesday, September 25th

• 7:00 p.m. — High Holiday Meditation with Mick Neustadt with Adas Israel Congregation
• 7:15 p.m. — Seder HaAvodah: The Priestly Temple Service with Rabbi Sigal with Congregation Olam Tikvah

Thursday, September 26th

• 7:00 p.m. — Great Big Challah Bake with the Pozez JCC of Northern Virginia
  • Register by September 19th

Friday, September 27th

• 6:30 p.m. — 5785 Shabbat with JWI’s Young Women’s Impact Network
• 6:45 p.m. — Pre-Rosh Hashana Shabbat with Capital Qvellers
  • RSVP by 9:00 p.m. on September 25th

Saturday, September 28th

• 10:00 a.m. — Heartwork: A One-Day High Holiday Preparation Retreat with At the Well
• 5:15 p.m. — Yomim Noraim Class with Rabbi Shafner: Understanding Ne’elah, Yom Kippur’s End, On a Deeper Level with Kesher Israel
• 5:30 p.m. — Tikkun Leil S’lichot: “A Taste of WHC” with Washington Hebrew Congregation
• 7:00 p.m. — Selichot: Havdalah and Singing Circle with the Den Collective
• 7:30 p.m. — Havdalah & Selichot Service with Hill Havurah
• 7:45 p.m. — Ma’ariv, Havdalah, and Selichot Service with Agudas Achim Congregation
• 8:00 p.m. — Selichot Online with Am Kolel
• 8:00 p.m. — S’lichot: Gateway to the High Holy Days with Bet Mishpachah
• 8:30 p.m. — Outdoor Selichot Service with Adas Israel Congregation
• 9:00 p.m. — Selichot Program with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:30 p.m. — Selichot Service with Temple Micah
• 10:00 p.m. — Selichot with DC Minyan
• 10:00 p.m. — Selichot Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 11:00 p.m. — Selichot with Kesher Israel

Sunday, September 29th

• 2:00 p.m. — New Year Mindfulness Hike with EntryPointDC Outdoors Tribe

Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, October 2nd

• 6:00 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Dinner with Rodef 2100
• 6:00 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Hill Havurah
• 6:10 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Night with DC Minyan
• 6:15 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 6:30 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah with Kol Shalom
• 6:30 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 6:30 p.m. — Festival Evening Service with Congregation Beth El
• 6:30 p.m. — Mincha / Kabbalat Shabbat / Maariv with Kesher Israel
• 6:45 p.m. — Community Sunset Service with Adas Israel Congregation
• 7:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Evening Services with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 7:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashana Eve 1 with Mesorah DC
• 7:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah with GW Hillel
• 7:30 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Evening Service with Kehila Chadasha
• 7:30 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Fabrangen Havurah
• 7:30 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Reston Shoreshim Jewish Community
• 7:30 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Temple Emanuel
• 7:30 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Dinner on Capitol Hill with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 8:00 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah with Temple Micah
• 8:00 p.m. — Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Temple Rodef Shalom
• 8:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Evening Service with Am Kolel
• 8:00 p.m. — Erev Rosh HaShanah with 2239

Thursday, October 3rd

• 8:00 a.m. — Shacharit with Kesher Israel
• 8:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day One with Kol Shalom
• 8:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 1 with DC Minyan
• 8:30 a.m. — Yom Tov Morning Service with Agudas Achim Congregation
• 8:45 a.m. — Morning Services with Minyan Segulah
• 9:00 a.m. — Festival Morning Service with Congregation Beth El
• 9:00 a.m. — First Day Rosh Hashanah Services with Fabrangen Havurah
• 9:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Services with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 9:15 a.m. — Torah Service with Adas Israel Congregation
• 9:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Service with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 9:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Morning Service with Am Kolel
• 9:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Morning Service with Hill Havurah
• 9:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Morning Service with Kehila Chadasha
• 10:00 a.m. — Conservative / Reform Rosh Hashanah Services with GW Hillel
• 10:00 a.m. — Main Service and Shofar Blowing with Kol Ami
• 10:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day Service with Reston Shoreshim Jewish Community
• 10:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah – Full Service with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 10:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Service with Temple Emanuel
• 10:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 1 with Mesorah DC
• 10:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Intergenerational Service with Washington Hebrew Congregation
• 10:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Sanctuary Service with Temple Micah
• 10:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah with Rabbi Esther Lederman with Sixth & I
• 11:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Adult High Holiday Services 2024 with Beth Chai
• 11:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Service for Families and Community with Temple Rodef Shalom
• 3:00 p.m. — Tashlich / Yizkor Service with GW Hillel
• 4:00 p.m. — Tashlich Service with Congregation Beth El
• 4:00 p.m. — Tashlich with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 4:00 p.m. — Tashlich with Kol Shalom
• 4:30 p.m. — Tashlich and Second Day Maariv Services with Fabrangen Havurah
• 4:30 p.m. — Tashlich with DC Minyan
  • Held at two locations: P Street Beach in the West End and Rock Creek Trail Bridge between Cleveland Park and Mount Pleasant
• 4:30 p.m. — Tashlikh with Agudas Achim Congregation
• 4:45 p.m. — Tashlich with Kesher Israel
• 5:15 p.m. — Shofar in the Park with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 5:30 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Express with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 5:30 p.m. — Tashlich with Hill Havurah
• 6:00 p.m. — Mincha / Maariv with Adas Israel Congregation
• 7:00 p.m. — Rosh Hashana Eve 2 with Mesorah DC
• 7:10 p.m. — Mincha / Maariv with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 7:30 p.m. — Rosh Hashanah Dinner on Capitol Hill with Chabad East DC Jewish Center

Friday, October 4th

• 8:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day Two with Kol Shalom
• 8:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 2 with DC Minyan
• 8:45 a.m. — Morning Services with Minyan Segulah
• 9:00 a.m. — Festival Morning Service with Congregation Beth El
• 9:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:00 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Services with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 9:00 a.m. — Second Day Rosh Hashanah Services with Fabrangen Havurah
• 9:00 a.m. — Torah Service with Adas Israel Congregation
• 9:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashana Morning Service with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 10:00 a.m. — 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Services and Potluck Kiddush Lunch with Am Kolel
• 10:30 a.m. — Rosh Hashanah Day 2 with Mesorah DC
• 10:40 a.m. — All Shofar Orchestra with Agudas Achim Congregation
• 10:45 a.m. — Shofar & Musaf with Adas Israel Congregation
• 1:30 p.m. — Tashlich with Am Kolel
• 2:00 p.m. — Community Tashlich with Adas Israel Congregation
• 5:30 p.m. — Tashlich Picnic with Kol Ami
• 6:00 p.m. — Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat with Adas Israel Congregation
• 6:15 p.m. — Late Shofar Blowing with Mesorah DC

Saturday, October 5th

• 2:00 p.m. — Apple Picking with Moishe House Arlington
• 4:45 p.m. — Rabbi Shafner’s Shabbat Shuvah Drasha: Fasting as a Jewish and Universal Path to Enlightenment and Repentance with Kesher Israel

Sunday, October 6th

• 10:00 a.m. — Tashlich with Temple Micah
• 10:30 a.m. — Kayaking Tashlich on the Potomac River with the Den Collective
• 5:30 p.m. — DC Tashlich with GatherDC

Yom Kippur

Tuesday, October 8th

• 1:00 p.m. — Days of Awe Awe-fice Hours with Based-In DC
• 5:45 p.m. — NoVA Tashlich with Rodef 2100 and GatherDC

Wednesday, October 9th

• 6:45 p.m. — Honey Taste Test with Moishe House Arlington
• 7:00 p.m. — Yom Kippur Prayer Prep Workshop with Based-In DC
• 7:15 p.m. — The Unkosher Comedy Tour: Confessions with EntryPointDC

Thursday, October 10th

• 6:30 p.m. — Alternative Tashlich & Planting with Moishe House Columbia Heights
• 6:30 p.m. — Pre-Fast Pasta Party with Moishe House Georgetown
• 6:30 p.m. — Tashlich with Moishe House Bethesda

Friday, October 11th

• 4:00 p.m. — Pre-Fast Bites with Moishe House Columbia Heights
• 5:45 p.m. — Kol Nidrei with Congregation Etz Hayim
• 6:00 p.m. — Evening Services with Minyan Segulah
• 6:00 p.m. — Kol Nidre and Maariv Services with Fabrangen Havurah
• 6:00 p.m. — Kol Nidre Service with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 6:00 p.m. — Last Bite with Rodef 2100
• 6:00 p.m. — Yom Kippur Night with DC Minyan
• 6:15 p.m. — Kol Nidrei and Maariv with Rosh Pina
• 6:15 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Kesher Israel
• 6:15 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Mesorah DC
• 6:30 p.m. — Kol Haneshama Kol Nidre Service with Congregation Beth El
• 6:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre Service with Temple Emanuel
• 6:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Adas Israel Congregation
• 6:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Kol Shalom
• 6:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 6:45 p.m. — Yom Kippur Kol Nidrei with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 7:00 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Hill Havurah
• 7:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre High Holiday Services 2024 with Beth Chai
• 7:30 p.m. — Kol Nidre Service with Reston Shoreshim Jewish Community
• 7:30 p.m. — Outdoor Soulful Kol Nidre with Adas Israel Congregation
• 8:00 p.m. — Kol Nidre with Temple Micah
• 8:00 p.m. — Kol Nidrei with 2239
• 8:00 p.m. — Late Erev Yom Kippur Service with Temple Rodef Shalom

Saturday, October 12th

• 9:00 a.m. — Pesukei D’Zimrah and Shacharit with Rosh Pina
• 9:00 a.m. — Morning Services with Minyan Segulah
• 9:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur Services with Tifereth Israel Congregation
• 9:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur Services with Yizkor with Fabrangen Havurah
• 9:00 a.m. — Yom Tov Morning Service with Agudas Achim Congregation
• 9:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Morning Service with Am Kolel
• 9:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Morning Service with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 9:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Morning Service with Hill Havurah
• 9:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Morning Service with Kehila Chadasha
• 9:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Shacharit / Musaf with DC Minyan
• 10:00 a.m. — Alternative Yom Kippur Morning Services with GatherDC
  • We will be collecting donations for N Street Village at Morning Services. If you are unable to attend but would still like to support N Street Village, visit their website here!
• 10:00 a.m. — Outdoor High Holidays (at Seneca Creek State Park) with Congregation Beth El
• 10:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur Day Service with Reston Shoreshim Jewish Community
• 10:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur Morning Service with Kol Ami
• 10:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 10:30 a.m. — Torah Service & Yizkor with Adas Israel Congregation
• 10:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Day Services with Mesorah DC
• 10:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Intergenerational Service with Washington Hebrew Congregation
• 10:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur Sanctuary Service with Temple Micah
• 10:30 a.m. — Yom Kippur with Rabbi Esther Lederman with Sixth & I
• 11:00 a.m. — Yom Kippur Adult High Holiday Services with Beth Chai
• 11:45 a.m. — Family Yom Kippur Service with Temple Rodef Shalom
• 12:30 p.m. — Afternoon Workshops with GatherDC
• 12:30 p.m. — Lunchtime Community Gathering for Those Who Cannot Fast with GatherDC
• 1:15 p.m. — Ask the Rabbis with Temple Micah
• 1:30 p.m. — Musaf & Martyrology Service with Adas Israel Congregation
• 3:45 p.m. — Afternoon Discussion with Lin Manuel Miranda with Adas Israel Congregation
• 4:05 p.m. — Afternoon Services with Minyan Segulah
• 4:15 p.m. — Yom Kippur Afternoon Service with Temple Micah
• 4:40 p.m. — Yom Kippur Mincha / Neila with DC Minyan
• 5:00 p.m. — Mincha and Torah Service with Am Kolel
• 5:30 p.m. — Neilah with Rabbi Aaron with Sixth & I
• 5:30 p.m. — Yizkor, Ne’ilah, then Break-Fast with Hill Havurah
• 6:00 p.m. — Break the Fast with Reston Shoreshim Jewish Community
• 6:00 p.m. — N’eelah with Adas Israel Congregation
  • Followed by Shofar at 7:40 p.m.
• 6:00 p.m. — Yom Kippur Neilah with Mesorah DC
  • Followed by Break Fast
• 6:15 p.m. — Neilah Service and Final Shofar Blast with Kol Ami
• 6:30 p.m. — Neilah Service and Break the Fast with Chabad East DC Jewish Center
• 6:30 p.m. — N’eilah, Shofar, and Havdalah with Kehila Chadasha
• 6:30 p.m. — Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast with Beth Chai
• 7:00 p.m. — Break Fast with Rodef 2100
• 7:00 p.m. — Evening Break-the-Fast with GatherDC
• 7:13 p.m. — Yom Kippur Ends and Maariv with Rosh Pina
• 7:18 p.m. — Maariv / Havdalah followed by Break Fast with Kesher Israel
• 7:25 p.m. — Final Shofar with Congregation Olam Tikvah

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