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Yom Kippur

Thursday, October 2, 2025 10 Tishrei 5786

9:00 AM - 9:00 PMFirst Unitarian Society, Atrium Building

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This year, we are requiring registration for all of our High Holiday events. Please register for the events you plan to attend.

 

Yom Kippur 

9:00 a.m.

  • Services (in-person + online) – Our Zoom space opens at 8:45 a.m. The service begins at 9:00 a.m. and lasts a little over three hours.
  • Tot/Preschool Services, 0-5 years old (in-person only) – Children's services will be led by our community song leader, Aviv Kammay, along with Shaarei Shamayim parents. They will be held in Courtyard classroom A/B at the First Unitarian Society. Enter through the Atrium doors.
    Please register separately for children's services.

10:00 a.m.

  • K-5th Grade Services / 6th-8th Grade Discussion / 9th-12th Grade Discussion (in-person only) – Children's services will be led by our community song leader, Aviv Kammay, along with Shaarei Shamayim parents. They will be held in Courtyard classroom A/B at the First Unitarian Society. Enter through the Atrium doors. We will also have discussions for 6th-8th graders and 9th-12th graders beginning at 10:00 a.m.
    Please register separately for children's services and discussions.

1:00 p.m.

  • Yizkor (in-person + online) – In our memorial service, we do some of a traditional service but also leave time for individuals to say the name and a sentence about the person whom they are remembering and, if in person, place a stone in water to mark their loss. Led by Rabbi Laurie and Everett Trechter.

2:15 p.m.

  • Avodah (in-person + online) – Traditionally, Avodah is a recitation of the sacrificial service of the Temple in Jerusalem. Our ancestors brought sacred offerings to the Temple; today we bring a very different sort of offering – offerings of poetry, music, and stories. If you have a poem, song, or story to share, please bring it. Led by Jeff Spitzer-Resnick.

4:00 p.m.

  • Program TBD

6:15 p.m. (final shofar 7:01 p.m.)

  • Neilah (in-person + online) – Our Neilah service begins with twenty minutes of meditation led by Jeff Spitzer-Resnick. It ends with a final shofar blast and havdalah. If you are at home you may wish to use your own havdalah set.

7:30 p.m.

  • Break Fast Potluck – We conclude the day with a community-wide break fast potluck. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. (Feel free to leave it in the kitchen during Neilah services. Bring enough food so we don't run out!)
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