You may download a PDF of the High Holiday Guide here.
High Holiday Update 5782/2021
As of August 31, 2021: we have made the decision that our High Holy Day worship will be primarily virtual again this year.
What this will look like:
- Everyone, including unlimited guests, are welcome at all virtual services!
- All main sanctuary services will be on Zoom as well as live-streamed from our website.
- In-person attendance in Beth El’s main sanctuary will be limited to service leaders and those who have a role in the day’s service, all of whom are vaccinated and will be masked except as necessary to lead services.
- The Traditional Egalitarian (TradEgal) services, which were planned to take place indoors at TAPC, will move to an outdoor tent at Beth El. Due to limited capacity, only people who previously signed up can attend (we have reached capacity!).
- Family services on both Rosh Hashanah day 1 and Yom Kippur afternoon will be held outside under a tent at Beth El. Again, due to space restrictions, we can only admit people who have already registered (we have reached capacity!).
- Childcare will not be offered this year.
- If you need to borrow mahzorim, reserve them by completing this form: https://betheldurham.
shulcloud.com/form/mahzor- lending-library-2021.html. You can pick them up from the Beth El office Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-2pm. You can also access a digital version here: https://ebooks. rabbinicalassembly.org/view/ 930339549/ (password: Watts1004) - Tashlich and Shofar Blowing on Rosh Hashanah day 2 (Wednesday, September 8) and Kever Avot (cemetery visit) on Sunday, September 12 will happen as planned — outdoors, socially distanced and masked.
View recordings of High Holiday 5782 sermons here!
Current Service Schedule
Traditional-Egalitarian services.
Erev Rosh Hashanah, Monday September 6:
6:30 pm, Orthodox Kehillah
7:00 pm, Main Sanctuary
Rosh Hashanah Day 1, Tuesday, September 7:
8:30 am, Main Sanctuary
8:30 am, Traditional-Egalitarian (outside; we have reached capacity)
9:00 am, Orthodox Kehillah
3:00 pm, Family Service at Beth El (outside; we have reached capacity)
3:00 pm, Tot Service at Beth El (outside; click here to sign up)
6:30 pm, Orthodox Kehillah
Rosh Hashanah Day 2, Wednesday, September 8:
8:30 am, Main Sanctuary
9:00 am, Orthodox Kehillah
Kol Nidre, Wednesday, September 15
6:30 pm, Main Sanctuary
6:30 pm, Traditional-Egalitarian (outside; we have reached capacity)
6:30 pm, Orthodox Kehillah
Yom Kippur, Thursday, September 16
8:30 am, Main Sanctuary
Approx. 12:30 pm: Martyrology Talk by Martin Poleski, “Schindler’s List and Auschwitz: My Parents’ Stories of Survival” (during Main Sanctuary services)
9:00 am, Traditional-Egalitarian (outside; we have reached capacity)
9:00 am, Orthodox Kehillah
3:00 pm, Family Service at Beth El (outside; we have reached capacity)
3:00 pm, Tot Service at Beth El (outside; click here to sign up)
4:00 pm, Teaching by Rabbi Sager, “Let Us Acknowledge The Powerful Holiness”- “U’netaneh Tokef” (Click here for the text)
5:30 pm, Mincha and Ne’ilah, Main Sanctuary
5:30 pm, Traditional-Egalitarian Mincha and Ne’ilah (outside; we have reached capacity)
5:30 pm, Orthodox Kehillah Mincha and Ne’ilah
Congregants: Your High Holiday Kit included a Shiviti poster to color and mobius strips to write reflections on for our Community Art Project. We want to see your colored shiviti posters! Please send a picture to communications@betheldurham.org. After you write your reflections on each side of the mobius strips, bring them to the Beth El lobby OR simply fold the strips, put in an envelope and mail them to Beth El, addressed to Beth El Art Project.
View videos of the High Holiday 5781 sermons and classes on our YouTube Channel!
View videos of our High Holiday 5780 Services on our YouTube Channel!
View photos of our High Holiday 5779 Services below:
