🫶 As we gather in prayer, song, and stillness, we are reminded that we do not walk this path alone. We belong to a community that holds space for healing and hope.
Yom Kippur culminates the Ten Days of Repentance, a journey of reflection and renewal that invites us to forgive, grow, and come home to what matters most.
🙏 Rituals like Kol Nidre, fasting, and the final blast of the shofar anchor us in tradition and connect us across generations.
Together, as we enter 5786, may we find strength in our shared purpose and comfort in knowing that we are part of something greater than ourselves.
✨ G’mar Chatimah Tovah. May you be sealed for a good, meaningful, and connected year.
Yom Kippur Evening
Kol Nidre
💫 Wednesday, October 1, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Sanctuary and livestream
As the sun sets and Yom Kippur begins, join us for a moving and reflective Kol Nidre service featuring the soulful melodies of our cello, the TAE Chorale, and the voices of our clergy. Enter this sacred day surrounded by the power of music, intention, and community.
Yom Kippur Day
Preschool-Age Family Service
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕣 8:30 AM
📍 Sanctuary
Join us for an engaging Yom Kippur service for families with preschool-age children, led by Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar, with songs, stories, and moments of reflection.
Traditional Service
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕙 10:00 AM
📍 Sanctuary and livestream
Join us for a heartfelt Yom Kippur morning service led by Rabbi Diamond and Cantor Shukiar. Through powerful liturgy, soul-stirring music from the TAE Chorale and Band of Milk and Honey, and Torah readings by our youth, we reflect, repent, and renew together as a community.
Yom Kippur Afternoon
Choose between our Adult Study Sessions or our Family Service. 🤝 Then, come together as a community for our afternoon speaker, followed by Yizkor and Neilah as we close Yom Kippur with reflection and connection.
Adult Study Sessions
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕐 Session 1 | 1:00 PM
From Polarization to Repair: Politics on the Day of Reflection
Facilitators: David Satz and Herb Shukiar
🕑 Session 2 | 2:15 PM
Moral Choices in a Crazy World
Facilitator: Ken Elman
“…I set before you today life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life!” In this session, we will explore a few moral dilemmas that make the choice presented in today’s Torah reading not as straightforward as it may seem.
Family Service
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕜 1:30 PM
📍 Sanctuary and livestream
Perfect for families with elementary school-age children, this joyful and engaging service creates a welcoming space for all. Children are invited to help lead parts of the service, giving them a meaningful way to participate and feel connected. You don’t need to have children to attend. Everyone is welcome!
Special Program: Antisemitism, Israel, and the Complexity of Belonging
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕞 3:30 PM
📍 Sanctuary
Many of us in the congregation are grappling deeply with our relationship to Israel, Zionism, and the realities of antisemitism. These struggles, though often painful, are also noble, honest, and profoundly human. As we share in them, we may discover reflections of ourselves and one another.
Together, we will explore these questions and challenges as we prepare to read Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew as a congregation, creating space for learning, dialogue, and belonging.
Yom Kippur Conclusion
Yizkor Service
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Sanctuary
Join us for Yizkor, a sacred moment to remember and honor the legacy of loved ones. The TAE Memorial Book will guide our reflections as we gather in remembrance. In the quiet of memory and the strength of community, we are reminded that we are never alone.
Neilah
💫 Thursday, October 2, 2025
🕕 6:15 PM
📍 Sanctuary and livestream
As Yom Kippur draws to a close, come together for Neilah, the final service of the day. With voices lifted in prayer and the closing blast of the shofar, we end the day with reflection, renewal, and the strength of our community.
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