We look forward to welcoming the Jewish New Year 5785 with you!
As always, our services will combine the familiar with the new. We will honor our traditions connecting us to our ancestors while looking with hope toward our future as we turn the corner into a new year. Our worship will be conducted by our clergy team alongside a dynamic team of talented professional and volunteer musicians from our community.
View our High Holy Day guide here or read below for our schedule of services, program descriptions, policies and general information, and special holiday offerings and programs that require registration.
Saturday, September 28
Selichot Dinner, Film and Service
5:30 P.M. Dinner and “The Quarrel” Film
7:30 P.M. Discussion and Service
Open to the Public
Register
Wednesday, October 2
Erev Rosh Hashanah Service with Festive Oneg
7:00-8:30 P.M.
Open to the Public
Thursday, October 3
Rosh Hashanah Service
10:00 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Ticket Required
Rosh Hashanah Children’s Program
10:00 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Registration Required
Potluck Lunch
12:30–1:30 P.M.
Open to the Public
Register
Family Service (for children up to age 6)
2:00–2:45 P.M.
Open to the Public
Tashlich Service
3:30 P.M.
Pomps Pond, Andover
Open to the Public
Friday, October 4
Rosh Hashanah Second Day Service
10:00 A.M.–12:30 P.M.
Open to the Public
Sunday, October 6
Cemetery Service and October 7th Yahrzeit Commemoration
1:00 P.M.
Temple Emanuel Cemetery
Mount Vernon Street, Lawrence
Open to the Public
Friday, October 11
Kol Nidrei Service
7:00–8:30 P.M.
Ticket Required
Kol Nidrei Children’s Program
7:00–8:30 P.M.
Registration Required
Saturday, October 12
Yom Kippur Morning Service (including Yizkor)
10:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
Ticket Required
Yom Kippur Children’s Program
10:00 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
Registration Required
Family Service (for children up to age 6)
2:00–2:45 P.M.
Open to the Public
Healing Service
3:30–4:15 P.M.
Open to the Public
Mincha Service with Jonah Guest Speaker
4:30–5:25 P.M.
Open to the Public
Neilah Closing Service
5:30–6:25 P.M.
Ticket Required
Break Fast
6:30–8:00 P.M.
Registration Required
Friday October 18
Shabbat Sukkot Service and Festive Oneg in the Sukkah
6:30 P.M.
Thursday, October 24
Friday, October 25
Tickets for Temple Emanuel Members
Tickets will be mailed to members in good standing by September 25, 2024.
Not a member? You are welcome to attend services that are open to the public. Contact us at 978-470-1356 for more information or click here to become a member.
Online Access
All of our services will be accessible via Zoom. Links will be emailed to members in good standing and ticketed guests in advance of services.
Tickets for Members’ Guests
Our members are welcome to purchase tickets for their guests to join us for the High Holy Days. Guest tickets are $180 per person for onsite services for individuals over the age of 18 and $180 per household for online access. New this year: members in the Family and Next Chapter dues categories are entitled to complimentary guest access for your children, regardless of their age. College students and active military personnel are also entitled to complimentary access. Participation in Temple Emanuel’s Benefactors Society may include complimentary High Holy Day tickets as well. Members, click here to order tickets for your out-of-town guests by September 30. As of September 23, guest tickets must be picked up in the Temple office.
Non-member Guest Tickets for Local Residents
Guest tickets for onsite services are available for purchase by nonmembers who are new to the area. The cost of guest tickets will be applied toward dues if the guests become temple members during the fiscal year. The cost of a ticket is $360 per person. Guest tickets allow attendance at all High Holy Day services. Please contact the temple office at 978-470-1356 for more information.
College students and active military personnel are welcome to worship with the congregation at no charge.
Reciprocal Tickets
Members in good standing who plan to be away for the High Holy Days and would like to secure reciprocal tickets at a fellow URJ congregation should contact the temple office by September 15 or fill out this form. Temple Emanuel offers complimentary guest access to members in good standing at other congregations affiliated with the URJ. If you desire reciprocal guest tickets at Temple Emanuel, please have a staff member from your home congregation complete this form by September 30. As of September 23, guest tickets must be picked up at the Temple office.
Children’s Programs
High Holy Day programs, specifically for children ages 4 through 9 (or grade 4), will be available on Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidrei and Yom Kippur. These programs typically include musical components, holiday-appropriate story time and activities, gross motor play, as well as social and artistic activities with peers. Registration is required for children’s programs and capacity is limited.
We also offer services for families with young children on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur afternoons designed for children under six and their adults. Led by clergy and our High Holy Day songleader, these special services include singing, movement, storytelling and learning.
Challah Orders
Enjoy round kosher challot for the High Holy Days with the convience of pick-up at Temple Emanuel. To place an order, submit this form by September 15.
- Rosh Hashanah challah pick-up times:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 9:30 A.M.–4:30 P.M.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 from 9:00–11:30 A.M. - Yom Kippur challah pick-up times:
Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 9:00 A.M.–4:30 P.M.
Friday, October 11, 2024 from 9:00–11:30 A.M.
Prayer Book Bookplates
To honor or remember those you care about – or to express lasting appreciation to Temple Emanuel – consider purchasing beautiful bookplates for our High Holy Day prayer books. For a gift of $180, a set of two bookplates will be customized with your dedication – one for the Rosh Hashanah prayer book and one for the Yom Kippur prayer book. Your generosity will also be recognized in our donor newsletter. Click here by September 24 to order bookplates to be inserted in prayer books used during 2024 High Holy Day services.
College Student Care Packages
Temple Emanuel Sisterhood keeps your children connected with our community! Packages are sent to college students of Sisterhood members – and to college students of those who make a $54 per student donation to Sisterhood – for the High Holy Days and Pesach. Click here to submit your college student’s information by September 15.
Prayer Books for Zoom Services
We recommend that online participants borrow or purchase a machzor (prayer book) to enhance your High Holy Day experience and aid in your participation during services, as the prayers will not be projected onscreen. To borrow Mishkan HaNefesh from the temple, please fill out this form by September 30. You can order your own print versions of Mishkan HaNefesh in standard and large print formats at www.ccarpress.org or an ebook version on Kindle.
Volunteer Ushers
All ushering is performed by Temple Emanuel members. We have a wonderful corps of ushers coordinated by the Brotherhood. If you are interested in being an usher and performing this mitzvah, please click here to sign up.
Yizkor Book of Remembrance
Our Book of Remembrance, which includes Yizkor liturgy, serves as a memorial to the deceased an in inspiration to the living. It is customary in the Jewish tradition to remember our departed through the act of tzedakah and contribute in their memory. Please consider a gift so that our Temple community may continue to carry on the traditions of our people and the values that have continued to shape us. To submit names of family members you wish to remember and honor in the Book of Remembrance, complete this form by September 24.
Yom Kippur Food Drive
Each year, Temple Emanuel hosts a Yom Kippur food drive in the spirit of tikkun olam. This year we’re offering a hybrid approach for your convenience. Click here to make a donation or bring a bag of non-perishable food and paper goods to the temple on Yom Kippur. We will deliver our collection to Bread & Roses food pantry in Lawrence.
Security
It is very important that our congregation feel that they can safely worship. To that end, we have contracted with a private security company to have a uniformed security officer onsite for all of our in-person services at Temple Emanuel. The security officer will have a visible presence and has been well trained through a reputable company.