High Holy Days - Stephen Wise Free Synagogue

The High Holy Days at Stephen Wise

Stephen Wise Free Synagogue offers a communal home where you can create a Jewish life for yourself and your family; a home where you can learn, pray, and do good deeds that help repair the world; and a place where you can experience the High Holy Days as deeply meaningful and enriching.

For those who won’t be with us in person, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is proud to livestream services here on our website at swfs.org/live. All of our virtual offerings will be listed in the schedule below. Want to follow along with your own siddur? At Stephen Wise, we use “Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe” for the High Holy Days.

Learn To Sound The Shofar!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 6–6:45 p.m.

Help us fill our sanctuary with the sound of the shofar! This September 21, Cantor Dan Singer will be teaching a crash course on shofar blowing for members of all ages or experience levels — all you need is a shofar!

2022/5783 Services and Programs

The link to register for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services and programs is being sent by email to all members in good standing as they renew.

Need help? Or need to renew your membership? Call our office at (212) 877-4050, ext. 280.

Doors open 30 minutes before posted service start times!

Everyone entering our building must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. See our COVID-19 safety policy here.

YOM KIPPUR

Kol Nidre
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4

6:00 p.m. Family-Friendly Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming
8:00 p.m. Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming

Yom Kippur
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

9:00 a.m. Yom Kippur (Early) Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Yom Kippur (Later) Morning Service | Livestreaming

10:00 a.m. Outdoor Family Service on West 68th Street*
10:45 a.m. Outdoor Family Program on West 68th Street*

1:00 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz: T’filah
1:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: T’shuvah
2:30 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Talia Avnon Benveniste: T’shuvah, T’filah and Tzedakah
2:30 p.m. Virtual Adult Study with David Richter: Tzedakah

3:00 p.m. Outdoor Family Service on West 68th Street*
3:45 p.m. Afternoon Service with Yizkor and Neilah | Livestreaming
7:00 p.m. Havdalah and Break-fast

*In the event of rain, outdoor programs will move indoors.

SUKKOT

Erev Sukkot
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

6:00 p.m. Erev Sukkot Service | Livestreaming

Sukkot
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

10:00 a.m. Sukkot Morning Service

SIMCHAT TORAH

Erev Simchat Torah
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

6:00 p.m. Erev Simchat Torah and Dancing in the Street | Livestreaming (Service Only)

Simchat Torah
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17

10:00 a.m. Simchat Torah Service

Join Or Renew Your Membership In Time For The High Holy Days!

Our clergy are hard at work creating a meaningful High Holy Days experience for all of our members. Now’s the time to join or renew your membership at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue!

To renew or discuss your membership or make a payment, please contact our director of membership engagement, Isaiah Benedek, at ibenedek@swfs.org or (212) 877-4050, ext. 223.

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