Join Stephen Wise For The High Holy Days!
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is proud to livestream our Shabbat and High Holy Days services! If you’re in New York, we hope you’ll consider joining our congregation — and if you’re not, we hope you’ll support us so that we can continue to be a Jewish home for all, near or far!
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.
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.
2023/5784 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.
Erev Rosh Hashanah
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
6:00 p.m. Family-Friendly Erev Rosh Hashanah Service | Livestreaming
8:00 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah Service | Livestreaming
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
9:00 a.m. Early Rosh Hashanah Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Later Rosh Hashanah Morning Service | Livestreaming
12:00 p.m. Family Rosh Hashanah Service and Activities
2:30 p.m. Tashlich in Central Park
Rosh Hashanah Day 2
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
9:30 a.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Hirsch
9:30 a.m. Family Rosh Hashanah Service
11:15 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Service and Shofar Blowing | Livestreaming
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
4:00 p.m. Family-Friendly Erev Yom Kippur Service | Livestreaming
6:00 p.m. Early Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming
8:30 p.m. Later Kol Nidre Service | Livestreaming
Yom Kippur
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
9:00 a.m. Early Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Later Yom Kippur Morning Service | Livestreaming
11:45 a.m. Adult Study with David Richter: The Sinai Covenant
12:00 p.m. The Meaning of Yom Kippur (Online) | Register
12:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Rena Rifkin: Shofar Sho-Good
1:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Dalia Samansky: Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?
2:45 p.m. Adult Study with Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz: Jonah as a Model for Personal Change
2:30 p.m. Family Yom Kippur Service and Activities
3:45 p.m. Yom Kippur Afternoon Service with Yizkor | Livestreaming
6:00 p.m. Neilah and New Child Blessing | Livestreaming
7:05 p.m. Havdalah
7:15 p.m. Break-Fast
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