High Holy Days

Click here to view the full 5782/2021 High Holy Day Schedule.

Click here to view the 5782/2021 Book of Remembrance.

Click here to view this year's Rosh Hashanah service leaflet.

Click here to view this year's Yom Kippur service leaflet.

High Holy Day Pledge: We hope you will consider investing at this pivotal time in our temple’s story. We begin a new chapter, building upon our successes, and, venturing out in new ways. It is an opportunity for each of us to be partners in supporting our community center.

To that end, we are asking that you answer this appeal with a donation as so many have done in the past. A monthly pledge option is available. If you are able, we ask you to consider making a monthly pledge offering for the next ten months.

Member High Holy Day Registration 5782-2021: L'Shanah Tovah! We look forward to welcoming 5782 with you. Click here to register for ALL services you will be attending.

Guest High Holy Days Registration 5782-2021: We are honored to welcome all Jews and their family members in the greater Tallahassee region. Click here to register for ALL services you will be attending.

Vaccination Affirmation: In accordance with recent recommendations from the CDC, and to keep everyone safe throughout the High Holy Days, we are requiring that all persons be vaccinated and wear masks inside the Temple Israel building. Please click here to verify that you are FULLY vaccinated.

Annual Social Action Drive: Each Rosh Hashanah our congregation is asked to take a bag and fill it with goods for our High Holy Day Social Action Drive. This year, we start a new tradition of giving all year long. For information and how to support Second Harvest of the Big Bend, Elder Care Services and Hope Community Center.

Are you planning on attending High Holy Day services virtually? If you would like to borrow High Holy Day prayer books,  click HERE to reserve your copy.

If you would prefer to use an online machzor, click the link below and scroll down to find virtual machzorim for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Click here for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur machzorim.

Memorial Prayers at the Cemetery Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. (This will need to be printed double-sided and folded into a booklet)

PJ Library  knows that something magical happens when parents sit down together to read with their children. PJ Library shares Jewish stories that can help your family talk together about values and traditions that are important to you.

Resources from PJ Library for the High Holy Days include podcasts, activities, books, and even meal ideas!

• Rosh Hashanah
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkot

Creating Your Mikdash Me’at – Your Personal Worship Space: With the current health pandemic, and restrictions on group gatherings, our kitchens have become our classroom, our basements are our yoga studios, and the dining room has become our office. Where then, is our synagogue? Click the link for more information!

Click the links below to learn how to blow a shofar, the different blasts, and prayers for the shofar!

• How to blow a shofar and the different types of blasts (start watching at 1:10).
• The prayers for the shofar.