We are living in a time that feels unprecedentedly broken.
As we approach election season here in the US, as well as the one-year anniversary of October 7th without any end to the violence in sight, it is hard to imagine how any observance of the Holy Days this year could leave us feeling any less broken.
Yet, if there is anything we learn from our Holy Days liturgy, it is that the mending of a broken world is indeed possible. It simply requires all of us.
So join Or Shalom this High Holy Day season, to let our hearts shatter open a little wider, and then to collectively begin the reparation of our world, stitch by stitch by stitch.
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Purchasing tickets for High Holy Days includes:
Both evening and morning services
Family services (Free to All, no pre-registration needed)
All workshops (Yizkor and Ne'ilah)
Childcare
Erev Rosh Hashanah – Wednesday, October 2
Rosh Hashanah Day One – Thursday, October 3
Rosh Hashanah Day Two– Friday, October 4
Kol Nidre – Friday, October 11
Yom Kippur – Saturday, October 12
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We warmly welcome our members, non-members, friends, and the curious to explore our wide range of High Holy Days programming.
All Or Shalom member households automatically receive HolyPasses (free tickets to Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur) as long as their account is in good standing (up-to-date on dues). Members, click here to renew your membership (make sure you're logged in!)
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Students with valid School ID are welcome to join us FREE of charge or with a donation of your choosing.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Non-members, click here to join Or Shalom for the High Holy Days and learn about our flexible pricing model.
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Listen to our curated High Holidays playlist while you browse our programming below!
Full High Holiday Schedule
High Holy Day Machzor
5785 Or Shalom High Holy Days Supplement
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, October 2 at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St, SF
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5:00 – 6:00 pm Family Service (Free to All, no pre-registration needed)
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7:00 – 9:00 pm Main Service
LIVESTREAM
https://www.youtube.com/live/
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Thursday, October 3 at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St, SF
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10:00 am – 12:30 pm Main Service (with childcare provided between 10am-12:30pm)
LIVESTREAM
https://www.youtube.com/live/
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Free to All, no pre-registration needed)
Friday, October 4 at Ocean Beach at Taraval, SF
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4:30 – 5:30 pm Tashlich and Shofar Service
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5:30 – 6:15 pm Potluck Dinner
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6:15 – 7:30 pm Shabbat services
Shabbat Shuva
Saturday, Oct 5 at 333 Cortland Ave
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm Embodied Spiritual Practice Shabbat Services with Gail Gurewitz
Kol Nidre
Friday, Oct 11 at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St, SF
- 5:00 – 6:00 pm Family Service (Free to All, no pre-registration needed)
- 7:00 – 9:00 pm Main Service
LIVESTREAM (Main Service)
https://www.youtube.com/live/
Yom Kippur
Saturday, Oct 12 at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin St, SF
- 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Main Service (with childcare provided between 10am-1:30pm)
- 1:45 – 3:00 pm Tikkun Olam Workshop
- 3:15 – 4:00 pm Yoga
- 4:15 – 5:30 pm Healing Service
- 5:45 – 6:30 pm Yizkor
- 6:30 – 7:30 pm Neilah
- 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Break-fast
LIVESTREAM (Main Service)
https://www.youtube.com/live/
LIVESTREAM (Yizkor and Neilah)
hhttps://www.youtube.com/live/
SUKKOT
Guests on Indigenous Land: Opening Night in the Sukkah
Wednesday, October 16, 6:30 – 8:00 pm at USF's Welch Field JSSJ Sukkah, 2130 Fulton St
Join Or Shalom Jewish Community and the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice for an Erev Sukkot gathering. In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, we will be learning about and discussing how we can be good guests on indigenous land, and how Jewish tradition beckons us forth to the work of solidarity with indigenous peoples. We will gather, celebrate the festival, learn, and most of all, eat!
Happy Half Hour, Kabbalat Shabbat Musical Service & Potluck in the Sukkah
Friday, October 18, 5:30 – 8:30 pm at USF's Welch Field JSSJ Sukkah, 2130 Fulton St
Join Or Shalom Jewish Community and the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice for musical Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Sukkah with R' Faryn and the Or Shalom Music Ensemble. Bring a potluck dish to share so we can fulfill the mitzvah of eating and dwelling in the sukkah.
Sunday Family Program: Sukkot Edition
Sunday, October 20, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Golden Gate Park, Exact Location TBD
Join us for our Sunday Family Program: Sukkot Edition. We will be gathering during sukkot and building little forts together to explore our theme, "being at home in nature."
More info about our Sunday Family Program
Hoshana Raba and Simchat Torah
Wednesday, October 23, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco, CA 94131
Join Or Shalom Jewish Community for the observance of Hoshana Raba, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. We will make our way from grief to supplication to joy, touching on the liberatory possibilities of each of these three coinciding holidays.
6-6:30 Yizkor for Shemini Atzeret and to mark the Hebrew calendar anniversary of October 7th
6:30-7 A Hoshana Raba ritual to call in the better world we are praying for
7-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9 Unfurling and Dancing with the Torah in honor of Simchat Torah
