High Holidays 5787
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We are so glad you are joining us for High Holidays 5787! Our High Holidays services will be taking place in Minneapolis/Saint Paul this year. We hope to bring you familiar faces, rituals and new experiences as we continue to grow our community together.
You’ll find our entire High Holidays schedule below. You can RSVP for all events through the form linked at each event. If you’re interested in volunteering your time and skills to help us during High Holidays services please indicate that on your form and we’ll be in touch!
Shalom, Salaam, & Shana Tova!
Sustain community-led Jewish ritual!
In Elul, you will receive information on how to become a member of World to Come, as well as how to donate to fund High Holidays!
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Pre-High Holiday Offerings
Altar Building
Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9, 2026 / 6-8pm
Willow Room, New City Center (map)
Led by Sharon Jaffe
Join Sharon Jaffe to build altars for Rosh Hashanah services! Because Rosh Hashanah is on Shabbat this year, we will not be sounding the shofars. Instead, we will build three shofar-themed altars to integrate into our Rosh Hashanah services.
Community Mikveh
Conflict and Teshuvah: Repairing our Relationship to Judaism
Led by Mara, Shoshana & Sylvie of the Movement Care Team
Details to come!
Led by Mara Brennan and Mira Klein
Details to come!
Rosh Hashanah Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Led by Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg with support from Sharon Jaffe
This evening service will be indoors and followed by a dessert potluck outside.
Feel free to bring a dessert to welcome in a sweet new year!
Friday, September 11, 2026 / 6-8:30pm
Potluck dessert at 8:30pm
New City Center (map)
(hybrid option available)
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Led by Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg and Batyah Selis, with support from Emily Kastrul
This service will pull together a combination of traditional liturgy as well as songful melodies both new and old.
Outdoor lunch potluck to follow (please see our Covid Policies for more details about community noshing). Please bring a kosher dish to share! The potluck coordinator will be in touch!
Saturday, September 12, 2026 / 9:30am-1pm
New City Center (map)
(hybrid option available)
Potluck at 1pm
New City Center courtyard
Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Sunday, September 13, 2026 / 10:30am-12:30pm
Shir Tikvah Synagogue (map)
(hybrid option available)
Anchored by Kohenet Sharon Jaffe, with support from Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg
Please join us for a mix of traditional & innovative Rosh prayers for/with our community, followed by an informal potluck at Bde Umna south beach.
Yom Kippur Services
Kol Nidre
Sunday, September 20, 2026 / 6:30-8:30pm
Clouds in Water Zen Center (map)
(hybrid option available)
Led by Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg
A traditional chanting of Kol Nidre and reflective space to enter Yom Kippur together.
Yom Kipportal
Monday, September 21, 2026 / 10:00am-2:00pm
Hidden Falls Pavilion (map)
(in case of inclement weather, we will be at Clouds in Water Zen Center)
Led by Ray Himmelman and Relle Zaytoun Sonnenschein
Our 5787 Yom Kipportal will guide participants through a contemplative mystical journey into the depths of our relationships with harm, with death and with change. Through teachings, guided meditations, movement, storytelling and ritual we will descend together down a path of shedding and grieving to reveal the raw and messy core of our intuitions, our guidance, our clarity and our power. All offerings will include a variety of ways to engage. Participants will be invited to find their own balance between quiet/internal practice and naming, sharing and being witnessed.
*This event will be outside-- bring what you need to be comfortable! BYO camping chair, cushion or a blanket. Feel free to bring ritual objects and items for an ancestor alter. You might want a journal and pen.
KN95, N95, masks are required when gathering in close proximity (within 6’ of others) outdoors for High Holidays. Surgical and cloth masks are not permissible options. There will be opportunities during Yom Kipportal for people to space out and be unmasked. We will let you know in the program when those moments are. Please consider wearing a mask when approaching others. Read more in our Accessibility guidelines.
Yizkor + Neilah + Havdallah with Break Fast to follow
Monday, September 21, 2026
Yizkor 5:30-6:30pm
Neilah & Havdallah 6:30-7:30pm
Break fast 7:40-8:40pm
Clouds in Water Zen Center (map)
(hybrid option available for Neilah and Havdallah)
Led by Relle Zaytoun Sonnenschein, Tamar Ghidalia, and Ana Kurzer-Zlotnick
Yizkor 5:30-6:30pm
Join us for a semi-traditional Yizkor service. We will be centering the grief and loss we experience not typically acknowledged in Yizkor. Specifically remembering queer beloveds and family, as well as the ongoing genocide and grief in our local community. Service will start with traditional liturgy led by Relle, and Kaddish will be read. We will be collecting donations as a tzedakah offering for Heal Palestine.
Neilah & Havdallah 6:30-7:30pm
Help us close the portal of Yom Kippur in our Neilah and Havdallah services. Traditional liturgy, poetry and togetherness as we close the gate of Yom Kippur.
Break fast 7:40-8:40pm
Join us outside of Clouds in Water as we break our fast. A vegetarian kosher meal will be provided from Holy Land with gluten free options. Please see our Additional Covid Policies for more information regarding covid guidelines for noshing.
Support community-led Jewish ritual today.
In Elul, you will receive information on how to become a member of World to Come, as well as how to donate to fund High Holidays!