Yom Kippur Highlights
Yizkor (Memorial) Services
The Yizkor service is traditionally conducted before the Torah scroll is returned to the ark. There is something powerful about standing in front of those scrolls, remembering the souls of those whose lives were bound with our own. Our service embraces the powerful statement my by retaining the traditional placement of the Yizkor commemoration.
Pre-Yizkor Guided imagery
Every year I see the profound effect our pre-Yizkor guided imagery creates for nearly every person in the sanctuary. I know that for some, maybe even many, it is the most visceral, tangibly holy moment of their entire High Holy Days.
During more than 15 years of these incredibly sacred moments, I have seen exactly how our holy tears of love and loss can be. Tissues are strongly advised.
B.Y.O. Shofar Neilah/Concluding Services
Everyone who owns a shofar is invited to bring it to Neilah, the concluding service of Yom Kippur. At the appropriate time, all the shofar owners offer their best as a prelude to our final blast of “tekiyah gedolah.”
The Yizkor service is traditionally conducted before the Torah scroll is returned to the ark. There is something powerful about standing in front of those scrolls, remembering the souls of those whose lives were bound with our own. Our service embraces the powerful statement my by retaining the traditional placement of the Yizkor commemoration.
Pre-Yizkor Guided imagery
Every year I see the profound effect our pre-Yizkor guided imagery creates for nearly every person in the sanctuary. I know that for some, maybe even many, it is the most visceral, tangibly holy moment of their entire High Holy Days.
During more than 15 years of these incredibly sacred moments, I have seen exactly how our holy tears of love and loss can be. Tissues are strongly advised.
B.Y.O. Shofar Neilah/Concluding Services
Everyone who owns a shofar is invited to bring it to Neilah, the concluding service of Yom Kippur. At the appropriate time, all the shofar owners offer their best as a prelude to our final blast of “tekiyah gedolah.”