OUR
SPIRIT
HIGH HOLY
DAYS
at Emanuel
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are two of the most important times of year for the Jewish people. Join our community during this beautiful period of meditation, music, and study.
High Holy
Days Essentials
Please use this page as a reference throughout High Holy Days services
If you would like to make your membership commitment, please do so by clicking here. To make a Book of Memory contribution click here.
USEFUL INFORMATION
MEMBER Tickets
High Holy Days services begin on Friday, September 15. We look forward to welcoming you!
Members in good standing will receive tickets for High Holy Day services by the end of the day on Friday, September 8. We will send your High Holy Day tickets via electronic mail. Please keep an eye out in your inbox, as the email will come from Simple Tix, and read your ChaiLights for more updates!
For more information, please email hhd@tebh.org.
MEMBER Guest Tickets
For more information, please email hhd@tebh.org.
Pillar Members
We are very grateful to those members who have become Pillars of our Temple! Their significant donations, in addition to their annual membership contributions, enable Temple Emanuel to provide the innovative, cutting-edge programs for which we are known nationally.
For more information about our Pillar Program, please click here.
Non-Member Tickets
CONTEMPLATIVE BEACH EXPERIENCE
Our clergy will meet you on the beach an hour before Tashlich for music and meditation.
TASHLICH
Tashlich will be held at Pacific Coast Highway and Will Rogers Park. Bring a blanket and a picnic and join us!
DONATIONS
Interested in making a donation to the temple? You can do so at tebh.org/give.
Book of Memory
The Book of Memory is used at every Yizkor Service throughout the year. To honor your loved ones who have passed away, you may list their names in the book by completing the order form that was sent to your home.
The deadline for Book of Memory entries is Wednesday, September 6. You can update, change or submit a new submission via our website. Please visit tebh.org/BookofMemory.
The new Book of Memory will be available beginning September 24.
Our tradition suggests a meaningful donation in the memory of loved ones during this season. Thank you for supporting the temple.
YIZKOR
Yizkor will be held on Yom Kippur during the last 30 minutes of the 8:30 a.m. and noon services.
Security
Temple Emanuel works closely with the Beverly Hills Police Department and a private security firm to ensure the safety of our worshipers during the High Holy Days.
Contact Us
For questions and assistance, please contact the temple at 310-288-3737, or at hhd@tebh.org.
Programs
and Times
For information about our various High Holy Days services and programs, please enjoy the descriptions provided on this page. For current times and locations, please refer to this schedule.
Adult Service
Our traditional adult services will led by our wonderful clergy with beautiful choral arrangements and prayers. Thought-provoking sermons on our theme “For Generations and Generations ” will be offered by our rabbis.
ALL GENERATIONS SERVICE
Our first service on Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Day, and Kol Nidre will feature the intergenerational choir and all ages are welcome.
YOUNG CHILDREN’S Service – SPARK IN THE PARK
Our Young Children’s Service is a great opportunity for families with children ages 0-4 and 5-8 to enjoy an hour prayer experience filled with stories, songs, and arts n’ crafts, and the shofar blast! For more details, visit tebh.org/hhdkids.
The service for young children will be offered twice. The first session for children 0-4 and second session for children 5-8 and their families will take place outside at Beverly Canon Gardens. Rabbi Liora Alban and Early Childhood Center musician Brett Fromson, will offer songs, stories, and welcome the new year together, complete with the sound of the shofar.
Contemplative Service @THE BEACH
After our sanctuary services and before Tashlich, reflect upon your year with an hour of melody, meditation, and silence with Rabbi Jonathan Aaron. Incorporating traditional High Holy Day themes and notions, refresh your mind and soul through reflective poetry and meditation, and renew yourself through wordless melodies that uplift the spirit. Celebrate creation in a silence that allows you to really feel the sand on your feet, the wind in your face, and hear the sound of the shofar accompanied by waves upon the shore. The service is open to all ages.
Tashlich
Tashlich will be held at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Will Rogers Park (Tower 6).
Families with young children are invited for Tashlich, too. Join us for our first ever Bubbles and Beach Balls!
Yom Kippur CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Forum:
A Conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Aaron and Dr. Trudy Goodman
Monday, September 25 at 3 p.m. PT in Corwin Family Sanctuary. This event can also be viewed on Facebook and YouTube.
Trudy Goodman is an enduring voice in contemporary buddhist meditation.
A Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA, Trudy teaches retreats at centers around the world.
Trudy has gone from being a sought-after psychotherapist in Cambridge with a graduate degree from Harvard to being the voice of “Trudy the Love Barbarian” on the Netflix series Midnight Gospel.
Trudy conducts retreats and workshops worldwide – from the hallowed halls of Mazu Daoyi’s Ch’an monastery in China, to leading trainings on the ground in the intense heat of Darfuri refugee camps in Eastern Chad on the Sudanese border.
For more information about this year’s Afternoon Forum, please email hhd@tebh.org.
YIZKOR
Yizkor will be held on Yom Kippur during the last 30 minutes of the 8:30 a.m. and noon services.
NEILAH
The concluding prayers for Yom Kippur will take place at 6:00 pm. Join a half-hour earlier for Meditation with the Ark open.
High Holy Days Schedule of Services
Activities
for Children
Children will experience the High Holy Days in an engaging and creative atmosphere while their parents attend services. Check out all the great children’s activities we have to offer our little ones during the High Holy Days!
ALL GENERATIONS SERVICE
This year, our Family Service will be replaced with a unique service for all ages. The service will be an hour and a half and will feature our co-generational choir .
YOUNG CHILDREN’S SERVICE
Our Young Children’s Service, Spark in the Park, is a great opportunity for families with children
0-4 (9 a.m.) and 5-8 (10:30 a.m.) to enjoy an hour prayer experience filled with stories, songs, and arts n’ crafts, and the shofar blast!
These services for young children ages 0-4 and 5-8 and their families will take place outdoors at Beverly Canon Gardens. Rabbi Liora Alban and Early Childhood Center musician Brett Fromson, will offer songs, stories, and welcome the new year together, complete with the sound of the shofar. Let us know you’ll be there by signing up below.
Program Descriptions
ELUL ClASSES
Prepare for the high holy day season with our series of Elul classes beginning, Tuesday, August 29. Join us online at 7 p.m. You can register for the class to receive the Zoom link. Clergy will teach on August 29 and September 5.
S’lichot
S’lichot marks the time when we anticipate the High Holy Days and the heshbon hanefesh – the time we take stock of our souls. We open our hearts to the possibility of the new year, and meditate on the past twelve months. This year, we open our hearts together in the safety of our homes, with a joint S’lichot service with Stephen Wise Temple. Beautiful poetry, prayers and songs will help all of us begin the journey of reflection and preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Together, the clergy from Temple Emanuel and Stephen Wise Temple will combine to offer insights and melody, meditation and inspiration, to help all of on the road towards forgiveness and wholeness.
Saturday, September 9 at 6 p.m.
High Holy Days DONATION Drive
This year, we are pleased to support SOVA. Please visit tebh.org/drive to find out how you can donate funds to support the causes of these wonderful organizations.
Sukkot SHabbat
Join us to celebrate the Fall harvest at Sukkot Shabbat on Friday, September 29 at 6:15 p.m
Sukkot Festival Service
Join us on Saturday, September 30 at 10 am in the sanctuary for Shabbat Morning @ Emanuel and Sukkot Festival Service.
Simchat Torah ShABBAT with Mostly Kosher
You have prayed, you have fasted… now it’s time to dance. This is a time to celebrate the joyous gift of the Torah with your fellow congregants. See you on Friday, October 6 at 6:15 pm in the sanctuary.
First Year Baby Blessings
On Sukkot, we welcome the first fruits of the harvest, and in that spirit we gather to bless our children born in the past year. Bring your baby and enjoy a special blessing to celebrate life and family on Saturday, October 7 at 9 a.m.
Shmini Atzeret Festival Service with Yizkor
Join us on Saturday, October 7 at 10 am in the sanctuary.
For more information about our High Holy Days services and programs, please email hhd@tebh.org.
Purchase
Your Tickets
High Holy Days services will be held in Corwin Family Sanctuary. Members in good standing will receive tickets automatically via email. Members may purchase up to six tickets for their friends and family. A link will be sent to you via email (from Simple Tix) by the end of the day on Friday, September 8.
Non-members may purchase tickets here.
If you cannot attend services in person and would like to make a donation to the temple in lieu of a ticket, you can do so at tebh.org/give. Please notate this as a High Holy Days donation.
If you are a member and not have not made your membership commitment yet, you can do so by clicking here. If you have any questions, please email hhd@tebh.org or call 310-288-3737. To view the schedule of services click here.
Member Guest Ticket Single Service: $150
Member Guest Ticket All Services: $500
Non-Member Guest Ticket Single Service: $200
Non-Member Guest Ticket All Service: $700
Valet Parking: $20 per day
In Loving Memory
Pay tribute to your loved ones in our Book of Memory. This book is used for Yizkor services throughout the year.