Download High Holy Days forms here | All forms due September 7

The High Holy Days are a time for reflection, introspection, prayer, and re-connection, and we welcome everyone to join us in celebrating and observing these special High Holy Days.

Sanctuary Location

This year’s High Holy Days services are being held at:
Chaparral Church | 6451 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

CALL THE TEMPLE OFFICE FOR TICKETS  480-951-9660
for more information email tkaoffice@templekolami.org

High Holy Days Schedule

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening Service

7:30 PM

ROSH HASHANAH

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Preschool Service

8:45 AM

Childcare for Ages 2­ – Pre-K

9:15 AM – End of Service

K – 3rd-Grade High Holy Day Camp

9:45 AM

Morning Service

10:00 AM

Tashlich

Following Services

KOL NIDRE

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Kol Nidre Evening Service

7:30 PM

YOM KIPPUR

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Preschool Service

8:45 AM

Childcare for Ages 2­ – Pre-K

9:15 AM – End of Service

K – 3rd-Grade High Holy Day Camp

9:45 AM

Yom Kippur Morning Service

10:00 AM

Guest Speaker: Old and New Ways to Study Torah

Following Yom Kippur Service

Reflection and Meditation Service

Following Guest Speaker

Yizkor & Concluding Services (Neilah)

3:30 PM

Break the Fast: Apples and Honey Cake

Following Services

High Holy Days Preparation Guide

Rabbi Jeremy Schneider

You have until the end of Yom Kippur to take stock of the life you led this year, to look at where you have fallen short in your spiritual, emotional and physical aspirations, and reflect on what you can do to improve yourself in the year to come. It is also the time of year when you approach others whom you may have hurt during the past year and seek their forgiveness. (And as a classroom teacher and your rabbi, I highly recommend you not leave this work till the last minute.) Think back over the last year and list all of the things which happened in your own life.

  • What really made you proud?
  • Where did you find your nachas – your sources of joy?
  • What were the challenges you faced?
  • What did you do with those challenges?
  • What remains undone, unexamined, unapproached?
  • Who was sick, who is sick, who has recovered?
  • What were the major life changes this year, and what became more comfortable for you in its ongoing responsibility?
  • Think of two moments in the last year which made your heart sing, and two moments what made your soul ache.
  • What do we want our new year to look like?
  • In what ways do we have to change in order for the desire of our hearts to happen?
  • What needs to be done to undo the things we have done that were wrong?
  • How can we prevent them from happening next year?

We have the opportunity to not move time, but to change how we move through time.