Holidays

2011/5772 Village Temple High Holy Day Schedule

Village Temple High Holy Days
Services are held at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, site of the historic Lincoln address. Rabbi Chava Koster will draw on an array of traditional sources, poets and philosophers to challenge and inspire, as she has for more than 10 years. Fusing ancient melodies with contemporary musical settings, world-renowned Cantor Faith Steinsnyder will lead the congregation in prayerful song.

Tickets for all four services - $360
Any individual service - $150
To purchase online, click Purchase HHD Tickets

Current Members
All current members of The Village Temple will receive their tickets in the mail in September. Children of members living at home do not need tickets. Members who would like to purchase additional tickets for visiting relatives should call the office to reserve these tickets: 212-674-2340, ext. 300.

Schedule of High Holy Day Services (service marked with an asterisk (*) are open to all, with no tickets required).

*Selichot: Saturday, September 24th
7:15 pm: Havdallah
7:30 pm: Wine & Cheese
8:00 pm: Selichot Service

Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, September 28th
8:00 pm: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street)

Rosh Hashanah Morning and Afternoon: Thursday, September 29th
10:00 am: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services (Cooper Union)
2:00 pm: *Rosh Hashanah Children's Services with the VT Children's Choir(Cooper Union)
4:00 pm: *Tashlich Services at Hudson River and 10th Street: Immediately following the Children's Service, We will walk as a community to the NY riverfront to sing, pray and toss pieces of bread into the water, symbolizing the process of ridding ourselves of sins and insecurities.

Second day of Rosh Hashanah: Friday, September 30th
10:00 am: *Second Day Rosh Hashanah Services at the Village Temple. Reform Judaism does not usually celebrate two days of Rosh Hashanah, but here at the Village Temple, one day is not enough to say all we feel. It has become a tradition to create a less formal service in our home sanctuary.

Yom Kippur
Erev Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre Services, Friday, October 7th
8:00 pm: Erev Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre Services (Cooper Union)

Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 8th
10:00 am: Yom Kippur Services (Cooper Union)
2:00 pm: *Yom Kippur Children's Services with the VT Children's Choir (Cooper Union)
4:00 pm: *Yizkor Services (Cooper Union)
5:15 pm: *Afternoon Service and Neilah (Cooper Union)

Sukkot
Friday, October14th
7:30 pm: Erev Shabbat & Sukkot Family Service. Celebrate Sukkot with the VT community and Children's Choir!

Sunday, October 16th
11:00 am -1:00 pm: Children's Sukkot Fair

Thursday, October 20th
Yizkor/Shemini Atzeret
12:00 Noon: We remember the loved ones no longer among us with communal prayer.

Simchat Torah
Friday, October 21st
6:00 pm: Pot luck vegetarian dairy dinner (reservations required)
7:00 pm: Service
8:15 pm: Hakafot and Dancing on 12th Street: We celebrate the ending of the yearly Torah-reading cycle and the beginning of the new one. Our celebration will begin in the sanctuary and continue as we carry our sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls) out onto East 12th Street (closed to traffic, of course!), where we will dance with our sifrei Torah to the superb sounds of a live Klezmer band. Come downtown and dance like you've never danced before as we celebrate the beauty of the Torah and our timeless link to all Jews through the ages.