High Holiday Calendar 2025 final
Full High Holiday Programming and Services Schedule for 2025/5786:
Sephardi Selichot
Sephardi selichot will begin Sunday, August 31 and will take place on Sundays and Wednesdays in the social hall before mincha maariv.
Sunday, August 31
8:00am | Shacharit |
6:15pm | Sephardi Selichot |
7:25pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Wednesday, September 3
7:15am | Shacharit |
6:15pm | Sephardi Selichot |
7:20pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Sunday, September 7
8:00am | Shacharit |
6:00pm | Sephardi Selichot |
7:10pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Wednesday, September 10
7:15am | Shacharit |
6:00pm | Sephardi Selichot |
7:10pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Selichot - Saturday night, September 13
10:30pm | Pre-Selichot Kumzitz |
11:00pm | Selichot |
Sunday, September 14
8:00am | Shacharit |
5:50 pm | Sephardi Selichot |
7:00pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Monday-Thursday, September 15-18
6:50am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
7:00pm | Mincha/Maariv |
**Sephardi selichot at 5:50 pm on Wednesday, September 17
Friday, September 19
6:50am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
6:50pm | Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv |
6:52pm | Candlelighting |
Shabbat, September 20
7:30am | Shacharit | |
8:00am | Sephardi Shaḥarit | |
9:00am | Shacharit | |
6:40pm | Mincha | |
7:49pm | Havdala |
Sunday, September 21
8:00am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
5:40pm | Sephardi Selichot |
6:50pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Erev Rosh Hashana - Monday, September 22
6:00am | Selichot followed by Shacharit & Hatarat Nedarim | |
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Mincha | |
6:47pm | Candlelighting |
Rosh Hashana Day 1 - Tuesday, September 23
8:00am | Shacharit |
5:45pm | Tashlich (Georgetown waterfront at the sundial on 30th) |
6:45pm | Mincha |
7:05pm | Maariv |
7:44pm* | Candle Lighting |
* Light candles from existing flame.
Rosh Hashana Day 2 - Wednesday, September 24
8:00am | Shacharit | |
6:45pm | Mincha | |
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Maariv | |
7:42pm | Havdala |
Tzom Gedalia - Thursday, September 25 (Aseret Yemei Teshuva begin)
5:39am | Fast Begins |
6:40am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
6:30pm | Mincha/Maariv |
7:30pm | Fast Ends |
Friday, September 26
6:45am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
6:40pm | Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv; Neshama minyan |
6:41pm | Candlelighting |
Shabbat Shuva - Shabbat, September 27
7:30am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
6:30pm | Mincha |
7:38pm | Havdalah |
Sunday, September 28
8:00am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
5:20pm | Sephardi Selichot |
6:40pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Monday-Tuesday, September 29-30
6:45am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
6:35pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Wednesday, October 1 (Erev Yom Kippur)
7:05am | Selichot followed by Shacharit |
2:30pm | Early Mincha |
6:15pm | Late Mincha |
6:30pm | Kol Nidre |
6:33pm | Candle Lighting |
Yom Kippur - Thursday, October 2
8:30am | Shacharit |
Yizkor | |
5:00pm | Mincha |
Neilah | |
7:30pm* | Fast ends, Maariv followed by Havdalah |
Break Fast in the Kesher Israel Social Hall sponsored by Bracha Reznik in honor of her birthday and by Zach Terner in honor of his grandfather's yahrzeit |
*It is preferable to light the Havdalah candle after Yom Kippur from an existing flame.
Erev Sukkot - Monday, October 6
7:05am | Shacharit |
6:25pm | Mincha |
6:25pm | Candle Lighting |
Sukkot Day 1 - Tuesday, October 7
7:30am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
6:20pm | Mincha |
7:21pm* | Candle Lighting/Preparation for Day 2 |
* Light candles from existing flame.
Sukkot Day 2 - Wednesday, October 8
7:30am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
6:20pm | Mincha |
7:20pm | Havdalah |
Chol Hamoed Sukkot - Thursday, October 9
6:55am | Shacharit |
6:20pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Chol Hamoed Sukkot - Friday, October 10
6:55am | Shacharit |
6:19pm | Candlelighting |
6:20pm | Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv |
Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot- October 11
7:30am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
6:05pm | Mincha |
7:16pm | Havdalah |
Chol Hamoed Sukkot - Sunday, October 12
8:00am | Shacharit |
6:15pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Hoshanah Rabbah - Monday, October 13
6:00am | Shacharit |
6:14pm | Candle Lighting |
6:15pm | Mincha/Maariv |
Shmini Atzeret - Tuesday, October 14
7:30am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
Yizkor | |
6:10pm | Mincha followed by Maariv and Hakafot |
7:11pm* | Candle Lighting/Preparation for Last Day |
*Light candles from existing flame.
Simchat Torah - Wednesday, October 15
7:00am | Shacharit |
9:00am | Shacharit |
6:10pm | Mincha |
7:10pm | Havdalah |
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