High Holy Days & Festivals

Yom Kippur blowing of the Shofar

Oseh Shalom celebrates the High Holy Days with awe and joy.  We encourage joining us in person if possible but on Zoom if your health or location necessitates that choice. Each year we offer programs geared to families, youth and teens with uplifting services filled with music, prayer and discovery. We offer family services for toddlers and elementary age students and their guardians. Teen services are for grades 6–12. We welcome those looking for a new community or just in the area for the High Holy Days. Everyone, including members, must register.

• Register for Adult Services
• Youth Services and Programs
• Make a difference by Volunteering

Below are the service handouts for 2024: Look for 2025 handouts in mid-to-late September.

• High Holy Days Greetings Booklet
• High Holy Days Order of Service Booklet
• Martyrology Service Booklet
• Yiskor (Remembrance of those lost) Booklet

In addition to festival services for the 5786 High Holy Days, Oseh Shalom offered classes and events to make this season more meaningful. See our Calendar for dates and times or check the weekly Enews:

• Barbecue and Barchu: Our Annual Kosher picnic, held in July or early August
• Labor on the Bima: Focusing on our core value of justice for all
• Back to Shul Night: A night of music, fun, food and spirit
• Online Shofar Blasts on Tuesdays and Sundays during Elul, the month leading up to the HHDs
• Daily Elul reflections to prepare for the High Holy Days
• Slichot: Poetry Slam, Deset potluck and Service to introduce the High Holy Days
• Tashlich in the Park with picnic after morning Rosh Hashanah services
• Sukkah Hops at member homes to make friends and perform the mitzvah of eatig in a Sukkah
• Simchat Torah dinner, services, music and dancing and unrolling of the entire Torah! Don’t miss it!
• Farm to Table Sukkot multi-course gourmet vegetarian dinner presented by Chef Andy with environmental focus

Rabbi Rebecca giving children a lesson

Watch our Rabbis drashes/sermons for 2024/5785 on the Oseh Shalom YouTube Channel

• Rabbi Josh: Erev Rosh Hashanah
• Rosh Hashanah Morning: Rabbi Daria: How Peru Changed My Life AKA Deepening into Hamelech to Become the Sovereign of Me
• Kol Nidre, Rabbi Daria: Built For These Times?
• Yom Kippur Morning: Rabbi Josh YK Sermon: The Power of Hope and Vision: Two Israeli Peacemakers in the Midst of War. (1)

See our Calendar for all our programs and services throughout the year. We are always adding more so stop back often. 

• Interested in our award-winning Religious School with small classes and a creative curriculum? Contact Religious School Director Rabbi Rebecca.
• Have other questions and want to reach a real person? Email our High Holy Day Committee or call Benj in our office at (301) 498-5151.
• Have spiritual or study questions? Email Rabbi Daria or Rabbi Josh.