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 2025:

• Greetings from Fellow Members and Upcoming Programs 2024, 2025 coming soon.
• Order of Service and info on each service is about
• Martyrology
• Yiskor (Remembrance of those lost) Booklet

Online resources:  Download a PDF of the entire High Holy Days Mahzor

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
• Daily Elul reflections to prepare for the High Holy Days
• Slichot: Poetry slam, Dessert 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 eating 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 2025/5786 on the Oseh Shalom YouTube Channel

• Rabbi Josh: Two Stories of Teshuva–Personal and Societal
  • Or Read it Here
• Rabbi Daria: The Destruction of the 2nd Temple, Hebrew, and This Moment: Ancient and Contemporary Challenges
• Rabbi Daria:  Kol Nidre “Getting Granular About Our Power?”

• Rabbi’s Josh:  Yom Kippur Morning “Antisemitism and Our American Democracy”

  • Or Read it Here

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.

Festivals

In addition to festival services for the High Holy Days, Oseh Shalom observes holidays throughout the year. These holidays include Hanukkah, Tu B’Shvat, Purim, Passover, Lag B’omer, Shavuot, and Tisha B’Av. See our Calendar for dates and times or request to receive our Oseh News email: