High Holy Days & Festivals

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
• Tot to Teen Services and Programs
• Make a Difference by Volunteering

Service handouts for 2026 coming in September:

• Martyrology 2026
• Greetings Booklet
• HHD Order of Service
• We Remember Them 2026.
• 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 5787 High Holy Days, Oseh Shalom offered classes and events to make this season more meaningful. See our Calendar for more dates and times or check the weekly Enews for more events!

• Barbecue and Barchu: Our Annual Kosher picnic. join us for a family friendly evening of games, food and spirit: Fri, Jul 24
• Bake Honey Cakes for our wonderful High Holy Day baskets given to all members: Sun, Aug 23
• Help Create High Holy Day Baskets, Nosh and Make Friends: Sun, Aug 30
• Back to Shul Night: A night of music, fun, food and spirit: Fri, Sep 4
• Explore short daily Elul reflections to prepare for the High Holy Days
• Slichot: Poetry, music, dessert potluck and service to introduce the High Holy Days: Sun, Sep 6
• Rosh Hashanah: Erev Service, Friday, September 11/RH Day Services Sat/Sun, Sep 12-13
• Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur: Sun/Mon, Sep 20-21
• Tashlich in the Park with picnic after morning Rosh Hashanah services
• Sukkah Services and Hops at member homes to make friends and perform the mitzvah of eating in a Sukkah: Sat/Sun Sep 26/27
• Simchat Torah dinner, services, music and dancing and unrolling of the entire Torah! Don’t miss it! Fri, Oct 2
• Farm to Table Sukkot: multi-course gourmet vegetarian dinner presented by Professional Chef Andy Friedman with environmental focus

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: