Rosh Hashanah

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Upcycled High Holidays Honey Dish

By Tova Speter

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How to Make Your Own High Holiday Cocktails

By JewishBoston

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From Honey Cupcakes to Pomegranate Vinaigrette: Our Unique Collection of High Holiday Recipes

By JewishBoston

Rabbi Jillian Cameron, left, and Jesse Ulrich.

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Navigating the High Holidays

By JewishBoston

Photo credit: iStock.com/Julia_Sudnitskaya

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QUIZ: The High Holidays—How Much Do You Actually Know?

By JewishBoston

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The sanctuary at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline (Photo: David Leifer)

8/1/2017 Top Pick

Young Adult High Holiday Ticket Match 2017

By CJP Young Adults

10/25/2016

A Joyful Death

The Jewish High Holy Days are a microcosm of life. They teach us how to live fearlessly and they teach us how to die joyfully.....

By Rabbi Baruch HaLevi

10/7/2016

Hebrew College’s Global High Holy Day Leadership

High Holy Days 5777: Where Hebrew College students, alumni & faculty are serving as spiritual leaders

By Wendy LindenFor Hebrew College

Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur (1878) by Maurycy Gottlieb.

10/6/2016

Why Tishrei Means a New Life

A person begins the holidays when he is fed up with life, when he feels his life is going nowhere.

By Dr. Michael LaitmanFor Bnei Baruch Education Center

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld. Dean, Rabbinical School of Hebrew College

10/6/2016

Creating Worlds with Our Words

Shabbat Shuva/Parshat Vayelech (Deteronomy 31:1-31:30)

By Rabbi Sharon Cohen AnisfeldFor Hebrew College

10/6/2016

Listening to the Call of the Shofar

Although it’s not Yom Kippur yet, I might as well begin with a confession.

By Rabbi Sharon Cohen AnisfeldFor Hebrew College Rabbinical School

10/5/2016

Renew

A walk in the autumn sun provides a perfect metaphor for entering a new year.

By Naomi Gurt Lind

10/5/2016

The Reciprocity of Repentance

Parshat Nitzavim focuses our attention on the religious imperative of repentance, and is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah.

By Rabbi Daniel LehmannFor Hebrew College

To mark the High Holidays, Viktoriya and Vlad Vilkomir of Newton, both emigrants from the former Soviet Union, and 10-month-old son Gabriel watch Giselle, 9, and Sophia, 7, pack gifts to be sent to an orphanage in Ukraine. (KEITH BEDFORD/GLOBE STAFF)

9/30/2016 Top Pick

Reflections on Family, Faith as Jewish High Holidays Arrive

At sundown Sunday, Jews will fill synagogues to usher in the new year, reflect on their lives, take stock of their failings, and pray.

By The Boston Globe

9/30/2016 Top Pick

Looking Back to Move Forward: Building on Our Legacy of Justice

As 5777 approaches, CJP President Barry Shrage shares his thoughts on remembrance.

By Barry ShrageFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies

9/30/2016

The Power of Myth

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and this year all of the Jewish high holidays occur throughout the month as well.

By Elizabeth Schön VainerFor Jewish Family & Children’s Service

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Aug 23, 7:30 pm

Temple Sinai, Marblehead

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Temple Sinai of Marblehead

Wednesday, August 23 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Temple Sinai1 Community RdMarblehead, MA 01945

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PJ Library New Year at the Farm

Sep 10, 10:00 am

Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury

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PJ Library

Sunday, September 10 10:00am - 11:00am

Cider Hill Farm45 Fern AveAmesbury, MA 01913

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Women’s Challah Bake

Sep 14, 7:00 pm

Chabad of Peabody, Peabody

$20

Chabad of Peabody

Thursday, September 14 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Chabad of Peabody682 Lowell StPeabody, MA 01960

Requires registration $20.00

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PJ Library Rosh Hashanah

Sep 17, 3:00 pm

Temple B'Nai Abraham, Beverly

Free

Lappin Foundation

Sunday, September 17 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Temple B'Nai Abraham200 E Lothrop StBeverly, MA 01915

Requires registration Free

Family High Holiday Interactive Musical Service 2017/5778

Up Next: Sep 20, 5:30 pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

Free

Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

Wednesday, September 20 5:30pm - 6:30pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture18 Phillips StBoston, MA 02114

Requires registration Free

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High Holiday Adult Services 2017/5778

Up Next: Sep 20, 6:15 pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Boston

$54

Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

Wednesday, September 20 6:15pm - 9:15pm

The Vilna Shul, Boston's Center for Jewish Culture18 Phillips StBoston, MA 02114

Requires registration $54.00 - $118.00

Rosh Hashanah Services and Shofar Blowing

Up Next: Sep 20, 6:15 pm

Taj Boston, Boston

Free

Chabad Boston

Wednesday, September 20 6:15pm - 10:00pm

Taj Boston15 Arlington StBoston, MA 02116

Requires registration Free

Rosh Hashanah New Year’s Dinner

Sep 20, 6:15 pm

Taj Boston, Boston

$35

Chabad Boston

Wednesday, September 20 6:15pm - 10:00pm

Taj Boston15 Arlington StBoston, MA 02116

Requires registration $35.00 - $65.00

Rosh Hashanah Services

Up Next: Sep 20, 6:30 pm

Havurat Shalom, Somerville

Free

Havurat Shalom

Wednesday, September 20 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Havurat Shalom113 College AveSomerville, MA 02144

Free

Ohabei Shalom Rosh Hashanah Services

Up Next: Sep 20, 8:00 pm

Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline

Free

Temple Ohabei Shalom

Wednesday, September 20 8:00pm - 9:30pm

Temple Ohabei Shalom1187 Beacon StBrookline, MA 02446

Requires registration Free - $250.00

Ohabei Shalom Rosh Hashanah for Families

Up Next: Sep 21, 9:15 am

Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline

Free

Temple Ohabei Shalom

Thursday, September 21 9:15am - 9:45am

Temple Ohabei Shalom1187 Beacon StBrookline, MA 02446

Requires registration Free

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah 2017 begins at sundown on Wednesday, September 20, ushering in the Jewish year of 5778. The two days of Rosh Hashanah kick off a period known as the Days of Awe, or the Ten Days of Repentance, culminating in Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown on Friday, September 29.