BHS HIGH HOLY DAYS 5786/2025

Brooklyn Heights Synagogue welcomes all to worship with us for the High Holy Days. We offer services throughout each holiday including Adult, Youth, and Family services. Members receive one ticket per adult. Children under 18 do not need a ticket but will need to be registered for children’s services or childcare. Non-members are welcome to purchase tickets. College and graduate students with ID and members of the US Armed Forces are welcome to all our services without charge. The High Holy Days are a special time for us to gather as a community in prayer, song, and to launch the year.

Attend in person or you can watch on our Livestream. Please note that our services are held at Plymouth Church and at BHS. The church is wheelchair accessible. Scroll down for more details in the High Holy Days Schedule below.

High Holy Day Childcare Program at Plymouth Church is available for children two and half years to Pre-K. High Holy Day tickets are required to register.

Please scroll down to submit information for our annual Book of Remembrance.

For questions, please contact lisa@bhsbrooklyn.org.

RECIPROCITY FOR HIGH HOLY DAY TICKETS

Reciprocal tickets are available for those who are members in good standing at a URJ affiliated synagogue. If you are a member of a URJ affiliated synagogue who would like to attend High Holy Day services at BHS, please contact the Executive Director of your synagogue. They must complete the form below for you and should send it to the attention of our Membership Director, Lisa Kopel by email at lisa@bhsbrooklyn.org.

Tickets will be available in July, please check back later.

HIGH HOLY DAYS
SERVICE SCHEDULE — 2025

Saturday, September 13
Selichot

8:00pm: Evening Service and Program at BHS

Sunday, September 14
Kever Avot

Honoring our ancestors at Maimonides Cemetery in Elmont, NY

10:30 am: The caravan of cars will meet at Maimonides Cemetery

Monday, September 22
Erev Rosh Hashanah

6:15 pm: Childcare (ages 2½ through Pre-K) available through the end of services

6:30 pm: EREV ROSH HASHANAH FIRST NIGHT SERVICES at Plymouth Church

Tuesday, September 23
Rosh Hashanah - First Day

9:15 am: Childcare (ages 2½ through Pre-K) available through the end of services
Tashlich immediately following Morning Services

9:30 am: MORNING SERVICES at Plymouth Church
Tashlich immediately following Morning Services

Services and Activities at BHS
9:00 am–1:30 pm:
Religious School (K-7th Grades) Activities and Lunch

9:30–10:15 am: Kindergarten-3rd Grade Services (parents must attend with their children)

10:30–11:30 am: 4th-7th Grade Services (parents may attend)

2:00–2:45 pm: Tot Community Service for families with children 5 years and under

6:30 pm: Second Evening Rosh Hashanah Services at BHS

Wednesday, September 24
Rosh Hashanah - Second Day

9:30 am: Morning Services at BHS

Saturday, September 27
Shabbat Shuva

10:30 am: Shabbat Shuva morning services led by Bar Mitzvah Jonah Schindler

Note: No Chavurah this day.

Wednesday, October 1
Kol Nidre

6:00 pm: Childcare (ages 2½ through Pre-K) available through the end of services

6:15 pm: KOL NIDRE SERVICES at Plymouth Church

Thursday, October 2
Yom Kippur Yizkor

9:15 am: Childcare (ages 2½ through Pre-K) available through the end of services

9:30 am: YOM KIPPUR MORNING SERVICES at Plymouth Church

1:30 pm: Adult Study Session at Plymouth Church

3:30 pm: AFTERNOON, HEALING, YIZKOR, AND CLOSING SERVICES
Catered Break-Fast at sunset following the concluding service at Plymouth Church

Services and Activities at BHS
9:00 am–1:30 pm: Religious School (K-7th Grades) Activities and Lunch

9:30–10:15 am: Kindergarten-3rd Grade Services (parents must attend with their children)

10:30–11:30 am: 4th-7th Grade Services (parents may attend)

2:00–2:45 pm: Tot Community Service for families with children 5 years and under

Monday, October 6
Erev Sukkot

6:30 pm: Evening Services followed by Community Dinner in the Sukkah at BHS

Tuesday, October 7
Sukkot

9:30 am: Morning Services at BHS

Sunday, October 12
Sunday in the Sukkah

11:30 am–12:30 pm: BHS Rear Yard

Monday, October 13
Erev Atzeret/Simchat Torah

6:30 pm: Evening Services at BHS

Tuesday, October 14
Simchat Torah Tekes

9:30 am: Festival Morning Service and Yizkor
6:00 pm: Services and Dancing Outside of BHS with Torahs and Klezmer Band

CHECK-IN

honey, apples, pomegranate, and a kiddush cup

All events at Plymouth Church require a ticket. Every ticket will be checked at the door upon entry. Please be sure to bring your printed or email ticket with you and a photo ID. Please note that large bags will be subject to search.

NOTE: ALL SERVICES IN CAPS REQUIRE TICKETS

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

book of remembrance graphic with a sprig of lavender

Our Congregation’s custom during our Yizkor service on Yom Kippur is to honor our dear ones who have passed. If you would like to have a name added to the Yizkor Memorial Book of Remembrance, please use the form linked below.

For BHS Members only

Submission form will open soon, please check back.

MUSIC AND SONGS

If you would like to know more about joining the BHS High Holy Day volunteer choir, please contact Cantor Porzecanski.