Services
As we begin the process of soul-searching, as individuals and as a community, we come together to worship, to connect to our true selves and to a great power.
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Registration is now closed for all High Holy Day services.
You may join us online for live streamed services or any of our archived services and sermons at www.emanuelsf.org/live
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You can also dial in at 1-888-376-1475 to hear the audio of the Main Sanctuary Services.
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Click here to order a Machzor for your Jewish library. Please read the service schedule for details. Registration is required for all in-person services.
Service leadership and sermons are noted.
— services with this icon will be livestreamed and publicly available. Click on the service link to learn more.
— services with this icon are available in person for temple members (registration required). Some in-person offerings are also open to the community if specified in the event description.
Friday, Sept 15
Erev Rosh
HaShanah
Saturday, Sept 16
Rosh
HaShanah
Day
Sunday, Sept 17
2nd Day
Rosh
HaShanah
Sunday, Sept 24
Kol Nidre
Monday, Sept 25
Yom Kippur
Day
Sounds of the Shofar: Evening Children's Service
4:30pm - 5:00pm,
St. John's Church (25 Lake Street)
Service led by Rabbis Sarah Parris, Jonathan Singer, and Noah Westreich. Jonathan Bayer on music.
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Opening The Gates: Early Erev Rosh HaShanah
5: 30pm - 7:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Beth Singer, and Jonathan Singer, featuring Cantor Arik Luck. Sermon by Rabbi Sarah Parris.
Second Day Rosh HaShanah Service
10:00am - 12:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Cantor Arik Luck and musicians, along with Rabbis Ryan Bauer, Jonathan Singer, and Noah Westreich will lead a full-length, eclectic traditional style Reform Rosh HaShanah service. Rabbi Leo Fuchs will deliver the sermon. The music will draw upon multiple genres, including the master composers of the old world, Eastern European chazzanut, Emanu-El commissioned music from nearly 100 years ago, as well as newer, elevated melodies.
Sounds of the Shofar: Evening Children's Service
4:30pm - 5:00pm,
St. John's Church (25 Lake Street)
Service led by Rabbis Sydney Mintz, Sarah Parris, Beth Singer and Jonathan Singer. Jonathan Bayer on music.
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Opening The Gates: Early Kol Nidre Service
5:30pm - 7:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Beth Singer and Noah Westreich, featuring Cantor Arik Luck. Sermon by Rabbi Jonathan Singer.
Apples and Honey: Rosh HaShanah Service for Young Families with children 4-7 years old
10:00am-11:00am
Presidio Wall Park
Join Rabbis Ryan Bauer, Sarah Parris, Leo Fuchs along with Jonathan Bayer for outdoor children's services and activities. Stop by for a bit or stay a while with a blanket and enjoy celebrating Rosh Hashanah together with other young families.
(aimed at children ages 4-7).
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This service is open to members and the entire community. Registration is required.
Apples and Honey: Yom Kippur Service for Young Families with children 4-7 years old
10:00am - 11:00am Presidio Wall Park
Join Rabbis Sydney Mintz and Noah Westreich, with music by Jonathan Bayer for an outdoor children's service and activities at Presidio Wall! Stop by for a bit or stay a while with a blanket and mark the day of Yom Kippur together with other young families.
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(aimed at children ages 4-7).
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This service is open to members and the entire community. Registration is required.
Return Again: Community Rosh HaShanah Service led by Teens, recommended for children 8+
2:00pm-3:15pm
Main Sanctuary
Join our community for an engaging and beautiful service for all ages. We encourage families with children 8 and above, as well as the young at heart, to join us for worship, poetry, prose and music.
The service is led by teens, accompanied by Cantor Marsha Attie and additional musicians.
Learning Session with Emanu-El Scholar, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
12:30-1:30pm
Virtual - Zoom
“Returning:" Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s Orot haTeshuvah in English (The Lights of Returning).
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We will read and argue about brief English selections from Ben Zion Bokser’s translation, The Lights of Penitence. Rav Kook was the first chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of British Mandate Palestine. One of the great Mystics of the last century, his collected works encompass over three dozen volumes!
Tashlich:
Letting Go Together Sunset
Service and Concert
4:30pm - 6:00pm, Baker Beach
We join together across the world in Reverse Tashlich.
To Repair the Earth. To Repair the Sea.
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We cast a Pebble, A Shell, A Handful of Sand - as we toss this past year away and celebrate the possibilities of the New Year.
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We will leave the beach as we found it, if not better, for the New Year.
Bring the whole family, a blanket, a picnic, a bag for beach clean-up when you leave.
Very limited parking. Preference given to ADA with placard. Carpooling is advised.
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*The Tashlich concert is part of the Cantors’ Concert Series, which is generously supported by Ingrid D. Tauber and Frank Taforo
Walk Towards Healing and Reflection in the Redwoods
12:30 -2:00pm
Meet at corner of Arguello and Washington, walk to the Presidio
Join Rabbis Sydney Mintz and Beth Singer, along with Jonathan Ferris and Cantor Marsha Attie, as we journey together from the Temple through the Arguello Gate and into the redwoods for guided meditation, music, silence, chanting and healing prayers.  
Return Again: Community Yom Kippur Service led by our Teens.
Recommended for children 8+.
2:00pm - 3:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Join our community for an engaging and beautiful service for all ages. We encourage families with children 8 and above, as well as the young at heart, to join us for worship, poetry, prose and music.
The service is led by teens, accompanied by Cantor Marsha Attie and additional musicians.
Forgiveness: Service and Discussion
3:30pm - 5:00pm
St. John's Church (25 Lake Street)
Continuing the opportunity to stay the day and pray, we invite you to join us for a moment of meditative music by Cantor Luck and discussion led by Rabbi Jonathan Singer in these final moments before Yizkor.
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Forgiveness of self is part of the process of teshuvah, just as is forgiveness of others. Yom Kippur seeks to give us the tools of inner renewal that can help lessen the burdens of the past so that we might better engage our future
How might we forgive others?
How might we forgive ourselves in readiness to step into the new year? .
A panel of therapists along with Rabbi Jonathan and Cantor Luck will engage each other and you during these moments before Yizkor.
Yizkor/Neilah/Havdallah Service
5:30pm - 7:00pm, Main Sanctuary
Led by Rabbis Leo Fuchs and Beth Singer. All clergy assisting. Music by Cantors Marsha Attie and Arik Luck. Sermon by Rabbi Noah Westreich.
— services with this icon will be livestreamed and publicly available. Click on the service link to learn more.
— services with this icon are available in person for temple members (registration required). Some in-person offerings are also open to the community if specified in the event description.