Services
Soon shofars will be sounding around the world as we hear the call to welcome in this new year of hope, meaning, rebalance and renewal. We use this time as a gateway to connect to these powerful and sacred days of awe.
Registration is now closed for all services! Please join us online at www.emanuelsf.org/live
You can also dial in at 1-888-376-1475 to hear the audio of the Main Sanctuary Services.
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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.
Sunday, Sept 25
Erev Rosh
HaShanah
Monday, Sept 26
Rosh
HaShanah
Day
Tuesday, Sept 27
2nd Day
Rosh
HaShanah
Tuesday, Oct 4
Kol Nidre
Wednesday, Oct 5
Yom Kippur
Day
Sounds of the Shofar: Evening Children's Service
5:00pm - 5:30pm,
Martin Meyer Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Sydney Mintz, Jason Rodich, Beth Singer and Jonathan Singer. Jonathan Bayer on music.
Opening The Gates: Early Erev Rosh HaShanah
5: 30pm - 7:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Ryan Bauer and Sarah Joselow Parris. Sermon by Rabbi Beth Singer, along with Cantor Arik Luck.
Second Day Rosh HaShanah Service
10:00am - 12:00pm, Main Sanctuary
Cantor Arik Luck and musicians, along with Rabbis Ryan Bauer, Jonathan Singer, and Rabbinic Intern, Leo Fuchs, will lead a full-length, eclectic traditional style Reform Rosh HaShanah service. 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
5:00pm - 5:30pm,
Martin Meyer Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Ryan Bauer, Sydney Mintz, and Sarah Joselow Parris. Jonathan Bayer on music.
Opening The Gates: Early Kol Nidre Service
5:30pm - 7:15pm, Main Sanctuary
Service led by Rabbis Beth Singer and Jonathan Singer. Sermon by Rabbi Ryan Bauer, along with Cantor Arik Luck.
Apples and Honey: Rosh HaShanah Service for Young Families
10:00am-11:30am
Presidio Wall Plgd
Join Rabbis Ryan Bauer and Sarah Joselow Parris along with Rabbinic Intern, Leo Fuchs and 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).
This service is open to members and the entire community. Registration is required.
Apples and Honey: Yom Kippur Service for Young Families
10:00am - 11:30am Presidio Wall Plgd
Join Rabbis Sarah Joselow Parris and Jonathan Singer, along with Rabbinic Intern, Leo Fuchs and 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.
(aimed at children ages 4-7).
This service is open to members and the entire community. Registration is required.
Learning Session with Taube Scholar, Senior Rabbi Emeritus Stephen Pearce, Ph.D.
12:30-1:30pm
Virtual - Zoom
With the Temple campus about to undergo the most major renovation and expansion in its 100-year history, this workshop will highlight the outstanding architectural and decorative features that we've all walked past without taking a closer look. The Courtyard mosaic reveals the symbol for the Tribe of Ephraim. Is that a unicorn? The Hebrew is Re'em and the translation history reveals a secret.
Tashlich: Letting Go Together
Service and Concert
5:30pm - 7:00pm, Baker Beach
We join together globally on a new concept of Reverse Tashlich.
To Repair the Earth. To Repair the Sea.
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.
We leave the beach as we found it pristine for the New Year.
Join our Cantors and Musicians for a Concert and Sunset Service
Baker Beach
5:30 – 7:00pm
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.
*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 Temple, walk to the Presidio
Join Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Rabbi Beth Singer and our musicians as we journey together from the Temple through the Arguello Gate and into the redwoods for guided meditation, music, silence, chanting and healing prayers. We are honored to be joined by Jai Uttal, Grammy nominated sacred music composer, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and ecstatic vocalist, combines influences from India with influences from American rock and jazz, creating a stimulating and exotic multi-cultural fusion that is truly world spirit music.
Grit & Endurance: How to Keep Hope Alive
1:45pm-2:45pm,
Martin Meyer Sanctuary
Working to stop gun violence, preserve our climate, restore reproductive rights, and maintain fundamental democratic principles has become increasingly challenging. How do we hang in there and stay committed to the Jewish value of tzedek, tzedek tirdof (relentlessly pursuing justice) when things seem so difficult? Please join the Tzedek Justice Collective and Rabbi Jason Rodich as we hear inspiring and hopeful reflections from social justice heroes; Michael Tubbs, founder of End Poverty in California, Judi Shils, founder and Executive Director of Turning Green, Adrian Schurr, the Regional Giving Lead for Google.org, and Senator Scott Wiener. Our panelists will share how they remain committed to the work of Tikkun Olan despite enormous challenges. We hope you will join us for this rare opportunity to hear from exceptional activists and leaders, witnessing hope and inspiration at a time when we all need more of both!
Learning Session with Rabbinic Intern, Leo Fuchs
3:00pm-4:00pm
Virtual, Zoom
Jonah: Why do we read Jonah on Yom Kippur
Return Again: Community Yom Kippur Service led by our Teens.
3:00pm - 4:00pm, Main Sanctuary
A community service led by our teens who will lead us in song, worship, poetry and prose. Led by Cantor Attie and musical accompanists.
— 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.