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.
Registration is now closed for closed for all High Holy Day services.
You may join us online or view 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
Apples and Honey Rosh HaShanah Service for Young Families
10:00am-11:00am
Presidio Wall Park
Join Rabbis Ryan Bauer, Leo Fuchs and Sarah Parris 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).
Sunday, Sept 17
2nd Day Rosh HaShanah
Second Day Rosh HaShanah Service
10:00am - 12:15pm
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. Sermon by Rabbi Leo Fuchs. 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.
Return Again: Community Service led by Teens.
Recommended for children 8+
2:00pm-3:15pm
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, for worship, poetry, prose and music. The service led by teens, accompanied by Cantor Marsha Attie and additional musicians.
Tashlich: Letting Go Together (Service and Concert)
4:30pm - 6:00pm
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
4:30 – 6:00pm
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
Sunday, Sept 24
Kol Nidre
Monday, Sept 25
Yom Kippur Day
Apples and Honey: Yom Kippur Service for Young Families
10:00am - 11:00am
Presidio Wall Park
Join Rabbis Sydney Mintz and Noah Westreich, along with 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.
Walk Towards Healing and Reflection in the Redwoods
12:30pm-2:00pm
Meet at Temple, walk to 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.  
Learning Session with Emanu-El Scholar, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
12:30pm - 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!
Return Again: Community Service led by Teens. Recommended for children 8+
2:00pm - 3:15pm
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, for worship, poetry, prose and music. The service 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 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.