Holidays

2009/2010, 5770 Village Temple Holiday Schedule

High Holy Days
Purchasing Tickets: If you are a member of The Village Temple and have questions about your High Holy Day tickets, please call or e-mail Frieda Leibowitz (fleibowitz@villagetemple.org or 212-674-2340, ext. 2. If you are not a member, but would like to join us for holiday services or are a member but need to purchase additional tickets for visiting family members, please click on the following link for ticket information: High Holy Day Ticket Information. Services marked with an asterisk (*) are open to all, with no tickets required.

Slichot: Preparing for the High Holy Days
Saturday, September 12
7:00 PM *Havdallah, followed by Reception to Welcome Cantor Faith Steinsnyder
8:00 PM *Slichot Service: A spiritual tune-up for the High Holy Days. Traditionally, the Slichot service is held late in the evening when the sanctuary is dark and solemn as we prepare ourselves for the coming Days of Awe.

Rosh Hashanah
Friday, September 18
8:00 pm: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street)

Saturday, September 19
10:00 am: Rosh Hashanah Morning Services (Cooper Union)
2:00 pm: *Rosh Hashanah Children's Services with the VT Children's Choir (Cooper Union)
4:00 pm: *Tashlich Services at Hudson River and 10th Street: Immediately following the Children's Service, We will walk as a community to the NY riverfront to sing, pray and toss pieces of bread into the water, symbolizing the sins and insecurities from which we want to rid ourselves.

Sunday, September 20
10:00 am: *Second Day Rosh Hashanah Services at the Village Temple: Reform Judaism does not usually celebrate two days of Rosh Hashanah, but here at the Village Temple, one day is not enough to say all we feel. It has become a tradition to create a less formal service in our home sanctuary, where Congregants perform their own readings and music, while still following the liturgy in our mazor, Gates of Repentance. Last year, members of our community presented their thoughts on "Why be Jewish?"

Yom Kippur
Sunday, September 27
8:00 pm: Erev Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre Services (Cooper Union)

Monday, September 28
10:00 am: Yom Kippur Services (Cooper Union)
2:00 pm: *Yom Kippur Children's Services with the VT Children's Choir (Cooper Union)
3:45 pm: *Yizkor Services (Cooper Union)
4:45 pm: *Afternoon Service and Neilah (Cooper Union)

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Sukkot
Friday, October 2
7:30 PM: Kabbalat Shabbat Sukkot & Family Service, Celebrate Sukkot with the VT community!

Shemini Atzeret
Saturday, October 10
10:30 AM: Shabbat Morning Service, 12 noon: Shemini Atzeret Yizkor

Simchat Torah
Saturday October 10
Don’t miss this wonderful evening of prayer and celebration, culminating in a unique ceremony and dancing in the streets.
6:00 pm: Pot luck vegetarian dairy dinner (reservations required)
7:15 pm: Service
8:30 pm: Hakafot & Dancing on 12th Street: We celebrate the ending of the yearly Torah-reading cycle and the beginning of the new one. Our celebration will begin in the sanctuary and continue as we carry our sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls) out onto East 12th Street (closed to traffic, of course!), where we will dance with our sifrei Torah to the superb sounds of a live Klezmer band. Come downtown and dance like you’ve never danced before as we celebrate the beauty of the Torah and our timeless link to all Jews through the ages.

Chanukah
December 11 - December 19

Tu B’Shevat and Shabbat Shirah
January 30, 2010 

Purim
February 27

Pesach
March 29 - April 6