5787 / 2026

High Holidays at the Shtiebel

The Yamim Noraim are a highlight to the Shtiebel year - join us for spirited prayer, connective gatherings, and vibrant Torah learning throughout the High Holiday Season.

We have reached capacity for our 5787/2026 services and are currently adding seats from our waitlist. If you need a space for High Holiday services, please email us.

Welcome to the South Philadelphia Shtiebel’s Yamim Noraim 5787

The Yamim Noraim are a spiritual highlight of the Shtiebel year, a time of spirited prayer, meaningful gatherings, and vibrant Torah learning. We can’t wait to share more in the coming weeks about the full schedule and the many ways you can participate and get involved. Expect a jam-packed season of connection and inspiration.

We have reached capacity for our Rosh Hashanah morning and Yom Kippur services. If you still need a space for High Holiday services this year, please reach out directly to coordinate.

These gatherings are spiritually rich and logistically complex, and your sponsorship, at whatever level is meaningful to you beyond your already generous support, will help us offer soulful, inclusive, and beautiful experiences for all who walk through our doors. Your support makes a real difference.

Not a Builder yet? This time of the year is a great time to commit! Builders are the people who make the Shtiebel possible in an ongoing way. Their support helps us create the kind of meaningful, welcoming, spirited community we all love to return to. You can check out our Buildership Page (or Tomchei page for those able to give a larger sum) or reach out to info@southphiladelphiashtiebel.org to check in on your Buildership status.

Shana Tova and thank you!

Yom Kippur Schedule 5787

EREV YOM KIPPUR, Sunday, September 20th

8:00am: Selichot and Shacharit No Daf Yomi
6:42 PM: Candle lighting
6:40 PM: Mincha
6:55 PM: Kol Nidre At the conclusion of Kol Nidre, please help us clear the space for the next service by heading downstairs for the class or towards the exit. Thank you!
9:00pm: Late Kol Nidre
9:00pm: Kol Nidre Class with Max Buchdahl: What Makes a Good Shepherd? Examining How We Are Judged

YOM KIPPUR, Monday, September 21st

8:30am: Shacharit, Yizkor & Mussaf
Yizkor and Drasha may be as early as 10:30am
11:30am–12:00pm: Lunch available for children on the Lower Level
~2:00pm: End of Service

Start times are approximate based on the end time of davening.

2:30pm–3:15pm: R’ Tim Cravens: Yom Kippur Mussar - What middot could the prophet Yonah have used to overcome his yetzer hara?

3:30pm–4:15pm: R’ Rori Picker Neiss: I Didn’t Do It: Yom Kippur, Collective Responsibility, and the Possibility of Repair

4:15pm: R' Aviya Eschenazi: Human of the hour: the Ishbitzer on Yom Kippur

4:45pm: Mincha
5:50pm: Neilah
7:39 PM: Shofar and Conclusion of Fast

Communal Break-the-Fast sponsored by Ed Letzter & Marjie Risman on the occasion of the yahrtzeit of Eliana bat Meira Bracha v'Emanuel Shalom z"l. Break-the-Fast is also sponsored by Moriah Levin in memory of Eliana and by Dana Neugut. Additional sponsors are welcome.

Kids and Family

For more information and the schedule Youth and Family programming over Yom Kippur, please click here.

Become a Builder

This time of the year is a great time to commit! Builders are the people who make the Shtiebel possible in an ongoing (monthly or yearly) way. Their support helps us create the kind of meaningful, welcoming, spirited community we all love to return to. You can check out our Buildership Page (or Tomchei page for those able to give a larger sum) to become a Shtiebel Builder.