High Holy Days 2025/5786

Detours, Directions, and Divine Connections

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Rabbi Hartman, Alex Bonoff, Rabbi Zimmerman, and Rabbi Rodich stand outside Temple in white High Holy Day robes.

Rabbi Hartman, Alex Bonoff, Rabbi Zimmerman, and Rabbi Rodich.

We love to see you at Temple!

A High Holy Days message from Rabbi Zimmerman.

We warmly encourage all who are able to attend in person as we reinvigorate a sense of community in our beloved sanctuary and Minda Hall.

All sanctuary services are streamed live on our website. Look for the livestream link at the top of this page and in our services schedule listed below.

Multi-Access Services
Sanctuary services are in person and streamed online.
Access the livestream.

Closed Captioning
Tablets with closed captioning through Zoom are available upon request at sanctuary services.

Sign Language Interpretation
ASL is provided at our 11:45 a.m. TIPTY Teen Choir Creative Services on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Service Recordings 
Services that are streamed will be recorded. Links to recordings are posted below with the corresponding services.

Live Service Broadcast in the Lobby
Sanctuary services are broadcast live in the lobby for anyone who needs to step out and include self-directed activities for children. Children must be supervised by their accompanying adults.

HENNEPIN AVENUE CONSTRUCTION: Allow Extra Time to Reach Temple.
Enter your starting location on Google Maps for real-time directions to Temple. Hennepin Avenue will be closed at various locations through autumn. Before traveling to Temple, check your navigation app.

Project Shofar Childcare
Childcare is available for children ages 2-7. Advance registration is required. Register for childcare for our 5:00 p.m. Erev Rosh HaShanah and Kol Nidre services.

If a child has entered your life since fall 2024
Send us an email about your new child to be included in the Yom Kippur Ne’ilah service.

The online Book of Remembrance
Click here to print the form to add name(s) to add name(s) to the online Book of Remembrance.

High Holy Day Food Shelf Donations
Judaism teaches that we are all responsible for each other. During these High Holy Days, we provide donation envelopes to STEP and Mazon. We collect donations at Yom Kippur to help address food insecurity in our area.

QUESTIONS?
612-377-8680 · info@templeisrael.com · Google Maps

Welcoming You with Care

Safety and security are paramount at Temple Israel. To support our efforts, please be prepared for a brief bag inspection and consider arriving early to allow extra time. Together, we can ensure our High Holy Day services are welcoming, meaningful, and secure for all who enter.

Services Schedule

Music During the High Holy Days

The musical experience of these High Holy Days will be deeply moving and memorable. Our rabbis will be joined this year by Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff, who is currently a cantorial student pursuing ordination at the Academy of Jewish Religion. A familiar presence in our congregation and on our bimah, Alex will lead our congregation in the beautiful and time-honored melodies of the season.

Cantor Jennifer Seeger, who manages our growing and vibrant b’nai mitzvah program, will continue to direct our TIPTY choir, while the instrumental Kol Nidre will be played by cellist Abraham Feder, Minnesota Orchestra musician and Temple Israel member.

Erev Rosh HaShanah
Monday, September 22

5:00 p.m.
Erev Rosh HaShanah Service

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This service has concluded. Watch 5:00 p.m. Erev Rosh HaShanah service recording or Rabbi Zimmerman’s sermon.

Welcome the new year as one congregation with timeless Temple traditions, music, and community.
Sermon by Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman; music led by Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff.

Project Shofar childcare is available during this service for children ages 2–7. Advance registration is required.
Register for childcare for our 5:00 p.m. Erev Rosh HaShanah and Kol Nidre services.

Rosh HaShanah
Tuesday, September 23

8:15 a.m.
Rosh HaShanah Morning Service with TIPTY Teen Choir

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This service has concluded. Watch the 8:15 a.m. Rosh HaShanah with TIPTY Choir service recording.

Temple clergy and youth lead this service that combines beloved folk melodies from the TIPTY creative service, majestic cantorial pieces from Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff, and a sermon by Rabbi Jennifer Hartman.

 

10:30 a.m.
Rosh HaShanah Service for Young Children
Followed by Tashlich

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This service has concluded. Watch the 10:30 a.m. Rosh HaShanah Service for Young Children recording.

This service for families with young children features sing-along songs and a fun-filled story. Following the service, we will walk to 22nd Street and Lake of the Isles Parkway for Tashlich, a custom in which we symbolically cast away what we wish to leave behind as we begin the new year.

 

11:45 a.m.
Rosh HaShanah Morning Service

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This service has concluded. Watch the 11:45 a.m. Rosh HaShanah service recording or Rabbi Rodich’s sermon.

Welcome the new year with joy and reflection. Sermon by Rabbi Jason Rodich, music led by Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff.

11:45 a.m.
Rosh HaShanah TIPTY Teen Choir Creative Service 

In Person Only in Minda Hall

The TIPTY choir leads contemporary songs and prayers along with our clergy. Sermon by Rabbi Jennifer Hartman. 

1:45 p.m.
Tashlich 

In Person Only at 22nd Street & East Lake of the Isles Parkway

On Rosh HaShanah it is customary to visit a body of water and symbolically cast away what we wish to leave behind in order to embrace a fresh start in the new Jewish year. Please join our clergy for this annual ritual.

Sunday, September 28

11:30 a.m.
High Holy Day Season Memorial Service  

In Person Only at Temple Israel Memorial Park, 42nd Street & 3rd Avenue South

Join our clergy at Temple Israel Memorial Park to honor and remember our loved ones at this meaningful service.

Kol Nidre/Erev Yom Kippur
Wednesday, October 1

5:00 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.
Kol Nidre Service

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The 5:00 p.m. service has concluded. Watch the 5:00 p.m. Kol Nidre service recording.
The 7:45 p.m. service has concluded. Watch the 7:45 p.m. Kol Nidre service recording or Rabbi Zimmerman’s sermon.

Enter the most sacred day of the Jewish year with timeless Temple traditions, music, and community. Rabbi Zimmerman will deliver the sermon and music will be led by Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff, featuring cellist Abraham Feder playing Kol Nidre.

At the 5:00 p.m. service, Project Shofar childcare is available for children ages 2–7. Advance registration is required. Register for childcare for our 5:00 p.m. Kol Nidre service.

Yom Kippur
Thursday, October 2

8:15 a.m.
Yom Kippur Morning Service with TIPTY Choir 

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The 8:15 a.m. service has concluded. Watch the 8:15 a.m. Yom Kippur Morning service with TIPTY choir recording or Rabbi Rodich’s sermon.

Temple clergy and teens lead a service combining beloved folk melodies from the TIPTY creative service and majestic cantorial pieces from Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff.
Sermon by Rabbi Jason Rodich.

10:30 a.m.
Yom Kippur Service for Young Children

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This service has concluded. Watch the 10:30 a.m. Yom Kippur service for young children recording.

This service for families with young children features sing-along songs, a story, and time for self-reflection.

11:45 a.m.
Yom Kippur Morning Service 

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The 11:45 a.m. service has concluded. Watch the 11:45 a.m. Yom Kippur morning service recording or Rabbi Hartman’s sermon.

Reflect on the past year and make commitments for a better year to come as we unite our voices with the timeless melodies of Yom Kippur. The soul-stirring cantorial music echoes the theme of atonement, inviting introspection and renewal. Sermon by Rabbi Jennifer Hartman, music led by Cantorial Soloist Alex Bonoff.

 

11:45 a.m.
Yom Kippur TIPTY Choir Creative Service 

In Person Only in Minda Hall

The TIPTY choir will lead contemporary songs and prayers along with our clergy. Sermon by Rabbi Jason Rodich.

1:45 p.m.
Yom Kippur Study Session with Rabbi Zimmerman and R.T. Rybak
New Routes, Shared Futures: Building a Healthier Minneapolis Together

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The Yom Kippur Study Session has concluded. Watch the 1:45 p.m. Yom Kippur Study Session with Rabbi Zimmerman and R.T. Rybak recording.

Join Rabbi Zimmerman for a conversation with R.T. Rybak, CEO of the Minneapolis Foundation and former Minneapolis mayor. 

New this year
3:45 p.m. Tending to the Heart: A Yom Kippur Afternoon Meditation

In Person Only in Joseph Hall

Join Rabbi Rodich in Joseph Hall for a 45-minute guided meditation. This contemplative experience will help us center ourselves in awareness, balance, and rootedness.

No prior experience with meditation is necessary. To preserve the calm and focus of the space, we kindly ask that participants arrive before the doors close.

This session will conclude prior to the Healing and Yizkor services.

 

3:45 p.m.
Afternoon, Healing, Yizkor, and Ne’ilah Services

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This service has concluded. Watch the 3:45 p.m. Afternoon, Healing, Yizkor, and Ne’ilah service recording.

In our Afternoon Service, we chant Torah and read from the book of Jonah.

Our healing service offers space to contemplate and pray for healing for ourselves and our loved ones. This service is immediately followed by Yizkor, as we call to mind loved ones who are no longer with us but whose presence we feel as we remember them. Sermon by Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman.

During Ne’ilah, we also celebrate children brought into our lives since fall 2024. The prayers and songs with our Nefesh band bring harmony and momentum to our beautiful closing worship experience and the conclusion of our fast.

Break-the-Fast
Following the Ne’ilah Service, join us in the lobby for our Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast, generously sponsored by the Shirley & Marshall Besikof family in memory of Shirley’s parents, Felicia & Max Schulz. No reservations are necessary.