High Holidays art by Raina Fox.

Use the drop-downs below to read more details about this year’s High Holiday offerings. Zoom links for online events and locations for in-person events will be emailed to registrants closer to the holidays. Details about COVID safety (including masking and testing policies) and accessibility measures can be found here

All services are in person, with livestream options where listed. All in-person programming is indoors unless otherwise noted.

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Rosh Hashanah

NSP’s annual Rosh Hashanah seder for people of color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews along with our loved ones. As the sun sets, we will enjoy a serene and joyful start to the new year over a table of good food and the simanim (symbols) of renewal and auspiciousness. 6:00-6:30pm Kids Program followed by 6:30-8:30pm Seder.

Sign up via the High Holidays registration form to host or attend a home-hosted Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner. Our High Holidays Team will do our best to match all who are interested, but cannot guarantee everyone will be matched.

Observe the New Year with soulful song, heartfelt prayer, learning, and study! Following the service, join us for a community-wide kiddush with apples and honey.

After the main morning service, join us for a community kiddush with grape juice, challah, apples, and honey.

Professional childcare will be provided on Rosh Hashanah during the main morning service.

A fun, friendly, and accessible Rosh Hashanah service for young kids and their grownups! Our guest service leader is a vibrant storyteller, an engaging teacher, and a skilled musician that will have all the kids up on their feet and singing!

We will be offering learning opportunities on Rosh Hashanah for kids in kindergarten through third grade. Our innovative and dynamic Kollel teachers will lead activities reflecting the holiday’s themes and connecting them to our values and texts.

An engaging, musical, and accessible Rosh Hashanah service geared towards Grades 4-7. Our guest service leader is an engaging teacher and a skilled musician! No previous experience in services required.

Following our children’s and family programming, join a kiddush for parents/caregivers and kids of all ages! We will have grape juice, challah, apples and honey.

 Days of Awe

Gather in community with other Jews of color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, and/or queer folks and our loved ones.  Enjoy the holiday with a festive outdoor meal (seudah) together!

Join NSP for a special tashlich service! Come together in the reflective ritual of letting go of the burdens of the previous year.

Yom Kippur

We will hold space together to welcome the Day of Atonement, beginning with the renunciation of vows, Kol Nidre, and continuing with spirited song and prayer.

Professional childcare will be provided during Kol Nidre (the Yom Kippur evening service).

Join NSP on Yom Kippur morning to read the Torah, sing and reflect, wrestle with the old year, and embrace the renewal of the new year.

Professional childcare will be provided on Yom Kippur during the main morning service.

Kids have a place in Yom Kippur, too! Everyone will have the opportunity to engage deeply in the big questions of the holiday through songs, stories, and activities that spark the imagination.

Our innovative and dynamic Kollel teachers will lead activities reflecting the holiday’s themes and connect them to our values and texts.

An engaging, musical, and accessible Yom Kippur service geared towards Grades 4-7. Our guest service leader is an engaging teacher and a skilled musician! No previous experience in services required.

During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, spaces will be open for meditation and quiet gathering.

During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, NSP members will lead workshops and spaces for learning, reflection, and rest.

The culmination of the new year’s cycle comes with the “closing of the gates,” ne’ilah. NSP will gather for a final time to sing supplications, pass the Torah from hand to hand, and pray the special and unique fifth prayer of the Yom Kippur day.

Professional childcare will be provided on Yom Kippur during the Ne’ilah (closing) service.

After sundown, we will nosh on a spread of food and bask in the denouement of the holidays.