Rosh HaShanah
Sunday, October 2nd  – First Eve / 1st Tishrei 5777
6:30 pm Conservative Service                                                                                    Chapel
6:30 pm Reform Service                                                                                              Social Hall
6:30 pm Orthodox Service                                                                                          Meeting Room
7:45 pm Dinner Buffet

Monday, October 3rd – First Day / 1st Tishrei 5777
9:00 am Conservative Service                                                                                   Chapel
10:00 am Reform Service                                                                                           Social Hall
1:00 pm Lunch Buffet
4:30 pm Tashlikh (ritually “casting away” our sins)                                               Meet at Hillel - walk to the river
6:15 pm Mincha & Maariv - afternoon & evening prayer                                       Location TBD
7:15 pm Candles, Kiddush (blessing over grape juice), Dinner Buffet

Tuesday, October 4th  – Second Day / 2nd Tishrei 5777
9:00 am Conservative Service                                                                                    Chapel
1:00 pm Lunch Buffet
5:30 pm Niggunim (song session)                                                                            Location TBD
6:15 pm Mincha & Maariv (afternoon services)                                                      Location TBD

Yom Kippur
Tuesday, October 11th /  10th Tishrei 5777
4:45 pm Pre-fast Dinner Buffet
6:15 pm Conservative Kol Nidre Service                                                                 Chapel
6:15 pm Reform Kol Nidre Service                                                                           Social Hall
6:15 pm Orthodox Kol Nidre Service                                                                       Meeting Room
8:30 pm Yom Kippur Conversation                                                                          Beit Midrash

Wednesday, October 12th / 10th Tishrei 5777
10:00 am Conservative Service (incl. Yizkor memorial service)                         Chapel
10:00 am Reform Service                                                                                          Social Hall
Please stay tuned for afternoon offerings including, niggunim (song), learning & meditation.
4:30 pm Conservative Mincha + Neilah (“Closing”) Service                               Chapel
5:30 pm Reform Yizkor (memorial) + Neilah (“Closing”) Service                      Social Hall
7:00 pm Shofar & Havdalah (followed by break-fast)                                         Social Hall    

Holiday Candle-Lighting Times (candles available for lighting in Hillel Commons): 

• 10/2 Light Candles: 6:05 PM 
• 10/4 Havdalah: 7:10 PM 
• 10/11 Light Candles: 5:51 PM
• 10/12 Havdalah: 6:57 PM
  

All services at Hillel: 80 Brown Street (at corner of Angell Street)
All students and faculty welcome for all programming and services. Please bring your student or staff ID.     
Members of the community should contact info@brownrisdhillel.org. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase.L’Shanah Tovah – Blessings for a Good Year!

Reform services will be lead by Mimi Micner, a second year rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Boston, in collaboration with wonderful returning song leader Daniel Merer and student leaders; she will also present opportunities for study and conversation over the course of the High Holy Days and throughout the year. We are fortunate to be welcoming Mimi aboard this year as our Rabbinic Intern!

Conservative services will be led by Rabbi Michelle Dardashti and student leaders, and will feature a new shalih tzibbur (prayer leader), Joshua Schwartz. Joshua is a PhD candidate in Jewish Mysticism at NYU and a great lover of Jewish music and liturgy. He has led services previously at UChicago and McGill. In addition to facilitating prayer, Joshua will lead sessions on niggunim, traditional Jewish meditative melodies.

Rabbi Dardashti, the Associate University Chaplain for the Jewish Community and the Rabbi of Brown RISD Hillel, will deliver addresses in both the Conservative and Reform services on the first evening of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre).

Orthodox services will be held in collaboration with Chabad of College Hill on the first night of Rosh HaShanah and the evening of Yom Kippur. For more information, email Rabbi Mendel Laufer, Chabad Shaliach, at rebmendel@msn.com.

Interested in leading or learning a part of the service? Contact:

Reform Service student coordinators Brian: brian_solomon@brown.edu & Shira: shira_buchsbaum@brown.edu,

Conservative Service student coordinator Sarah: sarah_gans@brown.edu
Rabbi Michelle Dardashti: rabbi@brown.edu

Community Members outside Brown RISD Hillel

Members of the general community should contact info@brownrisdhillel.org or 401-863-2805 for ticket purchases. A limited number of tickets will be available. Note: There are synagogues in the greater Rhode Island area that are opening their doors for High Holiday services at no charge to newcomers and individuals who have been unaffiliated for four or more years. If you are interested in joining in the warmth of community and the collective experience of a synagogue, please contact Wendy Joering, Community Concierge and Synagogue Liaison at The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, at 401.421.4111, ext. 169 or wjoering@shalomri.org.