HIGH HOLIDAYS
Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish year is full of momentous and meaningful days of celebration. Beginning with the High Holidays, we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Repentance, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
All of these days are opportunities to connect, to be inspired, and to become more fulfilled and in tune with our true inner selves. Tishrei is considered the “head” of the year, and the reservoir from which we draw our strength and inspiration throughout the year ahead.
If the year is a train, the High Holidays (AKA High Holy Days) are its engine. A delicate blend of joy and solemnity, feasting and fasting, prayer and inspiration make up the spiritually charged head of the Jewish year.
The High Holiday season begins during the month of Elul, when the shofar is sounded every weekday morning, a clarion call to return to G‑d in advance of the sacred days that lay ahead.
The two-day holiday of Rosh Hashanah is the head of the Jewish year, the time when G‑d reinvests Himself in creation as we crown Him king of the universe through prayer, shofar blasts, and celebration.
Rosh Hashanah 2026 begins at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1 (Sept. 11, 2026) and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2 (Sept. 13, 2026). The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is blowing the shofar (ram’s horn) on both mornings of the holiday (except on Shabbat), which is normally done in synagogue as part of the day’s services.
A week later, the High Holidays reach their crescendo with Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement). Like angels, we neither eat nor drink for 25 hours. Dressed in white, we pray in the synagogue—united as one people, children of One Father.
Yom Kippur 2026 begins before sundown on Sunday, Sept. 20, and ends after nightfall on Monday, Sept. 21.
But it does not end there. The other worldliness of the High Holidays is then channeled into the festive holidays of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, which bring the annual fall holiday season to a most joyous conclusion.
Join us at Chabad Upper East Side for inspiring and uplifting services and holiday celebrations, filled with melodies, insights, inspiration and warmth.
High Holidays Schedule 2026
Erev Rosh Hashana the Mikvah is open for Men 6:30 am - 1:00 pm
$25 for non Mikvah members
High Holiday Services will be held jointly with Park East Synagogue in the Main Sanctuary
163 East 67th Street, NYC
Rosh Hashana Eve
Friday, September 11
Candle Lighting 6:53 pm
Evening Services 6:30 pm
Followed by Beautiful Holiday Dinnner RSVP
Rosh Hashana Day
Shabbos, September 12
Shacharit 8 am
Childrens program 11 am
Followed by beautiful Kiddush
Mincha / Maariv 6:30 pm
Candle lighting after 7:51 pm from a pre-existing flame
2nd Day Rosh Hashana
Sunday, September 13
Services 8 am
Blowing of the Shofar approximately 10 am
Children's Program 10 am
4:45 pm Tashlich 61st and the East River
Mincha 7:00 pm followed by farbrengen
Maariv 7:40 pm
Holiday ends: 7:49 pm
Erev Yom Kippur, Sunday, September 20
The Jacques and Hanna Schwalbe Mikvah at 419 East 77th Street is open for Men from 6:00 am – 1:30 pm ($25 for non members)
Shacharit 7:30 am at Chabad UES 419 East 77th Street
Mincha 1:30 pm at Chabad UES 419 East 77th Street
Yom Kippur Eve
At Park East Synagogue's Main Sanctuary
Sunday, September 20
Candle Lighting 6:38 pm
Fast Begins 6:38 pm
Kol Nidrei – 6:45 pm
YOM KIPPUR Day
at Park East Synagogue's Main Sanctuary
Monday, September 21
Morning services – 8:00 a.m.
Yizkor Memorial Service 11:00 a.m.
Children Service – 11:00 a.m.
Afternoon break 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Mincha 4:30 pm
Neilah 5:45 pm
Fast ends 7:35 p.m.
There will be an additional Yizkor service at 1:00 pm in the ballroom of Park East Synagogue.
High Holidays Services Donation: $180 per person
Holiday Dinner First night of Rosh Hashana $75
Or Park East Synagogue Membership which includes High Holiday Seats. Please consider becoming a member and supporting our expansion!
