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 2025 begins before sundown on Monday, September 22 and ends after nightfall on Wednesday, September 24. Full Rosh Hashanah Calendar at Chabad
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 2025 begins before sundown on Wednesday, October 1 and ends after nightfall on Thursday, October 2 . Full Yom Kippur Schedule at Chabad
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. Full Sukkot Schedule at Chabad. Full Simchat Torah Schedule at Chabad.
Join us at Chabad Upper East Side for inspiring and uplifting services and holiday celebrations, filled with melodies, insights, inspiration and warmth.
PLEASE NOTE: LOCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT. READ INFORMATION CAREFULLY
$180 donation includes all services (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.)
Meal Reservations are $75 per person.
High Holidays 2025 Schedule
Selichot: Saturday night, 12:30 am Pizza Party, 1 am Selichot
Weekday selichot at 7 am
Erev Rosh Hashana the Mikvah is open for Men 6:00 am - 1:00 pm
$25 for non members
Rosh Hashanah
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Monday, September 22
Candle lighting: 6:34 pm
Services at Chabad 6:40 pm
Followed by dinner RSVP
Tuesday, September 23
Rosh Hashana Daytime Services will be held at Ramaz High School, 60 East 78th Street
Services begin: 9:00 am
Children's Program 11:00 am
Shofar blowing Approx. 11:45 am
Beautiful Kiddush
Mincha 3:30 pm
Tashlich 4:00 pm - at Central Park Pond, entrance at 72nd Street
Light Candles after 7:31 pm
(from a pre-existing flame)
Maariv at Chabad 7:15 pm
Wednesday, September 24
Rosh Hashana Daytime Services will be held at Ramaz High School, 60 East 78th Street
Services 9:00 am
Children's Program 11:00 am
Shofar blowing Approx. 11:45 am
Followed by Kiddush
Mincha 6:00 pm
Followed by farbrengen, Maariv & Havdala
Holiday ends 7:30 pm
Shabbos Shuva
Friday, September 26
Candle lighting: 6:28 pm
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbos 6:40 pm
Shabbos Day, September 27
Services at Chabad 9:30 am
Followed by Grand Kiddush in honor of the 2nd Yahrzeit of Harav Dovid Nachman ben Moshe z"l Krasnianski
Mincha 1:40 pm
Maariv 7:20 pm
Havdala and the Living Torah
Shabbos ends 7:25 pm
Erev Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October 1
Mikvah open for Men 6:00 am – 1:30 pm($25 for non members)
7:30 am Shacharit
Mincha 1:30 PM
YOM KIPPUR SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN THE BALLROOM OF PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE. Use entrance at 164 East 68th Street.
Yom Kippur Eve
Wednesday, October 1
Candle Lighting / Fast Begins 6:19 pm
Kol Nidrei 6:20 pm
Yom Kippur Day
Thursday, October 2
Services 9:00 am
Children's program 11:00am
Yizkor approximately 11:45 am
Mincha 5:00 pm
Neilah 6:00 pm
Fast Ends: 7:16 pm
Sukkot
Join us in our beautiful curbside Sukkah.
Bless the Lulav and Etrog each day of Sukkot (except Shabbat).
Sukkot, Monday, October 6
Candle lighting 6:11 pm
Services 6:15 pm
Dinner in the Sukkah RSVP
1ST Day Sukkot, Tuesday, October 7
Services 9:30 am
followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah
Bless the Lulav and Etrog
Mincha/Maariv 6:15 pm
Candle lighting after 7:08 pm
(from a pre-existing flame)
Dinner in the Sukkah RSVP
2nd Day Sukkot
Wednesday, October 8
Services 9:30 am
followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah
6:15 pm Mincha
Maariv
Holiday ends: 7:07 pm
Sukkot intermediate Days (Chol Hamoed)
Thursday and Friday, October 9 & 10
7:30 am Services
Shabbos Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Friday, October 10
Candle lighting: 6:05 pm
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbos 6:15 pm
Dinner in the Sukkah RSVP
Shabbos Day, October 11
9:30 am Services
Followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah
Mincha 6:00 pm
Maariv 7:00 pm
Shabbos ends: 7:02 pm
Intermediate Days (Chol Hamoed), Sunday, Ocotber 12
Services 9:00 am
Hoshana Rabbah
Monday, October 13
Special Hoshana Services 7:30 am
Hoshaanot available for sale at Chabad
Monday eve, October 13
Shemini Atzeret Eve
Light Candles 6:00 pm
Mincha/Maariv 6:10 pm
Followed by beautiful Kiddush in the Sukkah
And Hakafot exclusiviely at Chabad
Shemini Atzeret Day
Tuesday, October 14
Services 9:30 am
Yizkor 11:45 am
followed by Kiddush in the Sukkah
Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm
Candle Lighting after 6:47 pm
(from a pre-existing flame)
Grand Kiddush
8:00 pm: Simchat Torah Street Festival
Hakafot & Childrens Activities
Simchat Torah Day
Wednesday, October 15
Services 10:00 am
11:00 am Morning Kiddush followed by Atoah Hareissan and Community Members Resolutions and Hakafot.
1:00 pm Special Simchat Torah Reading and Aliyot for all Men
Followed by Grand Kiddush
Mincha 5:45 pm
Farbrengen 6:00 pm
Followed by Maariv and Havdala
Holiday ends 6:56 pm
Lulav and Etrog sets For Sale $100.
Pickup at Chabad Erev Sukkot, Oct. 6
We also will have a Lulav & Etrog available for your use throughout the Holiday in our beautiful Sukkah.