No tickets required!

The following is a list of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services being held at synagogues across the state that require neither membership nor the purchase of tickets. In other words, attendance is absolutely FREE – or, as Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, of Chabad Jewish Center in Glastonbury puts it, “no strings attached!” We anticipate there will be more shuls adding services to the list – so keep checking.

Rosh Hashana begins Sunday evening, Sept. 13 and concludesTuesday night, Sept. 15. Yom Kippur begins Tuesday evening, Sept. 22 and concludes Wednesday night, Sept. 23.

EREV ROSH HASHANA
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

Glastonbury – Service at 6 p.m., followed by a full-course dinner. NOTE: All Chabad Jewish Center High Holiday services include prayers that combine Hebrew and a ‘user-friendly’ English translation.  A children’s program will accompanies adult services.  Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center, 25 Harris Street. For dinner reservations: (860) 659-2422, rabbi@chabadER.com, www.chabadER.com.

West Hartford – Outdoor service in Elizabeth Park (by the stage near the Rose Garden); 6 p.m.; hosted by Congregation Beth Israel. For information: (860) 233-8215

FIRST DAY ROSH HASHANA
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

Bloomfield – Beth Hillel Synagogue. For tickets call (860) 242-5561 or email susan@bethhillelsynagogue.org.

Glastonbury – Services at 9 a.m.; followed by a kiddush buffet. Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center. See Sept. 13 for more information.

SECOND DAY ROSH HASHANA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

Bloomfield – Beth Hillel Synagogue. For tickets call (860) 242-5561 or email susan@bethhillelsynagogue.org.

Glastonbury – Services at 9 a.m.; followed by a kiddush buffet. See Sept. 13 for more information.

EREV YOM KIPPUR
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Bloomfield – Beth Hillel Synagogue. For tickets call (860) 242-5561 or email susan@bethhillelsynagogue.org.

Glastonbury – Kol Nidre evening services at 6:30 p.m. Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center. See Sept. 13 for more information. Location: Chabad Jewish Center – 25 Harris Street, Glastonbury

YOM KIPPUR
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Bloomfield – Beth Hillel Synagogue. For tickets call (860) 242-5561 or email susan@bethhillelsynagogue.org.

Glastonbury – Morning services at 9 a.m., including Yizkor memorial service; Ne’ila (closing service) and final shofar blowing begins at 5:30 p.m.; followed by buffet ‘Break-fast’; Benet Rothstein Chabad Jewish Center. See Sept. 13 for more information.

Orange – Yizkor Memorial Service at 4 p.m., led by Ritual Committee Chair Robert Spaulding and his wife Tova Clayman; Congregation Or Shalom, 205 Grassy Hill Rd.