Join the Vilna for non-denominational, egalitarian, High Holiday services run by Havurah on the Hill. Led by Rabbi Ben Lanckton and Deborah Melkin, services are conducted in Hebrew with English readings, with explanations and teachings throughout the rituals. Services are community-led with a variety of familiar melodies and tunes for both new-comers and seasoned attendees.
For children's/family services, please click here.
Thank you to our Adult High Holiday Sponsors: the Greenfield Family, Larry Green, and the Sager Family.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
6:00 PM: Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
9:00 AM: Rosh Hashanah Services
10:30 AM: Torah Reading
11:15 AM: Sermon by Lou Cove
1:00 PM: Services Conclude
Lou Cove is an author, speaker, and fundraising guru. He has devoted his career to the intersection of creativity and capacity-building, helping launch and grow countless creative ventures (including his own memoir MAN OF THE YEAR). He is the former Vice-President of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA and former Executive Director of Reboot, a network of leading young Jewish creatives devoted to “rebooting” modern Jewish culture: digital entrepreneurs at Google and YouTube; creators of TV shows and films like Lost, Orange is the New Black, Transparent, Anchorman and Star Trek; journalists from NYT, Wired, and WSJ.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
12:00 PM: Meet at the arch at 70 Rowes Wharf
1:00 PM: Tashlich
Tashlich and Minchah are outside. Please dress accordingly. In case of inclement weather, Tashlich will not occur and Minchah will be inside at the Vilna at 18 Phillips Street, Beacon Hill. Please check the Vilna website on the morning of October 1 for a location/weather update.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
5:45 PM: Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre
Doors Close at 6:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
9:00 AM: Yom Kippur services
4:15 PM: Discussion class (in lieu of minchah) - "The Death of Death: Jewish Views of the Afterlife"
5:45 PM: Yom Kippur Concluding Service, Ne'i1ah, and Community Shofar Blast
7:00 PM: Community Break Fast
The Vilna and Havurah on the Hill will never turn anyone away for inability to pay. If you would like to attend but finances are of concern, please email Director of Communications and Community Outreach Lynne Krasker Schultz at lynne@vilnashul.org.
About Havurah on the Hill:
Havurah on the Hill at the Vilna Shul is a non-denominational, egalitarian minyan for Jews in their 20s and 30s in the Boston area. HOH meets at the Vilna Shul in Beacon Hill, the last remaining immigrant-era synagogue building in downtown Boston and hosts monthly Kabbalat Shabbat services as well as other special holiday celebrations throughout the year.