My Jewish Learning’s Rosh Hashanah Program Schedule

Register for the speed service and classes, and browse through the full schedule of events for Rosh Hashanah with My Jewish Learning.

Rosh Hashanah with My Jewish Learning

 

Saturday, September 19, 2020: Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Register here for Rosh Hashanah Day 1 programs, including the speed service and afternoon classes.

 

11:00 a.m. ET: Rosh Hashanah Speed Service. Learn about and recite all the must-know Rosh Hashanah prayers and songs, and even hear some of the Torah portion, all in an hour’s time! Don’t miss this unique prayer service led by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick.

1:00 p.m. ET: Torah Study. Explore the story, themes, and characters of the Rosh Hashanah torah portion, Genesis chapter 21. Led by Israeli Rabbi Efrat Rotem.

2:00 p.m. ET: Rosh Hashanah: The Day of Remembering. Why is Rosh Hashanah known as Yom Hazikaron, the Day of Remembering? Explore the importance of memory on this day, with popular teacher and speaker David Gottlieb.

3:30 p.m. ET: Traditional Poems of Repentance for Rosh Hashanah. The Rosh Hashanah liturgy is filled with beautiful piyutim, or poems chanted during services. Learn some of these and sing with Margo Hughes-Robinson.

 

Don’t miss a moment of these special free Rosh Hashanah programs. Click here to sign up for  Zoom links and additional information.

Additional Rosh Hashanah Day 1 programming will be streamed live on Facebook:

9:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Rachel Isaacs deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

11:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Asher Lopatin deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

12:00 a.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Jason Rubinstein deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

1:00 a.m. ET: Watch Jonah Simcha Chaim Muskat-Brown deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

Sunday, September 20, 2020: Rosh Hashanah Day 2

All programs on Rosh Hashanah Day 2 will be streamed on Facebook. No registration is needed to join these events.

9:00 a.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Herzl Hefter deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

11:00 a.m. ET: Shofar Service. Watch and listen to the shofar service with Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman streamed live on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

12:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Danielle Upbin deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

1:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Elie Kaunfer deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

2:00 p.m. ET: Shofar Service. Watch and listen to a shofar service with Nili Salem, streamed live from her rooftop in Safed, Israel on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

4:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Hyim Shafner deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

6:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Heather Miller deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

7:00 p.m. ET: Watch Rabbi Ari Hart deliver a Rosh Hashanah sermon, streamed on My Jewish Learning’s Facebook page.

Shanah tova, happy new year!

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