High Holidays | Congregation B'nai Israel

Our Rosh Hashana services will be held in-person, with an option to watch them online here or on Facebook Live.

Wednesday, October 2
Candle Lighting at 6:56 pm
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 3
Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 Services:
Introductory Service & Shacharit at  8:30 am
Torah Reading at 9:30 am 
Sermon & Musaf  at 10:30 am

Tashlich Service at Lake Pasadena at 6:00pm
Mincha Service at Lake Pasadena at 6:15pm
Candle Lighting at 7:48 pm

Our service will take place at Lake Pasadena & via Facebook Live.
Address: Corner of 64th Street N and Lake Pasadena Drive, St. Petersburg
Find Lake Pasadena on Google Maps
Service is weather permitting.

Friday, October 4
Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 Services:
Introductory Service & Shacharit at 8:30 am
Torah Reading at 9:30 am  
Shofar Service, Sermon & Musaf at 10:15 am
Junior Congregation and Young Families Service after Shofar Sounding
Musaf Service at 11:00am

Mincha at CBI at 6:30pm

High Holiday Links from Rabbi Philip Weintraub:

• A guided meal and conversation starters from The Rabbinical Assembly's Rosh Hashanah Seder
• Tips on making your home into a spiritual space from Cantor Axelrod, national officer of the Cantors Assembly and JTS Graduate, and our friends at ReformJudaism.org.
• A walk through of our High Holiday Prayerbook by Rabbi Kaunfer of Hadar. 
• The Month of Elul

Our Yom Kippur services will be held in-person, with an option to watch them online here or on Facebook Live.

Friday, October 11
Erev Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre Service at 6:30 pm
Candle Lighting at 6:47pm

Saturday, October 12
Yom Kippur Day Services:
Introductory Service & Shacharit at 8:30 am
Torah Reading at 9:30 am
Sermon, Yizkor, and Musaf at 10:30 am
Jr. congregation & Young Families at 10:30am
Mincha at 5:20 pm
Neila at 6:40 pm
Final Shofar Sounding at approximately 7:46 pm

Mitzvah Men's club will share break-the-fast snacks.

Yom Kippur Links from Rabbi Philip Weintraub:

• What's a Scapegoat?
• A Yom Kippur Confession from Rabbi Artson of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
• A treasure trove of articles from The Jewish Theological Seminary. If you only pick one, please read Tip the Scales from Chancellor Schwartz, the new Chancellor of JTS.

The Yizkor service provides us the opportunity to pause and reflect upon the memory of loved ones no longer with us.  We express our hope the deceased rest in peace under God’s divine protection. We pledge to give tzedakah in their memory and, as we honor their memory, we help CBI secure its future.

Make your Yizkor pledge here.