YAMIM NORA'IM (HIGH HOLY DAYS) 5787/2026
See below for details of our High Holy Day services and learning sessions.
Non-members are very welcome to all of our services and study sessions. There is no charge to attend any of our services. Please contact admin@kolnefesh.org.uk for venues, and to let us know you're coming for security purposes. .
The full details of our High Holy Day programme can be found here
Synagogue Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Friday, Sept 11th. Ma'ariv at 6:30 pm.
A communal meal will follow the service. Please contact KNM by email if you would like to attend (admin@kolnefesh.org.uk).
1st day Rosh Hashanah
Saturday Sept 12th, 9:00 am.
Alternative session after the drasha will be 'Abraham: A martyr to his Faith', with Nahum Gordon.
2nd day Rosh Hashanah
Sunday Sept 13th, 9:00 am.
Tashlich 4:30pm. Please contact KNM by email if you would like to attend (admin@kolnefesh.org.uk).
Shabbat Shuvah
Sept. 18th: Kabbalat Shabbat service and potluck evening meal at 6:30pm - contact admin@kolnefesh.org.uk for location
Sept 19th: Morning service at 9:30am
Kol Nidrei
Sunday, Sept. 20th 6:15pm for Maariv, Kol Nidrei Service at 6:30pm.
Yom Kippur
Monday, Sept 21st 9:30 am.
Alternative session after the drasha will be 'Silence' with Danny Kalman.
Everyone is invited to break the fast after the service. (Fast ends at 7:48pm.)
Please contact admin@kolnefesh.org.uk for venues,
Bridging the Yamim Norai'm:
Our unique Ten Days of Learning and Reflection
This year, our Ten Day programme will be on the theme of Silence. Rabbi Joel's drashot overt his period will. all relate to this theme. All sessions this year will be in person. The full details of our High Holy Day programme can be found here.
Please contact admin@kolnefesh.org.uk for location details.
Monday September 14th 7:30pm
Worship Through Silence - The Quaker Experience
Tuesday September 15th 7:30pm
What Has Silence Got To Do With Music? (And What Has Music Got To Do with Silence?)
Wednesday September 16th 7:30pm
Film viewing and discussion. The film on the theme of Silence' is Spotlight.
Thursday September 17th 7:30pm
Silence, Coercion and Shame: Destigmatising Domestic Abuse
Full descriptions of the sessions and presenters can be found here
High Holy Day Resources Available Online
In 2020, we created a set of resources for those unable to attend services in person. These can be accessed as follows:
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Rabbi Joel put together a series of texts and ideas for celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at home. To learn how to ‘Take the Yamim Nora'im Home’, click here.
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Click here for a virtual Rosh Hashanah service, including sections of the liturgy, recordings of the leyening, and Rabbi Joel's dvar torah for Rosh Hashanah 2020.
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For a virtual Yom Kippur service, click here. This includes Rabbi Joel's drashah from our pre-Yom Kippur 2020 Zoom as well as his drashah on Yom Kippur, and Chazan Jacky's Kol Nidrei.
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For those wishing to recite prayers for those departed, a copy of our Yizkor booklet can be found here.
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Finally, click here to access a set of video and audiofiles we put together last year, including a series of videos from Rabbi Joel, podcasts by Jay Schlesinger about the High Holy Day liturgy, recordings of highlights from the liturgy by our Shlichei Tsibbur (prayer leaders), and more.
Blow Your Own Shofar!!
Daily Shofar-Blowing and Thought for the Day
During the last week of Ellul 2020 we came together on Zoom to hear the blasts of the shofar, together with a short piece of music from the Yamim Noraim, and an inspirational ‘Thought for the Day’.
All of the weekday Ellul zooms from 2020 were recorded and can be heard again here.
If you missed our ‘Blow your own Shofar’ teaching session, you can watch the recording from 2020 here: