Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins on Monday evening and continues through Wednesday. In East Hampton, services will be held at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons and Chabad of the Hamptons, both on Woods Lane. In Sag Harbor, Temple Adas Israel will open its doors to worshipers and Gesher | the Bridge Shul will hold services at Bay Street Theater.
The Jewish Center’s services, led by Rabbi Josh Franklin, will be on Monday at 5 p.m. at Main Beach and on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the synagogue, with tashlich at Main Beach at 5 p.m., weather permitting (or on Wednesday at 5 if it rains). Services on Wednesday begin at 10 a.m. Members and nonmembers can reserve tickets on the center’s website. There is no charge for members to attend. The services will be broadcast virtually and available at no charge to those who register at jcoh.org, with suggested donations in increments of $18.
At the Chabad House, evening services led by Rabbi Leibel Baumgarten on Monday will begin at 6:30, to be followed by a community dinner at 7:30. Reservations are required at chabadofthehamptons.org. A flier for the dinner promises “a holiday table filled with meaning, connection, and Goldie’s homemade holiday delicacies.”
On Tuesday and Wednesday, services will be at 9 a.m., with a children’s service and shofar blowing at 11. The shofar will be blown at Town Pond on Tuesday at 5 p.m., and evening services on Tuesday and Wednesday will begin at 6:15. Those interested in attending have been asked to call 631-329-5800.
Temple Adas Israel’s Rosh Hashana services, led by Rabbi Dan Geffen, will begin on Monday at 7 p.m., followed by morning services at 10 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Seating in the main sanctuary will be reserved for temple members, and seats in the adjacent community hall will be open to members attending with nonmember guests. Nonmembers will be able to view the live services on a closed-circuit TV from the lower level of the temple. Any nonmember guests must register in advance with the temple, and there will be live-streaming to the temple’s website and on its YouTube channel.
There will be a Rosh Hashana family service in the sanctuary on Tuesday from 3 to 4 p.m., which will be open to members and nonmembers, followed by tashlich and shofar blowing at Havens Beach at 4:15 p.m. (with a rain date of Friday, Sept. 26).
Rabbi Jan Uhrbach and Rabbi Michael Boino of Gesher | the Bridge Shul will lead High Holy Days services at Bay Street Theater, also offered over Zoom, on Monday at 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., with the latter two followed by a community lunch. Tashlich will be at the end of Long Wharf at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
For the holiday the Bridge Shul offers “gorgeous music, uplifting and challenging teaching, and a loving, caring community,” according to Rabbi Uhrbach, who added that the experience is meant to be “a transformative spiritual, emotional, and intellectual journey from beginning to end.”
The congregation requests a suggested donation, but all are welcomed regardless of financial contribution, Rabbi Uhrbach said. Registration is required at bridgeshul.org. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].
Each congregation will celebrate Yom Kippur on Oct. 1 and 2.
