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Rosh Hashana Services This Weekend

Wed, 09/09/2026 - 19:19
Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will head to Havens Beach for Tashlich on Saturday.
Durell Godfrey

The Jewish High Holy Days begin with the observance of Rosh Hashana Friday evening. 

At the Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton, services will be at 8 Friday evening. A morning service at 10 on Saturday will be followed by a family service at 2. On Sunday there will be a 10 a.m. service at the synagogue and a 4:30 p.m. Tashlich service at Main Beach. Members of the congregation receive tickets as part of their membership but must register for them in advance. Nonmembers can attend services for $750 or reserve virtual tickets by free-will donation and watch from home. All ticket types can be reserved at jcoh.org. 

Chabad of the Hamptons will hold services Friday at 6:45 p.m. Services on Saturday will be at 9 and 11 a.m. (for children) and 6:15 p.m. Sunday observances will be at 9 and 11 again, with Tashlich at Town Pond at 5 p.m. Reservations are required at jewishhamptons.com. Donations are accepted, but there is no set ticket price to attend. 

Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will hold its first Rosh Hashana observance on Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by a family service at 3 p.m., with Tashlich at 4:15 at Havens Beach (Sunday in case of rain). Sunday services at the temple start at 10 a.m. The main sanctuary is reserved for members; nonmembers are seated in the community hall, where services are streamed live on a closed-circuit TV. Tickets for nonmembers cost $180 and can be reserved at templeadasisrael.org. Services are also live-streamed on the temple’s website and YouTube channel. 

Gesher | The Bridge Shul will hold services for the High Holy Days at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor and via Zoom under the leadership of Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Cantor Nathaniel Bear, and Rebecca Cushman, a cantorial student. Rosh Hashana services take place Friday at 6:45 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 a.m., followed by a community lunch. Tashlich will be at Long Wharf at 2 p.m. Sunday. 

Registration is required at bridgeshul.org and will close at 2 p.m. tomorrow online. There is a requested donation, but the rabbi noted that no one will be turned away. 

Observances will continue for Yom Kippur, which begins the evening of Sept. 20. 

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