The Ohel Minyan is excited to celebrate the High Holiday season with you! 

Information about Selichot, Rosh Hashana, and Yom Kippur davening is below. The Sukkot davening schedule will be posted soon. 

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Location and cost

Selichot services (Sept. 9) will be held at the Ohel. All other services listed below (besides Tashlich) will take place at the Water Building: 237 Prospect Street, Northampton, MA.

Ohel Minyan services are free of charge. In order to defray costs associated with running the minyan and especially High Holidays, we are asking for a donation of $36-$72 per adult.  If you are joining us, please make a donation here for the High Holidays if you are able.  

Selichot: Saturday night, September 9 @ The Ohel

9:30 PM

Tea, Treats, and Tehillim!

Take a deep dive with Cantor Jane Myers into that extra psalm we've been saying for the last month, Psalm 27 aka "L'David", as she leads a discussion on Fear and Trust in Psalm 27.

No prior knowledge of Hebrew is needed. Let's learn together while we enjoy tea and treats.

10:15 PM 

Selichot

In keeping with Ashkenazi tradition, we recite selichot (special penitential prayers for the period of repentance leading up to and including the High Holidays) starting the Saturday night before Rosh Hashana. The service lasts approximately one hour.

Pre-game! Come to the High Holiday Tune-up!

Sunday, September 10, 7:00-9:00 PM @ the Ohel

Come sing with some of the amazing shatzes leading services this year.  We will sing old and new tunes and have some nosh to prepare our vocal cords and souls for the High Holidays.

Services for Yamim Nora'im/High Holidays:

Rosh Hashana

Sept. 15: Mincha-Ma’ariv: 6:00 PM  

Candle lighting: 6:42 PM

Sept. 16: Shacharit begins at 9:00 AM. Torah service begins ~10:30 AM; 

Kiddush Break before Musaf. 

Candle lighting for second day: no earlier than 7:41 PM 

Sept. 17: Shacharit begins at 9:00 AM. Torah service begins ~10:30 AM; Musaf ~11:45 AM. 

Tashlikh (at 4:00 PM, with CBI) will be at the Mill River: Follow Washington Ave. to where it dead-ends. Take the path down to the river and make a right. 

Yom Tov ends: 7:39 PM

Yom Kippur

Sept. 24: Kol Nidrei begins promptly at 6:10 PM. 

Candle lighting: 6:26 PM

Sept. 25: Morning davening begins at 9:00 AM. Mincha starts at 4:30 PM and continues through Ne'ilah.

Fast ends: 7:25 PM

A small break-the-fast follows the final shofar blast and ma’ariv.  

COVID: We got your number!

If you are sick, stay home and get better. (Let us know so we can bring you some chicken soup.)

The Space:

The space we will be in for High Holidays is in the "garage" at the Water Building on the CBI Campus. The room is on street level with a level, with a concrete floor, the entrance has a 1in lip off a paved, but bumpy driveway. Seating will be moveable folding chairs, indoors and outdoors. One side will be open to the outside, with some chairs to sit outdoors for those who prefer. The room will be ventilated. Masks are optional.

Bathrooms

Bathrooms in the water building are up a flight of stairs with a railing. A single occupant, gender neutral bathroom with grab bars and a roll-under sink is available at CBI. From the water building to CBI is about 600 ft away on paved driveway and sidewalk. 

Questions about access? Ask us here and let us know what you need to participate. We want you to be comfortable.

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