High Holy Days

Share the sacred season with us as we begin the New Year 5785 (2024)!

Please join us when we welcome the New Year 5785 as a community, with both Reform and Conservative minyanim worshiping together as one congregation for Erev Rosh Hashanah on Wednesday, October 2 and for Kol Nidre on Friday, October 11.

Rabbi Meir Bargeron will lead the services, weaving together aspects of both liturgical traditions to inspire new insights during this time of reflection, forgiveness, and renewal.

He’ll be joined by Hazzan Penny Myers, who will be our guest clergy leading Conservative worship on the first and second days of Rosh Hashanah and the Day of Atonement.

Maestro Robert Nance will join us throughout the holidays for evening and Reform services.

Brian Klickman will be our cellist for Kol Nidre. He is a member of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, where he holds the Linda and Joseph D. Ruffolo Family Foundation Chair, and is Principal Cellist of the Canton (OH) Symphony Orchestra.

Our annual New Year’s Reception will provide an opportunity for our Temple family to share good wishes and enjoy a delicious nosh. The ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) will host Break-the-Fast meals after both concluding services on Yom Kippur.

Please join us in person or on YouTube throughout the Days of Awe. We warmly welcome visitors to our High Holy Days services.

Please contact the Temple office for more information about in-person attendance at (260) 744-4245 or office@templecav.org. 

Visit our calendar for the latest schedule. 

Please join us for worship and other holiday activities: 

Selichot Service – Saturday, September 28

• 7:45 p.m. Begin the holiday season together with Havdalah and meditative prayer and readings.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service – Wednesday, October 2

• 7:30 p.m. All-Congregation service
• Reception follows

Rosh Hashanah – First Day – Thursday, October 3

• Conservative Services
  • 8:30 a.m. – Shacharit
  • 10 a.m. Torah service with D’var Torah
  • 11 a.m. Musaf
• 10 a.m. – Reform Service
• Noon – All-Congregation Tashlich at Foster Park West, Winchester Road

Rosh Hashanah, Second Day – Friday, October 4

• Conservative Services
  • 8:30 a.m. – Shacharit
  • 10 a.m. Torah service with D’var Torah
  • 11 a.m. Musaf

Shabbat Shuvah Services

• Friday, October 4
  • 7:15 p.m. Memorial Plaque Dedication
  • 7:30 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service
• Saturday, October 5
  • 9:45 a.m.

Cemetery Services – Sunday, October 6

• 1 p.m. at Lindenwood Cemetery
• 2:30 p.m. at Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery

Erev Yom Kippur Services – Friday, October 11

• 7:15 p.m. Mincha (Goldstine-B’nai Jacob Chapel)
• 8 p.m. All Congregation Kol Nidre (Sanctuary)

Yom Kippur Services – Saturday, October 12

• Conservative Services
  • 8:30 a.m. Shacharit Service
  • 10 a.m. – Torah, Haftorah, D’var Torah, Yizkor
  • 11:30 a.m. Musaf
  • 3 p.m. Healing Service
  • 6 p.m. Mincha
  • 7 p.m. – Neilah
  • 8:23 p.m. – Havdalah
  • Break-the-Fast follows
• Reform Services
  • 10 a.m. Morning Service
  • 3 p.m. – Healing Service
  • 4 p.m. – Yizkor (Memorial) Service
  • 5 p.m. – Neilah (Concluding) Service
  • Break-the-Fast follows

Joy Vey! A Kid-ish Shabbat and Sukkot Service for Young Families – Friday, October 18

• 5:30 p.m. – with guest musician Joanie Calem

Shabbat & Sukkot Service – Friday, October 18

• 7:30 p.m., followed by a Nosh in the Sukkah

Shabbat & Sukkot Service – Saturday, October 19

• 9:45 a.m. 

Shabbat & Simchat Torah Service – Friday, October 25

• 7:30 p.m.