High Holy Days

Share the sacred season with us as we begin the New Year 5787 (2026)!

Join us at Congregation Achduth Vesholom as we enter the sacred days of awe, guided by the wisdom of our tradition and the warmth of community. Together, we’ll open our hearts, lift our voices, and strive to be more compassionate, just, and whole.

We’ll welcome the New Year 5787, with both Reform and Conservative minyanim worshiping together as one congregation, on Erev Rosh Hashanah on Friday, September 11 and on Kol Nidre on Sunday, September 20.

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 lead 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. 

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 5

• 7:30 p.m. Begin the holiday season together with Havdalah and meditative prayer and readings.

Erev Rosh Hashanah Service – Friday, September 11

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

Rosh Hashanah – First Day – Saturday, September 12

• 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
• 4 p.m. Joy Vey Rosh Hashanah Service

Rosh Hashanah, Second Day – Sunday, September 13

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

Shabbat Shuvah Services

• Friday, September 18
  • 6 p.m., includes dedication of yahrzeit plaques added in the past year
• Saturday, September 19
  • 9:45 a.m.

Cemetery Services – Sunday, September 20

• 9:30 a.m. at Lindenwood Cemetery
• 11 a.m. at Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery

Erev Yom Kippur Services – Sunday, September 20

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

Yom Kippur Services – Monday, September 21

• 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
  • 6:15 p.m. Mincha
  • 7:15 p.m. – Neilah
  • 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

Shabbat & Sukkot Service – Friday, September 25

• 6 p.m., followed by a Nosh in the Sukkah

Joy Vey! A Kid-ish Sukkot with Havdalah – Saturday, September 26

• 6 p.m.

Simchat Torah Service with Consecration and Yizkor – 

• Saturday, October 3 at 6 p.m.