Where to Worship for the High Holidays- if you're NOT a member.

The High Holidays come early this year, with erev Rosh Hashanah on Sunday night September 13. If you belong to a synagogue, you probably already have your tickets and plans for worship in place. However, if you are not a member, many local synagogues welcome visitors at this time of year. Attending a service is a good way to become familiar with a synagogue you might consider joining in the future. We checked with a few and here are their hours and policies for services that are open to the public.

Bet Am Shalom High Holy Day services are open to the community. The synagogue is located at 295 Soundview Avenue in White Plains. There are no tickets and no assigned seating, but guests are asked to register in advance. (A suggested contribution is encouraged). Please click here for the guest registration form: You may also contact the synagogue office for further information on attending High Holy Day services as a guest at 914-946-8851, or [email protected]

Their main service is conducted in a large tent, so please dress accordingly.

Erev Rosh Hashanah - Sunday, September 13
6:15 pm - Tent - Service

Rosh Hashanah, First Day - Monday, September 14
9:30 am - Tent - Main Service
9:30 am to 10:30 am - Sanctuary - Family Service*

Rosh Hashanah, Second Day - Tuesday, September 15
9:30 am - Tent - Main Service
9:30 am to 10:30 am - Sanctuary - Family Service*

Kol Nidrey - Tuesday, September 22
6:30pm - Tent - Service

Yom Kippur - Wednesday, September 23
9:30 am - Tent - Main Service (includes Yizkor service)
9:30 am to 10:30am - Sanctuary - Family Service*
3:30 - 5:00 pm - Beit Midrash - Study Session
5:00 pm - Tent - Mincha
6:30 pm - Tent - Ne'ila
7:35 pm - Tent - Final Shofar/Havdallah

*Family Services: The Family Services are well attended. Please come early if your family would like to sit together. Leave all strollers outside the sanctuary. Please accompany your children if they leave the service.

Chabad of Scarsdale will be holding High Holiday services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The services are free of charge, no affiliation necessary.

Rosh Hashanah services will be at Wayside Cottage, 1039 Post Rd. Sunday, September 13, Light Candles - 6:51 pm, Services - 7:00 pm. Monday, September 14 Services - 9:30 am, Children's Program - 10:30 am, Shofar - 11:00 am. Tuesday, September 15 Services - 9:30 am, Children's Program - 10:30 am, Shofar - 11:00 am.

Yom Kippur services will be at the Scarsdale Woman's Club at 37 Drake Rd. The schedule will be: Tuesday, September 22 Light Candles - 6:36 pm, Kol Nidrei 6:00 pm. Wednesday, September 23 Morning Services - 9:30 am, Children's Program 10:30 am, Yizkor - 11:30 am, Neilah - 5:00 pm, Fast Ends -7:32 pm.

Walk-Ins Welcome! RSVP Appreciated, Services are Free of Charge

To RSVP or for more information please contact Rabbi Avrohom Butman at 914-527-2077, by email at  [email protected]  or visit  ChabadofScarsdale.com 

High Holidays at Congregation Kol Ami: In Jewish communities worldwide, The High Holy Days begin the new year with a mixture of joy and reflection. Over 90 years old, Congregation Kol Ami is a White Plains Reform synagogue that welcomes a broad spectrum of backgrounds, ages, and lifestyles.

Kol Ami worship services integrate both traditional and contemporary practices. Services are led by Rabbi Shira Milgrom, Rabbi Tom Weiner and Cantor David Rosen.

You are invited to join the following services which are open to the public:

Rosh Hashanah Family Service: September 14, 3:15- 4:00 PM, Reception following

Second Day Rosh Hashanah: September 15, 10:00AM –Noon, Reception following

Yom Kippur Afternoon (Shulman Chapel), September 23, 3:00 -4:30 PM

Yom Kippur Family Service, September 23, 3:15 – 4:00 PM

Yom Kippur Memorial and Concluding Service: September 23, 5 – 7:00 PM

There are a limited number of High Holy Days tickets available for purchase for other services. For more information call Jess Lorden, Executive Director at 914-949-4717 x 101. Visit www.nykolami.org, or 252 Soundview Avenue, White Plains, New York 10606.

Did you know that Scarsdale Synagogue on Ogden Road in Scarsdale has a new member program that requires a gift from the heart? For more information, please click here. 

The following services are open to the public:

Erev Rosh Hashanah Services, Sunday September 13, 8 p.m. - Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening Service

First Day Rosh Hashanah Services at Scarsdale Synagogue, Monday September 14, 2:30 pm, High Holy Day Family Experience • Blessing for new babies

Second Day Rosh Hashanah Services at Scarsdale Synagogue, Tuesday September 15. 10 a.m. - Morning Service, Main Sanctuary, 11 a.m. - Religious School Family Service in outdoor tent (childcare available)

Yom Kippur Services at Scarsdale Synagogue, Wednesday September 23,
1 p.m. - Adult Discussion
1:30 p.m. - High Holy Day Family Experience
3 p.m. - Afternoon Service
4:45 pm - Yizkor followed by Neilah and Break Fast

Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont & Emanu-El is located at 2 Ogden Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Visit our website here. For questions, please contact Executive Director, Roberta Aronovitch at 914-725-5175.

Westchester Reform Temple at 255 Mamaroneck Road in Scarsdale welcomes individuals and families from the community to join Temple Members at the following selected services for the High Holidays. Entrance Cards and Photo ID are required for entrance into the building; Complimentary Entrance Cards may be obtained at the Temple Office, or on our website and click the top middle button.

Rosh Hashanah
Evening: Sunday, September 13
Family & Community Service in Beit Midrash, 6:15pm
This service features a family-friendly prayer service, a story/sermonette geared for all ages, and the sounding of the shofar to usher in the year 5776. The Family & Community Service will also incorporate "visual worship" using a large digital display. Our service will be enhanced by WRT's beloved Israeli musicians. We expect this service to run about 60-75 minutes.

First Day: Monday, September 14
Children's Service, 3:00pm
A fun and short service for the youngest among us to welcome the New Year.

Second Day: Tuesday, September 15
Meditative Service in the CJL, 9:30am
Begin your worship on the Second Day with a quiet meditative service that will include song, the traditional shofar, simple High Holy Day melodies, and guided meditations, all of which aim to create an engaging and intimate prayer space. In order to nurture our sacred space, please be on time for the day.

Morning Services, 10:00am

Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre: Tuesday, September 22
Family & Community Service in Beit Midrash, 6:15pm
This Kol Nidre Service is held in our Beit Midrash, is open to members of the community who would like to learn more about our congregation. We will feature a family-friendly prayer service, a story/sermonette geared for all ages.

Day: Wednesday, September 23
Musical Meditation, 1:30pm
Music to inspire and augment our worship.

Alternate Yizkor, 2:15pm
WRT invites members and guests from the community to join in a service of remembrance.
Children's Service, 2:15pm

Forgiveness Meditation, 3:15
Some believe that forgiveness happens in the head and others believe it happens in the heart. In this guided meditation we will seek to unite head and heart to uncover Yom Kippur's potent teaching on the necessity of forgiveness in our lives. No meditation experience is necessary.