HIGH HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS 2026|5787

What a pleasure to gather together to welcome the new year! Below, please find highlights from our services.

Rabbi’s Sermons

Please find the recordings for Rabbi Daniel Reiser’s High Holiday Sermons here:

Service Recordings

To fast-forward to any particular part of the service, click “Watch on YouTube” in the bottom left corner — where you can find a list of service highlights.

Rosh Hashanah Morning 5787 / 2026:

Rabbi Schecter's Introduction to the Akeidah

Rosh Hashanah Morning 5787 / 2026:

Marc Scholl's Introduction to the Story of Hannah/Samuel


Kol Nidre 5787 / 2026:

Doug Sundheim's D'var Slichah 5787: "Three Regrets"

Yom Kippur Morning 5787 / 2026:

Rabbi Schecter's Introduction to the Torah Portion

Yom Kippur Morning 5787 / 2026:

Leslie Picker's Introduction to the Haftarah 5787: "Checking the Box"

Yom Kippur Afternoon 5787 / 2026:

Adam Weiss's Introduction to the Holiness Code 5787: "Holiness is Community"


Yom Kippur Afternoon 5787 / 2026:

Rebecca Kornblatt's Introduction to the Book of Jonah


Yom Kippur Afternoon 5787 / 2026:

Ellen Prior's Yizkor Remarks on Grief

Congregant Remarks

TBS is a congregation of smart, interesting, creative people. How lucky we were to have our congregants deliver remarks from the bimah!

Thank you to the Congregants who participated this year:

  • Rabbi Eddie Schecter

  • Marc Scholl

  • Doug Sundheim

  • Leslie Picker

  • Adam Weiss

  • Rebecca Kornblatt

  • Ellen Prior

Tzedakah (Righteous Giving)

Our High Holiday Prayer Book teaches that “repentance, prayer, and charity [tzedakah] can help us transform our lives.” Please consider a donation to either of these tzedakah organizations.

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