High Holidays

All are welcome at Tikkun V’Or’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. While membership is never required, we do ask that all attendees register, to ensure we have enough capacity and for enhanced security. We never charge for attendance at services at Tikkun v’Or, but we do depend on High Holiday donations to pay for our expenses. We ask that you please support us as you are able.

Children (and their caregivers) are welcome at our services at Tikkun v’Or. Children learn about Jewish community and worship by participating in services. We believe it is the joy, privilege, and responsibility of every person in our community to guide and nurture our children.

Services for Rosh Hashanah include an evening service, a morning Torah service with a story and shofar for young families, a picnic and tashlich, and a youth service. On Yom Kippur, we offer a Kol Nidre service, a morning service with a simultaneous youth service, and afternoon activities that include meditation, yoga, and avodah, yizkor, and Neilah/Havdalah services followed by a break-the-fast celebration.

All are welcome to join at Tikkun v’Or for High Holiday services, either in person or on Zoom. However, we do have space limitations for some services and require registration for ALL in-person Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services and programs. Singing will be led by Azameira.

Membership and payments are not required for attendance, but donations are much appreciated.

Contact highholidays@tikkunvor.org for registration, zoom links and more information.

The Isaiah Challenge

A highlight of our Yom Kippur services is the Isaiah Challenge, a lecture by a social justice leader who is devoting their life to justice. In the prophetic portion (haftarah) that is read on Yom Kippur, Isaiah calls on us to make our fast a fast for justice: “to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and let the oppressed go free.”

Previous Isaiah Challenge speakers include:

  • Anke Wessels, Executive Director of the Center for Transformative Action at Cornell University
  • Casey Verderosa, Executive Director of Ithaca Welcomes Refugees
  • Luis Aguirre-Torres, Director of Sustainability for the City of Ithaca and co-chair of the NY State Climate Impact Assessment, Society and Economy Technical Working Group
  • Christa Núñez , founder and director at The Learning Farm. and its non-profit sister organization Khuba International
  • Mahmud Burton, President, Al-Huda Islamic Center; Co-founder, Islamic Community Outreach Services
  • Dr. Nia Michelle Nunn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Ithaca College and Board of Directors President of Southside Community Center
  • Simone Thornton and Wendy Gonyea, Onondaga Nation leaders, and students of the Onondaga Nation School