Join Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding (featuring many volunteer leaders throughout the day!) for a highly musical, songful full day of Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur at Temple HBT is very special: Many people stay around the temple for the entire day, as various members run workshops in between service times. Join us all day!

Full Schedule of the Day for all Adult Services and Workshops:

9:30 AM Yom Kippur Morning Service (led by Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding)

1:45 PM (break) Body, Mind, Spirit

5:00 PM Yizkor (led by Rabbi Aliza)

5:30 PM Mincha (led by Susannah Sirkin)

6:30 PM Ne'ilah (led by Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding)

7:25 PM Final Shofar Blast & Fast Ends

Immediately following Break-the-Fast

Join Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding (featuring Robert Kalish on cello!) for the both stirring and joyful melodies of Kol Nidre as we begin the 25-hour journey of Yom Kippur together.

We will begin right at 6:15pm, and the sanctuary doors will close for the recitation of Kol Nidre. If you arrive after 6:15pm, you will be let in at an appropriate time by ushers in the lobby. Please sit at the back and then move forward once the Torahs are back in the ark.

Tashlich: A Time to Cast Away and Begin Anew

Tashlich means "to cast away" in Hebrew. This beautiful Rosh Hashanah tradition invites us to reflect on the past year and symbolically let go of our mistakes, regrets, and burdens as we begin the New Year with hope and renewal.

Join Rabbi Aliza for this meaningful ceremony at a natural body of water. Bring a small handful of bird seed (instead of bread, to help protect wildlife) as we symbolically cast away what no longer serves us and welcome the year ahead with open hearts.

Children and pets are welcome. We hope you'll join us for this meaningful High Holy Day tradition.

Millennium Park meet at the boat launch

(located at 300 Gardner Street in West Roxbury)

Non Member and Friends of HBT are welcome!

It's not just a puppet show -- it's also part sing-along, part dance party, part scavenger hunt, part puzzle! Help familiar fairy tale characters figure out what they need to celebrate Rosh Hashanah… by solving each story with an object hidden in the room! Take Snow White— she's being offered an apple, but it looks suspiciously shiny. It must be poisoned! Can anyone find a different apple for her?

For ages 2 and above!

Stay for snack and community

Join Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding (featuring the HBT Band!) for a highly musical, songful, Rosh Hashanah morning service.

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 at Temple HBT is a very special service, featuring a bit more traditional liturgy (very songful), a lot of chances for everyone in the community to come up and bless the Torah, and some participatory study. 

We will also be highlighting the shofar service this year, since it only takes place on Day 2 (this year Rosh Hashanah Day 1 falls on Shabbat, and there is no shofar on Shabbat). 

Some highlights of the service (approximate times):

9:30am-10:30am: Songful liturgy

Around 10:30am: Torah service, led by our teens!

Around 11:15/11:30am: Rabbi Aliza's D'var Torah or Text Study

Around 12pm: More songful liturgy

Join Rabbi Aliza and Eliana Golding (featuring the HBT Band!) for a highly musical, songful, Rosh Hashanah morning service. 

Come early to hear the HBT Band, who will welcome us into this special day beginning at 9:15am and continue playing for the first ten minutes of services (and then later again in the Torah service!).

Some highlights of the service (approximate times):

9:30am-10:30am: Songful liturgy

Around 10:30am: Torah service, led by our teens!

Around 11:15/11:30am: Rabbi Aliza's D'var Torah

Around 12pm: More songful liturgy

No shofar on Day 1 of Rosh Hashanah this year (only on Day 2, so come back!), because the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat.

Join Jon Wishnie, Rachel Shapp and Poppy the Puppet for intergenerational services on Rosh Hashanah morning and Yom Kippur morning. From the Barechu to the shofar blasts our melodies, stories and prayers will help us share in the holiness, reflection and sweetness of the New Year. We hope you will come gather with family and your HBT community to celebrate 5787! 

Stay for snack!

Join Rabbi Aliza & Eliana Golding for Erev Rosh Hashanah services (plus Shabbat!) from 7-8:30pm.

Erev Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat this year: Our Shabbat melodies will join with the famous, stirring melodies of Erev Rosh Hashanah liturgy. 

Whether you are a long-time member, recently joined our community, or are  returning after some time away, we are grateful to gather with you  during these Days of Awe. May this season bring reflection, renewal,  meaningful connection, and hope for the year ahead.

We wish you and your loved ones a sweet, healthy, and peaceful New Year.

Shanah Tovah!

Tisha B’Av Ceremony at Temple HBT
Co-sponsored byCongregation Dorshei Tzedek

As we usher in this fast day, the most somber day on the Jewish calendar, the Dorshei Tzedek and HBT communities will come together to commemorate the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem, and more broadly to connect to the brokenness in our lives as Jews, as Americans, and as human beings. All are invited for an evening of song, reading from the Book of Eicha (Lamentations), reflection, and learning.Together,  we will create sacred space to hold our individual and communal grief in these broken times, even as we begin to imagine the possibility of a world repaired.

A Special Creative Service led by Anat Halevy Hochberg

Service 10:00am - 12:30pm

luncheon 12:30 - 1:30pm
In person and on Zoom

RSVP - Please RSVP. Your response is very important and helps us plan appropriately for our guests, food, seating, and security.

If you loved the music and spirit of One Night. One Stage. on May 4, you won’t want to miss Shabbat services on Saturday, May 30 with Anat Halevy Hochberg.

Anat brings a soulful, joyful, and deeply engaging musical presence to prayer. Her beautiful voice, rich harmonies, and creative approach to worship help create a Shabbat experience that feels warm, uplifting, and alive. Whether you love to sing, reflect, or simply be carried by the music, this promises to be a meaningful and inspiring service for all ages.

We recommend arriving on time, as the most musical portion of the service will take place from 10:00–11:15am, with the Torah service beginning at approximately 11:15am.

Shavuot services celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai with special morning prayers, reading the Ten Commandments and the Book of Ruth, and often include Yizkor memorial prayers.

Monday, May 4, 2026

One Night. One Stage. An Evening of Jewish Music & Community

Aly Halpert Family Concert & Pizza Dinner

Dinner: 5:45pm - 6:15pm

Concert: 6:15 - 6:45pm

Swirls by Shannon: 6:45pm - 7:15pm

Dessert & Cheese Reception

6:45PM -Join us in community and enjoy a sweet, gathering with friends

One Stage Main Concert

7:30pm - 9:30pm - Featuring Batya Levine, Aly Halpert, Levyosn and Richie Barshay

First Set 7:30pm -Levyosn - Adah Hetko · Lysander Jaffe · Lexi Ugelow

Second Set 8:30pm - Batya Levine · Aly Halpert ,Richie Barshay · Lysander Jaffe

Finale - 9:15 -All artists together

Closing & Thanks - 9:20 - Rahel Gruenberg & Rabbi Aliza Schwartz

Join us for a joyful, music-filled night that brings our community together - across generations - for connection, song, and celebration.

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