High Holy Days at Congregation Beth Israel

Beth Israel has an “open door” policy, welcoming everyone for the High Holy Days.  However, because of safety-related capacity restrictions, we highly encourage you to contact us in advance of the holidays.

For those who do not want to attend in-person, or prefer participating remotely, we will video stream our entire set of sanctuary services.  The streaming is a non-interactive service running on Facebook and YouTube.

!שנה טובה ומתוקה

!כתיבה וחתימה טובה

Wishing everyone a sweet New Year!

Services & Programming

Service Offerings: In-Person & Online.  Times subject to change.

Schedule:

Selichot	September 9th	TBA
Rosh Hashanah
Maariv	September 15th	6:45 p.m.
Shacharit	September 16th	9:30 a.m.
Mincha/Maariv	September 16th	5:30 p.m.
Shacharit	September 17th	9:30 a.m.
Tashlich (bridge over Kenduskeag)	September 17th	5:30 p.m.
Mincha/Maariv	September 17th	6:15 p.m
Yom Kippur
Kol Nidre	September 24th	6:15 p.m.
Shacharit	September 25th	9:30 a.m.
Mincha	September 25th	4:45 p.m.
Neilah	October 5th	6:00 p.m.
Shofar / Break-the-Fast	October 5th	7:15 p.m.

Seating

Members: Members should have received an invoice for seating in advance of the High Holy Days.  If you have not received an invoice, or will not be attending, please contact the office at office@cbisrael.org or 945-3433.

Non-members and guests may contact the synagogue office to purchase seats.

Streaming

Streaming links can be found on the side of this page.  Our services are streamed on Facebook and YouTube.  These are automated systems that run on a schedule.  They are not interactive, and comments on the streams are generally not monitored on Shabbat or Yom Tov.

If you are not able to attend in-person, you may contact the office for a copy of the Machzor we use for services.  We also provide links for digital editions on this page.

Security

We anticipate no major issues during the High Holy Days this year.  Bangor, Maine is a very safe community, and we have a strong relationship with the Bangor Police Department, who always up their patrols during significant chagim.  We also work with the city to close off York Street in front of Beth Israel and Beth Abraham.  That said, we will have on-site security and leaders of the congregation versed in our security procedures.  We maintain a singular point of entrance, and that is the Epstein Room Lobby at the ground floor entrance off of York Street.  While we do not ask you to present tickets, we will check your name against an attendance list.