Celebrate the High Holy Days in our Historic Sanctuary
Welcome to the Wilshire Boulevard Temple High Holy Days Page. Information about all of our services is available on this page and you can order tickets, read parking and drop off instructions, see childcare options, and learn about other programs and services between now and Simchat Torah. Thank you for visiting today and we look forward to seeing you during the High Holy Days.
Schedule of Services
Click on the options below to view more details about each High Holy Day schedule
Kol Nidrei
Tuesday, September 18
The stirring strains of the cello playing “Kol Nidrei” pierce our hearts as we sit together as one congregation engaged in deep contemplation and prayer. “All vows are canceled...we start anew.”
Tuesday evening, September 18, Glazer Campus
ORDER TICKETS5:00 p.m. |
Adult Open Seating |
Sanctuary |
Rabbi Goldberg |
7:30 p.m. |
Nefesh |
Piness |
Rabbi Goldberg |
8:00 p.m. |
Adult Reserved |
Sanctuary |
Cantor Gurney |
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 19
Prayer, music, repentance, and fasting contribute to the solemnity of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. On this day, we put aside our physical desires and connect with our spiritual needs. We admit our shortcomings in the deep recesses of our souls. We pray for the repair of our insensitive hearts with compassion and love. We remember those loved ones who are no longer with us. And we ask for the blessing of life for another year.
ORDER TICKETSYom Kippur Day Services
Wednesday, September 19, Glazer Campus
8:45 a.m. |
Adult Open Seating |
Sanctuary |
Rabbi Goldberg |
9:00 a.m. |
Nursery School |
Sports Complex |
Rabbi Ben-Naim |
9:00 a.m. |
Family Grades K-2 |
Piness |
Cantor Peicott |
10:30 a.m. |
Nefesh |
Piness |
Rabbi Goldberg |
11:30 a.m. |
Adult Reserved |
Sanctuary |
Rabbi Shapiro |
2:30 p.m. |
Family Grades 3+ |
Piness |
Rabbi Ben-Naim |
4:00 - 6:15 p.m. |
Minchah/Yizkor/N’ilah*/Havdalah |
Sanctuary |
Rabbi Shapiro |
5:30 p.m. |
Nefesh N’ilah |
Piness |
Rabbi Goldberg |
Afternoon Programs
Clergy Panel
Wednesday, September 19, Glazer Campus
2:00 p.m., Sanctuary
Nefesh Mediation Room
Wednesday, September 19, Glazer Campus
All day, Meitus Hall, Room 202
Film screening of "A Borrowed Identity" (2015)
Wednesday, September 19, Glazer Campus
11:30 a.m., Stalford Hall
Jewish Women's Theatre: Guilty Parties
Wednesday, September 19, Glazer Campus
2:00 p.m., Stalford Hall
Sukkot
September 23-30
Sukkot, which means “booths” or “huts,” is a celebration of thanksgiving for the fall harvest as well as the commemoration of the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the desert after Sinai. Sukkot is a wonderful opportunity for family, friends, and community to connect, share a meal, and appreciate nature’s bounty. The children in our schools (Brawerman Elementary School, Mann and Glazer Early Childhood Centers, and Religious School) will celebrate Sukkot with special activities and celebrations during regular school hours.
A Taste of Israel: Celebrate the Harvest with the Top Israeli Chefs of Los Angeles
Friday, September 28, 6:00 p.m., Irmas Campus
Join us for a delightful musical Shabbat service followed by a Mediterranean feast in the Sukkah featuring all the avors of the Land of Israel catered by top Israeli chefs.
Celebrate the Harvest at our Food Pantries
Sunday, September 30
7:45–9:30 a.m. • Karsh Center, Glazer Campus
9:00–11:30 a.m. • The People Concern
(503 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica)
As we celebrate the fall harvest during Sukkot, we are reminded of the commandment: “Leave the corners of your elds for the hungry.” So we gather at our Food Pantries to help feed those in need.
Sukkot Yizkor
(Memorial Service)
Monday, October 1, 9:30 a.m., Irmas Campus
Rabbi Nanus and Cantor Peicott will lead a spiritual Holiday and Yizkor Service, followed by a light brunch in the Sukkah.
Nefesh Sukkot
Friday, October 4, 7:30 p.m., Glazer Campus
This festive, lively Shabbat service in the sukkah will have beautiful music and a tasty fall potluck. Bring a photo of someone you’d like to invite into the sukkah—a relative, a person in history, or anyone at all—and we’ll decorate. Join us at 6:30 for the potluck before the service with a colorful vegetarian dish to share.
Simchat Torah
Monday, October 1
On Simchat Torah we commemorate the completion of the annual reading of the Torah: the Torah scrolls are taken from the ark and we dance to joyous music and song; the concluding passages of Deuteronomy are read rst, then the opening section of Genesis. We never stop reading the Torah. We end only to begin again. The children in our schools (Brawerman Elementary School, Mann and Glazer Early Childhood Centers, and Religious School) will celebrate Simchat Torah with special activities and celebrations during regular school hours.
Dancin' in the Streets: A Nefesh Simchat Torah Celebration
Monday, October 1, 7:00 p.m., Glazer Campus
Join us for food, drinks, music and dancing under the stars with the Nefesh Band in the Siegel Courtyard. We will unscroll the Torah and learn to swing dance with professionals.
