As we approach High Holy Days, Selichot is a chance to intellectually and spiritually prepare ourselves with our community. Our Selichot service this year will again conclude an afternoon of learning with our adult education team - Returning to Awe: An Intensive in Preparation for High Holy Days. Join us for a melodic and meditative Selichot service in the Reinhart Library, followed by a dinner to reflect on our day of learning and prayer.  

Return us to You, and we shall return
(Lamentations 5:21)

Returning to Awe - A Saturday Gathering for the High Holy Days

The High Holidays ask something of us. To come back: to self, to community, to the questions that matter.

This special Shabbat, 13th September, is a chance to begin that return with others.
Not only through ritual, but through learning, singing, silence, and conversation.

We’ll explore what it means to encounter this time not just as tradition, but as a call to transformation. There will be space for personal reflection and shared discovery. Time to ask big questions. Time to eat together.

Whether you’re a regular, returning after a while, or simply curious, you’re welcome.
Come as you are. Let’s return to awe, together.

2:30pm - Arrival & Registration
3:00pm - Intensive session 1 -

“Father, where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
With Rabbi Kamila

At the heart of the High Holy Days stands the haunting story of the Akedah — the Binding of Isaac. Is this a story about Abraham or Isaac? About God and us? About faith, fear, or love? Together, we will take a close look at this iconic Torah reading, exploring what the text itself says, how the Rabbis interpreted it, and why we return to it every Rosh Hashanah.

4:30pm - Session 2 -
Two options: Rabbi Zahavit or Yael Roberts

6:00pm - Mincha and Selichot Service, leading into Chuliyot Community Singing with Yael and Yoav
7:30pm - Supper, with a short teaching from Rabbi Zahavit

If you only want to join us for the Service and Supper, click here.

We would never exclude anyone for financial reasons, please do get in touch if you have any concerns.

Similarly, if you would like to sponsor another member, so that they can join the dinner too, you can add a donation to your booking.