{"id":3718,"date":"2020-12-08T21:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T02:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/?page_id=3718"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:47:37","slug":"holidays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

High Holiday Services 2025-5786 will be led by Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We look forward to seeing you at services.<\/h2>\n

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All services held in Room 4A in the school wing of
\nTemple Beth El 400 Deering Ave. Portland, ME<\/h3>\n
\n

High Holiday Services 2025-5786 Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rosh Hashana<\/h3>\n

begins on Monday evening, September 22nd:<\/strong>
\nCandlelighting 6:19pm. <\/em>
\nMincha\/Maariv (evening service) at 6:15pm<\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday September 23rd: <\/strong>
\nShacharit<\/em> (morning service) at 8:30am
\nShofar service<\/em> ~ 10:30am
\nKiddush<\/em> ~ 12:30pm
\nTashlich<\/em> ~ 1:00pm (walk from TBE to Back Cove)
\nCandlelighting<\/em>: 7:19pm
\nMincha\/Maariv<\/em> TBD<\/p>\n

Wednesday September 24th: <\/strong>
\nShacharit<\/em> at 8:30am
\nShofar service<\/em> ~ 10:30am
\nHavdalah: 7:17pm<\/p>\n

Shabbat Shuva<\/h3>\n

No services will be held this year<\/p>\n

Kever Avot (visiting deceased loved ones)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If interested in meeting Rabbi Herzfeld at Mt. Sinai or Mt. Carmel Cemetery at
\n159 Hicks Rd, Portland, ME, please contact us:
\nmainesynagogue.org\/wp\/contact-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Yom Kippur<\/h3>\n

begins on Wednesday, October 1st.<\/strong>
\nCandlelighting<\/em> and fast<\/em> begins at 6:03pm.
\nKol Nidrei (evening service) at 6:00pm.<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 2nd<\/strong>
\nShacharit<\/em> (morning service) at 8:30am.
\nYizkor ~<\/em> 10:45am
\nMincha<\/em> followed by Ne\u2019ilah at 5:15pm.
\nFast and service ends at 7:02pm followed by a break fast<\/p>\n

We are pleased to have Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld lead services again this year with Chazzanim Eitan Kahn, Aryeh Herzfeld and Itamar Cohen. Rabbi Herzfeld will explain significant parts of the service in an interesting and easily comprehensible manner even for those with limited Judaic or Hebrew knowledge.<\/p>\n

There is no charge for High Holiday services. However, we appreciate any donations<\/a> you feel inclined to provide to help us remain sustainable. As a small synagogue with limited membership, we rely on your generosity and philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Thank you to those who have remitted dues and\/or donations! Shana Tova, may you have a sweet and happy New Year!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High Holiday Services 2025-5786 will be led by Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld. We look forward to seeing you at services. All services held in Room 4A in the school wing of Temple Beth El 400 Deering Ave. Portland, ME High Holiday Services 2025-5786 Schedule: Rosh Hashana begins on Monday evening, September 22nd: Candlelighting 6:19pm. Mincha\/Maariv (evening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3718"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4107,"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3718\/revisions\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mainesynagogue.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}