Join Hinenu for the 5787 High Holy Days!
Services are led by our rabbi and a team of lay leaders. Join us for services, picnics, Tashlich, meals, and workshops. All programming will be hybrid--in person at Homewood Friends Meetinghouse at 3107 N Charles Street in Charles Village, and on Zoom. We are thrilled this year to share that the meeting room at Homewood Friends is air conditioned! Masking is required at all times indoors during services.
Please note that there will be room for 200 people at Homewood. Please register now to avoid any issue!
הכנסת אורחים • hacnasat orchim • abundant welcome
This year we honor the mitzvah of hacnasat orchim, abundant welcome. It is a holy responsibility to make space for the “stranger” because of our collective rememberings and lived experiences of exile, division, and othering across time, place, and faith. We are required to eradicate marginalization when we come across it, inside and outside our communities! In this season, we are invited to turn toward the chaos, reach beyond difference, make amends where we can, and lean into intentional ways of being for the sake of Heaven and collective liberation. These moments of grace and awareness give us a glimpse into Olam HaBa, the World to Come.
We hope you'll join us with your yearning, your hopes, your broken heart, your gratitudes, your questions, your joys, and your wishes for the year ahead.
Questions?
If you have any questions about registration, please contact Hinenu’s Synagogue Life Coordinator Aubrey Montano
Schedule
All services and programs will be held hybrid on Zoom and at Homewood Friends Meetinghouse, 3107 N Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218
Elul
The month of Elul helps us prepare for the High Holy Day season. Join us for Shabbat services, or the following programs:
Elul song circles
Leil Selichot
September 5, 2026, 8-9:45pmRosh HaShanah
Leil Rosh HaShanah
September 11, 2026
6:30-8:30pm: Leil Rosh HaShanah service
8:30-9:30pm: Dessert reception
Rosh HaShanah day I
September 12, 2026
9am-1:30pm: Morning services
1:30-3pm: Catered lunch (separate registration required)
Rosh HaShanah day II
September 13, 2026
9-10am: Abridged morning service
10am-10:30am: Shofar service and welcome
10:30-11:30am: Workshop block I
Sweets and Singing for Tots
Art reflection
Text study with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser
11:45-12:45pm: Workshop block II
Community covenant workshop led by the Itty Bitty Britty Committee
Neurodivergent-friendly Small Talk and Hospitality Skillshare
12:45-1:45pm: Potluck lunch (bring a vegaterian dish to share)
2-3pm: Workshop block III
Ritual for Gaza
Herbalism for the New Year
3:15pm: Closing and final shofar
Zoom Tashlich
Riverside Tashlich
Herring Run Park, 4064 Harford Road
September 17th, 5:00pm-7pm at
Yom Kippur
Pre-Yom Kippur Holiday Dinner
September 20, 2026
5-6:30pm: Catered dinner (separate registration required)
Kol Nidre
September 20, 2026
6:30pm-8:30pm
Morning Service
September 21, 9am-2pm
Yizkor: 2:15pm-3pm
Afternoon Workshops: 3-5pm
3pm: Chevra Kadisha learning; Nigun Circle
4pm: Reparations teaching
Mincha: 5-6pm
Ne’ilah: 6:45pm
Final shofar blast: 7:37pm
Break Fast Potluck: 7:45pm
Bagel spread provided, bring a vegetarian side dish to share!
Sukkot
All programs are in the Hinenu sukkah, hosted at Church of the Guardian Angel at 2631 Huntingdon Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
Community is welcome to spend time in the sukkah all week!
Sukkah build
September 24, 5-8pm
Sukkah decorating + celebration for erev Sukkot and Shabbat
September 25, 5:30-9pm
5:30-6:30: Sukkah decorating
6:30-7pm: Candles and celebration
7-8pm: Potluck
8pm: Tish at the Sukkah
New Member Welcome + 5787 Volunteer Fair
September 27
Song Circle
October 1, 6-7:30pm
Simchat Torah
Shabbat morning services
October 3, 2026, 10-12:30pm
Auf ruf for Dov Weiner & RJ Palmer, Yizkor services for Shmini Atzeret
Seudah shlishit potluck and havdalah
October 3, 2026, 6pm
Simchat Torah Dance Party
October 3, 2026, 7:30pm
Beit Hinenu celebrates Simchat Torah
Learning and programming for adults and kids
October 4, 2026, 9:30-11:30am
Kids Programming
Rosh HaShanah
9/11, 6:30-8:30pm: Leil Rosh HaShanah, all ages babysitting
9/12, 10-12:30pm: Rosh HaShanah day I, ages 3-5 babysitting + K-5th programming
9/13, 10-11:30am: Rosh HaShanah day II
10am-10:30am: Shofar service and welcome
10:30-11:30am: Workshop block I, Sweets and Singing for Tots
9/17, 5-7pm: Tashlich at Herring Run parking lot creekside
Yom Kippur
9/20, 6:30-8:30pm: Kol Nidre, all ages babysitting
9/21, 10-12:30pm: Yom Kippur morning, ages 3-5 babysitting + K-5th programming
9/21, 6:45-7:45pm: Neilah service, children encouraged for glow-stick havdallah and jumping at the moon
Sukkot
The Hinenu Sukkah is located at Church of the Guardian Angel
2631 Huntingdon Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
9/24, 5:30-8pm: Sukkah decoration and potluck
Simchat Torah
10/3, 7:30pm: Simchat Torah Dance Party (children should come in PJs!)
10/4, 9:30-1pm: Children’s Simchat Torah program and lunch
Holiday meals
Please join us over empanadas, lemon sticks, and challah this new year!
Please note some require advance registration as marked below.
September 11, dessert reception (catered)
September 12, catered lunch (registration required)
September 13, vegetarian potluck lunch (bring a dish to share!)
September 20, catered pre-Yom Kippur meal (registration required)
September 21, bagel break fast provided (bring a vegetarian side dish to share!)
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N95 or KN95 mask are required at all times for everyone over 2 years of age. Masks available if you forget! Those who cannot wear a mask for accessibility reasons are exempt— all who can mask in part for this reason!
Meals can be eaten indoors or outdoors on the porch and in the garden, and to-go boxes are available for those who need to eat at home.
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Live captions are provided by Esther Mack, and will be in Hebrew and English. They will be visible on Zoom, as well as displayed in person on the screen at the front of the room.
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The Meeting Room now has air conditioning! Thanks to the Friends of Homewood Friends, the sanctuary has a/c after 8 years sweating it out into the new year.
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A limited number of accessible parking spots will be reserved near the building. Please indicate your need of an accessible spot upon registering.
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Sermons and other written materials are provided in advance for those who indicate they would like this at registration.
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All High Holy Day services are live-streamed. This year our tech lead, Ev Bowen, will be managing our system with many redundancies to avoid losing the stream. Hinenu member Rabbi Julia Watts Belser is preparing material for the Zoomies in case of tech lag.
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The sensory break room is on the 2nd floor, Woolman room. There is a/c, pillows, fidgets, a quiet space, and snacks (to eat in the lobby or outside.)
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Homewood Friends is accessible by ramp at the front of the building, with an elevator that connects the floors located in the lobby (through the sanctuary.) There is an ADA bathroom in the Susan B Anthony room on the main floor.
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A Zoom only Tashlich ritual will be led by Dayne Samuels on the second day of Rosh HaShanah, September 13.
An in-person hybrid Tashlich will take place on 9/17 at Herring Run Park right off the parking lot (different location, shorter distance to gathering spot than last year.)
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5786 Sermons
Listen to Rabbi Ariana’s High Holy Day sermons from 5786.
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