High Holy Days 5787
5787 • 2026
High Holy Days & Fall Festivals
Services and Events
For a complete list of events and services, visit our Events Calendar.
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Rosh Chodesh Elul Service & Breakfast
August 14 at 7:30 AM in the Rabbi Eisen Beit Midrash
The 1st of Elul, marks the start of the Days of Awe. Join us for the first in-person morning minyan of the High Holy Day season. Our Rosh Chodesh Elul service will include the first sounding of the shofar of the season, as well as a light breakfast spread. Feel free to bring your own shofar to join in the festivities! Please RSVP for breakfast by Tuesday, August 11.
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Project Isaiah 2026
Every year, Congregation Anshei Israel participates in Tucson’s annual High Holy Days Hunger Project benefiting the Community Food Bank.
We will be accepting new, unopened food donations in the Lynne Falkow-Strauss Foyer of the administrative wing through Friday, September 18. Monetary donations are also greatly appreciated. The Food Bank can use the monies to purchase items at a greater discount. Cash or checks (made payable to: Community Food Bank) may be mailed to, or dropped off at the Synagogue in advance.
In addition, we will be collecting donations of food items only from 5:00 to 5:45pm on Kol Nidre, Sunday, SEPTEMBER 20. Please bring your food donations to the donation boxes by the main sanctuary entrance on your way to services.
Havdalah & Selichot Program & Service
Saturday, September 5
Selichot are Jewish prayers of repentance said in the period leading up to the High Holy Days. Join us for the opening service to the High Holy Days!
7:30pm Schmooze with wine & dessert, followed by a celebration of our blessings with Rabbi Metz. (In-person only)
8:15pm Selichot Service (Hybrid – In person & on Zoom)
There is no charge to attend; however, reservations are requested.
CLICK HERE to RSVP by September 1.
Zoom links were included with our High Holy Days Mailing and will be sent via e-mail.
Kever Avot Memorial Service
Sunday, August 30 • 10:30am
Evergreen Cemetery, Anshei Israel Section
3015 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705
The Kever Avot Memorial Service, held annually by our congregation. It is a time to come to the cemetery to pay our respects to our dearly departed. Even if your loved ones are not buried in CAI’s section at Evergreen Cemetery, you are encouraged to participate in the service to express your feelings of love and loss.
The service lasts no more than 30 minutes. A special booklet of prayers is used that provides spiritual connection with those who are no longer among the living.
Please bring any ritual items and prayer books to bury in the geniza along with the siddurim.
Photo by Matt Green – CC BY 2.0
Tashlich at the Park
Sunday, September 20 • 10:00am
2900 N. Craycroft
We invite everyone to join us as we symbolically “cast away” our sins as the New Year begins. Traditionally, bread crumbs are cast upon a body of water as an act of self purification and to fulfill the words of the Prophet Micah (7:19): “And Thou wilt cast (vetashlich) all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Bring the whole family and participate in this meaningful experience at Ft. Lowell Park with a family activity as well.
For Sukkot services times, open our
5787 High Holy Days, Fall Festivals Services & Events Timeline
Blessing the lulav and etrog on Sukkot is the Jewish way of thanking God
for the blessings of the earth.
By holding the four species together, we symbolically “get our act together.”
When we point the lulav and etrog in six directions,
we remind ourselves that God’s presence can be found in every area of our lives.
By shaking the lulav and etrog vigorously, we commit to being
“movers and shakers” in the world this year, for good and for blessing.
Add meaning to your Jewish life and create special memories for your family by shaking a lulav in your home.
Fully-assembled Lulav & Etrog Sets $54.
Order deadline September 1, 2026.
Click here to place your Lulav/Etrog Order online
Click here for the blessing for shaking the lulav
It's a mitzvah to eat in a sukkah…
Join us for our Family Shabbat and Sukkot services, followed by a delicious Mexican-themed
Shabbat dinner with dessert in the Sukkah with your congregational family.
CLICK HERE to RSVP by October 7
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
For services times, open our
5787 High Holy Days, Fall Festivals Services & Events Timeline
Hybrid Shemini Atzeret Service
Friday, October 2, 9:30am
Yizkor & Yahrzeit Plaque Dedication approximately 11:00am
Join us for Israeli Dancing with the Torah
Simchat Torah Service with Hakafot (Processions with the Torah Scrolls) and Israeli Dancing
Saturday, October 3
5:30pm Dairy Dinner ($5/person – children 2 & under FREE)
6:00pm Ma'ariv Service, Hakafot & Torah Roll-out
In the Sanctuary & on Zoom
Joyous Hakafot with special melodies, Israeli dancing with the Torah, and Torah Roll.
Followed by dessert.
Click here to RSVP for dinner by Wednesday, October 1.
The celebration continues on
Sunday, October 4 at 9:30am
in the Rabbi Eisen Beit Midrash & on Zoom
Followed by a light Kiddush Lunch.
Click here to RSVP for the Kiddush Lunch by Wednesday, October 1.
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