Tickets & Information

We’re delighted to announce that Emanuel Synagogue will be holding services in person for our members in 2022. Due to the current redevelopment works, for this year only, we will be across two campuses; Emanuel Synagogue & Sydney Grammar School.

Tickets to attend

Entry to our services will be limited to current members with tickets. To be part of our community and celebrate the Yamim Nora’im with us, please click here, where you will find all membership information.

Online services

We welcome everyone to attend our Progressive services online. There will be no registration, payment, or password required to access our online worship services on our website, YouTube, or Smart TV.

Member Tickets

This year, we will be sending tickets to members by email. Anyone for whom we do not have an email address, tickets will be mailed.

Your ticket has the details of the times and venues for all our services. Please print your ticket, or have it digitally accessible and remember to bring it with you to all services, along with valid photo identification for security purposes. Please email sarah@emanuel.org.au if you need us to print your ticket and mail it to you.

Tickets will be sent by e-mail on Monday, 12 September 2022 to current members. Members will be required to have paid all membership dues, fees, and tuition from the 2022 membership year, or have made payment arrangements with our Accounts Department.  If you would like to contact our accounts department, please email accounts@emanuel.org.au.

Please contact us if you’re not sure how many tickets your household receives. Children under the age of 3 will not need tickets and children up to the age of 21 are included in the family ticket.

Non-Member Attendance

We invite you to become a member of our congregation by clicking here or join us for our live-streamed Progressive services. Click here to view

Getting to Sydney Grammar School

Being located in the centre of the city (opposite Hyde Park) the School is extremely well served by public transport. Access to the Venue will be via Yurong Street.

Central, Town Hall and Museum railways stations are all within easy walking distance of the School and serve the needs of those living to the north, south and west particularly. Government buses stop at William and Oxford Streets (from the eastern suburbs), Elizabeth Street (from Circular Quay) and George Street (from the inner west). The Queen Victoria Building and Wynyard Station are two other popular terminus stops for buses.

Click here to view on maps

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BUS SERVICE

We have arranged for a 24-seater bus to transport congregants from Emanuel Synagogue to Sydney Grammar School on the following dates:

Monday 26 September – 1st Day Rosh Hashana – Service Start 9:00am
First departure 8:15am (then every 30 mins thereafter)
Last return approx 1pm/1:30pm

Tuesday 4 October – Kol Nidrei – Service Start 6:30pm
First departure 5:45pm (then every 30 mins thereafter)
Last return around 9:00pm

Wednesday 5 October – Yom Kippur – Service Start 10:30am
First departure 9:45am (then every 30 mins thereafter)
Last return around 6:30pm

The bus will do trips backwards and forwards until there are no remaining passengers to be transported.

IMPORTANT: It is essential to complete this registration form to secure a seat on the bus.

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PARKING

We’ve shortlisted the closest car parks to Sydney Grammar School, we suggest people book online to get cheaper rates than on the day.

Wilson Parking – 70 Riley Street, Darlinghurst
Ph: 1800 727 546
Website

Secure Parking – 46-48 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo
Ph: 8000 8790
Website

Services and Events

Rosh Hashana

WHAT IS ROSH HASHANA?
Rosh Hashana is the beginning of the Jewish year, it is the time we celebrate the creation of the world and think about our place in it. Rosh Hashana has two other names which reflect the nature of the holiday: Yom Ha Din, the day of judgement and Yom Hazikaron, the Day of Remembrance. It is a day of judgement because legend tells us that on this day God begins to write in the Book of Life, inscribing us for the year ahead. God weighs our deeds and considers our actions in the year that has passed. It is called the Day of Remembrance for on that day we remember our actions of the previous year as well as those who have entered and those who have gone from our lives.

TRADITIONS
At Rosh Hashana, we eat sweet foods, especially apples dipped in honey, for a sweet year ahead, round challah representing the cycle of the year and life, and we attend services thanking God for the goodness of the year that has passed and asking for a good, sweet year ahead. One of the mitzvot is to hear the sound of the shofar. It is traditional to greet one another on this day with the words: “Shana Tova” (a good year), “gut yom tov” (yiddish for a good year), or the more complex “Shana tova tikatevu vetichateimu” (May you have a good year and may you be sealed and inscribed (in the book of life)

ROSH HASHANA SEDER
At Rosh Hashana Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews have a special seder, with ritual foods and blessings. For more information about the seder and how to add these elements to your Rosh Hashana, click here.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?
In our continued commitment to multiple services and opportunities for worship we offer three service styles for first day Rosh Hashana: the Progressive, Renewal and Masorti. The Masorti service is more traditional in style and the Progressive has the music of our Emanuel Synagogue volunteer choir accompanied by musicians from our community. On Second Day Rosh Hashana our Progressive service is Rosh Hashana Live, featuring the musicians from our Shabbat Live Band along with special guest storytellers, poets and contributions. All our services are inclusive and egalitarian.

Erev Rosh Hashana | Sunday 25 September, 2022

6:15 pm – 1st Day Evening (Whole community)

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue | | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

Rosh Hashana | Monday 26 September, 2022

8:30am – 1st Day — Morning Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

9:00am – 1st Day — Morning Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

10:00 am – Children’s services

Emanuel Synagogue

3:00 pm – Beach – Music, Shofar, Tashlich and Prayer Renewal

Join musicians Ben Adler, Nadav Kahn together with Rabbi Orna Triguboff at the beach for a joyous experience and the ancient practice of Tashlich.

All are welcome.

6:15pm – 2nd Day — Ma’ariv

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

Rosh Hashana | Tuesday 27 September, 2022

8:30 am – 2nd Day – Morning Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

10:00 am – Rosh Hashana Live

Neuweg Sanctuary | Emanuel Synagogue| ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here

10:00 am – Children’s services

Emanuel Synagogue

Around 1 pm after services – Tashlich ceremony and sounding the Shofar

Centennial Park | Model Yacht Pond

2:00 pm – Tashlich ceremony and sounding the Shofar

Sir Joseph Banks Park – Map to meeting place
We’ll meet in the car park area at the end of Fremlins Lane, Botany.

Tashlich

WHAT IS TASHLICH?

Tashlich means “you will cast” and is a ceremony which takes place on Rosh Hashana and the days following. This ceremony has its origins in a saying by the prophet Micah “You shall cast out your sins into the depths of the sea.” At this time of year when we attempt to wipe the slate clean and remove our sins far away, we symbolically cast our sins into a body of water and watch them disappear. There is a short prayer service conducted beside the water, followed by the symbolic throwing of bread into the depths.

Beach - Music, Shofar, Tashlich and Prayer | Monday 26 September, 2022

3:00 pm – Beach – Music, Shofar, Tashlich and Prayer Renewal

Join musicians Ben Adler, Nadav Kahn together with Rabbi Orna Triguboff at the beach for a joyous experience and the ancient practice of Tashlich.

All are welcome.

Tashlich Picnic in the Park | Tuesday 27 September, 2022

Join us after services on Second Day Rosh Hashana bring a small picnic lunch and meet us in Centennial Park. We will enjoy food and conversation and then head to the waters for the short tashlich ceremony and sounding the Shofar. Fun for all the family, two-legged and four.

Around 1 pm after services – Tashlich Picnic in the Park

Centennial Park | Model Yacht Pond

2:00 pm – Tashlich ceremony and sounding the Shofar

Sir Joseph Banks Park – Map to meeting place
We’ll meet in the car park area at the end of Fremlins Lane, Botany.

Yom Kippur

Kol Nidrei | Tuesday 4 October, 2022

Kol Nidrei means “all the vows” and refers to one of the major prayers of this service. The Kol Nidrei prayer is chanted to a hauntingly beautiful melody which brings tears to the eyes of many participants for whom the melody brings back memories of years past and an introduction to the solemnity of the festival. This is the only evening service at which participants wear a tallit.

6:30pm – Kol Nidrei Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

6:30pm – Kol Nidrei Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

7:30pm – Yom Kippur Kol Nidre and Music Circle Renewal

Open to non-members and members.

Join musicians Ilan Kidron, Aliza Waxman and Remi Owen with Rabbi Dr. Orna Triguboff . This Jewish Renewal prayer service which will include amazing music, meditation, prayer and reflection.

At Emanuel Synagogue, Neuweg Sanctuary

Members $10

Regular ticket $40

Children under 18 free

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Yom Kippur | Progressive | Wednesday 5 October, 2022

9:30am – Children’s Service

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar

10:30am – Shacharit Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

Yom Kippur morning services contain the reading of the Torah and a service filled with contemplation and reflection. We recite the “al chet” prayer which lists all the sins we committed during the year and we follow it with a cry for forgiveness. The Torah reading describes the original Yom Kippur and the tradition of fasting we still maintain.

1:30 pm – Mincha (Afternoon) service Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the service moves to a more introspective and reflective mood. The afternoon prayer service in the Progressive minyan contains a history of our people from Biblical days until now. In prayer, poetry, prose and song the paths of the Jewish people are traced. At the conclusion of the journey, we read the Torah and then the story of Jonah, the prophet who sought to flee from God’s presence.

3:30pm – Study Session

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

In the late afternoon, there will be an opportunity to engage in conversation with the clergy about topics relevant to the season. They will each share some insights into their thoughts: what is keeping them up at night? What are the most important issues facing us at this time? There will be a chance to ask questions. Come along, challenge and be challenged with ideas, thoughts and discussion.

5:00pm – Yizkor Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

Yizkor is the service at which we remember our loved ones who have passed away. Yizkor is recited at all the pilgrimage festivals: Pesach, Sukkot and Shavuot, as well as during Yom Kippur. The service is filled with psalms and beautiful music which leads us and guides our memories and reflections. At the end of the service El Maleh Rachamim, the prayer asking that the souls of our loved ones be at peace and Mourner’s Kaddish, gratitude for their lives, are recited. We read the names of those in our community who have died in the past year.

6:00pm – Ne’ilah Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

Ne’ilah is the evening service for Yom Kippur and it contains much of the most wonderful poetry and music of the day. This service speaks in imagery of the gates, which have been thrown open to receive our prayers, beginning to slowly close as the day comes to an end. The stars begin to appear in the sky and the mood becomes more festive and joyous. At the conclusion of the service, the shofar is sounded to herald the end of another Yom Kippur. We end with a short havdalah which separates the holy day from the rest of the week.

7:38pm* – Havdalah Progressive

John Vallance Hall (JVH) | Sydney Grammar | ▶ This service will also be live streamed, click here to watch

Fast ends at 7:38pm

Yom Kippur | Masorti | Wednesday 5 October, 2022

9:30 am – Shacharit Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

Yom Kippur morning services contain the reading of the Torah and a service filled with contemplation and reflection. We recite the “al chet” confession which lists all the sins we committed during the year and we follow it with a cry for forgiveness. The Torah reading describes the original Yom Kippur rituals and the tradition of fasting we maintain. In the Masorti Service, the morning prayers are followed by Yizkor.

10:00am – Children’s Service

Neuweg Sanctuary | Emanuel Synagogue

12:00 pm approximately – Yizkor Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

Yizkor is the service at which we remember our loved ones who have passed away. Yizkor is recited at all the pilgrimage festivals: Pesach, Sukkot and Shavuot, as well as during Yom Kippur. At the end of the prayers, El Maleh Rachamim, the prayer asking that the souls of our loved ones be at peace and Mourner’s Kaddish, gratitude for their lives, are recited. We read the names of those in our community who have died in the past year.

1:00 pm approximately – Musaf Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

This is the heart of the Yom Kippur service containing all of its major prayers and melodies including the powerful Unataneh Tokef and the dramatic reenactment of the Temple ritual, where the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies.

3:00 pm approximately – Study Session Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

4:30 pm – Mincha Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the service moves to a more introspective and reflective mood. We begin the journey by reading the Torah, followed by the story of Jonah, the prophet who sought to flee from God’s presence.

6:00 pm – Ne’ilah Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

7:38 pm* – Ma’ariv / Havdalah Masorti

Millie Phillips Building | Emanuel Synagogue

Fast ends at 7:38pm