High Holy Days gathering – a study and Selichot event
A study event, talk, music, and Selichot will take place on September 17, 2026, at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. The program runs from 17:00 to 23:30 and includes food and a gathering.
An all-night community gathering between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
We will seek to open our hearts as individuals and as a community, in prayer for repentance and the repair of the soul and the world. We will explore the connection between people and God, and between people and the place where they live; and stories with the power to awaken people from their slumber within the reality in which we live.
Among the participants: Rabbi Avital Hochstein | Rabbi Daniel Epstein | Yael Gidanyan and Nadav Cohen | Francesca Gorgoni and Benjamin Singer | Avraham Uriah Kalman and John Munir | Fuad Othman | and more.
Study and conversation, music, Selichot, book stalls, food, and gathering—into the night.
Program
- Gathering and preparing the heart
- “Between People and God” — a series of Torah classes for Yom Kippur
- Dinner and sales stalls
- “On Stories That Awaken People from Their Slumber” — gatherings, study houses, and workshops
- Performance and Selichot into the night
An event by the Faithful Left.
For more information:
Accessibility contact: Van Leer Institute, telephone: 02-560-5222
Contact: Van Leer Institute, telephone: 02-560-5222, [email protected]
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