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High Holy Days 2024 | 5785

Visit our High Holy Days online hub to view service times, make dinner reservations, request guest tickets, and more!

2024 Pursuer of Peace Award

Honoring Laura Ellsworth and Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, for creating the Eradicate Hate Global Summit.

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Dancing without their Timbrels

Dale Lazar's spellbinding photography taken in Netanya, Israel is on display through October 30, 2024 in our Rodef Shalom Congregation Jewish Museum.

Events

Featured Events

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20s-40s Late Shabbat
Fri, Sep 20
Sep 20, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sep 20, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Join Cantor Toby Glaser for this abridged monthly Kabbalat Shabbat service. Get to know other Pittsburgh young Jewish professionals and close out the week with wine, refreshments, and great company! Registration required.
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S'lichot
Sat, Sep 28
Sep 28, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Sep 28, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
We observe S’lichot in the week before Rosh Hashanah as a time of soul-searching and reflection to prepare for the magnitude of the Days of Awe. Join us as we hear from guest speaker Rabbi Michael Zedek, followed by a service with clergy and choirs from Rodef Shalom Congregation and Temple Sinai.
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Taking Miracles Seriously: A Journey to Everyday Spirituality
Sun, Sep 29
Sep 29, 2024, 7:00 PM
Sep 29, 2024, 7:00 PM
Join us for the 2024 Ruth and Bernard Levaur Contemporary Lecture with guest speaker Rabbi Rabbi Michael Zedek. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited and reservations are encouraged. Dessert reception to follow.
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Multiple Dates
Wise Aging: High Holy Days
Mon, Sep 30
Sep 30, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sep 30, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Join us to consider and discuss "Asking for and Granting Forgiveness: How the Conversation Changes as We Grow Older." Whether you have been a part of previous Wise Aging cohorts or are new to the table - welcome! This experience is designed for Jewish adults 55 and older.
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Multiple Dates
Tot Service for Young Children and their Families
Thu, Oct 03
Oct 03, 2024, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Oct 03, 2024, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
This 30-minute services is a wonderful introduction to the High Holy Days. Gather with Rabbi Larry Freedman and Jacob Shinder for music, prayer, and stories.
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Tashlich Two Ways
Thu, Oct 03
Oct 03, 2024, 3:30 PM
Oct 03, 2024, 3:30 PM
Join us for a clean, litter-free means by which to cast away our sins, before setting out to clean up litter from the streams and stream-beds in Frick Park. All ages are welcome! There will be cleanup activities both in and out of the water.
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Pre-Kol Nidre Dinner
Fri, Oct 11
Oct 11, 2024, 5:15 PM
Oct 11, 2024, 5:15 PM
Join us for dinner preceding our Kol Nidre service. Reservations are required by Friday, September 27 at rodefshalom.org/5785.
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East Winds Symphonic Band Concert
Sun, Oct 20
Oct 20, 2024, 7:00 PM
Oct 20, 2024, 7:00 PM
Rodef Shalom Brotherhood presents the East Winds Symphonic Band in this FREE concert featuring a celebration of music from stage and screen. Cash donations to the JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry are welcome.
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Multiple Dates
Shabbat with You
Sat, Nov 02
Nov 02, 2024, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Nov 02, 2024, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Families with young children are invited to spend Shabbat morning in the Family Center! Drop in for a light breakfast, play date, sing-a-long with Cantor Toby, and a Shabbat activity with Family Center Director Ellie Feibus. $5 per family.
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Let us host your next meeting or event

From intimate occasions and small classes to large conferences and concerts, we have a variety of spaces available for your next event.

Young children reading together in our preschool.

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