Holidays

We hold services at Park Avenue Synagogue and broadcast our world-class livestream.. Seats are available by ticket. There are also High Holiday services for families and children of all ages.

We mark the beginning of fall through song and prayer, shaking the lulav and etrog and gathering in the sukkah. Join us for services throughout the eight days of Sukkot.

We gather for the final days of the fall festival season and recite the Yizkor service. Hear the cantor chant Geshem, the prayer for rain, at the beginning of the Musaf service.

In the evening, we celebrate the Torah with lively music.

The next morning, we end the annual cycle of Torah reading and begin it again, honoring two congregants as Hatan Torah and Kallat B’reishit.

In honor of the festival of lights, there are parties, art projects, concerts, and activities for all ages.

Tu BiShvat finds us eating fruit, learning about the produce of the Land of Israel. The Shabbat closest to Tu BiShvat is always Shabbat Shirah, “the Sabbath of Song.” The cantors prepare special musical services for that Shabbat morning.

In addition to a full megillah reading for older children, teens and adults, Purim includes a Purim spiel, a Purim service for young children, and a Purim carnival for young families. There are costumes, noisemakers, hamantashen, and silliness for all.

On Pesach, we celebrate the exodus from Egypt.

Commemorate the lives of those lost during the Holocaust.

We celebrate Israel's birthday with a variety of synagogue activities for all ages.

On erev Shavuot, there is a Tikkun Leil Shavuot learning session as well as cheesecake for all. In the morning  there are festival services for adults and families.

Tisha B'Av, the 9th of Av, is a solemn fast day that commemorates the anniversary of the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. The fast, like Yom Kippur, starts at sundown and lasts until dark the next day.

Between ma’ariv and the chanting of Eikhah, the Book of Lamentations, we have a study session on the themes of the liturgy of the day.