Yom Kippur at the Orchard Street Shul
Hazzan Nosson Abrams will lead services in our beautiful restored sanctuary. We hope you’ll come join us for services and a break-fast after the completion of the holiday on Wednesday – please see more information below.
Tuesday October 11
Kol Nidrei 6:00pm
Wednesday, October 12
Yom Kippur – Morning Service 9:00am Yom Kippur – Yizkor 11:30am
Yom Kippur – Minchah 5:00pm
Yom Kippur – Neilah 6:00pm
Yom Kippur – Fast Ends – 6:56pm
No tickets or membership required. We always welcome your support in the form of membership and donations (after the holidays!)
Special thanks to Shari Finkel, who has sponsored the break-fast after Yom Kippur in memory of her father, Manuel Finkel, Z”L. Mr. Finkel passed on the English date of September 24, 2009 and the Hebrew date of 7 Tishrei, which was October 9th this year. He was a long time, early member of the shul and actually grew up living on Orchard Street. May his memory be for a blessing – זיכרונו לברכה
About Our Shul
Located in a New Haven Landmark building listed on the National Register of Historic Places and honored by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Orchard Street Shul was reborn in 2010 as a traditional yet “post label” synagogue after many years of disuse. We continue to build a dynamic community made up of Jewish people of all ages, from all backgrounds and levels of affiliation.
We seek to appeal to the Jewish self in us all, so we can join in a community in which every member of our family finds comfort, meaning, and spiritual connection. We celebrate our Jewishness, and yours. We invite you to join and experience our spiritual haven where you will be welcomed as family, find depth, meaning, and a new appreciation for Jewish life.
Orchard Street Shul
Our beautiful Eastern European Ashkenazi style synagogue was built in 1924 with a unique blend of Federal style and Eastern European architecture seen in our façade. The Shul stands proudly as a symbol of a once vibrant Jewish neighborhood, adjacent to Yale University and both campuses of Yale-New Haven Hospital. Today, the Shul is an anchor of New Haven’s emerging medical and biotech corridor. Jews of all backgrounds make our Shul happen, bringing Jewish life back to an historic neighborhood, in the only synagogue remaining of the dozen that once served our area. Now the only Shul servicing the downtown New Haven community, the sounds of Jewish life are once again regularly heard in this restored gem. You are invited to join your prayers with ours.
Read more About Our Shul, Shul History and Shul Restorations, and check out our Photo Gallery.
Connect With Us
We hold services every Shabbos at 9:30 AM, a Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat minyan on the First Friday of the secular month (see posted time depending on season).
We welcome your membership, and contributions, but most importantly we welcome you. There are no tickets to attend our services and, please, you should always feel welcome to be part of our family.