Welcome to Our Worship Services
High Holidays 5787

Tickets:  As a matter of security, a guard will be positioned at the synagogue entrance, and tickets will be required to enter the synagogue. Congregants, their guests, and non-members who have not yet received tickets should contact Michelle Davis at the synagogue office by email (admin@britshalomstatecollege.org) or by phone (814.238.4611) for assistance.

Please Note: For additional security the doors to the building will be locked 30 minutes after each service starts.

Parking Information:  Please reserve the upper synagogue (western) parking lot for handicapped parking and those whose who may need easier access to the ramp at the side door. Note: You also may park on both sides of the street and in the upper parking lot of the Christian Science Church. (No parking in the church lower lot.) Church and special street parking are available as follows:

Babysitting and Youth Services: During the first morning of Rosh Hashanah (Sat., Sept. 12) and during Yom Kippur morning (Mon., Sept. 21), Youth Services will be offered in the Library (for children in grades 1–5) and Babysitting will be available in the Nursery School (for children in pre-K through kindergarten). Reservations are required for babysitting and can be made by contacting Michelle Davis in our office at 814-238-4611 or by sending an email to admin@britshalomstatecollege.org by Sept. 7. Please note that we cannot accommodate drop-ins. However, should any children not in babysitting need a break we will have a Break Room set up downstairs with books and a livestream of our service. Parents must accompany their children in the Break Room. We will also have a livestream enabled room set up downstairs for nursing mothers.

Parking Information:  The upper (western) parking lot of Brit Shalom will be reserved for people needing access by way of the handicap-accessible ramp at the synagogue’s side door. On-street parking will be permitted, but only on the synagogue side of Hamilton Avenue. Parking will also be available in the upper parking lot of the Christian Science Church except during Neilah services on Wednesday, October 2th. At no time are we permitted to park in the church’s lower parking lot.

Babysitting and Youth Services:  During the first morning of Rosh Hashanah (Sat., Sept. 12) and during Yom Kippur morning (Mon., Sept. 21), Youth Services will be offered in the Library (for children in grades 1–5) and Babysitting will be available in the Nursery School (for children in pre-K through kindergarten). Reservations are required for babysitting and can be made by contacting Michelle Davis in our office at 814-238-4611 or by sending an email to admin@britshalomstatecollege.org by Sept. 7. Please note that we cannot accommodate drop-ins. However, should any children not in babysitting need a break we will have a Break Room set up downstairs with books and a livestream of our service. Parents must accompany their children in the Break Room. We will also have a livestream enabled room set up downstairs for nursing mothers.

ROSH HASHANAH

Friday, September 11
8:00 P.M. Evening Service

Saturday, September 12
10:00 AM Morning Service

Sunday, September 13
10:00 A.M. Second Day Morning Service
     4:00  PM Tashlich at Pennsylvania Military Museum         

Attending Our Services Remotely

By clicking the Livestream button below, your tablet or computer will be connected to a YouTube channel on which you can view the High Holiday Services remotely. And by clicking on the Prayer Book button, you will be able to follow the worship prayers .

As is our tradition, the Second Day Rosh Hashanah service and Minchah service on Yom Kippur will be more in the Conservative style, and we’ll be using the black prayer book, Mahzor Hadash, which is not available in digital form. You may borrow a Mahzor Hadash from the synagogue by contacting Michelle Davis.