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Are you excited to spend the High Holidays with Illini Hillel?! Great, because we are ready and excited to spend them with YOU!
Shana Tovah Illini!
Check out our full schedule of meals and services for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot at the University of Illinois.
Rosh Hashanah 2023 | 9/15-9/17
Friday, September 15
- Orthodox, Conservative, & Reform Services at 6pm
- Dinner at 7:15pm
Saturday, September 16
- Orthodox services 9:30am-2pm
- Conservative services 9:30am-1:30pm
- Reform Services 10am
- Lunch 1-2:30pm
- Orthodox Evening Services 6:40pm
- Conservative evening services 6:45pm
- Havdalah and Tashlich with Rabbi Heather @ 7:30pm
- Dinner at JET house with R.Shmuel and Jackie at 8:15pm
Sunday, September 17
- Orthodox Services 9:30am-2pm
- Conservative services 9:30am-1:30pm
- Exploring the shofar through art, meditation, and more with R. Heather 11am
- Lunch 1:30pm
- Tashlich with R. Shmuel @ Boneyard Creek 3pm
- Conservative Afternoon Services 2:00pm
- Orthodox Mincha/Maariv 6:40pm/7:40pm
Yom Kippur 2023 | 9/24-9/25
Sunday, September 24
- Pre-fast meal 5-6pm
- Kol Nidre 6:15pm
Monday, September 25
- Orthodox Services 9:30am
- Conservative Services 9:30am
- Reform Services 10-12pm
- Reform Yizkor - 12:45pm
- Ritual for those who Cannot Fast 3pm
- Orthodox Mincha and Ne'ilah - 5:30pm
- Conservative afternoon/evening services 4:30pm
- Reform Ne'ilah 6:30pm
- Break-the-fast meal at 7:30pm
Rosh Hashanah meals are free to our students, thanks to a generous endowment gift made by Firouz and Nasrin Gahvari in memory of their son, Hormozd. Hormozd was an active student and graduate student at Illini Hillel for many years. He passed away at a young age on the eve of Rosh Hashana in 2016, after a long battle with Ewing Sarcoma. This meaningful and unique endowment will allow us to celebrate his life today and in the future.
