Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur 2024 • 5785

Fall High Holidays sign up is open!

Sign Up Here!

Advanced sign-up is highly encouraged for services and required for all meals

Below is an overview of what will be offered:

  • 45-Minute Highlights Service with Rabbi Ari: Join Rabbi Ari as he guides you through the quintessential prayers from the service in 45 minutes.
  • Reform: Reform Service with Ruach
  • Conservative: Egalitarian Conservative services with Neshama.
  • Orthodox: Traditional Orthodox services with Kedma (no Orthodox services for Rosh Hashanah at Hillel)
  • Additional programming including tabling on campus with apples and honey, honey cake bake, pre-fast North Campus meal, and more!

For the Full High Holiday Schedule, please see below

Rosh Hashanah Schedule

Rosh Hashanah will take place on October 2-4, 2024

Erev Rosh Hashanah – Wednesday, October 2
Reform Service 6:35 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Conservative Service 7:00 PM Conference Room – Maryland Hillel
Dinner 7:30 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Thursday, October 3
Conservative Morning Service 9:30 AM – 1:10 PM UMD Memorial Garden Chapel
Reform Service (early option) 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM Multi-purpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Reform Service (late option) 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Multi-purpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Highlights Service with Rabbi Ari 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Conference Room – Maryland Hillel
Lunch 1:15 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
Conservative Evening Service 7:30 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Dinner 8:00 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Friday, October 4
Conservative Morning Service 9:30 AM- 1:00 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Lunch 1:15 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
Tashlich 2:00 PM Meet at Maryland Hillel
Traditional Conservative Evening Service 7:00 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Shabbat Dinner 8:00 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel

  • September 30 – Tabling Around Campus with Apples and Honey!
  • October 1 @ 6:00 p.m. – Mishelanu Apple Cake Bake
  • October 1+2 – Tabling Around Campus with Apples and Honey!

Yom Kippur Schedule

Yom Kippur will take place on October 11 and 12, 2024

Kol Nidre – Friday, October 11
Pre-Fast Meal 4:45 PM – 6:00 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
North Campus Pre-Fast Meal 5:00 – 6:15 PM Oakland Hall
Fast Begins 6:33 PM
Orthodox Service 6:30 PM Tyding 0130
Conservative Service 6:45 PM UMD Memorial Main Chapel
Reform Service 7:00 PM Synagogue – Maryland Hillel
Yom Kippur – Saturday, October 12
Orthodox Morning Service 8:30 PM- 2:15 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Orthodox Yizkor Service Approx. 11:15 AM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Conservative Service 9:30 AM- 1:30 PM UMD Memorial Main Chapel
Conservative Yizkor Service Approx. 11:15 AM UMD Memorial Main Chapel
Reform Service 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM Synagogue – Maryland Hillel
Reform Yizkor Service Approx. 11:45 AM Synagogue – Maryland Hillel
Highlights Service with Rabbi Ari 12:00 PM- 12:45 PM Dining Hall – Maryland Hillel
Orthodox Evening Service 4:35 PM Multipurpose Room – Maryland Hillel
Conservative Evening Service 4:55 PM UMD Memorial Main Chapel
Reform Evening Service (Neilah) 6:30 PM Synagogue – Maryland Hillel
Fast Ends 7:12 PM
North Campus Break Fast 7:30 PM Outside Football Stadium by Elliott
Hot Break Fast 7:45 PM Dining Hall- Maryland Hillel

Dine with us for the High Holidays!

Register for High Holy Day meals: OPEN

Meal registration is required

Register Here

High Holiday exemption letter

You should make appropriate arrangements with your professors, prior to missing class. Please allow 3-5 days for requests to be processed and prepared.

Click here for the form