Yom Kippur Day Services including Yizkor
September 21 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Please join us for the High Holy Days at our Yom Kippur Day services (including Yizkor).
Location: Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Main Sanctuary, 11 Orange St.
During registration, you will have the opportunity to provide names that will be recalled during the Yizkor service, as well as make a voluntary donation in memory of those who are being recalled.
We will soon commemorate Yom Kippur – a day of introspection, during which we traditionally forgo food and drink – to afflict our bodies, as we seek to purify our souls. It is a religious tradition – but one which we choose to do. When our fast is broken, we return to our homes – homes in which our pantries are full, and we are rarely in want or need.
But there are those around us, even on this magical island, who do not know where their next meal might come from or worry if there is enough food to give healthy meals to their loved ones. Our island has been blessed by the work of the Nantucket Food Pantry, and Shirat HaYam has directed a majority of our philanthropic efforts to support this sacred work of feeding those in need.
To that end, we would ask that you consider bringing food donations with you for a special collection on Yom Kippur. We ask for:
- Cooking Oil, 24-36 ounce bottles
- Coffee, ground or instant
- Shelf stable juices (quart size)
- Breakfast cereal (smaller boxes are better)
- Canned poultry/meats/tuna
- Condiments ketchup/mayo/mustard
- Granola bars/protein bars
- Cleaning supplies
- Jelly/Jam
If it is your tradition not to carry on the Holy Day (OR you are joining us virtually), we ask that you access the Amazon Wish List and have your donation delivered directly to the food pantry (once you place your order, the food pantry’s direct shipping address should auto-populate in your shipping addresses options – if not, it is Nantucket Food Pantry 19 Boynton Lane, Nantucket MA 02554)
(Amazon wishlist link to follow).
2026 High Holy Days information, including a full schedule of all High Holy Day services, study sessions and other programs, and an online and paper registration form, are available by clicking HERE.