MEMBERS: Membership includes participation in High Holy Day services for up to 2 adults (1 for individual membership), and children through college age living at home. Members may bring additional guests for a minimum contribution of $175 each (in person and/or via Zoom).

NON-MEMBERS: Non-members are welcome for a minimum contribution of $250 per person (in person and/or via Zoom). Children under 18 are welcome for free.

For everyone’s safety, you must register to attend services, whether in person or via Zoom.

Register here.

PAYMENT: Once you’ve registered, you can make your High Holy Day payment by credit card here, or mail a check to Gesher, PO Box 1196, Bridgehampton, NY 11932.

FINANCIAL NEED: No one is ever excluded from Gesher because of financial limitations; necessary accommodations will be made on request.

Once you register, your name will be on a list at the door; we do not mail entry cards or tickets.

All services have open seating. We do not assign or reserve seats. If you have particular seating needs for accessibility reasons, just let us know.

We plan to have community lunches both days of Rosh Hashanah, and a community break-fast after Yom Kippur, on site at Bay Street Theater. Weather permitting, we’ll be outdoors.

RSVP for all meals when you register for the High Holy Days.

Suggested donation of $20 per person, per meal.

A full schedule of service times is available here.

In person services will be held at the gracious and comfortable Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, located at the foot of Main Street (and the corner of Bay Street) on the Long Wharf, opposite the windmill. Bay Street is wheelchair accessible and can provide assisted listening devices on request.

All services will be multi-access, with participation both in person and via Zoom. If you’ll be in the Hamptons and are physically able to attend, we strongly encourage you to participate in person.

However you participate, we’re confident that services will be beautiful and inspiring, and that with your help we will truly be a kehillah kedoshah, a holy community.

Sag Harbor offers ample free parking within easy walking distance of the theater. A map of Sag Harbor municipal lots, with hourly limits, is available here. The closest long-term parking is along West Water Street. or the Gravel Lot on Bridge Street behind the post office (#9 on the map).

NOTE: Curbside parking in front of the theater is 30 minutes only.

Our goal is for everyone to feel safe throughout services.

SAFETY: We will have private security at the door, and no one will be admitted who has not preregistered.

COVID: The Bay Street Theater is a fully vaccinated company, and the building and theater have been renovated with upgraded air ventilation, and they conduct regular routine cleaning.

MASKING: To balance safety and comfort needs, we will designate seating sections where masks are required and where they are not. Because we want our clergy to stay healthy and able to lead us for all the holidays, we do ask that anyone coming up to the bimah for an aliyah wear a mask, and avoid hugging, kissing and handshaking.

GENERAL HEALTH: If you are not feeling well or have symptoms of any illness, please participate by Zoom and do not come in person. Please also respect others’ safety needs by leaving space between seats upon request, and being sensitive to maintaining appropriate distance in conversation.

The Zoom link and instructions will be emailed to all registrants prior to the High Holy Days. That email will also include the password to a protected page, which will include the Zoom link, login information, downloads to print in advance, and any other secure information.

For security reasons, everyone who might be logging in separately must be listed on the registration form.

When you log in, your Zoom ID must identify you by name. We will not be able to admit anyone with a generic ID such as “iPhone” or a phone number we don’t recognize.

NOTE: If you register after 12 pm on the eve of the holy day, we will not be able to email you the Zoom link.

We use the highly acclaimed Machzor Lev Shalem, published by the Conservative movement, which our own Rabbi Uhrbach helped author.

We provide prayerbooks for use at services, and a limited number to lend to members for use at home.

For home use, copies of the prayerbook can be purchased, or digital copies rented, from The Rabbinical Assembly's bookstore.

We hope you’ll understand why we can’t offer reciprocity to members of other synagogues. Located as we are in a resort destination, a high percentage of members and High Holy Day attendees belong to at least one other synagogue. Offering reciprocity to everyone who belongs to another synagogue isn’t viable, and offering reciprocity only to some isn’t fair.

For similar reasons, we can’t pro-rate seats if you plan to come for only part of the holiday, or if you choose to participate via Zoom only.

Wear whatever makes you feel prayerful and comfortable. For some people, dressing up adds to the sense of seriousness and sanctity; others find less formality more conducive to focus.

On Yom Kippur, it is traditional not to wear leather shoes, and to refrain from perfume and makeup (both literally and figuratively – the day is about being real). Some people choose to dress all in white. Some also refrain from wearing gold jewelry (so as not to evoke the Golden Calf!).

It is customary to wear a tallit at morning but not evening services. The one exception is Yom Kippur — a tallit is traditionally worn the evening of Kol Nidre (which must begin before sundown), and the entire day of Yom Kippur.

Because a tallit symbolizes the specific commitment to Torah and mitzvot, we encourage but do not require Jews of all genders over the age of 13 to wear a tallit, your own or one of ours. We do ask that a tallit be worn for Torah honors.

Everyone is invited to wear a kippah/yarmulke at all services.