High Holidays 2025
The High Holidays bring the Jewish community together to reflect on the past year and chart our personal and collective course for the year ahead. This season is a time for focus on the timeless themes of gratitude, reflection, forgiveness, and personal growth. Whether you have memorized the High Holiday liturgy or this year will be your first time celebrating, UF Hillel is excited to welcome you.
As we prepare for the High Holidays, we hope you will join the Jewish community at UF to celebrate the New Year. We will be offering a range of ways to mark this season, including Reform services led by Rabbi Jonah Zinn, and Conservatives services led again this year by Rabbi Ben Varon.
UF Hillel is pleased to welcome parents, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and other guests to celebrate the High Holidays with our student community.
HIGH HOLIDAYS 2025
SCHEDULE
YOM KIPPUR
Kol Nidre / Erev Yom Kippur
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
6:45pm Kol Nidre Services
Conservative Service, led by Rabbi Ben
Reform Service, led by Rabbi Jonah
Yom Kippur Day
Thursday, October 2, 2025
10:00am Conservative Morning Service
Led by Rabbi Ben Varon
10:30am Reform Morning Service
Led by Rabbi Jonah Zinn
Afternoon Community & Reflection at Hillel
6:30pm Learning & Reflection with Rabbi Ben
7:15pm Neilah Concluding Services
Conservative Service, led by Rabbi Ben
Reform Service, led by Rabbi Jonah
8:00pm Break the Fast Meal
Religious Holidays Attendance Policy
If any student has an issue, please have them reach out to Rabbi Jonah Zinn at jzinn@ufhillel.org and we will connect them with the appropriate administrators to resolve the issue.
Sweet New Year Box
Box Pick Up Times @ UF Hillel (2020 W University Ave) OR on Campus (Turlington Plaza):
Thursday, September 18: 11am-1pm - *in Turlington Plaza*
Friday, September 19: 5pm-8pm - at UF Hillel
Monday, September 22: 6pm-9pm - at UF Hillel
Tuesday, September 23: 9:30am-2pm - at UF Hillel
Wednesday, September 24: 9:30am-1pm - at UF Hillel
Thursday, September 25: 11am-1pm - *in Turlington Plaza*
Friday, September 26: 12pm-8pm - at UF Hillel
Questions or not sure if someone ordered you a box?
Please contact Rachel Waldorf at rwaldorf@ufhillel.org.
Support the High Holidays at UF Hillel
UF Hillel is pleased to provide all of our High Holiday meals, services, and creative programs, including our High Holiday Sweet New Year boxes FREE OF CHARGE to all students. We seek to ensure every Jewish student can enjoy a festive and meaningful holiday, regardless of their prior observance or ability to pay.
If you are in a position to do so, we invite you to make a donation today to support UF Hillel's High Holiday experience.
Your gift matters!
$36 provides Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner to ONE student.
$360 provides traditional break the fast bagels and lox to TWENTY students.
$1,800 funds HALF of our Rosh Hashanah lunch.
$6,000 is needed to cover the cost of an additional rabbi joining us in Gainesville to enhance our worship experience.
We also welcome monthly donors who support our work year round.
For questions about giving or to give by mail, please contact Jamie Zinn.