High Holy Days 2025/5786
A New Way of Gathering
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Reimagined
Return home. Return to your center.
Heal From The Past Year
Join Rabbi Jill and friends for our non-traditional High Holy Day experiences. In this difficult year, our gatherings will be tailored to address this current moment AND be joyful. We will especially embrace the themes of healing ourselves and caring for each other.
Each service includes soulful music, learning, poetry, and reflection. Note: While we draw on traditional texts and prayers. our gatherings are not traditional “services.”
Our contemplative gatherings include creative readings, soulful music, poetry, and meaningful prayer. We leave time to breathe and dig deeper into texts with layers of meaning.
Healing & Caring in This Unusual Year
with Rabbi Jill Zimmerman,
Rabbi Elana Zelony, and Friends
You are invited to our alternative heart-based and soul-filled High Holy Day experiences in Path With Heart Community on Circle.
Sign up now to reserve your place.
When?
You can attend all gatherings or just one. Upon registration, you will be sent the link to join Path With Heart Community on Circle where we host our events.
Monday, September 22nd – Erev Rosh Hashanah
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm PT/7:30 pm – 8:45 pm ET
Tuesday, September 23rd – Rosh Hashanah Day
10:00 am – 11:30 am PT/1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET
Friday, September 26th – Shabbat Shuvah
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm PT/7:30 pm – 8:30 pm ET
Wednesday, October 1st – Kol Nidre & Erev Yom Kippur
Living Room Cello
Rabbi Jill, Rabbi Elana Zelony and Cellists Mary Artmann & Monica Scott
4:30 – 6:00 pm PT/7:30 – 9:00 pm ET
Thursday, October 2nd – Yom Kippur Day
10:00 am – 11:45 am PT/1:00 – 2:45 pm PT
Thursday, October 2nd – Yizkor
Contemplative Service of Memory
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm PT/ 3:00 – 3:30 pm ET
Pricing
Our community is an oasis of warmth, welcome, and wisdom—a place where everyone can find meaningful connection and spiritual renewal.
Your participation includes access to all our High Holiday gatherings: Erev Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah day, Kabbalat Shabbat Shuva, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur day with Yizkor. You’ll also receive our beautiful 90-page prayerbook featuring traditional prayers, contemporary readings, poetry, and art.
Creating this meaningful experience requires significant resources and preparation. We offer different participation levels so everyone has a place at our table.
We invite you to join us at whatever level feels right and a bit of a stretch for you—your presence is what matters most and enriches our entire community.
- Apples & Honey: $154
- Pomegranate: $613
(Includes 5 Yizkor Tribute listings at no additional cost)
- Shofar: $1080
(Includes 10 Yizkor Tribute listings at no additional cost)
Please contact us if you need to make arrangement for special pricing.
About Our High Holy Day Leaders
This year we are thrilled to have Rabbi Elana Zelony join our leadership team! She brings soulful music, a beautiful voice, and a presence to match. Cellists Mary Artmann and Monica Scott will be rejoining us this year for Kol Nidre Living Room Cello.
Our Yizkor Contemplative Service of Memory will include poetry, music, and time for you to honor the memory of your loved ones. Our virtual experiences are warm, welcoming, and deep. We would be thrilled to have you as part of our holy community this year. No knowledge or prior experience is necessary. You are welcome just as you are.
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
Founder, Path With Heart Community: Jewish Mindfulness For Every Day
Rabbi Jill Zimmerman is the founding rabbi of the Path With Heart Community: Jewish Mindfulness For Every Day. A trailblazer in the Jewish virtual world, she began creating online communities long before the pandemic. Rabbi Zimmerman believes that the sacred can manifest in many forms, and she regularly integrates poetry, music, and other creative expressions into her work. She teaches extensively on the intersection of spirituality and mindfulness. Rabbi Jill is also the founder of Hineni, an online Jewish spirituality & mindfulness community. Rabbi Zimmerman is a spiritual activist and speaks out on issues of our time from a Jewish perspective.
Mary Artmann
Cellist
Cellist Mary Artmann is an active chamber musician, recitalist, and freelancer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Artmann maintains a private teaching studio and is committed to using her musical skills to address our global climate emergency.
Rabbi Elana Zelony
Cantorial Soloist & Co-Leader
Rabbi Elana Zelony is a freelance rabbi in the San Francisco Bay Area with a gift for dusting off sacred ancient texts to reveal profound truths about our human & spiritual experiences. Through study & prayer, she guides communities toward more meaningful, connected lives.
Previously, she served congregations in Atlanta, San Francisco, & Richardson, Texas, where she was the first woman to lead a Conservative synagogue in the state. Her interfaith leadership there helped build bridges across religious & cultural divides. She remains deeply committed to dialogue & encounters between diverse people.
Monica Scott
Cellist
Monica Scott is an active teacher & cellist in the San Francisco Bay Area. She performs classical and avant-garde chamber music, as well as composing for her multi-media quartet LIGHTFAST.
Sign up now to reserve your place.
A limited number of spots are available for all services. Includes access to recordings and a private community space for follow-up discussion.
- Yom Kippur
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yizkor Service
Path with Heart Community
With Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
The Path With Heart Community is an accessible, warm, & welcoming Jewish mindfulness project. Our focus is the spiritual & mindful elements of Jewish tradition & their practical application in people’s everyday lives. We are an innovative alternative to traditional synagogue membership. Participants come from around the world, and our paid Hineni Members meet virtually bi-monthly and weekly for Torah Study and Shabbat Meditations.