Where are High Holiday services held in Boca Raton?

Congregation Bircat Shalom holds Rosh Hashanah at The Rotunda at Katz Yeshiva High School, 20900 Ruth and Baron Coleman Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33428, on the Boca Raton JCC campus, and Yom Kippur at Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton, 661 NW 53rd St, Boca Raton, FL 33487, at Yamato Road at I-95.

Do I need tickets for Yom Kippur services?

Yom Kippur is held at a hotel with limited rooms and seating, so it must be reserved in advance. You can book a family room for the stay, which includes service seating for everyone in the room, or a service-only seat if you are not staying overnight. Regular Shabbat and weekday services need no ticket at all.

Is there a children's program on Yom Kippur?

Yes. A supervised children's program runs through the day with snacks and meals included in the room package, so parents can daven.

Are the services in Sephardic nusach?

Yes. All High Holiday tefillot are led in full Sephardic nusach by our hazanim together with visiting hazanim who return year after year.

Yamim Nora'im

High Holy Days

Name: Yom Kippur 5787 with Congregation Bircat Shalom
Start: 2026-09-20T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-22T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton

ימים נוראים

Rosh Hashanah at The Rotunda on the Boca Raton JCC campus, and Yom Kippur at Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton. Our shul on Courtside Ln simply can't seat the number of families who join us for these days.

Reserve your room — $375 per room Pre-book honors & donations

The Rotunda

Rosh Hashanah

Two days of tefillah with shofar, led in full Sephardic nusach, held at The Rotunda at Katz Yeshiva High School on the Boca Raton JCC campus. Evening services begin before candle lighting; Shaharit begins in the morning with Torah reading and shofar to follow.

Selihot through Elul lead into the chagim, said before dawn each night.
Hatarat Nedarim — the annulment of vows — is held before a beit din of three on erev Rosh Hashanah.
Seder Simanim on the first night: the symbolic foods, each with its Yehi Ratzon blessing, at the family table.
Tashlich by the water on the first afternoon.

Rosh Hashanah venueThe Rotunda at Katz Yeshiva High SchoolWalk in at the Rotunda — the round building at the north end of the campus, past the main parking lot.Park in the main campus lot and walk in — no rooms are needed for these two days.

Exact dates and times announced each year

Embassy Suites Boca Raton

Yom Kippur

The whole fast — more than twenty-five hours, from Kol Nidre through Neila — is held in the ballroom at Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton. Families stay on site and walk between their rooms and the service hall all day.

Sunday: last Minha at the hotel 6:00 PM, candle lighting before 7:01 PM, the fast begins 7:01 PM, Kol Nidre & Arbit 7:05 PM.
Monday: Shaharit 7:45 AM, Torah reading 10:50 AM, Yizkor 12:30 PM, Musaf 12:50 PM, Minha 4:10 PM, Neila 6:30 PM.
Shofar at 7:52 PM — Arbit and Habdala follow at 7:55 PM, then the full break-fast buffet in the hotel dining room.

Full schedule, hotel check-in and children’s program hours

Yom Kippur venueEmbassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton

Yom Kippur September 20–21, 2026

$375 per room

Flat total for the whole event — 2 nights, hotel taxes and fees included, plus the card or bank fee at checkout — a family of up to 6. Check in Sunday Sept 20 · check out Tuesday Sept 22. Coming to the services without a room is $180 per adult.

Full payment is required with your reservation. For everyone's safety, only prepaid reservations are honored.

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Break-fast buffet immediately after Neila

The rest of the Tishrei season

The Yamim Nora’im themselves are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — the two days held off-site, with rooms and seating reserved in advance. The festivals that close out Tishrei are davened at the shul on Courtside Ln, with no tickets needed. Each day has its own page with live Boca Raton dates and times.

Rosh HashanahTwo days at the Rotunda — no tickets Yom KippurKol Nidre through Neila at the hotel SukkotSeven days, lulav and etrog Shemini Atzeret & Simhat TorahTefillat Geshem and the hakafot

Every other holiday through the year — Hanukkah, Tu BiShvat, Purim, Pesah, Lag BaOmer, Shavuot and Tisha B’Av — is on the Jewish holiday calendar, with dates and candle lighting times for Boca Raton.

Yom Kippur at the hotel

The complete package

Rooms for two nights, up to 6 people per room
Service seating for the whole family, together
Supervised children's program with snacks and meals
Full break-fast buffet in the lobby
Free parking on site — no driving on the holy day
Security guards on site throughout

Led by Rabbi Mordekhay Shushan, joined by Nathaniel Abitbol, Gabriel Cohen, Meir Azoulay. Everything above is covered by the $375 per room — nothing else to pay on the day.

Getting there

Rosh Hashanah
The Rotunda at Katz Yeshiva High School
20900 Ruth and Baron Coleman Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33428
Walk in at the Rotunda — the round building at the north end of the campus, past the main parking lot.

Directions to the Rotunda

Yom Kippur
Embassy Suites by Hilton Boca Raton
661 NW 53rd St, Boca Raton, FL 33487
Yamato Road at I-95 — (561) 994-8200

Directions to the hotel

Two steps

1. Reserve your room for Yom Kippur. $375 per room, check in sunday sept 20 · check out tuesday sept 22. Tell us how many rooms, adults and children, and the ages of the children. Reservation form
2. Pre-book your honors. Choose aliyot, Sefer Torah honors and dedications for both holidays in advance instead of bidding during the service. Honors menu

Questions? Email the shul.