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For a PDF of the High Holy Days prayer book, please click here
For a PDF of the High Holy Days prayer book, please click here
For our High Holy Days Two Page Program which includes the schedule of services, acknowledgements and upcoming programs, please click here
To read Cantor Abramson's Rosh Hashanah sermons, please click here
To read Cantor Abramson's Yom Kippur sermons, please click here
To view the full recording of the Erev Rosh Hashanah service, please click here
To read Cantor Abramson's Yom Kippur sermons, please click here
To view the full recording of the Erev Rosh Hashanah service, please click here
For a Spotify High Holy Day playlist for the month of Elul from the Rising Song Institute of Hadar--A Vibrant Learning Community, please click here. It is free and easy to sign up for a Spotify Account to listen to this beautiful playlist.
Enjoy this High Holy Day Meditation by Cantor Jill Abramson
Preparing Your Heart for the High Holidays - from Cantor Abramson
Each year, during the month of Elul, the month preceding the High Holidays, I reach for a certain book on my shelf. It's called Preparing Your Heart for the High Holidays, edited by Kerry M. Olitzky and Rachel T. Sabath. The book contains a meditation and teaching for each day of the month of Elul.
One particular passage from the foreword (by David Wolpe) stands out: "Modern life discourages introspection. The demands upon us grow more insistent, and we run unceasingly through the swirl of events and personalities that mark our lives. Most of us scrutinize ourselves only in extreme moments; times of trial or catastrophe. Rarely do we calmly resolve to hold a looking glass up to our own souls, eyes unwavering, and examine what we have done with our gifts, our obstacles and our opportunities."
During this month of Elul, may it be a time of heightened spiritual awareness for each one of us. May we carve out the time to reflect on our actions and live with intentionality.
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Ideas to create a nice atmosphere for services at home
Click here for some great ideas from My Jewish Learning.
The Salop's also shared ways they make their space special:
They turned their breakfast nook into a sanctuary with some long scarves, on the closed blinds, and a pashmina over the cardboard box they use to elevate their laptop on their table as their bimah. As they faced the zoom session with closed blinds around them, they felt the sukkah schlomecha around them and had little distraction from the rest of the house/room. They also dressed up as if they were going to services in person.
Each year, during the month of Elul, the month preceding the High Holidays, I reach for a certain book on my shelf. It's called Preparing Your Heart for the High Holidays, edited by Kerry M. Olitzky and Rachel T. Sabath. The book contains a meditation and teaching for each day of the month of Elul.
One particular passage from the foreword (by David Wolpe) stands out: "Modern life discourages introspection. The demands upon us grow more insistent, and we run unceasingly through the swirl of events and personalities that mark our lives. Most of us scrutinize ourselves only in extreme moments; times of trial or catastrophe. Rarely do we calmly resolve to hold a looking glass up to our own souls, eyes unwavering, and examine what we have done with our gifts, our obstacles and our opportunities."
During this month of Elul, may it be a time of heightened spiritual awareness for each one of us. May we carve out the time to reflect on our actions and live with intentionality.
* * * * * * *
Ideas to create a nice atmosphere for services at home
Click here for some great ideas from My Jewish Learning.
The Salop's also shared ways they make their space special:
They turned their breakfast nook into a sanctuary with some long scarves, on the closed blinds, and a pashmina over the cardboard box they use to elevate their laptop on their table as their bimah. As they faced the zoom session with closed blinds around them, they felt the sukkah schlomecha around them and had little distraction from the rest of the house/room. They also dressed up as if they were going to services in person.
Enjoy this 3 minute recap of our 2020 High Holy Day Rosh Hashanah Services.
High Holy Days 2020 Photos
The many views of a Zoom High Holy Day!
If you would like to see more behind the scenes photos taken by Rick Mason at Round Hill, so you can see what it looked like on the other side of our computer screens, click here
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