Pandemic changes High Holy Days for some Palm Beach synagogues
By: Andrew J. Davis
Palm Beach Daily News
September 1, 2021
As it did last year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced synagogues in town to modify their plans to observe the upcoming High Holy Days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashana celebrates the Jewish New Year (the coming year is 5782), while Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, is the holiest, most important day of the year in Judaism. This year, Rosh Hashana will be observed Sept. 6-8, while Yom Kippur will be observed Sept. 15-16...
The Chabad House will hold services at The Brazilian Court. The temple also will blow the shofar, a ram's-horn trumpet used by ancient Jews in religious ceremonies and as a battle signal, around town on Sept. 7 and 8.
''The Jewish New Year is almost here and its two days launch us into a fresh year with brighter, more meaningful goals of acknowledging the centrality of God in our lives. ... With Rosh Hashana, we optimistically turn the page and await blessings in our path ahead," said the Chabad's Rabbi Zalman Levitin...
The Chabad House:
Rosh Hashana: Sept. 6 - 7 p.m. holiday candle-lighting, followed by evening services and dinner; Sept. 7 - services at 9:30 a.m. and noon, where there will be shofar blowing and lunch. The shofar also will be blown at 3:30 p.m. at the clock tower on Worth Avenue and 4:30 p.m. at the beach at Sunrise Avenue. The day will conclude with a 7 p.m. holiday candle-lighting, then evening services and dinner. There also will be a children's program at 11:30 a.m.
Excluding the evening service, the Sept. 8 agenda duplicates the one from the day before.
All events will be held at the Brazilian Court and reservations can be made at www.palmbeachjewish.com for in-person services.
Yom Kippur: Sept. 15 - Kol Nidrei and candle-lighting, 7 p.m.; a holiday fast will begin that night; Sept. 16 - 10 a.m. morning service, 12:30 p.m. sermon and yizkor; and 5:30 p.m. concluding service and complimentary "break-the-fast"...