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Posted By admin on September 8, 2020

Jews at Congregation Beth Emek, a Reform synagogue in Pleasanton will be meeting online for the holiest days on the Jewish calendar.

We may be praying in a Zoom room, but it wont be virtual prayer said Rabbi Dr. Laurence Elis Milder. The prayers will be as real as ever. In fact, people who could never make it to the synagogue, or who live across the country, will be part of our High Holy Day worship this year.

The High Holy Days consist of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. On the Jewish calendar, this month marks the beginning of the year 5781.

Jews around the world will be celebrating the New Year on the evening of Sept. 18 and the following day. Yom Kippur is observed by Jews as a day of fasting, prayer and reconciliation. Yom Kippur begins on the evening of Sept. 27 and continues until sundown the following evening.

Judaism has always adapted to the challenges of the moment, said Milder. Recognizing the preeminent Jewish value of protecting ones health, we are proud to move our worship services online. We love the age-old prayers and melodies of this season and being online brings us into a new dimension of worship, which allows for connection and creativity that we might never have otherwise explored.

The congregation extends a welcome to the community to join in their observance of these sacred days. For more information or to join in, visit http://www.bethemek.org.

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Jews Gather In Virtual Space for the High Holy Days - Livermore Independent

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