Archive: June 2020

Creating Virtual High Holiday Experiences

Posted on June 30, 2020

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Enhancing Your High Holiday Live Streaming Experience

Posted on June 24, 2020

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Taking Zoom Programs and Services to the Next Level

Posted on June 18, 2020

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Counting a Minyan Under One Roof, In Separate Rooms

Posted on June 12, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. Question: For congregations that may gather small in-person minyanim, or use a hybrid model over with at least 10 people in one physical location, spread out, while also streaming/zooming: can temporary partitions that essentially box off one person from Continue Reading »

Abbreviating Prayer Services for the High Holy Days of 5781/2020

Posted on June 12, 2020

Prepared by Rabbis Steven Kane, Robert Scheinberg, and Deborah Silver and Hazzan Scott Sokol Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. GENERAL INTRODUCTION: An in-person High Holy Day experience for the year 5781/2020 is likely to need to be as short as possible. Current medical understanding tells us that — even Continue Reading »

On Live Streaming and Competition

Posted on June 9, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Ariel Stofenmacher. Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. The advances in communications technology and the Covid 19 pandemic have encouraged congregations to go online in order to try to better serve their constituencies. The recent responsum approved by the CJLS on Streaming on Shabbat and Yom Tov by Continue Reading »

Yizkor for the High Holidays 5781/2020

Posted on June 4, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Pamela Barmash Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. Yizkor, the term often used to refer to Hazkarat Nefashot (the collective Memorial Service), has a deep resonance for those remembering loved ones. Read more: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/yizkor-high-holidays-57812020

Kol Nidrei Guidance 5781/2020

Posted on May 26, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Pamela Barmash and Rabbi Nate Crane. Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. Read more: https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/kol-nidrei-57812020

Multiple Recitations of the Same Liturgy

Posted on May 26, 2020

Prepared by Rabbi Aaron Alexander. Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS. Question: In light of the fact that some synagogues may offer multiple small services over the course of the High Holidays, but oftentimes with the same leaders and shofar sounders leading back-to-back services, what is the status of somebody Continue Reading »