{"id":63013,"date":"2020-09-10T09:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=63013"},"modified":"2020-09-10T09:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T14:25:53","slug":"synagogues-grapple-with-putting-changes-in-place-for-high-holiday-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/news\/synagogues-grapple-with-putting-changes-in-place-for-high-holiday-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Synagogues Grapple with Putting Changes in Place for High Holiday Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As fall arrives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, prayers are very much needed, say rabbis across the Jewish spectrum, even if individuals and families cannot make it to synagogue to herald in the new year, 5781.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a time when the true focus of prayer and the need for prayer is more intense than ever,\u201d said Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union. \u201cThe prayers of the High Holidays always carry with it a certain level of urgency, it is just underscored and that much stronger this year.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As more liberal Jews groups intend to utilize online platforms to stream services and shofar blowing, Orthodox congregations, which do not use electronic media on Shabbat or major holidays, are scrambling to ensure that as many people who want to come to holiday services can do so while they continue to meet local and state health guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/synagogues-grapple-with-putting-changes-in-place-for-high-holiday-services\/\">Continue reading at JNS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As fall arrives and the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, prayers are very much needed, say rabbis across the Jewish spectrum, even if individuals and families cannot make it to synagogue to herald in the new year, 5781. \u201cThis is a time when the true focus of prayer and the need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133849,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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