People exchange New Year s cards and New Year s greetings.
Families gather together for meals and open houses after attending temple services.
The synagogue looks especially beautiful for the High Holidays. The Torah is covered in white and the rabbi and cantor also wear white. We also eat a special round challa h with raisins. The specific rabbi listed below is the one giving a sermon or telling a story, and the specific cantor or soloist listed below is the primary cantorial voice for that service. Our clergy team will join in leading these services as well, including Rabbis Howard Ruben, Lisa Eiduson, and Melinda Mersack, and Cantor Sarah Sager joined by special guests Rabbi Uri Regev, Cantorial Soloist Cheryl Bensman-Rowe, Cantorial Soloist Allison Howdieshell, and Songleader Celia Hollander Lewis.