L'Shana Tovah!

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May this New Year be filled with health and happiness, and sweet moments for you and your family. L’shanah Tovah!

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Interesting contrasts between protocols (we are members of two Conservative synagogues.)

Synagogue #1:

Please be prepared to show your ID and Vaccination Card or Proof of Negative Test when you arrive at XXX on Rosh Hashanah… We appreciate your patience as we strive to create a safe and healthy atmosphere as we enter the New Year. (Remember that masks are required at all times inside XXX.)

Synagogue #2:

We ask you to be COVID Careful as we gather together. Please be careful in your interactions with family and friends. Keep some distance from others when visiting with them, wash your hands, respect those choosing to wear masks.

We know one reason for the strict protocol at #1 - one member is high up in the county public health department. We are curious why #2 feels the need to remind congregants to respect mask wearing!

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Happy new year!

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L’shana tova! May this year bring happiness, health, and peace to all.

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Happy New Year!

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L’shana tova. For a sweet year ahead for us all. No exceptions.

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Happy New Year!

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Shana Tova.

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We had 2 Aliyah’s yesterday. Took off my mask when we went up. Disappointing to see so few in masks.

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!!לשנה טובה תכתבו ותתחסנו

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LOL, @MWolf , unless they have changed the rules, all posts have to be in English. Mod rule 101 :laughing:

My Hebrew is very rudimentary so looked that up in google translate. It came out as: “For a happy new year, write and get vaccinated!”. Great post!

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Synagogue #1 might be the only one still requiring masks and vaccinations! The occasional reader on the bima lowered their mask to read. And, of course, the shofar blowers!

Live streamed in to a couple different services today. About 10-15% masking, I think. It was fun seeing our old synagogue in Chicago - they always get the Consul General for the Midwest to speak. And lucked into the shofar blowing by a professional trumpet player, whose band actually played at our wedding. He spoiled us years ago for anyone else.

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To translate:

May you be written and vaccinated for a good year!

The traditional is “may you be written and sealed for a good year”, but “vaccinated” and “sealed” are very similar sounding in Hebrew…

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We always said “may you be inscribed in the book of life”.

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Inscribed until the final prayers of Yom Kippur, when you are sealed. My father always emphasized that when leading Hillel services. He would mention the final prayers flying through the gates as they closed and sealed you for the new year. The imagery has always stayed in my mind.

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“On Rosh Hashanah it is written… on Yom Kippur it is sealed”

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Anshe Emet???

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And Don Cagen on the shofar.

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That is my shul. Don is the best! I put on a Steak and Shots in the Sukkot with the Men’s Club,October 12…

Such a small world…

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I always found that whole piece to be pretty dark. About a quarter is a list of ways that a person can die an untimely death. It is especially dark when it is being sung as part of the prayers (I was raised Orthodox in Israel).

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Shana tova to those who celebrate the new year. Sad sign of the times… they did a segment earlier on our local news station with several rabbis, discussing the safety/security measures at their synagogues. Wish we could spend that $ on feeding the hungry or housing the homeless rather than having to hire security to protect ourselves.

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