2021 High Holy Days @ CBB
SelichotSaturday, August 28
Erev Rosh HashanahMonday, September 6
Rosh HashanahTuesday, September 7
Kol NidreWednesday, September 15
Yom KippurThursday, September 16
A NOTE ON THIS YEAR’S HIGH HOLY DAYS @ CBB
Friday, August 20, 2021
Thank you for your patience as we finalize the schedule and protocols for High Holy Days at CBB. With Rosh Hashanah just two weeks away, please read entire page for information about what to expect this year.
We will be offering a high-quality livestream for all main Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services (see schedule below). For those of us really longing to be in-person for at least one or two services, we are offering very limited capacity seating at our indoor main services during our livestream productions (RSVPs, vaccinations and masks required).
Participants should prepare for a “studio experience” with a camera crew that may interrupt sightlines at times. Some elements of the main services will be pre-recorded, and there will be no live choir.
Additionally, we are offering some outdoor options, including early morning outdoor services and family services on the CBB back patio, as well as two outdoor services at Stearns Wharf on Kol Nidre.
We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the members of the CBB Reopening Taskforce, clergy, staff, and congregation leaders for keeping the health and safety of our community at the forefront of all of our plans.
Finally, in light of all the developing news about breakthrough cases even among the vaccinated, you will be doing a great mitzvah if you decide to stay at home and join us remotely this year.
Please make the choice that feels best for you and your family and know that we as a Temple community will once again find a way to welcome the Jewish New Year for us all with depth, with meaning, and with love.
Rabbi Stephen E. Cohen Diane Zipperstein, President Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
SELICHOT Saturday, August 28
8 PM Service on CBB Back Patio (click here to view via Zoom)
EREV ROSH HASHANAH Monday, September 6 (LABOR DAY)
6 PM Families with 3rd to 6th Graders Service on CBB Back Patio (In-person only) 7:30-9 PM MAIN SERVICE in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED)
ROSH HASHANAH Tuesday, September 7
7-8:30 AM Early Morning Outdoor Service on CBB Back Patio (In-person only) 9:15-10 AM Families with Young Children Services on CBB Back Patio (In-person/Livestream) 10:30 AM-12:45 PM MAIN SERVICE in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED) 1-5 PM Tashlich: SB Jewish Federation hosts at Leadbetter Beach
KOL NIDRE Wednesday, September 15
5:15-6:15 PM & 7-8:15 PM Outdoor Kol Nidre Alternative Service on the Wharf (PICK ONE) 6 PM Families with 3rd to 6th Graders Service – Back Patio (In-person only) 7:30-9 PM MAIN SERVICE in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED)
YOM KIPPUR Thursday, September 16
7-8:30 AM Early Morning Outdoor Service with Yizkor on CBB Back Patio (In-person only) 9:15-10 AM Families with Young Children Services at CBB Back Patio (In-person/Livestream) 10:30 AM-12:45 PM MAIN SERVICE in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED) 1-3:30 PM Afternoon Options (All virtual – no sessions at CBB) 4 PM Afternoon MAIN SERVICE in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED) 5:30-7 PM Yizkor & Ne’ilah Service in Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary (Livestream/In-Person RSVP REQUIRED)
All Main Services in the Girsh-Hochman Sanctuary will be available on Livestream. Click here to view.
Music for our High Holy Days is tunefully sponsored by Daniel and Mandy Hochman
KEY INFORMATION
Covid Protocols
INDOOR Services: All attendees for indoor services must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (2 shots of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or 1 shot of Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two weeks ago), masked at all times on-campus, and self-certify upon entering to be COVID-symptom free.
Do not attend if you have recently been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID. No children under the age of 12 will be permitted for indoor services during High Holy Days. (Family services will be held outdoors.)
OUTDOOR Services: Masks are required for anyone two years or older during High Holy Days on the CBB campus and for services on the Wharf.
Parking
In order to minimize congestion and limit the amount of people on campus at any one time, we ask that you arrive no earlier than 30 minutes before any service, and that you leave promptly at the end of the service.
When parking in the neighborhood: Please be considerate of our neighbors. Please be careful when parking and walking on the streets surrounding CBB. Do not block driveways, and be aware of private property and landscaping.
Volunteers
If you’d like to create some personalized and meaningful community interactions during the High Holy Days, here are the current volunteer opportunities:
Honey Cake Baking. Click here to sign up.
Be a greeter for one of our in-person services. Click here to sign up.
PRAYER BOOKS
Prayerbooks will not be displayed online during the Livestream service. You can access a virtual copy of the Mishkan Hanefesh prayerbooks to follow along with Livestream services at home this year.
Prefer to borrow a set of books? Visit the CBB front office between Mon., Aug 30 and Fri. Sept 3, 9 AM to 12 noon to pick up your set. To make other arrangements email ron@cbbsb.org.
Thank you Sara Miller McCune and Marlene Gordon Beckerman & Family for co-sponsoring the beautiful Mishkan Hanefesh prayerbooks used each year by our CBB Community
GIVING
Dedicate HHD Prayer Books
Thanks to a generous gift from Sara Miller McCune and Marlene Gordon Beckerman and Family, CBB is using a new set of prayer books for the High Holy Days. These editions represent the first new High Holy Days texts to be introduced in the Reform Movement in nearly 40 years. You can support CBB and dedicate sets of the new books to remember a loved one, celebrate a lifecycle occasion, or honor clergy, family and friends. A personalized bookplate will be placed in each set of the volumes currently used in CBB’s High Holy Day services. Order your dedication today!
Unity Shoppe Food Drive
With school back in session, it’s an exciting time of the year for many children, but there are thousands of low-income families living in our Community who face a shortage of food at home. As members of CBB you can make a HUGE difference that will go DIRECTLY to families in need.
Help Unity Shoppe fill its empty shelves with canned, (plastic) jarred, and boxed goods. Specifically, peanut butter, jelly, mac & cheese boxes, pasta, boxed long-grain rice, cans of beans and corn.
Donation bins will be placed outside CBB between Erev Rosh Hashanah and Simchat Torah for donations. YOUR SUPPORT is very much appreciated!
CLICK HERE to read more about our donations can aid Unity Shoppe.
Your Contribution Makes a Difference! Thank You.
PERSONAL PRACTICE GUIDE
Personal Practice Guide
This year’s Days of Awe are a unique opportunity to open ourselves to the power and wisdom of our tradition. Join us on the path through learning and resources for reflection. We will travel to place of humility and vulnerability, creating the possibility of personal renewal and transformation. Together, even at a distance, we travel back to our best selves in preparation for this new Jewish year!