Over the past few months, churches have rejoiced at the sweetness of returning to worship in person. The turbulence of 2020, with Zoom meetings replacing handholds, has highlighted the importance of in-person worship and fellowship to the Christian walk. In Collin Hansen’s words, “the hands and feet and ears and eyes need to be assembled for this body to work for the good of all.”… Read the rest
Category: Prayer (Page 1 of 18)
Prepared by Rabbi Suzanne Brody
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
This year’s High Holiday programming for children under 12 and their families will once again need to take into account safety measures in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.… Read the rest
Dear Siblings in Christ,
We are making progress, but we are not quite there yet. It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life as we knew it. We continue to persevere, exhausted at times, yet anticipating the day when we can gather, greet each other, share communion and other precious rhythms of life and spiritual practice in person without risking harm to one another.… Read the rest
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, A halachic guide to outdoor winter minyanim during Covid-19 (undated, before Dec. 29, 2020)… Read the rest
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise across America in what one public health doctor called a “raging firestorm.” The highest number of daily new cases of COVID-19 since March occurred yesterday in Alaska. Idaho, Oregon and Washington and have been rising since September 8.… Read the rest
Next week I hope to issue COVID-19 Notice #9. Today I’ll set the stage, and invite you to pray and study with me about the wilderness we find ourselves in.
THE PANDEMIC
Headline: yesterday reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States since the beginning of the pandemic. … Read the rest
Prepared by Rabbi Amy Levin
Please note that this is not an official responsum of the CJLS.
The intention of this letter of guidance is to address liturgical issues that arise in the observance of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah in the home and in community.… Read the rest
For the Love of God,
STAY AT HOME
WEAR A MASK
KEEP PHYSICAL DISTANCE
BUT DON’T HUNKER DOWN
Yesterday was the six month anniversary of my first pastoral notice regarding COVID-19. We didn’t know much about the coronavirus and the pandemic it would cause on February 27. We… Read the rest
Join me in a thought experiment:
What if we decided and announced right now that we will not have large gatherings for the High Holy Days this fall?
We know that for many of our people it will not be safe to be out in public in September.… Read the rest
Last week, the Conservative Movement approved a responsum permitting the livestreaming of religious services on Shabbat and holidays (with several caveats and constraints, and with the acknowledgement that the COVID-19 crisis accelerated the urgency of a question that was already being studied.)… Read the rest
