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Description: A blog by Rabbi Hara Person.
On the morning of Erev Rosh HaShanah, I came out to Fire Island, where I have been leading services for the last 22 years. Even though our services are on-line this years, I still wanted to be in the place where the congregation is based . Being here in this physical place for the High Holy Days every year is part of my own personal introspection and reflection practice of the holy days. Without an in-person congregation to interact with, to my surprise and delight I found a congregation in the natural beau
High Holy Days in the Pines, 2020 A congregation of sea-oats rustle and sway, bowing to the rising moon. Amen, amen they whisper, a wafting of supplication. The wind roars across the sky and whitecaps scatter their greetings across the bay. Like us, the birds have not yet departed this island for the winter and in this twilight they sing, full-throttled and eager to fill the empty spaces between us in this strange year of distance, comforting us with their eternal chant. The pine trees show off f
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