With Synagogues off-Limits for the High Holy Days, Attention Is Turning to Jewish Practice at Home

August 17, 2020

In Montreal, the boxes will include apple or honey cake mix. In New Hampshire, they’ll include bird seed. And many synagogues will distribute apples and honey, the snack that symbolizes a sweet new year.

The packages are among many that will start to land soon on the front steps of Jewish homes: deliveries of prayer books, art supplies and gifts meant to make a High Holiday season spent at home a little less lonely and a little more spiritually fulfilling.

Source: With Synagogues off-Limits for the High Holy Days, Attention Is Turning to Jewish Practice at Home - Jewish Journal