Dear Fellow Congregant,
This year Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown on September 25th. CBO will be holding High Holiday Services at both our Bellmore and Merrick locations. In order to accommodate all of our congregants’ needs for seats we must know before September 1st which location you would like to attend.
Cantor Harlap will be returning and joining Cantor Diamond and our Student Rabbi, Rishe Groner, for the High Holidays. Our Intergenerational service will be held on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in Merrick.
CBO hopes to make the holidays meaningful for everyone. If you are unable to attend services in person, you may watch them on our livestream. All of our services from Bellmore will be livestreamed to our website, YouTube and Facebook. If you need a prayer book (Machzor) for the livestream, please contact the office.
There are different COVID-19 protocols being observed in both buildings. Please read about the different protocols carefully before making your decision which service to attend. You have the option of attending services in either location.
The following COVID-19 rules will be followed in BOTH locations:
- EVERYONE, including children, must have their own ticket to attend any of the services.
- If you are vaccinated for COVID-19, masks are optional.
- If you are not vaccinated for COVID-19, masks are mandatory.
- All seating in Merrick will be socially distant. Bellmore seating will not be in a socially distant configuration.
There will be reserved seating on the first Day of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur at both facilities. There will be open seating on the second day of Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre in Bellmore. The intergenerational service in Merrick on the second day of Rosh Hashannah will also have open seating. Kol Nidre services will only be held in Bellmore. There will not be a Kol Nidre Service in Merrick.
Bellmore - There is no socially distant seating.
- Everyone must have an individual seat, including children.
- Extra tickets are $100 per seat in Bellmore.
- Junior Congregation services will be held as needed.
- Merrick - will have a totally social distant configuration between family pods.
Everyone, including children, must have an individual seat. Tickets for children and teenagers are available at no cost in Merrick. Additional tickets for adult family members are $50 each.
Age appropriate Junior Congregation Services will be held.
Second Day of Rosh Hashanah- there will be open seating on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in both locations (Traditional service in Bellmore, Intergenerational service in Merrick). First day tickets may be used in either location on the second day.
- The Intergenerational service has been extremely popular. It will be held in Merrick on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. You may use your First Day tickets from either location for admittance. Extra tickets for extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc) are available without charge. The service will be in a socially distance configuration and there will be open seating. The Intergenerational service will be led by Cantor Diamond and our Student Rabbi, Rishe Groner.
- Bellmore – Open seating. The service will be led by Cantor Harlap. First day tickets from either location can be used for admittance.
Kol Nidre service will only be in Bellmore with open seating. The Kol Nidre service will be led by Cantor Diamond, Rab Rishe Groner and
Cantor Harlap.
Yom Kippur services will follow the same policies as the first day of Rosh Hashanah. There will be reserved seating in both Bellmore and Merrick
The deadline for requesting tickets and locations is September 1st. The ticket committee will begin a random seat allocation after Sept. 1st. The committee will try to honor requests after September 1st, but will not do so until all of the on-time requests have been processed.
Former pew holders from any of our founding synagogues will be randomly assigned seats in the new pew configuration for this year only.
A new pew policy will be formulated for future years.
Yearly dues include two seats for those with family membership. Single membership dues include one seat.
Requests for extra tickets should be accompanied by payment or arrangements should be made with the Financial Secretary. PLEASE REMEMBER – EXTRA TICKETS (except for the intergenerational service) ARE FOR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY.
Please note the following:
In accordance with our constitution, tickets will not be distributed until all prior years’ dues and fees are up to date and current dues are paid or an appropriate agreement to pay temple obligations is in place. Please make sure that your financial obligations are complete as soon as possible.
We wish our Beth Ohr family a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year.
Congregation Beth Ohr Ticket Committee
