30 | SEPTEMBER 17 • 2020 

“We are in a pandemic. Talk to 
your doctor. If you should not 
come to shul, do not come.”

— RABBI YECHIEL MORRIS

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If you should not come to 
shul, do not come.”
Rabbi Shaya Katz indi-
cated that while the Young 
Israel of Oak 
Park has not yet 
set its plans as 
of late August, 
it contemplates 
a similar set of 
three services, 
with two out-of-
doors and one inside.
Rabbi Sasson Natan at 
Keter Torah Synagogue, the 
Sephardic syn-
agogue in West 
Bloomfield, plans 
to hold services 
in the sanctu-
ary, but with 
reduced atten-
dance. “Every 
third chair will be available. 
All other chairs will be 
removed,” he said.
On Sunday, the shofar 
will be sounded outside in 
the parking lot, weather and 
security concerns permit-
ting. If the shofar has to be 
indoors, Rabbi Sasson antic-
ipates having two soundings 
in separate areas. 
Rabbi Sasson added that 
the synagogue will provide 
hand sanitizer; “of course, 
everyone will have a mask,” 
and “no hugging, no kiss-
ing — very hard for us, a 
Mediterranean people.” 
Young Israel of Southfield 

will not use a tent, fol-
lowing the advice of its 
medical team. But other 
congregations plan to have 
services under tents for 
shade and protection from 
rain. Kehillat Etz Chayim 
in Huntington Woods, for 
example, according to Rabbi 
Asher Lopatin, will hold 
services outdoors under an 
open tent in the spacious 
backyard of a congregant. 
Worshippers will have to 
register in advance, so 
Kehillat Etz Chayim can 
limit the number at each of 
two consecutive services on 
Rosh Hashanah morning. 
At Ohel Moed of Shomrey 
Emunah in West Bloomfield, 
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Jundef 
has arranged for services 
to take place under a tent. 
Congregation Or Chadash 
in Oak Park similarly plans 
to set up a large tent in the 
backyard of congregant, 
with widely spaced seats and 
everyone in masks. Rabbi 
Azaryah Cohen has stream-
lined the service in accor-
dance with Jewish law. 
At the Woodward Avenue 
Shul in Royal Oak, Rabbi M. 
M. Polter plans a tent in the 
synagogue parking lot and 
adjacent area, holding spaces 
for anyone who reserves in 
advance. The synagogue will 
provide bottled water. 

Rabbi Sasson 
Natan

Rabbi Shaya 
Katz 

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