Inclusive and accessible High Holy Days online services


23 September 2024 – 20 Elul 5784

Abraham and Sarahs Tent

Many Liberal and Reform communities will be offering online services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – as they do throughout the year.

This allows as many people as possible to participate in communal life – including those who are elderly, unwell, disabled, housebound or simply too far away from their nearest synagogue or community.

This offering includes the services from the online community Abraham & Sarah’s Tent, whose High Holy Days will be led by Rabbi Daisy Bogod this year.

Rabbi Daisy – who was ordained by Leo Baeck College in July and is an ambulant wheelchair user – said: “What we’re offering is in addition to what communities are already doing. We want to provide another inclusive space for those who can’t access a physical building to engage in Jewish life or who are unable to find a place for themselves on the High Holy Days.”

Abraham & Sarah’s Tent, which was founded by Rabbi Judith Levitt and is supported by Liberal Judaism and the Movement for Reform Judaism, offers a wide range of services worldwide via the Internet.

Rabbi Judith and her team provide adult education, B’nei Mitzvah tutoring, pastoral care and more throughout the year. Notably, Rabbi Judith created a Prayer For Those Who Do Not Heal, which has been included in the Reform Judaism High Holy Days Machzor.

To find out more and register to take part in Abraham & Sarah’s Tent, please click here. Further details of services can be found on the graphic.

Those wishing to have the name of a loved one read out can email the organisers at AbrahamAndSarahsTent@proton.me.

To find a Reform or Liberal community, please visit www.pathtoprogressivejudaism.org.uk.

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