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As Yom Kippur, the holiest day on our calendar, approaches, we, your clergy team, are filled with humility and gratitude for the privilege of guiding you on this sacred journey of discovery and spiritual renewal. Yom Kippur is a time of deep reflection, introspection, and reconciliation – a day when we turn our hearts towards God and seek forgiveness for our shortcomings.

In the year that has passed since last we assembled for this Holy Day, our world has faced profound challenges, and many of us have endured personal trials. Yom Kippur provides us with the spiritual fortitude to find strength in our faith to confront the past, navigate our present, and find the sacred in the days and weeks and months to come. We find the invitation in the pages of the Machzor, the prayerbook, to recognize our own imperfections, our limitations, and to ask forgiveness not only from God but also from those we have wronged. In so doing, we commit to becoming better versions of ourselves.

As we gather once again, whether physically or virtually, may our prayers be heartfelt, our confessions sincere, and our intentions pure. May the melodies of our liturgy resonate deep within our souls, leading us to a place of renewal and connection with the Divine.

Together as a congregation, let us support one another on this sacred journey. And as the final blast of the shofar reverberates in our space and in our souls, may we emerge from Yom Kippur unburdened, uplifted, and renewed to a sense of purpose and wonder.

May this Yom Kippur be a source of blessing and inspiration for us all.

G'mar Chatimah Tovah – May you – may we all - be inscribed for goodness in this year to come.