(See also post from August 27 below). The following is translated from Rabbi Dov’s Yiddish. He asks me to stress:
- Yom Kippur fast starts at 6.58pm on Friday evening (all eating to stop by then). Fasting (no food or drink) and davening (praying ) are the main themes of the day
- Challah, soup, chicken, potato, kugel and kreplach, to start the fast will be availablet the house of the secretary starting at 5:00pm (please confirm by email)
- 6:50pm at shul to partake of the ancient custom of lighting the so-called lebadig light (the candle of lifr, or or chaim). One per family (please all join in).
- Please light a yahrzeit candle (24 hour candle) at home for your deceased parent/s (n/a if your parents are still living).
- It is tradition not to wear leather shoes (the rabbi will explain the reason for this)
- Those who come to the secretary’s home will partake of the ancient custom of kapparot there. Otherwise please bring a few pennies to do this at the shul before the onset of the Fast..
- At the end of the Fast (about 8.00pm Saturday evening), there will be a brief evening service (Maariv). Following this there will be light refreshments at the shul to break the fast.
Parking: On Liverpool Street in ordinary one hour parking bays. On this day (and this day alone) parking restrictions are lifted, and you can stay as long as you need (or, more precisely, as long as we need you!). But not on Yellow Lines, nor in Resident Parking Bays (Hashem is generous, but not completely tolerant.)
Rabbi Zalman adds: There will be a sukka and Sukkot celebrations on Sunday 22 September at the synagogue 3-5pm.