Tonight begins Yom Kippur, and for the first time in my life, I will not be at services. There was no option, due to lack of committed individuals and rain, for an outdoor service, and I’m still uncomfortable with the way they are not distancing inside. So I will be fasting and praying at home. There is a very different feel to solo prayer than group prayer and Yom Kippur feels different than praying at home alone on Passover, which I also did. I am pleased that we were able to get services outside available for Rosh Hashanah. If Rosh Hashanah is, akin to a trial, the verdict, Yom Kippur is the final appeal before the sentence is carried out for the next year. In a year that included so many difficult things, and the challenges of the current situation the world finds itself in…most of us cannot imagine this continuing till next Yom Kippur. Here is hoping things will look better soon.