High Holy Day services being held in Episcopal Church

Jewish High Holy Day services will be held by the Mattoon Jewish Community in Trinity Episcopal Church and led by Rabbi Bruce Pfeffer from Indianapolis.

The Rosh Hashanah evening service is set for 7:30 p.m. Sunday, and the morning service is set for 10 a.m. Monday.

The Shabbat Shuva evening service will be 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The Kol Nidre-Yom Kippur evening service will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.11 and the Yom Kippur morning service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.12.

To conclude the High Holy Day services, there will be Yizkor and Neilah service 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12.

A community “break-the-fast” meal is scheduled following these concluding services.

Pfeffer was ordained as a rabbi at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.

He has led worship for congregations, is a board certified chaplain and currently works at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis.

Along with being the convening chair of the Indiana Board of Rabbis in 2011, Pfeffer also gave the Hebrew Testament Reading at the Indiana Leadership Prayer Breakfast in 2015 and has served on the Conference on Ministry with the Aging Committee in Southern Indiana since 2011.

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