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Selichot service

See larger The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's three Torahs rest in the Ark on Sept. 8, Selichot. Each year at the Selchot service the Torah mantels are changed from deep burgundy and blue to High Holy Days white. Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

Photo by Kathleen G. Tuttle

The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's three Torahs rest in the Ark on Sept. 8, Selichot. Each year at the Selchot service the Torah mantels are changed from deep burgundy and blue to High Holy Days white.
Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

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  • Kathleen Tuttle/Eagle Correspondent (3) Jewish Congregation of Marco Island member Joan Thompson gives the blessing of the lights at the Sept. 8 Selichot service.
  • Jewish Congregation of Marco Island member Max Stein blows the shofar, ram's horn, at the conclusion of Sept. 8's Selichot service. The shofar's stirring sound harkens Jews to turn back, to change.
  • The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's three Torahs rest in the Ark on Sept. 8, Selichot. Each year at the Selchot service the Torah mantels are changed from deep burgundy and blue to High Holy Days white. Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's Cantorial Soloist Hari Jacobsen, left, sings 'In Quest of God' as Board President Steve Goldenbeg and Rabbi Edward Maline follow along at the Sept. 8 Selichot service. The Selicot service introduces the special High Holy Days music. Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Naples, principal cello, Adam Satinsky plays "Clair de Lune" at the Sept. 8 Selichot service. He will return for the Kol Nidre service on Sept. 25.
  • A Torah rests in the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's Ark at the Sept. 8 Selichot service. The Torah's white and gold mantel, silver crown, breastplate and pointer symbolize the trappings worn by the High Priests in the sanctuary of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
  • Kathleen Tuttle/Eagle Correspondent (3) Jewish Congregation of Marco Island members Elaine Rankin, left, Abbe Rankin, Sam Borr and Arnold Yorra prepare to return the Torah scrolls to the Ark at the Sept. 8 Selichot service. The Torah scrolls were dressed in white in preparation for the High Holy Days.
  • File photo (2) Rabbi Edward Maline, of the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island, sounds the traditional shofar to welcome in the High Holidays of the Jewish New Year, known as Rosh Hashanah. The shofar, or ram's horn, is a traditional instrument used in Temple's dating back thousands of years to Israel. It will also be sounded to mark the end of the Yom Kippur Service.
  • Members of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra David Mastrangelo, left, Erik Berg, Glenn Loontjens and Adam Satinsky set the tone for the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island's Selichot service on Sept. 8. The music ranged from a medley from 'Fiddler on the Roof' to Debussy. Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

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