“The year is 5780 and at the Hammerstein Ballroom, there is a Rosh Hashanah service that is quite unusual and not just because it is ‘God optional.’
‘God optional is our way of saying whatever you believe is okay,’ Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, founder of Lab/Shul told PIX11 News. ‘If it’s Mother Earth, your inner self or some big spirit, it is a metaphor. We’re here to be fully present,’ the rabbi added.
Using music and meditation, close to 1,000 people gathered at the Hammerstein Ballroom for the service which included a morning altar created by Day Schildkret.”
