At Chabad of the Main Line, the fall is an exciting time.

That is true for most Jewish institutions and households; however, it’s especially true at the nondescript tan building in Merion Station. That’s because at Chabad of the Main Line, Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is “like you’ve never experienced it before,” said Chabad’s Rabbi Shraga Sherman, whose influence is felt across the Chabad and Main Line community.

“It’s very upbeat, very positive, very empowering, very celebratory. And that comes to a real climax in the last hour or hour and a half of the service — there’s a lot of singing, a lot of clapping, there’s a lot of feeling and a lot of soulfulness,” he said.

Sherman believes in Judaism being a source for communal connection and joy. He first came to the Chabad net

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