……Will be accepted immediately……ומתקבלת היא מיד Would anyone like to leaves this treasure unused ?    מישהו רוצה להתעלם מהאוצר הזה 

This short message I used to send you before Yom Kippur.
All of us know probably that these [ especially these ten-infact seven] days -from Rosh Ha Shana to Y.K -are very special for praying and the pasuk from Yeshayahu is brought in this connection :
“Seek Hashem when he can be found, call Him when he is near”.
What struck me especially [ and I am quoting her from the book of rabbi Elozor Barclay and rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger : Guidelines – three hundred of the most commonly asked questions about the yomim noraim] is that the Rambam writes that “an individual’s prayer during this period has the same power as that said in a congregation and is accepted immediately”.
If one thinks really seriously  about this extreme strong statement from the Rambam, then nobody will leave these days / hours before Yom ha-Kippurim “unused” by not praying to the Creator for whatever we long for  [for the good of his family / friends / Am Israel we l’olam kulo] and CERTAINLY NOT DURING THE DREADFUL PANDEMICץ
May I wish you all a healthy year , blessed , peaceful year.

RAMBAM https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/911891/jewish/Teshuvah-Chapter-Two.htm


אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהַתְּשׁוּבָה וְהַצְּעָקָה יָפָה לָעוֹלָם. בַּעֲשָׂרָה הַיָּמִים שֶׁבֵּין רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים הִיא יָפָה בְּיוֹתֵר וּמִתְקַבֶּלֶת הִיא מִיָּד שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה נה ו) “דִּרְשׁוּ ה’ בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ”. בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים בְּיָחִיד אֲבָל צִבּוּר כָּל זְמַן שֶׁעוֹשִׂים תְּשׁוּבָה וְצוֹעֲקִין בְּלֵב שָׁלֵם הֵם נַעֲנִין שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים ד ז) “כַּה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּכָל קָרְאֵנוּ אֵלָיו”:


Halacha 6

Even though repentance and calling out [to God] are desirable at all times, during the ten days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, they are even more desirable and will be accepted immediately as [Isaiah 55:6] states: “Seek God when He is to be found.”

When does the above apply? To an individual. However, in regard to a community, whenever they repent and cry out wholeheartedly, they are answered immediately as [Deuteronomy 4:7] states: “[What nation is so great that they have God close to them,] as God, our Lord, is whenever we call Him