For most of us, summer is a slow time in our synagogue lives. We only have one service a month and occasional social activities. However, it is not a slow time for your board. We are busy preparing for the high holidays and the rest of the year. Break the fast, onegs, light dinners, greeters, honors, must all be planned for and personnel assigned. As has been communicated previously, we are working on fundraising ideas so we maintain our financial stability.
Do you look at the Hebrew prayers in the siddur (prayer book) and wish you could read them? Starting after the high holidays, I will teach a class on reading Hebrew. We will start with the basics. If you are interested in this class which will meet at a frequency agreed upon by the class, please let me know. cflum1@comcast.net
Another class will be reading and discussing Torah. We will start with Genesis. We will read a small section in English and then discuss it. For example, can you distinguish between the two creation stories in the beginning of Genesis? Why was Joseph lucky? Can one argue with God? If you would like to join this class which will also start after Yom Kippur, please let me know.
More study. After all, we are the people of the book. If you have not attended any of the Rabbi’s lifelong learning sessions, you are missing out. Look at the weekly enews for the dates and topics. Come, learn. Then be gastronomically uplifted with a light dinner and spiritually uplifted by attending the service.