Hello, members and friends of Congregation Beth Sholom,

This season’s High Holy Days have filled my heart with gratitude. Congregation Beth Sholom attempted an unprecedented project of providing an online High Holy Day experience. We succeeded thanks to the many volunteers and their countless hours of effort that made Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur possible. I am so proud of our community. Together we discovered a COVID safe and meaningful way to celebrate and observe our most sacred of services. I am thankful for the flexibility and resiliency of our community and the support of our Board of Trustees.

 

This experience has taught me that not even a world wide pandemic can prevent our community from having meaningful connections with our tradition and with each other. However, I believe that we are all in period of grief because of the changes that this pandemic has delivered to our world. Everyone is in need of Gimlut Chassadim, loving kindness. The end of Yom Kippur is not the end of the support we need to show each other, but just the beginning. We have shown as a community we can do great things together and I believe the greatest thing we can do is reach out to our neighbor and ask, “How can I support you?” Congregation Beth Sholom has a whole Gimlut Chassadim committee devoted to this task. If you need support please reach out to me at Ravavram907@gmail.com or our Gimlut Chassidim chair, Elizabeth Ellis-Steinzeig at sille@gci.net.

 

Providing an online High Holy Day experience has taught us so much and we have developed many new skills thanks to this project. These new skills will help us stay connected throughout the year. So stay tuned for announcements of new programs and ideas that Congregation Beth Sholom will offer to our members and friends.

 

I want to acknowledge all the volunteers whose effort and hours of work built the virtual synagogue that we prayed in this year. Scroll down for a list of their names and if you see them I encourage you to offer them thanks.

 

 

Rabbi Abram Goodstein

Congregation Beth Sholom

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