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Temple Reopening Letter<br />
Reopening Committee<br />
We are very pleased to announce our return to the Sanctuary for Shabbat<br />
services on <strong>July</strong> 9, and our Kehillah MAGNET Religious School and Early<br />
Learning Center (ELC) activities in September. To ensure everyone’s safety,<br />
masks will be required when we return in <strong>July</strong>. As we gain more information<br />
about higher rates of vaccination, lower rates of transmission, and lower risk in<br />
Harford and Cecil counties, we will relax masking and distancing requirements<br />
as appropriate. We look forward to seeing you back at shul!<br />
It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t know COVID-19 existed. Now when<br />
people say “virus,” we know what they mean. COVID-19 has impacted our lives,<br />
our work, our activities, and our freedoms.<br />
Through the good work of many of our congregants, we have, primarily through<br />
technology, maintained Shabbat and holiday services; cared for those who have<br />
been ill; mourned for those who have died or lost a loved one; and continued<br />
learning within the Religious School, the ELC, and adult education classes. The<br />
safety of our staff, members, and guests has been (and will continue to be)<br />
paramount.<br />
The responsibility is ours, as a community, to help stop this virus. A recent<br />
Central Conference of American Rabbis Responsa concluded that 1) “It is a<br />
mitzvah to preserve one’s own health and well-being (sh’mirat haguf). The<br />
COVID-19 vaccines approved by the CDC (Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J) qualify<br />
as r’fuah b’dukah, proven treatment, and it is therefore a mitzvah to get<br />
vaccinated unless one has a medical reason that makes it unsafe.”, and 2) “It is a<br />
mitzvah to adhere to standards of safety that avert obvious dangers (sakanat<br />
nefashot) to others or to oneself.”<br />
It takes everyone.<br />
We all need to step up to beat COVID-19, and the very best tool that we have is<br />
a COVID-19 vaccine. We ask you to join us in protecting your community by<br />
getting vaccinated.<br />
Getting vaccinated adds an important layer of protection for you, your<br />
coworkers, your family, and your loved ones. Here are some things to know<br />
about COVID-19 vaccination:<br />
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