November 2021 Newsletter

Religious Practices Message
Melissa Immel & Mark Wolkow
Hybrid High Holidays
One thing that everyone can agree on this year and is that the High
Holiday season was undoubtedly unique. Our first year in over 50
without Sig Gast. Our first ever Hybrid Holiday services. Half of our
attendees participated in person; the other half via Zoom. All in all, our
feedback has been very positive. That said, we'd like to drill down a little
further into how members experienced the holidays, so we would greatly
appreciate it if you would take just a couple of minutes to complete our
post-HH survey. Here is the link - https://forms.gle/XMFhEBG22AxRWiiH6.
There will also be separate correspondence just for the survey delivered
to your email inbox.
Coming up in November will be our newly developed Family Shabbat
service on November 5th. We plan to run these services on the first
Friday of each month over the next year when entire families will be
especially welcomed to participate in Shabbat services.
Join us on Friday, November 12th, for our quick 45-minute Daven & Dine
service, followed by dinner at Lin's Hibachi in Havre de Grace. As a
reminder, Friday, November 26th, in light of Thanksgiving on the
previous day, we will have a Zoom-only service that evening.
Lastly, are you curious? Want to learn more about how we plan services?
Care to peek behind the curtain of service prep, learn how we maintain
our Torah scrolls, follow or develop our congregation's customs and
traditions for our congregation? If so, give Melissa or Mark a call to chat
about joining our fantastic RPC team.
Shalom,
Melissa Immel & Mark Wolkow, Co-Chairs, Religious Practices Committe
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