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Beth El Synagogue News
BY DR MICHAEL PAUL, PRESIDENT
The Synagogue was gearing up to have a festive Purim, when the Second Wave of COVID struck. All plans for a communal reading of the Megillah and party were unfortunately cancelled.
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Our Passover food order arrived about 2 weeks before the Chag. It looked like it would once again be a very lonely series of seders, as if the Plague would win, when the alert level was lowered the morning of Erev Pesach. As such, small seders with up to 4 or so people were allowed in private homes. Sadly, for the 2nd year running, no communal gatherings.
Alert levels have been lowered since then and so Synagogue services have resumed for every Friday evening and Saturday morning Shabbat services, to much général happiness. If all continues on this path the entire Jewish community is planning an Oneg Shabbat at the synagogue on Friday June 4th.
We hope to have a lovely summer and may even be able to enjoy a community wide BBQ, rules permitting.
We are now starting to plan High Holiday joint services.
