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April 2002 Nissan 5762
 
Honor Your Volunteers
Year-end is a great time to thank the volunteers whose energy sustains your congregation. As a lay leader, you know how much time you spend at meetings, on the phone, and on the computer, all on temple business....Full text
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: Study with Your Board at the Temple
Shavuot is traditionally considered to be the anniversary of the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Tikkun Leil Shavuot (literally, a “Fixed Set of Readings for the Night of Shavuot”) is the custom of staying up the entire night of this holiday studying with the community. The Tikkun was developed by sixteenth-century kabbalists in Safed ...Full text
Policy Question: Should the Temple Hire Congregants?
It seems like the most natural and appropriate resource: Who better than an involved congregant, the kind of person who knows and cares most about the congregation, should be hired to be your executive director? Program director?...Full text
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Featured Entry of the Month…Voices of Ruth
As part of our celebration of Shavuot, our Sisterhood sponsored a panel discussion by five congregants who have chosen Judaism. The program was held at a Shavuot open house in the home of our rabbi...Full text

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