High Holiday Services... will again be held at Le Parc. For information please contact hh@kehillat-chaverim.org

Contribute to our upkeep... We are now in the fourth year of our Kehilla and we thank members for their ongoing generous support.  We are holding our annual membership contribution unchanged at $1,080 per household ($540 per single). Please click on the DONATE tab for instructions how to donate with either a single payment or with 4 cheques dated January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. Former members of Shaar Shalom who participated in its building fund and designated Kehillat Chaverim as their new shul membership are entitled to their second year of waived membership contributions. If you have not yet submitted your 2019 membership contributions, we urge you to do so. Our goal is to operate prudently and fairly. We are all dependent on each other.

Talmud study ... We are studying daf 30 in Chapter 3 of Bava Kamma. Join us on Wednesday mornings for stimulating discussion and study over coffee.

Do we have the Yahrzeit information for your loved ones? If you have not already done so, we invite you to provide us with the relevant information: the Hebrew calendar date, your name and your Hebrew name (including the patronymic), your relationship to the person whose yahrzeit it is, and the name and Hebrew name (including the patronymic) of that person. We will keep a record  and remind you not only about your upcoming yahrzeiten but also about the days, in advance, when you can have Kel Maleh recited at services to honour loved ones.

Publicity...we appreciate publicity to increase awareness of our activities, but we request that you notify the executive in advance at shalom@kehillat-chaverim.org

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Open letter from Ralph Levine:

Shalom to all,

This morning at 5:17 when I awoke and tried to get out of bed I almost couldn't. My back was killing me and my head was aching and  I said to myself I am not going to shul this morning.

I am not a very religious guy but I knew that with people away down south and several others ill,we would be short for a minyon.

So I showered ,brushed my teeth, got dressed, had breakfast and went to shul.

Sure enough, we were 2 men short for the minyon and had to make several phone calls.

 I don't envy Michael or Steve having to regularly make those calls but they do and since we started our shul, over 19 months ago, we have only missed one minyon .

This past Saturday's parsha was called Shabbat Hasheckel where all Israelites were asked to contribute a half sheckel . Whether you were rich or poor everyone was considered equal in doing their share.

The reason for this email is to ask you to help with the daily minyons. When you have a yahrzeit or have kaddish we make every effort to ensure that there is a minyon for you. So why don't you try to be part of a minyon for others?

You don't have to attend every day but make a commitment for a day a week a day bi-monthly or even just once a month.

Just like the half sheckel donation ensured that the Mishkan was built for the benefit of everyone without a burden on a few, your participation in our minyon will help it to continue and make you feel like you are a part of the whole.

By the way my back is feeling better and I plan on being at shul tonight. 

Looking forward to seeing you soon ,best regards.

Ralph

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