| ELUL: A CALL FOR AWAKENING |
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| Monday, 01 September 2008 08:41 |
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One of the customs we start from the beginning of this month, Elul (Monday 1st September), is to blow the shofar after morning service on weekdays. The reason is to prepare us for the coming of Rosh Hashanah. Dear WHC members, if you saw me last week at the Centre, don’t continue to read. This article is not for you. If you brought your child to the Friday night Hebrew School service or Tisha B’Av Sunday activity, this article is not for you. If you are participating in one of the two weekly shiurim or in one of the three weekly services, don’t continue to read. This is not for you. This article is actually for those members of the community who do not have a spare hour in the whole month to participate in one of the activities of our community. There are members of our community who will be surprised when they come on Rosh Hashanah to see new asphalt at the entrance to the shul, or who have not yet seen the new driveway to the Co-op. There are people who maybe have read that we have a new Secretary in the office but have not had time to meet her face to face. Remember: the Centre should be a place for prayer, kiddush, social activity, volunteers, sport and learning. Maybe this message will get through to you and you will decide that once a month you will take it upon yourself to visit the Centre for a shiur, a prayer or other activity. I know that you will soon have the AGM and I would ask you to stop asking, ‘What does the Jewish Centre do for me?’ Start asking yourself, ‘What can I do for my community?’. L’Shana tova tikatevu v’tichatemu, - Rabbi Chaim Dovrat
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