As Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching the shul would like to welcome everybody back from their summer and welcome all new Mispalellim. As our shul has continued to grow these past few years we Baruch Hashem have almost completed the expansion of our shul as it is in the final stages of the first phase (the main floor) and we are planning on having all our tefillos back in the regular Bais Medrash this week. However the setup this week is not the final setup of how the tables and chairs will be setup once everything is complete. We ask that no one “claims” any seats as theirs based on the setup we have this week. We will be working on putting together a seating chart for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper and also for the entire year as we want to make sure everyone, who is a regular mispalell, has a Makom Kavuah of their own. We ask everyone to please be considerate to the people working on this as they will try to accommodate everyone and make everyone happy. We will make every effort to keep people in the seats they had in the old format but due to the reformat of the space some seats will no longer be there. If you would like to move your seat please let us know (preferably when we are in shul for seating and membership details of the time is below) and we will try to move you to the location of your request but as there may be many requests for the same area it might not be possible.
The Shul has an annual membership collection this time of year. As we have done in the past we ask for your continued support to help our Kehilah. The suggested annual membership is $360 per family ($180 single) which included seats (1 man and 1 woman) for the Yomim Noraim. If your wife/daughter/guest plans on attending on Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kipper please let us know as space in the shul is limited (more than past years but still limited) and we want to make sure we have enough seats by the women for all tefillos. Additional seat prices are suggested as $125 for an adult and $75 for a child.
If a member of the shul will not be with us for Rosh Hashanah and/or Yom Kipper please let us know as soon as possible so we can plan the seating chart accordingly for the Yomim Noraim. Even if you plan to only be with us for one day please let us know which day that will be.
As everyone knows the expansion of our shul was not only very costly but will also increase our annual expenses (along with the lost income from the space we expanded to). We understand that everyone has financial burdens themselves and we only ask that everyone try to help out the shul as much as they can. We have received a lot of people donations for the building fund but we also have many members who have not as of yet contributed anything while this is probably due to summer schedules the work needs to be paid for and every month we now have to cover the expense that were covered with the rental income we now do not have. There are still many items left from the dedication list along with some additional items that are available we will be working on putting out a new list of items and prices but if you are interested please speak with either the Rav or Chaim Cywiak about this. We also have the Parnos Hachodesh sponsorship program as we have in the past please see the Rav, Eli Rosengarten (“Rosy”), or Chaim Cywiak about pricing and availability.
Chaim Cywiak will be in the Shul this Motzai Shabbos beginning 1.5 hours prior to Slichos for the membership and seats arrangement (cash, check and credit cards excepted). Please note that every effort will be made to accommodate everyone with the seats they have/would like. However, we apologize in advance if we are unable to do so please know we are doing our best to make as many people happy as possible.
Wishing you and your family a Chasiva Ve’Chasima Tova and a Gut Gebenched Year.