Shalom TBS community,
We are writing to update you on the latest information regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus). On Monday, March 30th, Governor Cuomo cancelled spring break for all schools in New York State.
As per our already scheduled calendar, we will be going ahead with the Passover break for our Religious School students.
We will continue to provide weekly updates of learning opportunities and more.
We have scheduled two regular “Zoom” meetings.
On Tuesdays, join us for “Coffee Break with Rabbi Sarah” at 11am and on Fridays “Pre-Shabbat Schmooze,” at 6:00pm, a chance to check in, get spiritual sustenance, and welcome in a feeling of Shabbat Shalom. Zoom is a video meeting app that you can download to your mobile device or to Windows
.
Please click here to download.
There will be no "Pre-Shabbat Schmooze" on Friday, April 10th due to the Passover holiday.
Members of the Board of Trustees have volunteered to contact all members of our congregation as needed. These phone calls will help keep us connected and help us assess congregants needs.The office will be closed for business, but phone messages will be checked several times a day by Beth Garelick from a remote location, and all emails will be checked and responded to as well. (845) 628-6133 or
office@tbsmahopac.org
During this difficult time, United Way, Putnam Business Council, and Community Cares are partnering to provide meals to senior citizens and first responders, health care workers and those who are medically vulnerable. Reach out to 211 to get on the distribution list for meals donated by Community Cares from local restaurants, delivered to your home’s front porch. All people need to do to sign up for this is call 211. This is for people living in Putnam County at this time.
New York State has established a special Q&A Coronavirus hotline to address any of your concerns at: (888) 364-3065. More information about the coronavirus can be found at the
New York State DOH
or
CDC
websites.
Thank you for your trust and partnership throughout these complex times.
With prayers for health,
Rabbi Sarah Freidson and Gail Freundlich, TBS President
A Prayer of Hope During this Pandemic
by Rabbi Naomi Levy
We are frightened, God,
Worried for our loved ones,
Worried for our world.
Helpless and confused,
We turn to You
Seeking comfort, faith and hope.
Teach us God, to turn our panic into patience,
And our fear into acts of kindness and support.
Our strong must watch out for our weak,
Our young must take care of our old.
Help each one of us to do our part to halt the spread of this virus
Send strength and courage to the doctors and nurses
In the frontlines of this battle,
Fortify them with the full force of their healing powers.
Send wisdom and insight to the scientists
Working day and night across the world to discover healing treatments.
Bless their efforts, God.
Fill our leaders with the wisdom and the courage
To choose wisely and act quickly.
Help us, God, to see that we are one world,
One people
Who will rise above this pandemic together.
Send us health God,
Watch over us,
Grace us with Your love,
Bless us with Your healing light.
Hear us God,
Heal us God,
Amen.
