Dear 2022 B'nai Mitzvah Families,

We hope this email finds you well. Our team at Temple Micah will be providing regular updates to all the families who will be celebrating b’nai mitzvah during the first half of 2022 (if you missed our first update in October about our reopening plans, you can find that here). 

Thank you for taking on this challenging task during a pandemic. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we continue to prioritize the health and safety of our families and staff.

In this email, you will find updates on:

• In-Person Shabbat Service and Class Get-Together 
• In-Person Tutoring in 2022
• Liturgy Schedule: Attending Shabbat Morning Services
• B’nai Mitzvah Resources now on Temple Micah website

Please join us in congratulating Jonah Shanoff, who became bar mitzvah on October 16, 2021. Jonah’s bar mitzvah service was the first one held in the Temple Micah sanctuary since March 14, 2020.

Mazal Tov to the whole Shanoff family!

We invite all the b’nai mitzvah students and their families to join us for Shabbat on Saturday, December 4, 10:15am, at Temple Micah.

After the service, we will gather outside in our tent for a COVID-safe kiddush with individually wrapped challah (please dress for the weather!). Our clergy and staff will be there to answer questions about the B’nai Mitzvah program. This is a great opportunity to experience an in-person Shabbat service and to connect with other families in the class.

We strongly encourage all families to attend. Please register here and indicate at the bottom of the form that you are part of the 2022 B'nai Mitzvah class. We look forward to seeing you there!

Beginning in January, we will be moving to in-person B’nai Mitzvah tutoring. We are finding more and more how much we value the less tangible benefits that come from in-person tutoring; including when students get to see some of the other members of their class, building stronger relationships with their tutors, and coming to view our building as one of their comfortable spaces/homes.

We will continue to schedule tutoring sessions on Thursday afternoon/evening and are hopeful we can keep our current schedules intact. That said, we understand we may need to make some adjustments.

Please confirm that your current time will work, or that you will need to make an adjustment to accommodate the transition from virtual to in person tutoring. Email Mckinley Edelman at edelman@templemicah.org by November 18, 2021. 

We will continue to offer opportunities for virtual tutoring as needed, or when sessions are rescheduled for other days of the week.

We invite you to find opportunities to attend Shabbat morning services as a family, in advance of your student’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah. In addition to the December 4 service, each student has been scheduled for two Saturdays to lead one piece of the worship experience from the bimah. If you are unable to be present on the date you are assigned, contact Jeannelle D’Isa at least three weeks in advance to receive an updated assignment.

To view the schedule and your student’s assigned dates, please view the google doc shared via email or contact the office.

We’ve reorganized the B’nai Mitzvah page on Temple Micah’s website, with student resources and guides to aid in logistics and planning more easily accessible. We’ll include links to these email updates, too, for future reference. 

Student Resources include:

• Student guides for Trope and D’var Torah
• Color-coded PDFs and audio recordings for Torah Trope and Haftarah Trope
• Hebrew Text for Prayers and Blessings
• Audio Recordings for trope, blessings and prayers

Logistics and Planning Resources include:

• B’nai Mitzvah Handbook (last updated in February 2020)
• 2022 Summer Tutoring Schedule
• Hebrew Name
• Links to email updates (including this one!)
• ...and more!

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