What is Shir Ami's Plan for the High Holy Days?
Like most synagogues we have been wrestling with the desire to be physically together, and the fact that the pandemic is not quite over and the Delta variant is creating new challenges. After consulting with several doctors and other faith organizations, we have decided to offer two options for services this year - a hybrid model!
- In-person services with required COVID-19 Safety Protocols in place, including proof of vaccination, masks indoors, and social distancing (which means fewer seats will be available).
- Quality Zoom services, similar but better than what we offered last year, will be open to all.
We are guaranteeing a seat to all of our vaccinated Shir Ami Members and their vaccinated family members who choose to come in person. Any remaining seats may be made available following the Member registration period to guests who are fully vaccinated and who consent to following our safety protocol which is laid out clearly in our HHD registration form.
If you are already a Member but have not yet sent in your renewal form for 2021-22 please do so today. High Holy Day Registration Forms will be emailed out to all Members on Friday of this week and we are requesting that the HHD RSVPs be received back by August 8th (4 weeks before Rosh Hashanah).
If you are not a Member but have considered Membership as a possibility, this is a great time to join us and assure your in-person seat(s) at this year's High Holy Day Services. We would love to welcome you into our Shir Ami congregational family. Click here for more information about Membership and to access the Membership Form, or feel free to reach out to us so we may help you determine if this would be a good fit for you and your family.
If membership is not a choice or option for you at this time but you want to be sure your name is on a list of those who would like to attend our services, please send an email to shirami.info@gmail.com (indicate your preference, in-person or Zoom). We will get back to you by August 15th to let you know if there are seats available. The Zoom option will definitely be available and we will send you a registration link.
As we look ahead together to the year 5782, let us do as the Torah commands us in Pikuach nefesh פקוח נפש, the principle in Jewish law that saving someone's life overrides virtually any other religious rule. In practicing our faith, let us strive to protect each other as best we can.
