The New Moon of Tishri
Last night the thinnest sliver of the new moon of Tishri appeared in the sky. The year has begun. I know we are hoping that 5766 will be much sweeter than its predecessor.
We may be in exile from our building for the High Holidays, but we are being sheltered by good friends. Services went beautifully in the Jefferson Baptist auditorium. Our friends at JBC have done so much more than provide us with space. They have also volunteered as support staff to make sure everything goes smoothly. Mike B. of JBC trained “Wolfman” Steve W. to run the sound board. Those of you in the kahal cannot see him up there with his headphones on making adjustments. He is in heaven.
JBC has digital recording equipment and so we were able to record the services. The sermons will be on the soon to open members section of our website. Our ancient sound equipment was directly under one of the many waterfalls that poured into the building. Most modern systems have some kind of recording capacity.
We were able to do some things at JBC that we could not have done at Beth Shalom. Some of our Shofar blowers were in the side and back balconies, so that the room was filled with the wild, stirring sounds of Yom Teruah, the Day of the Trumpet Blast.
Our members seemed to enjoy sitting on the comfortable JBC pews, something to keep in mind as we redesign our sanctuary. Pews are more communal than rigidly separate theater seats. A child can rest on her parent’s lap during the service and a family or group can truly sit together.
Many thanks to Minna Bromberg, our cantorial soloist, who brings such beauty, authenticity, and ruach to our services. She will be singing some of her own compositions at services this Friday night. Don’t miss it.
Shanah tovah u’metukah
A good and sweet year to all of you.
We may be in exile from our building for the High Holidays, but we are being sheltered by good friends. Services went beautifully in the Jefferson Baptist auditorium. Our friends at JBC have done so much more than provide us with space. They have also volunteered as support staff to make sure everything goes smoothly. Mike B. of JBC trained “Wolfman” Steve W. to run the sound board. Those of you in the kahal cannot see him up there with his headphones on making adjustments. He is in heaven.
JBC has digital recording equipment and so we were able to record the services. The sermons will be on the soon to open members section of our website. Our ancient sound equipment was directly under one of the many waterfalls that poured into the building. Most modern systems have some kind of recording capacity.
We were able to do some things at JBC that we could not have done at Beth Shalom. Some of our Shofar blowers were in the side and back balconies, so that the room was filled with the wild, stirring sounds of Yom Teruah, the Day of the Trumpet Blast.
Our members seemed to enjoy sitting on the comfortable JBC pews, something to keep in mind as we redesign our sanctuary. Pews are more communal than rigidly separate theater seats. A child can rest on her parent’s lap during the service and a family or group can truly sit together.
Many thanks to Minna Bromberg, our cantorial soloist, who brings such beauty, authenticity, and ruach to our services. She will be singing some of her own compositions at services this Friday night. Don’t miss it.
Shanah tovah u’metukah
A good and sweet year to all of you.
posted by Rabbi Stanton M. Zamek at
1:01 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home