May 2009 Bulletin Message
by Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro

For Your Consideration
Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro

What if you don’t pray much? What if Torah Study sounds intimidating? Is there anything else at Sinai Temple that might touch you or matter?

I think the month of May just might be what you are looking for. Two alternate paths into Sinai are coming your way.

First, there is Mitzvah Day on Sunday, May 3. Between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon that day we are inviting anyone and everyone at Sinai to volun- teer. If you like to bike ride, grab your helmet and come join us for an 18 mile journey. Aside from the fun, we are asking riders to donate toward a fund that will provide summer camp scholarships to needy kids in Spring- field. Too active? Come paint three classrooms at a Springfield pre-school. Or plant some bushes at the Temple. Or join the group taking army veter- ans out to brunch. Or join the group that will play instrumental music at the Jewish Nursing Home.

We’ve got a mini-bike ride for young families. We’re making sandwiches for the homeless. You can even get your car washed by our 6th and 7th graders.

On Sunday, May 3, your Temple can matter to you and to the larger com- munity if you become part of Mitzvah Day.

OR consider the possibility of signing up for the first-ever intergenera- tional softball game on Sunday, May 17. We have challenged Temple Beth El to a softball game for everyone at the JCC between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Adult men and women will play an inning or two. Kids of all ages will play against each other in other innings. One “team” will lose, but none of us can lose on a morning that promises to be relaxed, joyful, and good for the Jews!

Register for Mitzvah Day at our website. www-sinai-temple.org.

Register yourself and/or your children by contacting the Temple office (rblanchettegage@sinai-temple.org) or Bonnie Mikesh (bpmikesh@comcast.net.)

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