With the end of the High Holidays, the Rabbi Search Committee that was formed last year is set to resume its work reviewing applications and interviewing candidates. During the recent town hall meetings to discuss the rabbi search, some members of the Congregation expressed satisfaction with our current clergy and felt that a search for a new rabbi was unnecessary, while others have expressed the view that the committee should evaluate all available candidates. Therefore, the Board of Directors has decided to conduct a survey of the Congregation to gauge interest in continuing with the rabbi search.
When completing the one question survey, please keep in mind that the Board of Directors has determined that Rodeph Sholom will continue to move forward using the single clergy model; in other words, we will not have both a rabbi and a cantor, only one clergyperson.
Please be aware that for this survey to have significance, we must have a response rate of over 50% of “MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING”. THIS MEANS THAT WE NEED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. If you do not receive the information to vote please call the office for assistance. Each family unit has one vote. If you are a family unit of more than one person, please discuss amongst yourselves and determine your vote. Remember, one vote per family. Additionally, if you vote by email, please do not vote by snail mail and vice versa.
All responses will be held in strict confidence.
Please return your response no later than October 20, 2021.
SERVICES AND KIDDUSH UPDATE Due to the surge of positive COVID cases as a result of the Delta variant, we will be requiring face coverings be worn during all services held inside.
Friday evening, Saturday morning and Monday and Thursday Minyan services will continue to be held inside the building. Saturday kiddush will be held in the breezeway and L'Chaim following Minyan will be held in the sukkah.
If you arrive and do not have a face covering we are happy to provide you with one.
Hillels of the Florida Suncoast invites you to join us for Bubbles & Bubbly – our third annual gala fundraising event - to benefit our Scubi Jew® and Tikkun HaYam® programs, on Sunday afternoon, November 7, 2021, from 4-5:30pm, at the Morris & Bertha Escoll Center for Jewish Campus Life at USF(located at 13101 USF Sycamore Drive). This year's hybrid livestream and in-person gala program will feature presentations by six Jewish innovators and experts of marine conservation - each one unique within their field. For more information, to register for the event, check out sponsorship opportunities, or donate to win an exciting chance drawing item, please visit our Event Page . Questions? Email Suncoast Hillels or call (813) 899-2788.
WE NEED YOUR BOOKS!
We are in need of fiction and/or nonfiction books for our library on Bayshore. The library on Bayshore is for secular books only. If you have any you would care to donate, please contact Jennifer in the office, 813-837-1911.
Please join your fellow friends and congregants in purchasing engraved bricks in our Sukkah to honor your family, an event, or friends. Our goal is to sell 108 bricks for $108 in 108 days.
UPDATE: WE HAVE SOLD 91 BRICKS. WE NEED TO SELL 17 MORE BRICKS BY TOMORROW TO MEET GOAL!! WE ARE ALMOST THERE! Hebrew letters are now available! *All bricks currently in the Sukkah and any future bricks will be relocated, if needed, in the event of construction.
Tampa Jewish Memorial Gardens Plot space is available at the Tampa Jewish Memorial Gardens operated by Congregation Rodeph Sholom (formerly the New Rodeph Sholom Cemetery). Rodeph Sholom Members $2,750 and Non-Members $3,000 per plot. Price includes perpetual care. Interfaith family section available. Payment plans may be arranged. Please contact the synagogue office at 813-837-1911 or email at info@rsholom.org.
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