The covenant is a sacred partnership between you and Temple Beth El. In it are our promises to provide meaningful community experiences and our expectations about what it means to be a covenantal partner. Much of the covenant is open ended. It lists many opportunities to be engaged in Jewish life. There is great flexibility to deepen your Jewish identity and nurture your soul through healing our world, connecting to Torah and tradition, honoring the holy times of the year, deepening your connection to Judaism and thus your relationship with God.

Please thoughtfully fill out the covenant by checking the appropriate boxes, print a copy for yourself, and then email a copy back to me. There are several ways you can return a completed copy of your Brit to me electronically. The easiest way for Outlook users is as follows: After you have filled out the form, select the File button. Scroll down and select the Send To option. Scroll across and select the Mail Recipient option. This will open up your Outlook email with the completed document already embedded.

We at Temple Beth El will do everything we can to fulfill our part, and we trust you will do the same. At the end of the year I will ask you to evaluate how the year went. How did we do? Did we fulfill our promises to you? And I’ll ask you to evaluate yourself. How did you do? Did you honor the commitments you made? The journey may not be easy, but it will help us all find meaning, purpose, value, and beauty in our lives.

L'shalom,
Peter