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\"Thumbnail<\/a><\/span>While writing a check tonight for dues to the synagogue I <\/span>kvetch<\/span> about, I came to a realization. The best reason to belong to the synagogue is that I don’t feel guilty when we show up five minutes before <\/span>kiddush<\/a><\/span>. Hey, we’re paying good money not to show up for services. (Or for programs. The last time I tried to pitch a family education event to Ella, she shook her head. “I don’t mind shul,” she said. “But I do not like programs<\/i>.”)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s not the free and\/or easy food that brings me in the door at approximately 12 pm. I can shmear a bagel with cream cheese quite well in my own kitchen, thank you very much. And frankly, I buy much better bagels. Can you believe our synagogue actually serves Thomas’ Bagels<\/i><\/a> (aka, rolls with holes?)<\/div>\n
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With a special dinner, our best dishes, songs and blessings, and a little company now and then, Friday night always feels like Shabbat in my home. But, as I explained to my kids last Saturday as we walked in the door just in time for Adon Olam<\/i>, more than anything else we do on Saturdays, Kiddush makes shabbat feel like shabbat. <\/div>\n
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In my book, there’s no better educational program than that.<\/div>\n
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PS – Want nine more reasons to become a member of a synagogue? Check out my post “That’s what I like about shul.<\/a>“<\/i><\/div>\n
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