Friday, December 4, 2020

Enforcing Provincial COVID Regulations

 Good afternoon to all....

I have been going to minyan almost daily for years.  The following incident happened this week.

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Apparently, someone had spread a rumour to the province that the shul has not been following COVID requirements.  There were too many in the building.

One morning recently, the provincial authorities came by and counted.  They looked around, and immediately ordered everyone to disperse. The shul was levied a hefty fine.

Everyone had been very careful.  So the executive director called.  "We checked and we checked.  Our numbers were consistent.  We required registration.  We did not have too many in the building."

The person from the province responded: "it was a Thursday, right?"

Shul: "Yes, but what does that have to do with it?"

Province: "You opened the ark, right?"

Shul: "Uhhh...yes."

Province: "We counted the Torah."

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With a little help on one of the internal lines from a colleague.

Shabbat Shalom.

R/SCG