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To All Members,
One of the priorities for the DATminyan has been to encourage our youth to come to shul in an educational and enjoyable environment. Unfortunately, it has become more difficult for existing programs led by Carolyn Reiffman to continue to operate in a safe and effective manner because of a lack of available adult supervision. Additionally, Carolyn will be leaving her role at the beginning of June (We will thank her more formally for her dedication and wonderful work with the children at a later time!). In order to fill the critical immediate need, the minyan will be hiring adult “baby sitters” to provide additional adult supervision in conjunction with Carolyn and our present teenage leaders as soon as possible. However, we will still need additional supervision for the pre-k and K- 2nd grade classes as well as some talented volunteers willing to run an educational program for children 3rd grade and up. Therefore, I am asking all adult members (this includes males and non-parents) to volunteer as supervisors of the children’s program for 1 hour on shabbos mornings starting after the Pesach holidays. A sign up sheet will be sent out in order to facilitate this and you may be approached personally if slots are still open. The board also recognizes the need to develop a more comprehensive and structured approach and will be working on developing a more permanent plan and identifying a youth director who can implement it when Carolyn leaves.

A ritual committee meeting was held on Sunday night January 21st. Below is a summary of topics covered:
Present at the meeting:
Nathan Rabinovitch, Craig Schottenstein, Duvie Heller, Shelly Ciner, Ted Brandt, Rabbi Hess, Rabbi Alter

-A three page document of guidelines of the DAT minyan, which summarizes some of the rules that the Dat minyan follows will be put on the website.
-There was some talk about order of chiyuvim to lead davening. More work needs to be done in this area.
-There was discussion about decorum during the drasha, and putting up a sign on the two doors letting people outside know that the drasha is taking place.

Rishon- Shelly
Sheini- Shelly
Shlishi - Avi
Revii- Aryeh
Chamishi- Avi
Shishi - Steve K.
Shevii - Chaim L.
Maftir - Nathan
Haftorah

Rishon- Scott F.
Sheini- Daniel T.
Shlishi - Scott F.
Revii - Peter
Chamishi - Nathan
Shishi - David Sanders
Shevii - Aaron

Rishon- Craig H.
Sheini- Avi
Shlishi - Dan W.
Revii - David Slam
Chamishi - Nathan
Shishi - R. Malka
Shevii - Eric

Chaim L- Whole Parsha
Haftorah -

Rishon- Shelly
Sheini- Avi
Shlishi- David the Sand (ers) man
Revii- David ( a man called) Slam
Chamishi- Daniel T.
Shishi - Scott F
Shevii- Glenn
Haftorah-

Rishon- Reuven G.
Sheini- Peter
Shlishi- Rabbi Malka
Revii - Chaim
Chamishi - Eric Shafran
Shishi - David Slamowitz
Shevii- David S
Haftorah -

Rishon- Chaim
Sheini- Scott F.
Shlishi - Daniel
Revii- Nathan
Chamishi- Avi
Shishi- Shelly
Shevii - David
Haftorah -

Rishon- Craig
Sheini - Scott
Shlishi- David Sanders
Revii - Ted
Chamishi - David S
Shishi - David S
Shevii- Craig S
Haftorah - Yaakov C.