COVID-19 Updates and Temple Sinai's Response
,As of November 7, 2022 (updates will be posted here as necessary)
• The virus is surging in Rhode Island and the number of cases is growing exponentially. As a matter of pikuach nefesh (saving a life), we urge everyone to stay home as much as possible and to observe the state's stay-at-home directives between 10PM and 4AM (10:30PM to 4AM on weekends). Wear a mask whenever you are among people not from your household. State guidelines call on everyone to limit the size of gatherings to a consistent group of no more than ten people and to be vigiliant, even in such a group, to wear masks and maintain distance, inside or outside.
• All services, educational programs and events at Temple Sinai are now by Zoom and Facebook Live only. The only exceptions are weddings, funerals, and b'nei mitzvah services, which may have up to ten people attend in person, including officiants and staff.
• The Temple building is closed due to the pandemic. If you have business that must be conducted in person, please make an appointment with Dottie or Rabbi Jeff before coming to the building. All other business should be conducted by phone or email.
• You must wear a mask at all times while in the Temple building. We recommend that you sanitize your hands when entering and leaving. Please limit your time in the building as much as possible. Please do not use the bathrooms. When talking with Dottie, please respect the plexiglass partition in her office and do not attempt to walk around it.
• Temple Sinai strictly adheres to the Governor's current executive orders and recommendations concerning gatherings during the pandemic. This means:
• To the extent that we offer any in-person events or services, we will adhere to the current requirement to limit indoor occupancy to 50% of the worship area’s maximum permitted occupancy level. We will require a minimum of six feet of physical distance between members of different households. There is a maximum of 125 people permitted to attend any indoor gathering.
• Current state restrictions limit choirs and musical ensembles. Individuals singing must be at least 14 feet apart from each other and from anyone else.
• All individuals who are not within the same household must adhere to physical distancing requirements at all times, indoors or outdoors, including six feet of spacing between persons. We especially emphasize that this rule still applies to all informal gatherings before and after Temple events, for example, in the Temple's foyers, lounges and parking lots.
• The virus is surging in Rhode Island and the number of cases is growing exponentially. As a matter of pikuach nefesh (saving a life), we urge everyone to stay home as much as possible and to observe the state's stay-at-home directives between 10PM and 4AM (10:30PM to 4AM on weekends). Wear a mask whenever you are among people not from your household. State guidelines call on everyone to limit the size of gatherings to a consistent group of no more than ten people and to be vigiliant, even in such a group, to wear masks and maintain distance, inside or outside.
• All services, educational programs and events at Temple Sinai are now by Zoom and Facebook Live only. The only exceptions are weddings, funerals, and b'nei mitzvah services, which may have up to ten people attend in person, including officiants and staff.
• The Temple building is closed due to the pandemic. If you have business that must be conducted in person, please make an appointment with Dottie or Rabbi Jeff before coming to the building. All other business should be conducted by phone or email.
• You must wear a mask at all times while in the Temple building. We recommend that you sanitize your hands when entering and leaving. Please limit your time in the building as much as possible. Please do not use the bathrooms. When talking with Dottie, please respect the plexiglass partition in her office and do not attempt to walk around it.
• Temple Sinai strictly adheres to the Governor's current executive orders and recommendations concerning gatherings during the pandemic. This means:
• To the extent that we offer any in-person events or services, we will adhere to the current requirement to limit indoor occupancy to 50% of the worship area’s maximum permitted occupancy level. We will require a minimum of six feet of physical distance between members of different households. There is a maximum of 125 people permitted to attend any indoor gathering.
• Current state restrictions limit choirs and musical ensembles. Individuals singing must be at least 14 feet apart from each other and from anyone else.
• All individuals who are not within the same household must adhere to physical distancing requirements at all times, indoors or outdoors, including six feet of spacing between persons. We especially emphasize that this rule still applies to all informal gatherings before and after Temple events, for example, in the Temple's foyers, lounges and parking lots.
