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Congregation Or Shalom
835 Darby Paoli Road
Berwyn, PA 19312
Tel: 610-644-9086
office@orshalom.com

Contacts

Spiritual Leader:
Cantor Stephen Freedman

President:
Betsy Cohen

Education Director:

Office Manager:
Lauren Porter

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Ritual Committee

 

The Ritual Committee is tasked with overseeing all of the ritual functions of the congregation in accordance with the accepted practices of Conservative Judaism, including but not limited to:

 

  • Scheduling Torah readers and Haftarah chanters
  • Scheduling lay members to conduct various parts of the service
  • Scheduling lay members to offer Divrei Torah in the absence of the spiritual Leader
  • Assigning honors at all services
  • Discussing and resolving issues regarding ritual practice, such as:

          Kashrut

          Changes to the liturgy 

  • Involvement with holiday activities such as:

          Erecting the sukkah

          Annual Chanukah dinner

          Purim-spiel

         

All decisions regarding ritual practice are made at the discretion of the Spiritual Leader, who, as Mara D’atra, and as such, is ultimately responsible for such decisions.