Premonitions and Predictions for the New Year

January 6, 2009 · Filed Under Baum's Blog 

Happy New Year! At Congregation Beth Adam, one of the traditions over the last 28 years has been to have a Premonitions and Predictions service on one of the Shabbats in January. During the service, we review the past year (for a great video review, check out this short and entertaining video from Uncle Jay Explains). Then, people write down their Premonitions and Predictions for the upcoming years. Rabbi Barr seals the notes in an envelope – and opens them the following January to see how accurate the congregation was.

I figure that if it works well at the brick-and-mortar synagogue, we might as well give it a try on the online synagogue. So, here goes. Basically, login to OurJewishCommunity.org (you’ll need to register first – but it’s really simple) and then you’ll be able to comment on my blog. In your comment – write a prediction or two for the coming year. The only rule: please do not make any predictions about people who will die. Okay, one more rule: All predictions should be submitted by January 30th… We’ll let them sit until next January, and then we’ll rate our success, or lack thereof…

As for my prediction, hmmmm, I’m still waiting to come up with something brilliant. I’ll add it to the comments – after five of you make your comments. Show me yours (predictions, people!) and I’ll show you mine (predictions, people!).

If you have any questions about how to comment, send us an email.

Good luck!

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One Response to “Premonitions and Predictions for the New Year”

  1. Rabbismom Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    I predict that Our Jewish Community will have at least a 400% increase in interest (i.e. people looking at the website) by this time next year!

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