In
an attempt to improve our daily prayer service attendance, you are
cordially invited to sign up with our Beth Jacob Congregation "ROBOGABBAI."
ROBOGABBAI is a web-based system used to help coordinate Minyan
attendance. It will allow you to tell us through the internet which
days and which services you will be able to attend, and it will
send you e-mail reminders if requested.
There are 2 daily prayer times at Beth Jacob Congregation, one in
the morning-- the shacharit (morning service)-- and one in the evening--combining
the Mincha (afternoon) and Maariv (evening) services. A Minyan is
the gathering of at least 10 men and any number of women who participate
in a prayer service. In order to be able to say important portions
of each service a Minyan is required. It has been difficult to convene
a Minyan for many prayer services and this is the reason we are
attempting this new method. If every member commits to just one
service a week, we should have no more difficulties getting a minyan!
People have multiple reasons to attend a daily prayer service. Some
of the foremost reasons are:
1. It is a Mitzvah.
2. A person in mourning goes to say Kaddish for a close relative
who passed away. 3. A person goes to say Kaddish during the yearly
Yahrzeit (remembrance) of a close relative who passed away.
4. A person goes to enable persons in mourning or persons who have
a Yahrzeit to have a Minyan so they can say Kaddish in remembrance
of their loved ones.
If you are able to give your time to attend any Minyan, please follow
these instructions to sign up with ROBOGABBAI. WHILE THIS MAY APPEAR
DIFFICULT, IT SHOULD TAKE ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO SET UP. We will be
happy to assist you setting this up. Just call the Beth Jacob office
at 274-2149 for assistance.
How
to Sign Up with "Robogabbi":
1. Go to this web site:
http://www.robogabbai.com/minyan_users/new?minyan_id=38&codeword=minyan
(Click on the link. If you have trouble, you can type it in the
address bar, or cut and paste it in your web browser.) It will
open a new window, so you can come back and reference these instructions.
2. You will be asked to sign in. Before signing in, however, you
will need to create a ROBOGABBAI account. Click on "SIGN
UP FOR AN ACCOUNT HERE."
3. Please complete this page with information about you.
4. After this page is completed, you will be directed back to
the "JOIN MINYAN' page. This page should already be filled
in with the correct information. If not, the Minyan ID # is "38"
and the code word is "minyan". Click on "JOIN"
after confirming this is filled in correctly.
5. The next page is when you tell "ROBOGABBAI" how to
ask you if you can make it to a Minyan, and whether you wish to
be notified about how many persons are set up through ROBOGABBAI
to attend the Minyan. For each service, please answer "YES"
OR "NO" to "NOTIFY ME OF STATUS." (There is
not a clear need for you to say "YES" to "NOTIFY
ME OF STATUS" unless you desire to get the information of
how many persons are currently set up through ROBOGABBAI to attend
the service) If you know you will be able to attend any service
regularly, then answer "YES" to "DEFAULT VALUE
FOR WHETHER TO ATTEND." Otherwise, likely most persons, will
choose "ASK ME" for the "DEFAULT VALUE FOR WHETHER
TO ATTEND." If you know you will never be able to attend
a specific service, then answer "NO" to "DEFAULT
VALUE FOR WHETHER TO ATTEND." Please note you can change
this set up at any time in the future.
6. The next page will show what you have chosen. If you wish to
edit these choices, click on "EDIT" at the bottom of
the page.
7. YOUR SET-UP IS NOW COMPLETED. CONGRATULATIONS!
8. Depending on how you set things up, please watch your email
regularly, especially if you requested ROBOGABBAI to ask you whether
or not you will be able to attend the service.
Again, we realize this setup may be complicated for some people.
If you need assistance please contact the synagogue office, and
we'll be happy to assist you. Please provide us with any constructive
comments or suggestions about this service.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ASSISTING IN ANY WAY YOU CAN TO ENABLE
OUR MINYAN TO TAKE PLACE!
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