After exactly a year, Rabbi Dunner’s community has finally returned to their synagogue building, having closed the facility immediately after Purim last year in response to the dangers of COVID.

Rabbi Dunner reflects on a difficult year for his community, although it was immeasurably enhanced by an open-air minyan at a synagogue member’s tennis court. A couple of weeks ago the tennis court tent almost blew away during Shabbat services, which Rabbi Dunner interprets as a message of God that is tied to this week’s parsha.