Article: House of harmony

Nahlaot
Jerusalem Post
05-04-2001
Headline: House of harmony
Byline: Nahlaot
Edition; In Jerusalem
Section: News
Page: 04

Friday, May 4, 2001 -- Dismay greeted Rabbi Ian Pear one Shabbat morning. He looked around the almost empty sanctuary in his new congregation in Nahlaot. Six men! It was 10 a.m. and they still had no minyan

Ian had to do something.

"I'd like to announce," he recalls telling the congregants, "that next Shabbat there will be a big chulent made by my wife, Rachel, for the Kiddush after prayers.

"Now, Rachel makes a great chulent, so you don't want to miss it."

"It worked," says Ian, smiling triumphantly. "The next week almost 20 people showed up - on time!"

And so began the ...

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