בס"ד Parshiyot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim - 5780 “Good” Jews and “Bad” Jews As we wait for the opportunity to return safely to our shul, I would like to share with you some rules I hope to promulgate once we return. They are based on the rules set forth by local barons in the year 1755 in the Bavarian community of Sugenheim [1] , on the occasion of the consecration of their new synagogue building. The idea was to make sure the local Jews behaved decorously in synagogue. Synagogue will be held on Mondays and Thursdays. Failure to attend on those days, in which the Torah was read, resulted in a fine of one kreuzer. One may not engage in idle talk in the synagogue. The punishment for doing so was a fine of a quarter pound of wax to be donated to the Jewish treasury (used for candles in the synagogue). There was to be no verbal fighting in the synagogue . The penalty for this behavior was a whopping 20 kreuzer , half ...