Kiddush this week is sponsored by Yaakov Linder & Sari Gindoff-Linder in honor of the birth of their daughter, Shoshana. Donuts & Discussion: This Shabbat, December 10 at 10:30am for middle school students. (Please note the change to the regular schedule.)
Parent Child Learning: Saturday, December 10 6:30-7:30pm at SOI. The program is open to boys and girls, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or any adult bringing a child is welcome. Click here for more information
In Depth Talmud with Jeff Schwartz:On hiatus this week. Sunday evenings at 8pm in the SOI Chapel. Contact Jeff Schwartz for more information.
A Deep Look at Sefer Bereishit with Rabbi Michael Davies: Mondays at 8:00pm, next session December 12 join us live in the SOI Kiddush Room or Click Here to Join the Zoom (Zoom Meeting ID: 882 1104 9415)
Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Next session will be Wednesday, December 14 at 8:30pm (please note the change in time). For more information please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org.
Glow Musical Havdalah: Motzai Shabbat Saturday, December 17 6:00-7:00pm Geared towards ages 0-10, but all are welcome.
Are You Smarter Than A Macabee? Saturday, December 17 7:15-8:30pm with Rabbi Dovi Friedman. Open to all 6th-8th graders Click Here for more information
Second Annual Chulent Cook Off: Shabbat Chanukah, December 24th. Email Tamar Wiener at tamarwiener@gmail.com to sign up to compete as an individual or a group. Spots are limited, so sign up soon.
I am very excited for the opportunity to share words of Torah with you. Each week, in this spot, I look to share an idea I've found that speaks to me and that I think will resonate with you as well. This week, I share an excerpt from an article by Rabbi Yissocher Frand entitled ‘The Name of the Angel’ where he shares an interesting interpretation of a famous dialogue in this week's Parsha. [...] Throughout the night, Yaakov struggled with the angel of Eisav, and he was victorious. Toward morning, the angel asks Yaakov to release him, but Yaakov refuses unless the angel blesses him. The angel informs Yaakov that his name will be changed to Yisrael. "And what is your name?" Yaakov asks the angel. But the angel's only response is a cryptic question, "Why do you ask my name?" What is the implication of this dialogue?
According to our Sages, this angel was the guardian angel of Eisav, also known as Satan, also known as the yetzer hara, the evil inclination. Rav Leib Chasman explains that, since the name of a person or being reflects his essence, when Yaakov asked the angel for his name he was actually trying to discover his essence. He was actually saying, "What are you all about, yetzer hara? What makes you tick? What is the secret of your power over people?" [...]
Rav Chaim Dov Keller offers [an] interpretation of the dialogue between Yaakov and the angel. He interprets Yaakov's question along the same lines as does Rav Chasman. Yaakov wanted to know the essence of the yetzer hara, because he wanted to forewarn his descendants and fortify them against this formidable foe.
"Why do you ask my name?" the angel replied. "It is a pointless endeavor to prepare your descendants for their encounters with me. My mission is to test people, and in order to do this, I change form in every generation. The situations change, the temptations change, and I change. In one generation, the temptation may be idol worship, and that is where I concentrate my efforts. In another generation, it may be the heresies of so-called enlightenment, and that is where I concentrate my efforts. I am always taking on a different form and changing my essence. Telling what my name is now would not help your descendants in the future." [...]
Welcome to Rabbi Avraham and Chava Friedler and family who have recently become members of SOI.
Mazal tov to Andy Rauer on the birth of a grandson. Proud parents are Daniel and Peninnah Rauer.
Mazal tov to Gila Davis and Mordecai Krumbein on their upcoming wedding.
Mazal tov to Yaakov and Miriam Levinson and big brother Alex upon the birth of baby girl Sophia Simcha.
Thank you to Vicki Miltz, Flo Shulman, Alisa Fox, Tamar Wiener, Sabra Weinberg, Dan Malamud, Donna Moskowitz, Ilana Weiss, Heshy Chaitoff, Devora Schpektor, Anna Schwartz, Sabrina Spector, Neely Elisha, Metal Henig for helping prepare kiddush last week.
Thank you to Anna Schwartz for coordinating the Yoetzet Initiative's shiur for women given by Yoetzet Stacey Goldman. Thank you to Alise Pantich for hosting the event in her home.
Thank you to Shlomo Aronoff, David Barg, Jon Bender, Marvin Bleiberg, Rabbi Michael Davies, Sid Goldberg, Moshe Moskowitz, Avi Rynderman, Hoosh Sadiky, Sol Sadres, Jay Schmulowitz, Dovid Schwartz, Chemmie Sokolic, and Charles Weg for helping move furniture in and out of the chapel to assist with the carpet cleaning. Thank you to Shari Goldberg who was instrumental in arranging for the cleaning of the shul.
A great big thank you to Debbie Fineberg, Avi Rynderman, Harvey Chaitoff, Jeff Liss, Donna Moskowitz, Shlomo Aronoff, Chemmie Sokolic, Hector from OPS and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos.
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