Kiddush is sponsored in honor of Gabe Weinberg, Sabra Hess, and Shayna Simon's birthdays.
Seudah Shlishit is being sponsored by Marvin Bleiberg in memory of his father's yahrzeit, Yitzhak Eichanan ben Mordechai.
Doughnuts & Discussion: Saturday, March 4 from 10:30-11:00am for 6th-8th graders in the Politz Beit Midrash.
Middle School Minute To Win It: Saturday, March 4th 8:00-9:30pm 6th-8th graders. Fast paced competition Come & play & Enjoy! Pizza will be served. Admission is $10. Register and pay in advance here
Mishloach Manot Packing: Sunday morning, March 5th at SOI from 10am - 12pm. Contact Oze Henig at oze.henig@gmail.com for details and to volunteer.
Bnei Akiva Purim Carnival: Sunday, March 5 from 10:00am - 12:00pm. For grades 1-8. Come in costume, play games & have fun! $5 entry fee. In Depth Talmud with Jeff Schwartz: Sunday evenings at 8pm in the SOI Chapel.
Purim is coming up this coming week: Tuesday, March 7 Click here for your Purim Information
Purim Seudah in the Wild West:Tuesday, March 7 at 4:30pm. This event is SOLD OUT and registration is closed.
Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Next session will be on Wednesday, March 8 at 8:00pm. For more information or to sign up for the next semester please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org
Shabbat, March 4: Parshat Zachor, Tetzaveh (Adar 11) 8:00am 8AM Minyan 8:30am Sephardic Minyan 9:00am Main Sanctuary Minyan 9:21am Latest Shema 10:00am Youth Groups 10:30am Donuts and Discussion 10:30am Tot Shabbat 11:00am Kiddush is sponsored in honor of Gabe Weinberg, Sabra Hess & Shayna Simon's birthdays 5:15pm Mincha 5:45pm Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Marvin Bleiberg. 6:35pm Maariv 6:36pm Havdalah 8:00pm Middle School Minute to Win It
Monday, March 6 (Adar 13) Ta'anit Esther 5:14am Fast Begins 5:25pm Mincha 6:25pm Ma'ariv 6:35pm approx. Megillah Reading 9:15pm Late Megillah Reading
Tuesday, March 7 (Adar 14) Purim Day 6:30am Shacharit 7:15am Megillah (approximately) 8:30am Shacharit 9:00am Megillah (approximately) 10:30am Later morning Megillah Reading 4:00 pm Afternoon Megillah
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 Jared Viders entitled ‘No Doubt About It’ about a contemporary influence of Amalek in our lives.
[...] We've all been stuck behind that hesitant stop-and-go driver. You know, the one who slows down at every intersection in the desperate attempt to clarify if this particular right turn is the one he's looking for. It's obvious he's in an unfamiliar neighborhood seeking an unfamiliar address. It's unpleasant driving behind him. It's even more unpleasant being that uncertain driver. On life's highway, we also find those in the EZ Pass fast lane, those on the highway, those in perpetual start-and-stop trying to find their destination and those who simply don't even know where in the world they are even located. So many of us are plagued with self-doubt and uncertainty. Second-guessing and third-guessing. One foot on the gas and one on the break.
Who isn't envious of those folks who are so comfortable, confident and clear in their path that they effortlessly marshal all their physical, emotional and intellectual assets uncluttered with self-doubt and unshackled from uncertainty? The difficulty associated with decision-making is often a pesky and undesirable by-product of the incertitude of his/her priorities. On the flip-side, the momentum associated with having made a decision is often an unexpected and welcomed by-product of having identified (and given expression) to those very heretofore free-floating, ill-defined, amorphous priorities.
- What should I be doing with my life? - How am I investing my most precious asset (i.e., my time) and how could I invest that asset more effectively? - What patterns of conduct am I seemingly entrenched in that are derailing my aspirations of being the person I truly strive to be? - What are my dreams and what concrete steps am I taking to achieve them? - What hang-ups are usurping my capacity for true happiness? - Where can I improve and who can effectively advise me how to do so? - Am I giving God nachas? - Am I the spouse/parent/friend I aspire to be?
Amalek, our Sages explain, carries the same gematria as the word "safek" which means doubt in Hebrew. "Doubtfulness" describes the essence of Amalek - as well as the effectiveness of his stratagems to get us off our game and hi-jack our quest for clarity. In this respect, we can understand that the spiritual force of Amalek with which we struggle (both personally and nationally) until this very day - manifests itself in the doubtfulness that rears its unpleasant head in so many facets of existence.
To the extent that we can clarify our understanding of our relationship with God and what He expects of us in this world, we can take significant steps towards eradicating the evil forces of Amalek. There is no better day in the Torah's calendar to make inroads in the war of clarity over uncertainty, of confidence over hesitation, of Truth over Amalek than this Shabbos - Shabbos Zachor. As the cloudiness of Amalek dissipates against the penetrating light of the Truth, we will un-doubt-edly discover true simcha and thereby set the stage to scale the heights and plumb the depths of a Purim the likes of which we have never experienced. Have a Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Davies Rabbi@SOICherryHill.org
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Thank you to Neely & Matan Elisha, Heshy Chaitoff, Sylvia Levine, & Yair Klein for helping with the kiddush last week.
Thank you to Yair Klein, Jonathan & Aliza Delman, & Matti Rosenberg for helping with the seudah shlishit last week.
Thank you to Robbie Friedner for donating a case of grape juice.
Thank you to Aliza Sadiky, Ora Davies, and Sarah Bienenfeld for organizing the women's event with Dr. Aimee Baron last week.
Thank you to Jenni Fischman for assistance in this SOI's grant submissions
From Donna Moskowitz: The words "thank you" don't adequately convey my gratitude for everything our community has done for me since my mother, Florence Axelrod (Fruma bat Yisrael) passed. The outpouring of concern and comfort was overwhelming. The thoughtfulness of providing shivah meals and organizing the logistics long distance was beautiful. The many donations made in my mom's memory were appreciated. Though 1200 miles away, we still feel a part of our warm and caring Sons of Israel community.
A very, very big thank you to Bill Jungreis, Debbie Fineberg, Ken Panitch, Debbie Pester, Harvey Chaitoff, Seth Cohen, Chani Wiesman Berliant, Steve Herzberg, Robbie Friedner, Shlomo Aronoff , Hector from OPS and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos. Thank you to the CHPD for providing enhanced patrols during this Shabbos. A special thank you to Capt. Jason Salvatore, Operations Division Commander, for arranging the patrols.
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