Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Daniel & Sheryl Malamud commemorating the Yahrzeit of his dear mother Nurit Ester Matilde bat Itzhak z"l. Seudah Shlishit is also sponsored by Sondra Crass & Sharon Podrup in memory of their mother Golde Shapiro, Golda bat Shmuel.
Women's Halacha Shiur with Rabbi Davies: Thursday, June 15th at 8:45pm in the SOI chapel.
End of the Year SNIF: Shabbat, June 17 :6:30pm Grades 1--8 Activities for all ages. Bring your friends! Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: The next class will be held on Wednesday, June 21st after Maariv (Approximately 8:45pm). For more information or to sign up please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org. Birthdays in the Park: Shabbat afternoon, June 24 at 4:30pm in Ivy Park. Celebrate birthdays of friends in June and July. Event is free with sponsorships available. To sponsor and/or add you/your child to the birthday list click here .
Vintage BBQ: Sunday, June 25 6:00pm hosted by Bob Moskowitz 422 Jamaica Drive. RSVP here or for more information email donnamoskowitz1@gmail.com. Summer Women's Shiur Series: Weekly beginning Saturday, July 1 at 4:30pm, The topic is Lessons from Pirkei Avot, We are looking for hosts and speakers - email Chani Weisman or Yehudeet Gore to volunteer to host or give a class.
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 with you an excerpt from an article by Rabbi Menachem Weiman entitled ‘Two Strategies for Life', speaking of the different strategies of the Yetzer HaRa - Evil Inclination, and how to combat them.
This Torah portion speaks about one of the monumental events that changed life for the children of Israel for future generations: [...] What is curious, is that the nation had recently witnessed so many miracles. The spies were all top-notch leaders and righteous individuals. How could they make a mistake and not trust God?
Spirituality can be confusing. We can view the positive as negative, and vice versa. Sometimes the seemingly "spiritual" thing to do is actually not the moral thing to do. Sometimes the more "spiritual" path ahead of us is actually not the challenge that will cause us more growth, but part of our comfort zone. If you're mad at your friend, should you meditate to calm yourself down, or should you confront your friend with her wrongdoing? Which path is easier? Which will cause you more growth? Should you do both? Is this a time for rebuke or a time for forgiveness? A time for war or a time for peace?
The spies and the nation made a mistake, because the choice was not between right and wrong, but between right and more right. Once you are on a spiritual path, it's very difficult for the "yetzer hara" to test you with outright transgressions. You are already avoiding the obvious transgressions. Sure, once in a while the yetzer hara can convince you, trick you into a real transgression, but usually you're on your guard. The yetzer hara is the part of you that steers you away from God and spirituality. It is not the real you; it is a foreign element inside you. So the yetzer hara has no choice but to come to you in disguise. "What a mitzvah you will do by helping the neighbor put together his pool table for two hours on Sunday!" A kindness for your fellow man? Never mind that your wife has been asking you to fix the screen door for weeks.
[...] The yetzer hara has two types of strategies: straight on, or in disguise. We need to be on the lookout for both. That's why in the evening prayer service, we ask the Almighty to protect us from the "Satan in front and behind." Satan "in front" is when it comes straight on trying to entice you to do what you know is wrong; "from behind" is when it comes disguised as a mitzvah.
[...] Actually, you can even use the same strategy on the yetzer hara itself. Sometimes we can fight the yetzer hara head-on, and sometimes we need to be sneaky. When it's late at night and the yetzer hara tells you to go to sleep, rather than read a page or two of Torah, you can try to face it head on and say, "I will not go to sleep!" Or you can say, "Well lets just stay up a minute or two to have a few pretzels." And then slip in a page or two of Torah study while your yetzer hara is busy with the pretzels. Through trial and error, you will gain a sense of what type of strategy will work best for different situations. [...]
Welcome to Yehuda and Sloane Stuchins and Ayelet and Zevi Zoldan who have recently moved into Cherry Hill.
It's Welcoming Season! There are many new families moving into our community starting this week and throughout the summer. If you would like to be added to a list of people to host meals or be involved in other opportunities to welcome newcomers please complete this form or contact Charlie Kivolowitz at 608-516-8288 or ckivol@gmail.com or Rena Oshlag at 412-728-2766
Mazal Tov to Sybil Bernstein for receiving the Pillar of the Community Award.
Mazal Tov to Flo & Adam Shulman for receiving the Rabbi Riff Award.
Mazal Tov to the Miskin Family on the occasion of the bris of their son Noah Reuven.
Mazal Tov to Marsha & Marvin Raab on the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter in Israel.
Thank you to our Graduation Kiddush Sponsors
Alise & Kenneth Panitch - Yoni's graduation from Mesivta High School of Greater Phila. Chaya & Shlomo Maza - Bella's graduation from Politz Day School Brenda & Jonathan Bender - Allison's high school graduation Shaindy & Noah Lindenberg - Meital's graduation from Yeshiva University & Ilan's graduation from Kohelet Yeshiva High School Jennifer & Dori Provda - Aiden's graduation from Kohelet Yeshiva High School & Grant's graduatiion from Kohelet Yeshiva Middle School Rory & Daniel Eisenstein - Yeshaya's graduation from Kohelet Michal & Daniel Drabkin - Yosef & Devora graduation from Kindergarten at Politz Day School Hannah & Justin Kaufman - Josh's graduation from Kindergarten at Politz Day School
Ora & Rabbi Michael Davies - Yehoshua's graduation from Politz Elyse & Aaron Greenberg - Dovid's graduation from Rosa International Middle School Ilana & Gerald Mindel - Alex & Noah graduation from Kindergarten from Kellman Brown Academy Helene & David Raush - Melanie's graduation from NYU with a Master's Degree in Performing Arts Administration Avital & Marc Zeffren - Yaakov's graduation from Residency & Aaron's graduation from kindergarten Melissa & Gershon Klein - David's graduation from Kindergarten Sharon & Harvey Chaitoff - Mour son Maish's graduation from Mesivta of Greater Phila. & grandchildren Yitzhok graduation from pre-k & Menachem graduation from Kindergarten Yaeli & Chemmic Sokolic - Chemmie 's graduation from Rutgers with an MBA & BZ's graduation from 8th grade at Politz
Thank you to Baila Silverman, Anna Schwartz, Gerald Mindel and Ora Davies for helping with kiddush last week & thank you to Aliza Levy for making cholent.
Thank you to Yaakov & Aaron Zeffren, Yaakov Linder, Matti Rosenberg, Eric & Yair Klein, Jonathan Delman & Ezra Newfield for helping with seudah shlishit last week.
Thank you to those who volunteered to make the SOI Gala a success! Chairs: Sarah Zanger and Audrey Dahan; Designing the journal: Yaeli Sokolic for designing the journal for the dinner. Helping with setup: Joel Dahan, Ora Davies, Chana Davies, Heshy Chaitoff, and Ilana Weiss for helping with setup; Registration table: Leah Spector
Thanks to Debbie Pester, Debbie Fineberg, Guillaume Schpektor, Jeff Liss, Donna Moskowitz, Shari Solomon, Chemmie Sokolic, Hector from OPS and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos.
Security at the Gala was provided by Debbie Fineberg, Donna Moskowitz, Sam Tilonsky and Hector from OPS. Thank you.
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