Newslink for Shabbat Parshat Pinchas (July 7 - July 9)
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Kiddush & Seudah Shlishit are sponsored by Shari Solomon & Charles Weg in celebration of the marriage of their daughter, Kayla Weg, to Scotty Jacobson.
Inspiration for the Three Weeks: Exploring the Texts of the Churban - First class Wednesday evening, July 12th from 7:15-8pm. Class will be on Zoom, Meeting ID: 882 1104 9415 - Click Here to Join the Zoom.
Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Wednesday evenings after Maariv. The class will resume on July 12th. For more information or to sign up please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org.
Summer Women's Shiur Series: This Saturday, July 8th at 4:30pm. The topic is Lessons from Pirkei Avot given by Zahava Lachman and hosted by Chanie Blackstein, 400 Hialeah Drive. Email Chani Wiesman chaniwiesman@gmail.com or Yehudeet Gore yehudeet@gmail.com for more information.
Shabbat, July 8: Pinchas (Tammuz 19) 8:00am 8AM Minyan will be held in the Politz Beit Midrash 8:30am Sephardic Minyan 9:00am Main Sanctuary Minyan 9:22am Latest Shema 10:00am Youth Groups 10:30am Tot Shabbat 11:00am Kiddush sponsored by Shari Solomon & Charles Weg. 6:30pm Gemara Shiur 7:50pm Mincha 8:20pm Seudah Shlishit sponsored by Shari Solomon & Charles Weg. 9:15pm Maariv 9:20pm Havdalah
The Three Weeks The 17th of Tammuz, commemorating the fall of Jerusalem prior to the destruction of the Temple, marks the beginning of a 3-week national period of mourning culminating with the 9th of Av. Our rabbis referred to the time period between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av as ‘Bein Hametzarim,’ between the straits, based on the verse: "All her oppressors have overtaken her within the straits" (Lamentations 1:3). On Shabbat during the Three Weeks, the Haftarot focus upon the Temple's destruction and the exile of the Jewish people.
Schedule at Sons of Israel for the Remainder of the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: 8:00pm Mincha/Maariv 9:11pm Fast ends
ASPECTS OF MOURNING DURING THE THREE WEEKS 1. It is customary to refrain from getting married. (However, one may get engaged.) 2. It is customary to avoid public celebrations -- especially those which involve singing, dancing and musical accompaniment. 3. It is customary to abstain from listening to live music. However, if you make your living as a musician or teacher, or if you are a student practicing, but not performing this does not apply. Recorded music is a debate among contemporary opinions. 4. It is customary to refrain from actions that would require the recital of the blessing Shehechiyanu, i.e. on new food or clothes, except on Shabbat. 5. It is customary to hold off on getting haircuts or shaving. A person who usually shaves daily and would suffer business or financial loss by not shaving, may continue do so.
The period of the Three Weeks, which spans the time from the initial siege of ancient Jerusalem to the destruction of the city and its Temple, is called “the narrow places” or Bein HaMitzarim, after a verse from the book of Lamentations. Others translate the expression as “between the narrow straits,” indicating the vulnerable place between two pieces of land that connotes desolation, exposure, and intractability.
These narrow spaces must be passed through to get from one place to another but are rarely regarded as stopping grounds. They signify exile and banishment, a place that is neither here nor there, an area almost absent of its own identity. The narrowness in the rabbinic mind, however, is not of space but of time.
[…] Certain days or seasons are dangerous or inopportune. We often avoid difficult days on the calendar or fear their impending approach not because we are certain that they will prove difficult in the future, but because they were troublesome in the past. Such anniversaries of doom fill us with anxiety. […] That is not superstitious; it is a respect for the passage of time and the events that color it.
The Three Weeks are no exception. We enter a somber frame of mind. […] Naturally, at such a somber time, joyous functions are avoided. […] Altogether, these practices are meant to punctuate the mundane aspects of daily living: what we wear, how we eat, who we are with and why. Cleanliness, freshness, satiation and newness are all minimized in some fashion to help us achieve the demanding mood of the season, the sense of loss. […]
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Mazal tov to Shari Solomon & Charles Weg on the marriage of their daughter, Kayla Weg, to Scotty Jacobson.
Mazal tov to Lorraine & Jerry Reiser on the birth of a great grandson.
Mazal tov to Rabbi Chaim & Nechama Tropper on the marriage of their daughter, Bashie, to Yehuda Berenstein.
Mazal tov to Helen & Alan Baker on the marriage of their grandson, Max Baker, to Daniela Neusner.
Mazal tov to Marsha & Marvin Raab on the birth of a granddaughter.
Thank you to Alise Panitch, Vicki Miltz, Neely Elisha, & Heshy Chaitoff for helping with the kiddush last week & to Anna Schwartz for making the cholent.
Thank you to Malka Moskowitz, Yaakov & Aaron Zeffren, Yaakov Linder, Sandy Crass, Matti Rosenberg, Eric & Yair Klein, Jonathan Delman, Yochai Yares, Dan Malamud & Ezra Newfeld for helping with last week's seudah shlishit.
Thank you to Team 4 for providing security by watching the video cameras on Shabbos. They are Avi Rynderman, Baila Silverman, Andy Rauer, Noah Botwinick and Shlomo Aronoff. Also thank you to Debbie Fineberg, Debbie Pester, Ken Panitch, Chani Wiesman Berliant, Bob from JFeds and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos.
Volunteers Welcome to Team 5 (Red Team) to the list of our security volunteers. Security is always looking for additional volunteers. All it takes is 30 minutes on Shabbos when it is your Teams turn. Each team has their turn every 5 weeks. We have positions open at 9:00am on Teams 3 and 4. Come join your friends and help protect our shul. Contact Sam Tilonsky (drsamod@gmail.com) to volunteer or for more information.
Welcome We want to welcome Bob Long as one of our new security guards from JFeds Security. It is a pleasure to have him at SOI.
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