Newslink for Shabbat Parshat Re'eh (August 11 - August 13)
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Announcements & Upcoming Events
Kiddush is sponsored by the friends of Jay & Rhoda Schmulowitz who are leaving our community to go to Fort Lee, New Jersey after 40 years. We will miss you both!
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy.
Shabbat Morning Groups: Beginning Shabbat July 29th - August 19th there will be no Shabbat morning groups for kids in 3rd - 5th Grade. Parsha sheets will be available for children in those grades to follow during services. Tot Shabbat and groups for kids in Kindergarten - 2nd grade will continue as usual. Full groups for all ages will return on August 26th with children attending groups for their incoming grade.
Summer Women's Shiur Series: This Shabbat, August 12th at 4:30pm. The topic is Lessons from Pirkei Avot given by Aliza Sadiky and hosted by Chava Friedler, 53 Knollwood Drive. Email Chani Wiesman chaniwiesman@gmail.com or Yehudeet Gore yehudeet@gmail.com for more information.
Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Wednesday evenings after Maariv. Next class will be on August 16th. For more information or to sign up please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org.
Bonfires with Sons of Israel: Thursday, August 17th and Sunday, August 27th. The next bonfire is for Men only at 8:30pm at the home of Matti Rosenberg, 307 Washington Avenue. Join us for a casual get-together and connect with members of our community. For more information contact aliza.sadiky@gmail.com.
Vintage Movie Night: Sunday, August 20th at 8:30pm in Audrey and Joel Dahan's backyard, 306 Wilson Road. The cost is $5. Register here. Mezuzos and Tefillin Checking with Rabbi Long: Monday, August 21st - Friday, August 25th at SOI. Space is limited and appointments are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis. For more information, or to reserve your appointment with the Sofer, text/call 856-870-3333 or email CHSoferSignup@gmail.com
Women's Halacha Shiur with Rabbi Davies: Next class is Thursday, August 24th at 8:30pm in the SOI chapel. (Note SPECIAL DATE)
Chodesh Elul Book Club - Preparing For The Yamim Noraim: Reading Mind Your Mindset: The Science That Shows Success Starts with Your Thinking by Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller. Start reading now and join a book club discussion with Rabbi Davies on Thursday, August 31st at 8:30pm in the SOI Kiddush Room. Purchase the book or borrow it from the library. This book is available on Hoopla hrough CHPL.
Prep and Rally Is Coming to Cherry Hill: Thursday, September 7th at 7:30pm at SOI. There will be a cooking demonstration, tastings and tips on how to plan, prep and rally for the holidays! Click Here to Register.
Vintage Presents the Philadelphia Orchestra: Thursday, February 29th, 7:00pm at the Kimmel Center. The program will feature all Beethoven. Seats are limited so register soon. The deadline is August 15th to reserve your ticket. Register here.
Rabbi Davies will be on vacation from Thursday, August 3 - Wednesday, August 16. During this time, for all SOI related matters and/or items of an urgent nature, please contact Ilana Weiss at president@soicherryhill.org. If you are in need of immediate Halachic assistance, please contact Rabbi Jonathan Bienenfeld at rabbijbien@gmail.com.
Jean Klein, the office manager will be on vacation from August 7th - August 11th. The office will be open Monday - Friday from 12:00-2:00pm.
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 Dr. Mordechai Schiffman entitled "There’s No I In Happy" which shares two ways of how to find true happiness in life. If you want to be happier, should you focus on yourself or on others? In a study entitled “Do Unto Others or Treat Yourself? The Effects of Prosocial and Self-Focused Behavior on Psychological Flourishing,” Katherine Nelson and colleagues reported their research findings that doing acts of kindness for others, or for the world at large, provided a bigger boost for better mood and increased well-being than doing acts of kindness for oneself.
These results align with previous research that indicates that spending money on others increases happiness levels over spending money on oneself. This stands in contrast to the more popular conception that in order to be happy, you should focus on self-care.
[…] The word simcha, which can be roughly translated as happiness or joy, appears seven times in this week’s Torah portion. Fascinatingly, in each of the seven times, the simcha is communicated in the context of others. It is what Rabbi Sacks calls happiness shared, or collective joy. When we rejoice, it is with others present and others in mind. We share the happiness with our families and with strangers, orphans, widows, and Levites. There is no “I” in happy and the is no “I” in joy.
Yet there is another pattern amongst the seven contexts of the word simcha. Not only is simcha presented in relation to others, but as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik highlighted, it is also bound to being lifnei Hashem, before God. Being in the presence of God both obligates and generates feelings of joy. The experience of transcending the self and experiencing the Divine, provides a framework for true simcha. […]
It is striking that happiness is explained exclusively in the context of the other. It is only before God and it must be shared with other people. Focusing exclusively on the “I” to boost happiness will inevitably fall short. Rather, if we want to enhance our experience of simcha, let us look for opportunities to do for others and to become closer to God.
Kol HaNearim Tallit Honor your children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews by embroidering their names on the Congregation Sons of Israel Kol HaNe’arim Tallit. This beautiful Tallit is embroidered with children’s names in gold. It is used on Simchat Torah when the children are called up to the Torah for a special Aliyah. Deadline to be included is August 16, 2023 and each line is $25. See examples and submit your entry at https://www.soicherryhill.org/form/Tallit.
Mazal tov to Yaelle & Nathaniel Moldoff on the birth and bris of a baby boy, Yaakov Mordechai. Mazal tov to proud grandparents Charles & Jackie Nusbaum as well as proud aunt and uncle, Malka and Aaron Feibush.
Thank you to Baila Rynderman, Debbie Friedner, Neely Elisha, and Vicki Miltz for helping with kiddush last week and for Yaeli Sokolic for making the cholent.
Thank you to Matti Rosenberg, Yaakov Linder, Jonathan Delman, Jeffrey Weiss, Eric Klein, Yair Klein, Rafi Krumbein, Malka Moskowitz, and Sandy Crass for helping with Seudah Shlishit last week.
Thank you to Andy Rauer for helping in the office this week.
Thank you to Baila Rynderman for hosting the women's bonfire.
Thank you to “The Fellowship” (Team 4) for providing security this week. They are Avi Rynderman, Baila Silverman, Andy Rauer, Noah Botwinick and Shlomo Aronoff. Also thank you to Debbie Fineberg, Bob from JFeds and Sam Tilonsky for providing security.
Thank You The entire security team wishes to thank everyone for sponsoring kiddush in our honor on Shabbos.
Volunteers We are urgently looking for several men and women volunteers to help with security in the main sanctuary during services. In the event of an emergency these individuals will be responsible for directing the congregation to safety. These important positions are vital to the success of keeping everyone safe and secure. Training will be provided. Contact Sam Tilonsky (drsamod@gmail.com) for more information and to help.
Gavriel Yehuda ben Chaya Sarah David Partnow - David Avram ben Tilla Razel Aaron Moshe ben Ruth Gaela bas Pinina Chayim Gedalya haLevi ben Henya Tobie Cohen - Tova Lieba bas Esther Chaya Alan Friedman - Avraham Pinchas ben Hudda Kayla Chaya bat Bayla Simcha Avraham ben Datya Leba Inga bat Bella Shaindel bas Gruna Leah Moshe Krumbein - Moshe ben Yehudit Sarah Shmuel ben Ita Ettle Esther bat Yehudit Nechamah Yitzhak Dovid ben Gruna Leah Reizel bas Yentel Peretz Yirmiyahu ben Elka Moshe Simcha ben Sarah Ester Chavah Nachamah bat Rifka Miriam Gershon Daniel ben Malka Chaya
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