Newslink for Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel (March 8th-9th)
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This week's Newslink is sponsored by Debbie and Robbie Friedner in appreciation of the SOI family for everyone's concern, care, and support during our recent recuperations from different (and unrelated) surgeries.
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Kiddush is sponsored by Nimi and Dana Gal in honor of their son Eli Gal becoming Bar Mitzvah!
Seudah Shlishit & Teen Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy.
Ruach Filled Kabbalat Shabbat: We invite everyone of all ages to bring in Shabbat together this Friday night, March 8th at SOI.
Israeli Wine Tasting & Shiur: A guided wine tasting experience with a brief shiur with Rabbi Davies on Motzei Shabbat March 9, at 8pm at SOI. Registration has closed for this event. Contact Aliza Sadiky for more information.
JCRC Presents the 55th Annual Middle East Institute: Sunday, March 10th at 7:00pm at Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill. Honorees include Alise & Ken Panitch receiving the Israel Advocacy Award. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.jcrcsnj.org/mei24. Gemara Shiur with Jeff Schwartz: Sunday evening, March 10 at 7:30pm in the SOI Chapel. Come join for an in depth study of Talmud A Deep Look at Megillat Esther: Special Mini-Series as we head toward celebrating Purim with Rabbi Michael Davies. Monday evenings, March 11 & March 18 at 8pm in the SOI Kiddush Room. Check Out Cherry Hill Virtual SOI Open House: Tuesday, March 12th at 8pm. Do you know someone who may be interested in moving to Cherry Hill? Invite them to attend our Virtual Open House! ContactAliza Sadiky for the Zoom link or more information.
Breast Cancer Awareness Lecture: Bikur Cholim sponsored lecture with Dr. Michele Fantazzio, breast cancer surgeon at MD Anderson Cooper Hospital on March 13th at 7:30pm at SOI. Light refreshments will be served. Zoom is available for those who cannot make it in person. Contact Janet Miller for more information. Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Wednesday evening, March 13 at 8:00pm. For more information or to sign up please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org Women's Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, March 13th from 8:30-8:45pm. Join us on Zoom for a brief peer led discussion on the weekly parsha. Click Here to Join the Zoom. Doughnuts and Discussion with Rabbi Dovi Friedman: Note special date of next Saturday morning, March 16th at approximately 10:30am in Politz Science Room for 6th-8th graders.
Bnei Akiva Purim Carnival: Sunday, March 17th 10am -12pm at SOI. Fun for 1st through 8th graders. $5 per child. Pre-register Here. Contact Gavriel Sokolic for more information.
Community Mishloach Manot Project: This year's Mishloach Manot campaign is a collaborative effort organized jointly by Sons of Israel, Young Israel, and Politz Day School. An email to participate was sent out to all members via Purim Project with the subject line Cherry Hill Achdut Mishloach Manot. Please see that email for details to participate. Contactcherryhillpurim@gmail.comif you have any questions. Purim Seudah at SOI: Join us on March 24th at 5:30pm for an Israel-themed Purim celebration for all ages. $25/adult, $12/child, $100 family maximum. Sponsorships are available. Register by March 17th. Contact Madi Botwinick for more information. Click here to Register. Matanot L'Evyonim Campaign 5784: Donate today and support those in need in our own community and beyond! Send donations to SOI and indicate "Matanot L'Evyonim" or submit donations through our websiteby March 23rd. If you are in need of help, reach out toRabbi Davies or Michal Drabkin. Requests are kept in strictest confidence.
Planning For Your Future: A Vintage event about estate planning and looking towards a healthy retirement. Sunday, March 31st at 12pm at SOI. Registration is $18 and includes brunch. Register here. Contact Yaakov Bagley for more information.
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 Stephen Baars entitled "Don't Worry America" that talks about what true spirituality is.
[...] The Tabernacle, the forerunner to the permanent Temple, was a magnificent construction of many donated items, none of which does the Torah tell us what they were used for previously. Except one... The washstand through which the Priests purified themselves before they engaged in the holy service. The only item in the entire Tabernacle where the Torah tells us what it was made from was this washstand. The Torah explains it was made from the womens' mirrors that they themselves donated.
[...] Moses [...] felt these mirrors did not belong in the Home of God. Why not? Because these mirrors were used by the women in Egypt to make themselves attractive to their husbands, who were exhausted from the slavery. Moses felt such items did not belong in the Tabernacle even though they were instrumental in bringing the next generation of Jews. God however disagreed. Moses sought to exclude them and God intervened and tells him, "These are dearer to Me than all the other contributions..." (Rashi, Exodus 38:8).
And not only were they used, but they were used to "Purify." Why? Mirrors were considered quite a luxury, reserved only for the wealthy. Before modern China was invented, a mirror was no cheap item. Slaves, by definition, don't spend what little money they have on mirrors. One of the last things a slave has to worry about is what they look like. Think about how important these women viewed their connection to their spouses. For them to own a mirror, imagine how many other "necessities" they had to give up. They didn't do this for vanity. They did it for spirituality.
To be spiritual, you must first appreciate there is life outside yourself just as real as you. These mirrors represented their real spiritual awareness which despite the bitter, harsh and brutal slavery, was never lost. "To love God, one must first love man. If anyone tells you that he loves God but does not love his fellow man, he is lying." (Divrei Chassidim) These women understood that even though we may be slaves, we are still wives. We are not objects. We, and our husbands, are people.
What is crucial to understand is that real spirituality doesn't fade even when the physical realm seems daunting. Real spirituality is not a luxury, sort of like a pastime or hobby of the rich and famous. That is not spirituality, it's phony self indulgence. [...]
Hoping and praying for a Shabbat Shalom in every sense of the term, Rabbi Davies Rabbi@SOICherryHill.org
We are excited to be partnering with Mizrachi World Movement to provide their publication of HaMizrachi Parasha Weekly.
Mazal Tov to Nimi & Dana Gal on the celebration of Eli's Bar Mitzvah.
Mazal Tov to Matti & Rachel Rosenberg, big brother Netanel, and big sister Sophie on the birth of a baby girl, Emma Pearl - אמונה פעריל.
Thank you to Flo Shulman, Alisa Fox, and Tamar Wiener for helping prepare last week's kiddush, to Gail Belfer for shopping, and to Tamar Wiener for making the cholent.
Thank you to Yaakov Zeffren, Aaron Zeffren, Eric Klein, Jonathan Delman, Yaakov Linder, Ezra Newfeld, Jeffrey Weiss, and Netanel Rosenberg for preparing last week's seudah shlishit.
Thank you to Yaakov Bagley for organizing the successful Vintage event to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Thank you to Aliza Sadiky, Helene Raush, and Alisa Fox for organizing last week's Women's Kabbalat Shabbat.
Thanks go to Team 2 (Bob Belfer, Adam Shulman, Jeff Liss, Shlomo Aronoff), Nate Wiener (fill in), JFed Security Officer Bill DiCola and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos. If You See Something, Say Something!
CHOLIM:
Esther Shayna bat
Nechama Mintza Chaya Daniela bas Meira Chana Gavriel Yehuda ben Chaya Sarah David Partnow - David Avram ben Tilla Razel Aaron Moshe ben Ruth Chayim Gedalya haLevi ben Henya 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
Mordechai Avrohom ben
Malka Yocheved
Yitzhak Dovid ben Gruna Leah
Reizel bas Yentel Moshe Simcha ben Sarah Ester Chavah Nachamah
bat Rifka Miriam Gershon Daniel ben Malka Chaya Terry ben Helen Cohat Sivel ben Leah Yehudit Sarah bat Esther Debbie Friedner - Devorah Tzlotka bas Sarah Leah Robbie Friedner - Eliezer Ruvan ben Tzvika Herschel Akiva Noam ben Yael Chana Sara Elisha bat Chaya Chaya Batsheva bat Esther Zlota David Shatz - Chaim Dovid Yechezkel Reuven ben Dovrish Devorah
Please help us keep this list up to date. If you have names to add or would like to have a name removed from this list, please email memberhotline@soicherryhill.org.
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Below is a listing of the names of Israeli Soldiers connected to our community that we have collected thus far:
Tzvi Yehuda ben
Aviva Rachel-Leah Chaim Yehoshu ben Shifra Cherna Avraham Yehuda ben Shifra Cherna Alter Ben-Zion ben Shifra Cherna Mordichai Yisroel ben Yocheved Mina Esther עזרא גבריאל בן לאה אביה בן עינת Gal ben Orit Alon ben Orit Adi bat Orit Matan ben Irit Aryeh Yisroel ben Sarah Miriam עודד בן חוה אבישי בן בת שבע Gil ben Alice Nitzan bat Tovale Hallel bat Tovale Yedidyah Yisroel ben Nissa Yehudit Simcha Mayer ben Perel טל בן דרורה נועה בת דרורה אורי בן דרורה אורי בן רפאל הלוי Yair Eitan ben Orit Piri Uri Ben Bilha
Asher Raphael Ben Devorah Bracha Yisrael Yitzchak ben Shafrira Ninah Ariel Zev ben
Rina Chaya Tal Bat Nomi Nitsan Bat Nomi Pinchas ben Rivkah Itta Daniel Yair ben
Mina Mirrel Tzvi Matityahu ben Mina Mirrel Shmuel ben
Sara Raisel Ephraim benSara Raisel אורן בן יהודית אלידן בן חוה אורן חנן בן מלכה מנדל Daniel ben Chava Elad ben Anat Pe'er bat Carmit Finn ben Rachel Porat ben Gelilah Daniel ben Ahuva Clil Or bat Shlomit רבקה פניה בת ציפורה Yaakov Yonatan
ben Chana Elana Noa bat
Rachel Chana
Gideon ben Tamar Dovid ben Malka Yonatan Asher Dov Ben Chana Bracha Ohad ben Orna Yiftach ben Malka Boruch ben Miri Yosef Ben Elisheva Gilad ben Sarit Ariel ben Sarit Yair ben Iris Sroya ben Chana Oriel ben Chana אליאסף בן אורנה Tov ben Maya Ram Yosef ben Rivka Maayan ben Gaya Yonadav ben Chana Uriah Shmuel
ben Denise Yakir ben
Ghislaine Chaya Chava Adiv Channan ben Ghislaine Chaya Chava Nadav Gavriel ben Ghislaine Chaya Chava Shai ben
Ghislaine Chaya Chava Yaniv ben Izavel Yochai Avraham
A Note From Debbie & Robbie Friedner Thank you to our SOI family for the individual and collective teffelot for our Refurah Shelamah, meals after our surgeries; the “Tefillin Brigade” who came to our house to help Robbie put on his Tefillin, when he was not able to do so, the women who helped Debbie deal with her diagnosis, the friendship and numerous acts of kindness of Rabbi Davies; and, other forms of kindness that makes the SOI community the great Shul that it is. Although Robbie still has another surgery to go, and Debbie has 4 1/2 years to go to be “Cancer Free”, with the SOI community behind us it will be a piece of cake.
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