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Kiddush Is sponsored by Yeshaya David and Rebecca Greenberg in gratitude of Sons of Israel and the Cherry Hill community for welcoming us with open arms and hearts.
Seudah Shlishit & Teen Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy. 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. Deadline to participate is Thursday, March 14th. If you are available to volunteer for packing Mishloach Manot or delivering the packages, or have any questions, please email cherryhillpurim@gmail.com.
Doughnuts and Discussion with Rabbi Dovi Friedman: Saturday morning, March 16th at approximately 10:30am in Politz Science Room for 6th-8th graders. SOI Welcomes Zev Bar Eitan: Join us on Sunday, March 17th following the 8am Minyan to learn about the Abravanel's World of Torah, a unique translation of this major commentary on the Torah.
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.
Gemara Shiur with Jeff Schwartz: Sunday evening, March 17 at 7:45pm 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 evening, March 18 at 8pm in the SOI Kiddush Room. Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: Wednesday evening, March 20th at 8:00pm. For more information or to sign up please contact rabbi@soicherryhill.org Women's Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, March 20th 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. Women's Halacha Shiur: Thursday, March 21st at 8:30pm in the SOI Chapel. Studying the Laws of Shabbat with Rabbi Davies. 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. Save the date: SOI's annual gala will be on May 29th! Stay tuned for the official invitation coming to your inboxes next week! In the meanwhile, please make sure to send a family picture to dinner@soicherryhill.orgto help us with a slideshow showcasing our amazing membership that we will be premiering at the gala!
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 article by Sarah Maddali entitled "You Are a Mini Tabernacle" about the connections between building ourselves and building a house for HaShem.
[...] Our Sages tell us that we are all microcosms of the Tabernacle. Just as in the Tabernacle, where each little intricacy, every minutia, every little detail was accounted for to optimize the Tabernacle’s holiness – God is orchestrating every detail of our lives to bring out our holiness as well. Every detail, interaction, circumstance, relationship, occurrence, in our life is perfectly crafted just for us to help bring about our highest, holiest potential so we can truly shine.
Our parsha also tells us that the dedication of the Tabernacle lasted seven days, in which Moses erected and dismantled the Tabernacle every day until the eighth day. Here too the Tabernacle is analogous to all of our lives. Every time Moses underwent the process of dismantling and rebuilding, he invested in us the strength and encouragement to rebuild ourselves at different stages of our lives. We all have times in our lives where we feel down and dejected but Moses infused within us the strength to get back up – to rebuild, to keep trying.
God knows that we are human and fallible. But God asked us, human beings, to create, build, and construct a place for God. The glory of God rested in the work of Man; the Tabernacle - what we, humans, built is shining bright with God’s radiance. We have the power to build and rebuild ourselves as well, no matter how far we think we’ve fallen. Each time we get back up, we shine a little brighter with God’s glory.
How was it that Moshe was able to undergo such a gargantuan task of assembling the Tabernacle? Seeing how heavy it was, he asked God, “How can anyone erect it?” A famous Torah commentary, Rashi, comments that God told him just to make the attempt, and the Tabernacle would stand on its own; this is reflected in the passive tense of “the Tabernacle was erected”. Herein lies the secret: we must only desire to create a space for God - to see His miracles and Hand in every intricate detail and at every stage of our lives – and want to grow and develop to fulfill our highest, holiest potential and thus we will succeed in creating an optimal space for God and truly be like the Tabernacle. [...]
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 Alise & Ken Panitch on receiving the Israel Advocacy Award at the JCRC Middle East Institute.
Thank you to Daniel Malamud, Flo Shulman, Vicki Miltz and Tamar Wiener for helping prepare last week's kiddush, to Debbie Friedner for shopping, and to Vicki Miltz for making the cholent.
Thank you to Yaakov Zeffren, Aaron Zeffren, Eric Klein, Jonathan Delman, Yaakov Linder, Jeffrey Weiss, Netanel Rosenberg, and Matti Rosenberg for preparing last week's seudah shlishit.
Thank you to Aliza Sadiky for organizing the Israeli Wine Tasting & Shiur event last week and to Anna Schwartz, Suzie Lubin, and Alisa Fox for helping with setup.
Thank you to Janet Miller for organizing the Bikur Cholim Lecture.
Thank you to this week's Day of Learning sponsor: Monday and Wednesday - Duke McCarthy with wishes for a Refuah Sheleimah for David Shatz, Chaim Dovid Yechezkel Reuven ben Dovrish Devorah.
Shabbat Door Code Changed For the safety of our congregation, the Shabbat Code for the synagogue entrance is changed periodically. The door code has now been updated and SOI members received an email with a link to access the code by logging into their ShulCloud account. If you have any difficulty accessing or using the code, please contact the synagogue office during office hours or reach out to Dr. Sam Tilonsky.
Thank you to The Bagel Bandits, Team 3, (Yaakov Levinson & Elon Elisha), fill-ins Avi Rynderman, Baila Silverman and Jeff Liss, Debbie Fineberg, Chani Wiesman Berliant, Sam Oshlag, JFed Security Officer Bill DiCola and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos.
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 Lee Winderman, Yisrael ben Chaim Meir
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 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 Pinchas ben Rivkah Itta
Ariel Zev ben
Rina Chaya
Tal Bat Nomi Nitsan Bat Nomi 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 Yonatan Asher Dov Ben Chana Bracha
Dovid ben Malka 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
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