Newslink for Shabbat Parashat Kedoshim (May 10 - May 11)
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Kiddush is sponsored by Leia and David Mendelovitz in memory of David’s father, Shlomo Henoch ben Shmuel Zev, whose Yahrzeit is on Shabbat.
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Robbie & Debbie Friedner in memory of Yahrzeit of his father Mordechai Ben Eliezar. Teen Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy.
Gemara Shiur with Jeff Schwartz: Saturday afternoon, May 4th at 6:05 pm in the SOI Chapel. Come join for an in depth study of Talmud.
Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut Tefilot at SOI: Join us for a Tekes Maavar followed by a spirited Tefillah Chagigit on Monday evening, May 13th at 8:20pm in celebration of 76 years of the modern state of Israel! SOI/YI Community Yom Ha'Atzmaut Celebration: Tuesday, May 14th at 5:30pm. Click here to Register. To volunteer or sponsor the event contact Ora Davies at oradavies@gmail.com Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies: NEW TOPIC! Wednesday, May 15th at 8:30pm. Contact Rabbi Davies to participate or for more information.
Women's Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, May 15th from 8:30-8:45pm. Join us on Zoom for a brief peer led discussion on the weekly parsha. Click Hereto Join the Zoom.
Women's Halacha Shiur: Thursday, May 16th at 8:30pm in the SOI Chapel. Studying the Laws of Shabbat. Come join and learn.
SAVE THE DATE: SOI Lag BaOmer event! Sunday, May 26th. Details to follow. Contact Donna Moskowitz, Hannah Kaufman, or Anna Schwartz for information or to help with planning this event.
Join us at the SOI Annual Gala! Wednesday, May 29th at 6:30pm at SOI. Click hereto purchase tickets, become a sponsor, or place an ad. See more details below!
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 Lord Jonathan Sacks ZT"L entitled "Love is Not Enough" which analyzes the enigmatic collection of laws in this week's Parsha.
Leviticus 19 brings side-by-side laws of seemingly quite different kinds. Some belong to the moral life: don't gossip, don't hate, don't take revenge, don't bear a grudge. Some are about social justice: leave parts of the harvest for the poor; don't pervert justice; don't withhold wages; don't use false weights and measures. Others have a different feel altogether: don't crossbreed livestock; don't plant a field with mixed seeds; don't wear a garment of mixed wool and linen; don't eat fruit of the first three years; don't eat blood; don't practice divination; don't lacerate yourself.
At first glance these laws have nothing to do with one another: some are about conscience, some about politics and economics, and others about purity and taboo. Clearly, though, the Torah is telling us otherwise. They do have something in common. They are all about order, limits, boundaries. They are telling us that reality has a certain underlying structure whose integrity must be honoured. If you hate or take revenge you destroy relationships. If you commit injustice, you undermine the trust on which society depends. If you fail to respect the integrity of nature (different seeds, species, and so on), you take the first step down a path that ends in environmental disaster.
There is an order to the universe, part moral, part political, part ecological. When that order is violated, eventually there is chaos. When that order is observed and preserved, we become co-creators of the sacred harmony and integrated diversity that the Torah calls "holy."
Why then is it specifically in this chapter that the two great commands - love of the neighbour and the stranger - appear? The answer is profound and very far from obvious. Because this is where love belongs - in an ordered universe. [...] That is what the opening chapter of Kedoshim is about: clear rules that create and sustain a social order. That is where real love - not the sentimental, self-deceiving substitute - belongs. Without order, love merely adds to the chaos.
[...] That is as acute an explanation as I have ever heard for the unique structure of Leviticus 19. Its combination of moral, political, economic and environmental laws is a supreme statement of a universe of (Divinely created) order of which we are the custodians. But the chapter is not just about order. It is about humanising that order through love - the love of neighbour and stranger. [...] Hence the life-changing idea that we have forgotten for far too long: Love is not enough. Relationships need rules.
Help us honor and thank this year's honorees for everything they do for our shul and our community by participating today! The deadline to submit ads is Wednesday, May 15th.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ALREADY PURCHASED TICKETS AND PLACED ADS! We look forward to celebrating with you all on May 29th!
Ten Israeli children ages 11-12 from the Gaza Envelope will be coming to South Jersey to attend JCC Camps at Medford for two weeks this summer (approx. July 6-21). Each child will be accompanied by a parent. If you’re interested and able to host please email Ronit Boyd at rboyd@jfedsnj.org
Thank you to Daniel Malamud, Baila Rynderman, and Hannah Kaufman for helping prepare last week's kiddush, and to Gail Belfer for shopping.
Thank you, Eric Klein, Jonathan Delman, Jeffrey Weiss, Ahuva Weiss and Aharon Yeres for helping with last weeks Seudah Shlishit.
Mazal Tov to Chaim & Alisa Fox and big sisters Yakira and Amalia on the birth of a baby boy.
SHALOM ZACHOR FOR BABY BOY FOX!! Please join us this Friday night at the Elisha house, 10 Coolidge rd, beginning at 9 pm for the shalom zachor for baby boy Fox. Adults only please. If you are interested in preparing or bringing something please let me know and be sure to drop it off by 4:30 pm on Friday. May we always share in simchot together!
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