Newslink for Shabbat Parashat Korach (July 5th - July 7th)
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Kiddush is sponsored by The Weinberg family in celebration of Liana’s Bat Mitzvah and a very happy birthday to TL!
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by the Weinberg family in loving memory of Rabbi Maurice Lamm, משה בן מאיר שמואל ופרל, whose yahrtzeit was on the 23rd of Sivan.
Teen Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy.
Vintage Event: Join us for a 4th of July celebration on Thursday, July 4th at 7:30pm at SOI. *Please Note the New Location* Click Here to RSVP. Summer Women's Shiur Series: This Shabbat afternoon, July 6th at 4:30pm at the home of Chani Blackstein - 400 Hialeah Drive with speaker Maia Jordan. Semichas Chaver Program with Rabbi Davies:Wednesday, July 10th following Maariv (Approximately 8:45pm). Contact Rabbi Davies to participate or for more information.
Women's Weekly Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, July 10th 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.
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 Shaul Rosenblatt entitled "All in the Same Boat" presenting a deeper side to the concept of our spiritual responsibility toward one another.
In praying to God on behalf of the Jewish people, Moses asks how it can be that one man (Korach) transgresses and God becomes upset with the entire nation. Does one man really affect the whole nation? The answer in Jewish thinking is, of course, yes. From God's point of view it's easy to see - we are responsible for one another, and if one person is doing something wrong then we all share the blame.
This can also be understood from a practical perspective. The Sages give a lovely analogy. They say it is similar to a person who is sitting in a boat full of people and drilling a hole under his own seat. The people scream at him to stop, but he cannot understand why they are upset - after all, he's only drilling under his own seat, not theirs! [...]
We all live together on a boat and that boat is our society. If it sinks, we all sink. If it gets somewhere, we all get there. If a person is immoral in his own home with no one watching, he is still drilling a hole under his seat. Because by lowering his own standards of morality, he affects those he interacts with. Like it or not, we respond to each other. [...] People are pulled after their environment and each of us is part of each other's environment. We affect each other by who we are and how we live.
One man's transgression does affect the whole nation - albeit in a small way. But lots of small decisions can create a spiritual "butterfly effect." Our decisions and our actions count - not only for our own lives and for those immediately around us, but ultimately, the effects are felt by our whole society. Hoping and praying for a Shabbat Shalom, Rabbi Davies Rabbi@SOICherryHill.org
We are excited to be partnering with Mizrachi World Movement to provide their publication of HaMizrachi Parasha Weekly.
Thank you to Daniel Malamud, Anna Schwartz, Sara Zanger, Tamar Weiner, and Sabra Weinberg for helping prepare last week's kiddush, to Suzie Mindel for shopping, and to Ora Davies for making cholent. Thank you to Eric Klein, Jonathan Delman, Yaakov Zeffren, Jeffrey Weiss, Matti Rosenberg, Aharon Yeres, and Yaakov Linder for helping with last weeks Seudah Shlishit.
Thank you to Seal Team 6 (Don Becker, Rachael Shuster, Mordecai Krumbein, Brittany Yeres, Mayer Miltz, Dovid Schwartz) for covering the video monitors and to Yaakov Zeffren, Debbie Pester, Jeff Liss and Meir Miskin for covering the doors on Shabbos.
Security Volunteers We need volunteers to fill the following openings on our security teams: Team 1(The Mod Squad): 9:30 AM Team 7: 9:00 AM Please consider spending 30 minutes of your Shabbos helping to protect our shul and community. Contact Sam Tilonsky (drsamod@gmail.com) or Debbie Fineberg ( dfineberg2@gmail.com ) to help.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Gershon Greenblatt, Husband of Deena Greenblatt and Father of Ari (Jennifer) & Noam Greenblatt.
Thursday & Friday Shivah visiting at: 50 Walnut Ct. Englewood, NJ Sunday & Monday Shivah visiting at: Deena's home - 310 Hawthorne St. Marlton, NJ 08053 Shivah Minyan Schedule at Deena's Home: Sunday Shacharit at 8am Monday Shacharit at 7:30am Mincha/Maariv at 8:15pm Tuesday Shivah visiting at: 109 E Palisade Ave. Unit 3 Englewood, NJ
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