Newslink for Parshat Vayeshev (December 20th - December 21)
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Women's Halacha Shiur: Thursday, December 19th at 8:00pm in the SOI Chapel. Studying the Laws of Shabbat with Rabbi Davies. SOI Women's Gift Exchange: Open to all women in the community. Sign up by December 20th to participate during Chanukah! Click here to participate.
SOI Youth Group Pre-Chanukah Carnival: Saturday, December 21st at 10am until the end of services. Come celebrate Channukah with fun games and prizes, open to ages Pre-K to 5th Grade.
Bnei Akiva of Cherry Hill Snif: Saturday, December 21st at 3:00pm for 1st-8th graders at Congregation Sons of Israel.
Glow Musical Havdalah: Motzai Shabbat, December 21st at 6pm at SOI. Join us for a musical havdalah with glow gear, and a friendly doughnut decorating event geared towards ages 0-10 but all are welcome! Kids are welcome to come in their Pajamas.
Rabbi Kelemen's Inner Circle: Motzai Shabbat, December 21st at 7:30pm and Monday, December 23rd at 8:00pm.You can attend one, the other, or both. Master your most important relationships — with your spouse, your kids, and God — with a proven, Torah-based personal development system from international mussar teacher Rabbi Lawrence Kelemen. Missed the first sessions? Click here to receive Rabbi Kelemen's first few presentations.
Gemara Shiur with Jeff Schwartz: Sunday evening, at 7:30 pm in the SOI Chapel. Come join for an in depth study of Talmud.
Semichas Chaver Program: Topic: Business Law, Wednesday, December 25th at 8:00pm. Contact Rabbi Davies to participate or for more information.
Women's Weekly Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, December 25th 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. Join the Shnayim Mikra Initiative! Become part of our expanding group dedicated to daily study of the weekly Parsha. Choose between in-person morning sessions or follow along with recordings on WhatsApp. Click here to join the WhatsApp group. For more information contact Rabbi Davies.
Annual SOI Chulent Cook-Off: Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat, December 28th to cast your vote on whose cholent is best! If you'd like a chance to bring home the golden apron, email Tamar Wiener to particiape. Spots are limited!
Shabbat, December 21: Vayeshev (Kislev 20) 8:00am 8AM Minyan 8:30am Sephardic Minyan 9:00am Main Sanctuary Minyan 9:39am Latest Shema 10:00am Youth Groups 10:30am Tot Shabbat 3:00pm Bnei Akiva SNIF 4:00pm Mincha 4:00pm Teen Minyan 4:30pm Seudah Shlishit 5:20pm Maariv 5:24pm Havdalah 6:00pm Glow Musical Havdallah 7:30pm Rabbi Kelemen's Inner Circle
Sunday, December 22 (Kislev 21) 7:00am Shacharit 8:00am Shacharit 4:25pm Mincha/Maariv 7:30pm In Depth Gemara Shiur
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 Adam Lieberman entitled "Respect and Be Respected" about the benefits of treating others well.
[...] Most of us all have someone that we need to answer to in one way or another. [...] Sometimes these "bosses" enjoy reminding us constantly of their authority and like to talk down to us. And other times they'll choose to treat us with the utmost respect and kindness. Interestingly, we all find ourselves in the exact same authoritative position countless times throughout the day. There are many people in our lives over whom - if we choose to - we can exercise an enormous amount of dominance and control. We can treat these people most any way we see fit, usually with little or no consequences. [...] Since these people "need" to listen to us, we have the potential to treat them with outright rudeness and disrespect.
The reason why you'll sometimes see people acting this way is that they believe it gives their ego a boost to "boss" someone around. We all have a desire on some level be in a position of authority in business, politics, or the community. So, in an unconscious effort to fulfill this desire, some people will simply choose to treat others in a manner like they rule over them and act like their sheaf arose and remained standing.This is the mistake that Joseph made with his brothers and why they really disliked him.
There's a quick test you can take to know whether or not you're acting properly towards others. How do you treat people that you don't have to be nice to? You can instantly learn about a person's self-esteem by observing just how they treat people to whom they don't have to be nice. Sadly, many people will act one way toward their boss and people they want to impress but then become demanding or rude when speaking to some others.
Ironically, it's actually a huge boost to your self-esteem when you treat other people - regardless of who they are - with tremendous respect. This shows that you have a strong self-image and you don't need to knock someone down in order for you to feel taller. In fact, the better you can make others feel, the higher your own self-esteem will soar. It's a law of nature. While you might feel an artificial increase in your self-esteem when others bow down to you, the exact opposite is true. So start practicing the real golden rule, and treat everyone you meet like pure gold.
Website Update: We are pleased to share that thanks to a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern New Jersey, SOI will be redesigning our website. As a ShulCloud-based site, updates take place in real time. This means that users will see updates to the design, navigation, and pages as they take place in all phases of the project, rather than only once the project is completed. It may take a few months for the website to display in its final form. We look forward to our site being easier to navigate for our members and better communicate what we offer to those seeking information about SOI. We appreciate your patience throughout this process!
Mazel Tov to Leba Sheri & Dovid, on the birth of a grandson, born to Adina (Leba Sheri's daughter) and Jason Schwartz.
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with last week's Kiddush.
Thank you to Matti Rosenberg, Netanel Rosenberg, Jeffrey Weiss, Yaakov Zeffren, Jonathan Delman, and Aaron Yeres for helping with last weeks Seudah Shlishit. The family of Ryfka Finkelstein expresses deep gratitude to the Sons of Israel community for its kindness and generosity during shiva week.
Thank you Team 4, (The Fellowship: Avi Rynderman, Andy Rauer, Shlomo Aronoff), Debbie Fineberg, JFed Security Officer Bill DiCola and Sam Tilonsky for providing security on Shabbos.
Security Volunteers We are looking for several volunteers to help bring our teams back to full strength. Please contact Debbie Fineberg or Sam Tilonsky to get more information and to volunteer.
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