Newslink for Parshat Miketz (December 27th - December 28th)
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Announcements & Upcoming Events
Seudah Shlishit is sponsored by Duke McCarthy. Annual SOI Chulent Cook-Off: Join us for Kiddush on Shabbat, December 28th to cast your vote on whose cholent is best!
Gemara Shiur with Jeff Schwartz: No Shiur This Week. Sunday evenings, at 7:30 pm in the SOI Chapel. Come join for an in depth study of Talmud.
Semichas Chaver Program: Topic: Business Law, Wednesday, January 1st at 8:00pm. Contact Rabbi Davies to participate or for more information.
Women's Weekly Parsha Discussion: Wednesday evening, January 1st 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.
Chanukah Lighting Times To help everyone light at the proper times this year, here are the details for Cherry Hill:
General Guidelines: The earliest time to light is Plag HaMincha (3:47 PM). Ideally, Chanukah candles/oil should be lit a few minutes after Shkiyah/Sunset (4:55 PM) to fulfill the mitzvah in its optimal time. Candles or oil should burn for at least 30 minutes after nightfall (until approximately 6:00 PM) each night.
Special Days: Friday (Erev Shabbat): Light before Shabbat candles (4:24 PM). Ensure candles or oil are set up to last through nightfall (until approximately 6:00pm).
Saturday Night (Motzei Shabbat): Chanukah candles/oil should be lit after Havdallah. The earliest time to light is after 5:28 PM.
May your Chanukah lights bring light, warmth and joy to your home, the community, and all of Klal Yisrael. Chanukah Sameach!
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 Jared Viders entitled "Chanukah: When the Lights Go Out" suggesting a way to hold onto Chanukah long after its over.
I wish the Chanukah lights will leave an imprint on the mind, heart and soul. I wish they could linger like the flash-bulb of a high-end camera that inevitably leaves some dizzying impression on one's eyes. But barring a miracle, the lights will not be there to greet me in the morning. [...] Don't get me wrong. There's still plenty of Chanukah left. But how can we hold onto the Chanukah inspiration after the holiday is over?
Perhaps one approach can be found in five words which we utter every single morning, afternoon and evening towards the end of our Shemoneh Esrei. "And for Your miracles that are with us every day." Perhaps this commonly-overlooked phrase can serve as a suitable "spiritual suitcase" to store away the inspiration from Chanukah.
Though we are rarely (if ever) privy to open, super-natural, sea-splitting-esque miracles, we are frequently (if not constantly) privy to closed, behind-the-scenes, easy-to-overlook miracles. Health. Wealth. [...] The precision of the sun. [...] And somehow there are enough eggs on the planet to feed 7.6 billion people. Miracles? Yes. Anyone really excited about them? Few and far between.
Chanukah teaches us to see the hand of God in the unfolding of "everyday life." We all have that one gadget (or two) that is really so unpredictable that we invariably find ourselves uttering some personal plea to Hashem. "Please, help the car start." "Please help this phone charge" as we try to tilt the phone left, right and center so it aligns with the plug. That pen that's almost out of ink. That printer that's on its last legs. Are we going to institute an 8-day Yom Tov over any of these seemingly mundane events - for sure not. Could one find Hashem in them, however? You betcha.
[...] May we all merit to find whatever frequency possible to capture as much of the Chanukah miracle as possible and download it in such a fashion that we can re-capture it as the post-Chanukah chapters unfold. If one wishes to see nature, happenstance and coincidence, there is no shortage of opportunities. However, for the one who strives to see - and thank - Hashem "for Your miracles that are with us every day" the lights of Chanukah will never be extinguished. [...]
Hoping and praying for a Shabbat Shalom and a Chanukah Sameach, Rabbi Davies Rabbi@SOICherryHill.org
We are excited to be partnering with Mizrachi World Movement to provide their publication of HaMizrachi Parasha Weekly.
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!
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with last week's Kiddush.
Thank you to the volunteers who helped with last week's Seudah Shlishit.
Thank you to Debbie Fineberg, Sam Tilonsky, Ken Panitch, JFed Security Officer Bill DiCola and Team 5 (Red Squadron) Yaakov Zeffren, Meir Miskin, David Mendelovitz, Aaron Rubenstein, Nate Wiener and Blake Daugherty 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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