WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Annual Meeting, May 22
- New! Shir Hadash Open House, June 9
- Solarbration in Review
- Book Club, May 23
- WISH Updates
- Visit the Shir Hadash Gift Shop
Creative Worship and Ritual
- This Week:
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, May 20, 7:30pm
- Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday, May 21, 9:30am
The Rabbi’s Corner
Education Announcements- "Leave Food for the Poor and the Stranger"
- Last Day of Sunday School, May 22
- "Wise Aging" Adult Education Program
- 6th Grade Friday Night Service, June 3
- School Open House, June 9
- Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays
Volunteer Opportunities and Recognition
Jewish Community News
Ongoing Fundraisers
Jewish Community News
- Reconstructionism Today Newsletter
Ongoing Fundraisers
SHOP Shir Hadash
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
The Shir Hadash Annual Members Meeting will be held on Sunday, May 22 at the synagogue. All members are encouraged to attend for a number of important purposes: we need a quorum to vote on our candidates for open Board positions and the proposed budget, and we will share information about exciting new membership and education initiatives. Please be sure to join us and share your opinions! Voting will open at 9:00am, and the formal meeting will start at 9:15. For more details, and information about absentee voting, please click here.
New! Synagogue
Open House, June 9, 7:00 pm
Tell a
friend, bring a friend, and share Shir Hadash!
On June 9, we are holding an open house for all prospective
members. They will have the chance to
meet Rabbi Eitan and Rabbi Seeg as well as hear from current members on why
Shir Hadash is such an amazing community.
This event is open to families with Religious School age students as
well as empty nesters. All we ask is
that each of you take the time to think of one friend to let them know about
this event and invite them. If you want
to get their information to the synagogue, email our executive director, Geoff
Prass, at executivedirector@shir-hadash.org.
Book Club, May 23
Our next selection will be The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, a novel about two sisters in France choosing different paths during World War II. Our meeting will be this coming Monday, May 23, at the home of Mickey Herbin, 4050 Dundee Road #103, in Northbrook. Please RSVP to Meryl at abenkras@aol.com.
Visit the Shir Hadash Gift Shop
WISH Updates
WISH members: Please respond to Julie Wellisch’s last group email regarding which Ravinia Concert would be your first choice: Frankie Valli on June 12, June 23 Patti LaBelle on June 23, or Dolly Parton on August 7. Questions? Contact Julie at juliewellisch@gmail.com.
Mah Jongg will start Tuesday, May 31 at 12:30 at Shir Hadash.
Bring nosh. Let Julie know if you plan on playing that day. We can start
teaching anyone at any time!WISH members: Please respond to Julie Wellisch’s last group email regarding which Ravinia Concert would be your first choice: Frankie Valli on June 12, June 23 Patti LaBelle on June 23, or Dolly Parton on August 7. Questions? Contact Julie at juliewellisch@gmail.com.
Visit the Shir Hadash Gift Shop
Don't forget to stop by the Gift Shop, open during Sunday School. There are great gifts for weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, housewarming, and more. Come explore!
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, May 20, 7:30pm -- This Friday night, we have a very special aspect of our
service: Rabbi as archaeologist! We are
nearing Shavuot, one of the three major Pilgrimage Festivals when all of the
Jews in the Holy Land used to come to Jerusalem and visit the Temple
Mount. So how were those holidays
celebrated back then, and what do we know about what the Temple Mount was really
like? Well, Rabbi Eitan - who, some may
not know, has an archaeology degree - will take us on a journey, through his
slides, that will tell us what archaeology has uncovered for us in the Holy
City. Don't miss it - and don't forget
to bring something for the oneg!
- Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday, May 21, 9:30am -- We welcome Michael Grills to the bima as Bar Mitzvah. All are welcome to participate in the service.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
May 20-21, 2016 / 13 Iyar 5776
Shabbat Emor
Torah: Leviticus 21:1-24:23 / Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31
“Leave Food for the Poor and the Stranger (Leviticus 22:23)”
Dear Friends,
Jews are a generous people; the Talmud (Yevamot 78) describes
performing acts of kindness as, “One of the symbols of our nation.” In this
week’s Torah portion we are instructed to provide food to the hungry through
our agricultural blessings. “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you
shall not wholly reap the corner of your field, neither shall you gather the
gleaning of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor, and for the
stranger.” (Leviticus 23:22) Every farmer is obligated to leave three types of
gifts for the needy: food growing in the four corners of the field, food that
was dropped during the harvest, and food that was forgotten or left because it
was not ripe at harvest time — all to be collected by the poor. Notably, this
is not simple charity. The poor must enter the field and collect the harvest
gleanings, giving them a sense of dignity and ownership over their sustenance.
Most of us are no longer farmers and we have no fields to open to the
poor and the stranger amongst us. Yet,
we are surrounded by stores and markets filled with wonderful and nutritious
food. There must be some way to get food
to the needy and the hungry. As the
summer approaches and healthy fresh food comes into season, do your part to
contribute to local, regional, and national food pantry and soup kitchen
programs. Bags of food and/or gifts of
money go along way to helping the poor. Do your part to see that the ancient
Jewish mitzvah of providing food to the outcasts of our society continues in a
modern way.
Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday School, May 22
Our last day of Religious School is this Sunday! We're looking forward to seeing all our school families at 9:00am. We'll start in our regular classes and then adjourn for a year-end celebration with a video montage and treats at 11:30. Please be sure to bring home all your school projects -- items left behind will be recycled at the end of the month.
"Wise Aging" Adult Education Program
Our Taste of Wise Aging mini-program begins soon! These four sessions give participants a chance to experience a few aspects of this engagin and inspiring program. The dates for “Taste of Wise Aging” will be May 25, June 8, June 22, and July 6. The sessions will be guided by Lynn Liebling and Rabbi Seeg. If you have questions, please contact Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org or by phone at 847-498-8218.
Our last day of Religious School is this Sunday! We're looking forward to seeing all our school families at 9:00am. We'll start in our regular classes and then adjourn for a year-end celebration with a video montage and treats at 11:30. Please be sure to bring home all your school projects -- items left behind will be recycled at the end of the month.
Our Taste of Wise Aging mini-program begins soon! These four sessions give participants a chance to experience a few aspects of this engagin and inspiring program. The dates for “Taste of Wise Aging” will be May 25, June 8, June 22, and July 6. The sessions will be guided by Lynn Liebling and Rabbi Seeg. If you have questions, please contact Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org or by phone at 847-498-8218.
6th Grade Friday Night Service, June 3
Our Kitah Vav (6th grade) class will help lead the Shabbat Evening Service on Friday, June 3, at 7:30pm.
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays
Pack a lunch and join Rabbi Eitan on Thursdays from 1:00 to 2:00pm for an engaging discussion of the Book of Job.
Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays
Pack a lunch and join Rabbi Eitan on Thursdays from 1:00 to 2:00pm for an engaging discussion of the Book of Job.
TEEN NEWS
New Advisor Needed for Ra’am BBYO
A note from Carole Mostow:
Our Ra'am
BBYO group is looking for a new female advisor (or two if you want to do this
with a friend). While working with our group has been a complete pleasure, the
time has come for me to step down as Ra'am advisor. So, if you want to make a
significant impact in the lives of Jewish teens, read on!
BBYO
advisors are volunteers committed to helping BBYO members and the chapter by
serving as role models, sharing observations, exploring challenges, and seeking
solutions with the teens. Advisors encourage and support the BBYO teens who are
ultimately responsible for chapter programming with their peers. Becoming a
BBYO advisor is an exciting and rewarding volunteer opportunity that will give
you the chance to work with some incredible teens and wonderful regional staff
and advisors from other chapters. You do not need to be a BBYO alum to be an
advisor.
The BBYO
chapter year runs from August to June and we would like to have someone on
board over the summer for the transition period. If interested, please contact me
at carolemostow@gmail.com, or Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org.
May 30: Chapter board elections!
- Where: Shir Hadash Synagogue (200 W. Dundee, Wheeling)
- When: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
June 9-10: Chapter convention and sleepover!
- Where: Shir Hadash Synagogue (200 W. Dundee, Wheeling)
- When: 7:00pm (June 9) - 10:00am (June 10)
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
Summer Supper for the Homeless, July
18
Shir Hadash is partnering with Kingswood United Methodist Church, on
Dundee Road in Buffalo Grove, to provide a Summer Supper for the homeless. Help us provide food and volunteers for the
BBQ at Kingswood on July 18.
We need five volunteers (16 years old and up) to set up, serve, and
clean up after the meal. We also need many foods donations to make the BBQ a
success. Suzanne Wexler will have sign-up
sheets at the Annual Meeting this Sunday, May 22, and will send out an e-mail
with remaining spots next week.
Thanks for helping us make a difference in the lives of our neighbors
in need. If you have questions, contact Suzanne at volunteer@shir-hadash.org.
JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS
Reconstructionism Today Newsletter
You can enjoy the current edition from the RRC/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities by clicking here.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
Fundraiser Information Now Available on Shul Cloud
You can help Shir Hadash at no extra cost to you by taking advantage of a variety of ongoing
fundraisers, including iGive, Amazon Smile, and more. For complete details, click here.
SHOP SHIR HADASH
Spring into SHOP!
SHOP is the easiest way to support the shul without spending an extra dime! Purchase gift cards through SHOP and the vendors pay a percentage back to Shir Hadash.
Click here for information about this week's special bonus offers!
Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP last week:
Low Denomination Gift Cards
We have a limited number of special small denomination gift cards available, perfect for teacher gifts and grad parties! These cards will only be available while supplies last, so don't wait to place your orders. Click here to view all our low denomination cards and place your order before they're sold out!Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP last week:
- Zinbarg
- Schleicher
- Herbin
- Farahmandpour
- Idelman
- Segal
- Radzely
- G. Graff
- Stein
- Weiner
- Weiner-Kaplow
- Newman
- Sultan
- Fisher-Rohde
- Friedman
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