WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Membership Renewal Forms Past Due
- MOSH Poker Night, August 6
- New Location -- Book Club, August 10
- Annual Pot Luck BBQ, August 28
- Save the Date! Coffee House Night-Open Mic Style, September 17
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Family Shabbat Event, August 5, 5:30pm
- Shabbat Evening Service, August 5, 7:30pm
The Rabbi’s Corner
Education Announcements- "Paying It Forward"
- Register for Religious School Now
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGift, and More
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MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
It's time to renew your membership in Shir Hadash for the coming year. In an effort to streamline the process and reduce the use of paper, all our forms are now available on Shul Cloud. Click here for detailed information. (If you prefer to use paper forms for your registration, please contact our office at 847 498 8218.) Please complete your renewal by July 31. If you need assistance, contact Executive Director Geoff Prass at info@shir-hadash.org.
Due to schedule conflicts, we are postponing our next poker night to the fall so we will not be meeting this Saturday. Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Our next book will be The Hours Count, a novel by Jilllian Cantor. This work of historical fiction looks at the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg from the perspective of a neighbor who befriends Ethel.
We are changing the previously-announced location of our next meeting. We now will be meeting at the home of Sandy Weiss, 2144 Walters in Northbrook on next Wednesday, August 10. Our discussion will start at 7:30pm (we are postponing our potluck dinner to a future date). To RSVP, or for more information, contact Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
We are changing the previously-announced location of our next meeting. We now will be meeting at the home of Sandy Weiss, 2144 Walters in Northbrook on next Wednesday, August 10. Our discussion will start at 7:30pm (we are postponing our potluck dinner to a future date). To RSVP, or for more information, contact Meryl Abensohn at abenkras@aol.com.
Annual BBQ, August 28
Mark your calendars for our annual Pot Luck Cookout on Sunday, August 28, at 4:00pm. It is a wonderful opportunity to visit with old friends and make ones. You can bring your relatives and friends too! This event is perfect for people who are thinking of joining Shir Hadash. Click on the event in the Shir Hadash calendar to learn more and to RSVP. Want to help plan the festivities? Contact Melanie Andes, fmandes@comcast.net.
It's back! Be part of the audience. Be part of the entertainment. Be both! If you're interested in being Talent for the Open Mic, or part of the amazing Bake Sale team (either to work the tables or to bake) or Front of House Team, please email Margie at margiepromopro1@aol.com. More details to come about this fabulous evening of live entertainment at our wonderful Coffee House Night venue at Shir Hadash.
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
This Week's Services
- Family Shabbat, Friday, August 5, 5:30pm -- Come and share a delicious mac-n-cheese dinner at 5:30, followed by a family service led by Rabbi Eitan and Rabbi Seeg, a kid-friendly activity, and a potluck dessert oneg. Great fun geared toward families with kids in grade 3 or younger. Click here to see the event flyer. Please RSVP to Alan Bernover, bernover@litchfieldcavo.com.
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, August 5, 7:30pm -- Reconstructionism 1-101 -- History, Philosophy, and Doing Jewish" -- Join us and bring your friends to our annual "Recon 101" service. Rabbi Eitan will teach how Reconstructionist Judaism is all about creating a Contemporary style of Judaism that is sensible, meaningful, and enriching -- a modern Judaism that continues to evolve with the times and keeps in step with the reality of our lives.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
August 5-6,
2016 / 2 Av 5776
Shabbat
Matot-Masei
Torah:
Numbers 30:2 - 36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah
2:4 - 28; 3:4
“Paying it Forward”
Dear Friends,
With this week’s Torah portion, we come to the end of the
fourth book of the Torah, the book of Numbers.
At this point the Children of Israel have arrived at the Jordan River
near Jericho and are ready to cross over.
The generation of the Exodus has died during the forty years of desert
wandering. Soon, a new generation born in freedom will enter the Holy Land.
What about all those who courageously left Egypt behind, but
died in the wilderness? What about their
hopes and visions for a new life of freedom?
What does Judaism say about their not reaching the Promised Land?
The Talmud tells a story about a certain man named Honi who
saw an old man planting a carob tree. He
asked the man how long it would take for the tree to bear fruit. “Seventy years,” was the reply. Honi than asked if the man thought that he
would live long enough to eat fruit from the tree. The man pointed to a number of mature
fruit-bearing trees nearby and replied, “Just as my fathers planted for me
before I was born, so do I plant for those who will come after me.”
Through these stories, Judaism teaches that we stand on the
shoulders of our ancestors who ‘planted’ for us – those who kept Judaism alive
through the ages, those who courageously left family, friends, and ancient
lands behind for America, and those who worked tirelessly so that we could have
a better life. Even though they did not
live to experience the lives of freedom and abundance that we lead, their
legacy and presence is still with us.
They live on through us. Their
hopes and dreams have been realized in us.
Judaism teaches that along with receiving so much from
previous generations comes paying it forward to the future. Like Moses, the generation of the Exodus, and
the man in Honi’s story, it is our sacred obligation to support and enable
future generations to realize our dreams and aspirations in them.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
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Zinbarg
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G. Graff
M. Graff
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Thanks to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
Zinbarg
Schleicher
Herbin
Farahmandpour
Fargotstein
Fields
G. Graff
M. Graff
Singer
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