WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Membership News and Upcoming Events
- Book Club, October 25
- MOSH Poker Night, October 29
- Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, November 5
- Coffee House Night - Open Mic Style, November 12
Creative Worship and Ritual
- Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, October 21, 7:30pm
- Simchat Torah Celebration, Sunday, October 23
The Rabbi’s Corner
Education Announcements- "The Value of Hospitality"
- Religious School, October 23
- Upcoming October Events: Simchat Torah and Shabbat No'ar
- SAC Meeting, October 30
- SHY Trip to K1 Speed, October 30
- Sunday Morning Adult Ed Classes
- Modern Hebrew
- Learning the Shir Hadash Prayer Book
- Torah and Philosophy
- Next TOV Event, November 6
Teen News
- Teen Night at Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema, November 2
- Seeking One More Adult Advisor
Social Action
Donations
Ongoing Fundraisers
- High Holiday ARK Food Drive
- Volunteers Needed for Soup Kitchen, November 6
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGift, and More
SHOP Shir Hadash
MEMBERSHIP AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Our next Book Club meeting will be next Tuesday, October 25, at the home of Rebecca Rice, 3641 Bernay Drive in Northbrook. We will be starting at 8:00pm, later than usual. The book we're reading is all the rage in Israel currently: The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai-Levi. The author will be speaking at Shir Hadash’s Friday night service on November 4! Stay tuned for upcoming details. For more info, contact Meryl at abenkras@aol.com.
MOSH Poker Night, October 29
MOSH will be meeting at the Wellisch home (14 Whitehall Court, Buffalo Grove) for pizza and poker on October 29, beginning at 7:00pm. We will order pizza once everyone has arrived and divvy up the costs; Dan will provide a small selection of drinks. Please RSVP to MOSH@shir-hadash.org by October 28 so we know how many to expect.
Shir Hadash is a proud co-sponsor of a special screening of the film On the Map, an inspiring documentary about the underdog Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team of 1976-77 that toppled the mighty Soviet Union team for the European Cup. Click here to see a trailer for the film.
Join us for a group outing to the film on Saturday, November 5 at 7:00pm, at the ArcLight Cinema in The Glen. The screening will include a Q&A with director Dani Menkin and Israeli basketball legend Tai Brody. Afterwards, we will gather at Wildfire, 1300 Patriot Blvd. in Glenview, for refreshments and conversation.
Spaces are limited! Click here to register. Tickets are $13 for the film; individuals are responsible for their own food and beverages at Wildfire. Mark your calendar and watch for more announcements soon!
Attention Teens: scroll down for info about a special teen screening of this film on November 2.
Get ready for another wonderful
evening of talent and treats! Our next Coffee House Night will be Saturday,
November 12 from 7:00 to 10:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm). Enjoy a laid back
Saturday night with low lighting, comfortable seating, friendly conversation, a bake sale with coffee/beverages, and the amazing talent of our friends. Everyone
is welcome to participate: any talent, member or nonmember, and of course,
audience members!
- Attention Talent: Please contact Margie at MargiePromoPro@aol.com know if you’re planning to perform at the Coffee House. Plan on two songs or 10-12 minute set; if time permits, we may go ‘round again. Please email Margie and put “Coffee House Talent” in the subject line, or register on our website by clicking here.
- Bakers, Tech Help, Set-up Roadie Crew: We need to hear from you too! Please contact Margie at MargiePromoPro1@aol.com and put your area of expertise in the subject line, or click here to register on the website..
Looking forward to seeing you all at another great Coffee House event!
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Shabbat Evening Service, Friday, October 21, 7:30pm
Join us for our annual Shabbat Sukkot service! At this time of Jewish
thanksgiving, we will honor and install our new Board members. A special auf
ruf (pre-wedding) blessing will be recited for Nicole Izbicky and Marla
Merchut. Following the service, we will head out to our Shir Hadash sukkah
booth in the courtyard and enjoy our oneg treats outside under the stars –
unless our prayers are answered and it rains!
Simchat Torah Celebration, Sunday, October 23
Join us for an evening of food,
music, and dancing with our Torahs as we unroll the entire Torah scroll and
read the end and start over all the way at the
beginning. During the service, we
will also honor students who are new to our Sunday school. Don't miss the
Mighty Shir Hadash Klezmer Band or the Affy Tapples and oneg afterward! We start with a pizza dinner at 5:30pm, followed by the service at 6:30. Visit our website for details and please RSVP by Friday, October 21.
THE RABBI’S CORNER
October 21-22, 2016 / 20 Tishrei 5777
Shabbat Chol Hamo’ed Sukkot
Torah: Exodus 33:12-34:26 / Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18 - 39:16
“Sukkot: The Value of
Hospitality”
Dear Friends,
While the Sukkot festival
celebrates the harvest, it is also reinforces our Jewish value of
hospitality. A sukkah booth generally
has no locks to fasten, no doors to close, and no windows to seal. It is open to all who want to enter. Welcoming
guests reminds us of the declaration we make at the start of the Passover
seder, “Let all you are hungry come and eat.”
Our Jewish value of hospitality
comes from the stories of Abraham and Sarah who welcomed travelers to their
tent. In one story, Abraham ran to greet three men and insisted that they come
to his tent to eat and rest. Instead of asking servants, Abraham himself did
the cooking and serving, and even washed their feet. From this we learn that
the host should welcome and serve guests in his or her home and sukkah!
When it comes to festivals (and
truly everyday) the Jewish people is one huge family. When we see travelers
coming through our communities, we welcome them into our homes. When we
ourselves are traveling far from home, we instinctively seek out members of the
Jewish community in the cities and countries we visit and enjoy the warm
welcome we receive. Sukkot reminds us that all Jews are responsible for one
another. We are one people.
Please come to our Shabbat Sukkot
service this Friday evening, October 21st. Two nights later, experience our
Simchat Torah celebration on Sunday evening, October 23rd, when we share
dinner, dance with our Torah scrolls and unroll a scroll to read from the end
and the beginning.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
To read past entries of the Rabbi's blog, please visit our website.
EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
We look forward to seeing our students and families at 9:15.
Upcoming October Events
Mark your calendars for:
- Simchat Torah Celebration: Sunday, October 23, 5:30 to 8:00pm -- see details under Creative Worship above
- Shabbat No'ar: Saturday, October 29, 10:00 to 11:00am
The next School Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting is October 30 at 10:30. We will discuss what's currently happening at the religious school and what's ahead. Sunday School parents should feel free to come and just listen, or to share ideas and get more involved.
SHY Trip to K1 Speed, October 30
Do you feel the need…the need for speed? If you're in grades 5-7 you are in luck, because SHY (Shir Hadash Youth) is going to K1 Speed in Buffalo Grove on Sunday, October 30! Our event will run from 3:00-5:00pm and involve two 12-lap races. The cost is $30 for SHY members (and its not too late to sign up for that), $35 for Shir Hadash members who are not SHY members, and $40 for non-members. For more information about K1 speed go to www.k1speed.com and for general questions or to RSVP contact Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org.
Sunday Morning Adult Ed Classes
Learning isn't just for kids! Check out these engaging Adult Ed opportunities that meet during our Religious School hours:
Learning isn't just for kids! Check out these engaging Adult Ed opportunities that meet during our Religious School hours:
- Torah and Philosophy, 9:30-10:30am
- Learning the Shir Hadash Prayer Book, 10:30-11:30am
- Modern Hebrew, 11:30am-12:30pm
Next TOV Event, November 6
Mark your calendar for our next Tikkun Olam Volunteers event on November 6. Details coming soon.
TEEN NEWS
Teen Night at Chicago Festival
of Israeli Cinema
Chicago Jewish youth will be gathering to see the film On The Map at the ArcLight Theater in
the Glen on November 2 – free of charge! Scroll up to the top of this
newsletter for a description and link to the trailer for this inspiring
documentary about the Israeli basketball team that beat all the odds – and the
Soviet Union’s best team – to win the European Championship. Please let Rabbi
Seeg or Rabbi Eitan know ASAP if you are interested in joining a SH group. More
details to follow.
BBYO -- One More Advisor Needed
Our Ra’am BBYO group is looking for a new female co-advisor (to work with our current female advisor). BBYO advisors are volunteers who encourage and support the BBYO teens who are ultimately responsible for chapter programming with their peers. If interested, please contact Rabbi Seeg at learning@shir-hadash.org.
SOCIAL ACTION
High Holiday ARK Food Drive
On Yom Kippur we collected over 200 bags of food to help the ARK
replenish their shelves for the hundreds of people who depend on them for
assistance. Thank you to everyone who
gave so generously!
Volunteers Needed for Soup Kitchen, November 6
On Sunday, November 6, Shir Hadash will be preparing, cooking, and
serving over 90 meals for needy individuals at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church
soup kitchen in Evanston. This event
will require volunteers to be available from 1:45 to 4:30pm. We need a minimum
of 25 volunteers (about 10-12 families). There is no age limit to volunteer,
but from past experience, kids should be at least 6 years old to fully
participate.
Each family will be responsible for bringing an entrée that will feed
10 to 15 individuals, one gallon of milk, one large bag of frozen mixed vegetables,
one large bag of fruit (oranges, bananas, etc.), and dessert.
If you are interested in helping, please contact Mark Lenhart as soon
as possible at mjlenhart@comcast.net. More information will be sent to all
volunteers approximately 1 week before the November 6 date.Thank you in advance for your support!
DONATIONS
To the General Fund
- Ada Barach, in memory of Michael Cohen, dearly beloved son of Marilyn Kaplow
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
Fall 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. Orders can be picked up in the Shir Hadash office or purchased during Sunday School.
Thank you to the following families for participating in SHOP this week:
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G. Graff
Sultan
Grills
Andes
Klein
Kulesza
Klein
Kulesza
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