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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
- Shabbat Evening Service with 4th and 5th Grade Students, March 15
- SHED Talk Video
- Sponsor an Oneg
- Religious School, March 17
- Adult Education Programs, March 17
- Shabbat Evening Service with Grades 4 and 5, March 15
- Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays
- Spread the Word! School Open House, May 5
- Tonight! Hamentaschen Bake, March 14
- Saturday! "Mordecai's Mountain Retreat" Adult Purim Event, March 16
- Sunday! Purim Carnival, March 17
- Ends Sunday - Noisy Food Drive, Now through March 17
- Book Club, March 21
- Mussar Study Group, Rescheduled to March 28
- Board Nominations Open -- Annual Meeting May 19
- New! Town Hall Meeting, April 7
- New! Community Event: Good Deeds Day, April 7
- Come Sing with Lahaka
- Tzedakah for the ARK
- New! Sock Drive
Israel Awareness
- Did You Know? Facts About Israel - Tourism Edition
- New! Israeli Film Series Presents "Jellyfish" April 6
Jewish Community Events
- JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival Continues Through March 17
- SHOP Shir Hadash
- Simcha Tree Leaves
- Don’t Forget Our Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers!
- Shir Hadash Memorial Wall
- Links to Fundraisers: Amazon, iGive, and More
Shabbat Evening Service, Friday March 15, 7:30pm - Students from the 4th and 5th grade Religious School classes will participate in the service, and we will welcome guests from the 5th grade class at St. Peter's United Church of Christ. Scroll down to the Religious School section for details about pre-service dinner and events.
SHED Talks Video -- Many thanks to Ed Waxler, Julie Wellisch and Felicia Pearlman for their wonderful SHED talks at the March 8 service. You can see Julie and Felicia's presentation "Cancer Schmancer" on the Shir Hadash Facebook page here.
Sponsor an Oneg! Having a birthday, anniversary or remembrance? You can sponsor an oneg to celebrate. A dessert oneg is $136 and everybody appreciates and enjoys your hospitality. The donation covers all food, including a special celebration cake. Please contact Nancy Kekst at the synagogue office to make arrangements.
Oneg Volunteers Needed for Services--Sign up to help as an oneg volunteer for one of our upcoming services. It's easy: just click here to pick a date, bring a challah, and show up! You'll receive a reminder email the week before with more details. For more information, contact Sean Fisher-Rohde at oneg@shir-hadash.org.
March 15-16, 2019 / 9 Adar II 5779 / Shabbat Vayikra/Zachor
Torah: Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26
Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17 - 25:19 | Shabbat Zachor
Haftarah: I Samuel 15:2 - 15:34 | Shabbat Zachor
“All of our Senses”
Dear Friends,
How do we take in the world with all our senses? In this week’s Torah portion, the beginning of the Book of Leviticus, there is a long discussion about the sacrificing of animals as a form of worship. One of the many things described is the use of incense to enhance the ritual. Perhaps the Torah is telling us to go beyond sight and sound when we experience life. Soon we will celebrate Purim with all its joy of deliverance from Haman’s evil plans. One month later, we will meet around our seder tables to recall our people’s deliverance from Egyptian slavery. All of our senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch must come into our experience.
As we feel the winter beginning to ebb and the spring drawing closer, I encourage you to heighten your awareness of the world and all its glory. Let all of our senses intensify the honor of being Jewish and the delight of being alive.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Religious School, March 17 - We look forward to seeing all our students in school at 9:15 a.m.
Shabbat Evening Service with Grades 4 and 5, March 15 -- Our fourth and fifth graders will help lead Shabbat services on Friday, March 15. We will welcome as our guests the fifth grade class from St. Peter's United Church of Christ. Students and parents are invited to share in a Shabbat dinner at 6:30pm, followed by the service at 7:30pm. Please let Rabbi Marcey know if you will be attending. Volunteers to help with dinner would be much appreciated.
Adult Education Programs -- Due to the Purim festivities, our Adult Ed classes have an abbreviated schedule this week. Torah Study & Modern Jewish Philosophy with Fred Andes will run as usual, but Living Judaism with Rabbi Eitan, and the new Hebrew Reading and Prayers class with Steve Lewin will not be held. To see the regular class times for future weeks, visit the Shir Hadash calendar.
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan -- Each Thursday, join the Rabbi and Shir Hadash members and friends for an exploration of the weekly Torah portion from 1:00 to 2:00pm. Don’t be surprised if archaeology, sociology, contemporary world affairs as well as law, medicine, and business ethics enter the lively conversation as we plumb the deeper meanings of Judaism’s core text.Participants are encouraged to share their views, questions, and opinions.
Spread the Word! School Open House, May 5 -- We need your help! Please get the word out about our upcoming Religious School Open House Tell your friends, neighbors and long lost relatives about their chance to come in, meet Rabbi Eitan and Rabbi Marcey and have their child spend the morning in an actual class. If you have any questions about the Open House, please contact Rabbi Marcey.
Tonight! Annual Hamentaschen Bake for Purim Bake Sale, March 14--Bring a batch of your best hamentaschen dough (dairy or parve; cookie preferred, not yeast) and your favorite fillings for a fun baking session at Shir Hadash. We will provide the rolling surfaces and flour, round cookie cutters and the ovens! Also please bring a rolling pin and cookie sheet to keep things moving along. Two time slots: 10:00am -- 2:00pm or 7:00 -- 9:00pm. We will have containers to pack them up for sale at the Purim Carnival. (Yes, you can take a few home) Click here to register!
Saturday! Adult Purim Event, March 16 -- Revisit the good old days in the Catskill Mountains with an evening at Mordecai's Mountain Resort! On Saturday, March 16 from 7:00 – 10:00pm, enjoy a hilarious evening of music, song and comedy. No registration! No charge! Bring a treat, fruit, or cheese plate for our Potluck Dessert table. Be there or be square! Click here for details.
Sunday! Purim Carnival, March 17 -- Shir Hadash's Purim Carnival is here! March 17! The spiel will be performed at 10:30am, followed by a fun-for-all fest with food, raffles, and unlimited games. Come for delicious food, great games, awesome prizes, amazingly creative professional tattoos, art projects, popcorn and more!
This year there are two separate raffles. Our 50/50 raffle is a split total with one-half of the total pot going to the synagogue and one lucky winner taking home the other half. The second raffle is our bucket raffle, with prizes like:
- Lunch with Rabbi Marcey
- Lunch with Rabbi Eitan
- Exec Director Nancy’s famous mandel bread or peanut brittle
- $100 discount off school tuition next year
- 2 high holiday tickets
- 4 free b’nai mitzvah tutoring sessions with Mara Heichman
- Rabbi Marcey’s famous chopped liver for Pesach.
Please email Alan Bernover (bernover@litchfieldcavo.com) to inquire about bracelets (admission for unlimited games and lunch) or purchase bucket raffle tickets. Bucket Raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 each, or six for $5. 50/50 Raffle tickets can be purchased for $5 each on the day of the event. Visit the Shir Hadash calendar for more details.
Ends Sunday - Noisy Food Drive, Now through March 17 -- Bring noisy foods like mac & cheese boxes, bags of beans, containers of oats, boxes of rice, or anything else that makes noise when you shake it. We will use them as groggers (noisemakers) during Purim and then donate them to a food pantry. Donations can be left in the lobby. Questions? Email socialactionsh@gmail.com.
Book Club, March 21 -- The next book will be Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris. This wonderful novel traces the legacy of 15th Century Spanish Jews leaving their mark on a present-day small town in New Mexico. Our meeting will be held on March 21, 7:30pm at the home of Susan Grossman at the Vi at the Glen. For more information, click here.
Mussar Study Group, Rescheduled to March 28 -- The core text we are studying is Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, by Alan Morinis. We will discuss the theme of Faith on March 28 and Trust on April 11. There is no charge for participation in the Mussar Study Group and all are welcome. Click here for an informative overview of Mussar. Please email Lynn Liebling, lliebling@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.
Board Nominations Open; Annual Meeting May 19 -- The Shir Hadash 2019 annual meeting will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2019, at 9:15 a.m., at the synagogue. At the meeting, we will share important information, vote on nominees for open positions on the Board of Directors, and approve the Shir Hadash budget for 2019-2020.
At this time, we are seeking members who are interested in serving in the open Board positions, including President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President for Programming, and four At-Large Board Members for two-year terms. If you are interested in running for any of these positions, or if you would like more information, please contact Fred Andes, fandes@btlaw.com. Completed nomination forms must be received at the office by March 22.
At this time, we are seeking members who are interested in serving in the open Board positions, including President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President for Programming, and four At-Large Board Members for two-year terms. If you are interested in running for any of these positions, or if you would like more information, please contact Fred Andes, fandes@btlaw.com. Completed nomination forms must be received at the office by March 22.
New! Town Hall Meeting, April 7 -- Join us for a discussion of the Voluntary Commitment Model, an alternative to traditional dues. What is it? How does it work? Should Shir Hadash move in that direction? Come be part of the conversation at 7:00pm on Sunday, April 7. More details to follow!
New! Community Event: Good Deeds Day, April 7 - Join Shir Hadash reps at Good Deeds Day, on Sunday April 7, 10-11:30 am at the Buffalo Grove Community Center, sponsored by the JCC and the Northwest Suburban Jewish Connectors. Perfect for families with small children! Shir Hadash will have a table, so we are looking for volunteers. This is a great recruitment opportunity. To help out, contact Lynne Aarons at lynnearons1@gmail.com
ISRAEL AWARENESS
Did You Know? Facts About Israel - Tourism Edition!
- A record number of 4 million tourists visited Israel last year.
- 61% of tourists to Israel are Christian and 22% are Jewish.
- This directly generated $6.6 billion for the Israeli economy.
- The US is the leading source of tourists to Israel followed by France, Russia, Germany, Britain, and China.
Israeli Film Series at Shir Hadash: "Jellyfish" on April 6 - Come to Shir Hadash at 7:30pm on April 6 for a screening of “Jellyfish.” This poignant film tells the story of three very different Tel Aviv women whose intersecting narratives weave an unlikely portrait of modern Israeli life. The film has won many awards including the "Golden Camera" at Cannes. Admission is free and snacks will be available. Donations to help offset costs are also appreciated.
Tzedakah for the ARK -- Through the end of March, tzedakah will help the ARK do its important work of providing medical care, food, and other basic necessities to more than 4,000 Chicagoland Jewish families. The ARK assists them in navigating self-reliance by providing free, comprehensive services within a framework of Jewish values and laws.
New! Sock Drive, Now Through April 30 -- Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council is running its third annual "Knock Your Socks Off" sock drive at member congregations, including Shir Hadash. Through the end of April, drop off new socks for men, women or children in the box in the lobby. Donations will be distributed to homeless individuals and families in the northwest suburbs.
JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival Continues Through March 17 -- The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is in its sixth year, and reached over 12,000 film lovers in 2018. This year, the festival features 43 films at venues across the city and suburbs. The 2019 festival features a world premiere, 12 Midwest premieres and four Chicago premieres, totaling 96 screenings over the course of the three weekends. Insightful talkbacks by those instrumental to the films accompany many of the screenings. Learn more at the Festival website.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
Simcha Tree Leaves Available for Purchase - Our Tree of Joy—a Simcha Tree—is situated in our Community Room to remind us of all the joys of our lives. The leaves come in copper, silver, and gold. Each leaf marks a lasting memory of a joyous simcha in the lives of members of Shir Hadash. We invite you to add your loved ones’ simchas to our Tree and share your nachas with our congregation or just add your loved ones’ names out of love. Leaves can be purchased to mark your special family or individual accomplishments. Click here to see additional information and make your purchase.
Don’t Forget Our Permanent Restaurant Fundraisers --The Continental Restaurant in Buffalo Grove, Butterfield’s Restaurant in Northbrook, and all three locations of Flappy’s will donate 5% of your total bill to Shir Hadash! No flyer needed – just mention Shir Hadash when you are paying or fill out the Shir Hadash book behind the desk.
Shir Hadash Memorial Wall--Having a Memorial Plaque for a loved one in Shir Hadash’s Memorial Wall ensures that Yahrzeit will be observed for them in perpetuity by our congregation.The cost for a plaque is $360. Many congregants prepay and reserve plaques.You may register for the plaque(s)through our website, or request a paper order form by calling the office (847-498-8218).
Fundraiser Information 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 SHOP 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. For more information, email Michelle at SHOP@shir-hadash.org.
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