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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Our staff continues to work from home and the office as necessary. Messages via phone and email will receive a response within 24 hours. If you need any assistance, you may call Marc Fargotstein at 847-612-6579 or contact Office Administrator Karen Burnham at 847-714-6946. The Rabbi is also available on his cell phone 847-525-7746 at any time. For more information about our COVID-19 response plan, click here.
Creative Worship and Ritual -- Upcoming Services
Yom Kippur Services
- Kol Nidre, Sunday September 27, 7:00 p.m.
- Yom Kippur Services and Programs, Monday September 28
- Morning Service, 10:00 a.m.
- Yizkor, 12:00 noon
- Adult Discussion 1, 2:00 p.m.
- Adult Discussion 2, 3:00 p.m.
- Yom Kippur Mincha, 4:30 p.m.
- Ne'ilah, 5:15 p.m.
Additional Services This Weekend
- Zoom Shabbat Dinner Blessings with the Rabbi, Friday September 25, 6:15 p.m.
- Shabbat Morning B'nai Mitzvah Service, Saturday September 26, 9:30 a.m.
Upcoming Services
- Zoom Multigenerational Shabbat Sukkot Service, Friday October 2, 7:00 p.m.
- Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday October 3, 10:00 a.m.
The Rabbi’s Corner -- "To Everything There is a Season"
Religious School and Adult Education
- School Registration and Start of School Schedule
- Sunday Morning Adult Ed Programs This Week
- Lunch & Learn with the Rabbi, Thursdays
Membership News and Events
- Membership Renewals Due -- Complete Your Forms Online!
- Conclusion Tonight! Multi-Part Book Discussion: White Fragility, September 24
- New! Shir HaNosh TV: Hummus in Your Hut, October 4
- New! Affy Tapples for Simchat Torah, Order by October 7
- Book Club, October 15
- Save the Date! Virtual Travel to Jewish History Sites with David Liebling, October 21
Social Action
- Luggage for Freedom: Dignity Bags for Domestic Violence Victims
Support for Members
- State and Federal Resources for COVID Relief
Ongoing Fundraisers
- iGive
- Amazon Smile
- SHOP Shir Hadash
High Holidays Schedule and Registration Available Online -- Shir Hadash will continue holding all of our customary services this year via Zoom, due to COVID-19. By midday this Friday, each household that has registered for the Holidays should receive an email with their unique Yom Kippur Zoom link. If you have not received it by Friday afternoon, please email CWR@shir-hadash.org. If you have registered children for the children’s programs, you will use the same link used for Rosh Hashanah.
Visit our website for complete information about services and registration. (You will need to log into Shul Cloud to access member information.) Please remember that you must be a member in good standing with up-to-date payments in order to register as a member (with no charge) for High Holidays. If you have any questions about High Holiday services, contact the Creative Worship & Ritual Committee at cwr@shir-hadash.org. We look forward to sharing a meaningful Yom Kippur with you and your family via Zoom!
Yom Kippur Service Schedule
- Kol Nidre, Sunday September 27, 7:00 p.m.
- Yom Kippur Services and Programs, Monday September 28
- Morning Service, 10:00 a.m.
- Yizkor, 12:00 noon
- Adult Discussion 1, 2:00 p.m.
- Adult Discussion 2, 3:00 p.m.
- Yom Kippur Mincha, 4:30 p.m.
- Ne'ilah, 5:15 p.m.
Additional Services This Weekend
- Shabbat Dinner Blessings with the Rabbi, Friday September 25, 6:15 p.m.
- Shabbat Morning B'nai Mitzvah Service, Saturday September 26, 9:30 a.m. (No Zoom stream.) Mazel tov to Hannah and Jakob!
Upcoming Services
- Multigenerational Shabbat Sukkot Service, Friday October 2, 7:00 p.m.
- Shabbat Morning Bar Mitzvah Service, Saturday October 3, 10:00 a.m. (No Zoom stream.) Mazel tov to Matthew!
September 27-28, 2020 / 10 Tishrei 5781
Yom Kippur
“For Everything there is a Season”
Dear Friends,
This Sunday evening, we will log in to Zoom to begin our Yom Kippur worship. Even though we are separated due to COVID-19 social distancing precautions, our tradition teaches that we are all together as each one of us stands before God.
Rabbi Chaim Stern offers the following meditation to help us look deep within ourselves to make good choices in the coming year.
FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON
For everything there is a season, a time for every matter under the heavens.
A time to be born and a time to die. We cannot choose our time of birth, but we can choose our way of life. We cannot hope to live forever, but we can choose to live with courage.
For everything there is a season. A time for every matter under the heavens. A time to plant, and a time to harvest what has been planted.
Nothing grows without planting; our gift of life is the gift of responsibility which work makes real. Plant and nurture, the harvest will yet come.
Now is the time to remake ourselves, a time to destroy ignorance and evil within us and around us, a time to begin the work of healing and making whole again.
For everything there is a season, A time for every matter under the heavens. A time to break down, and a time to build up.
Break down old habits of thought, in which people are despised who differ from others. Time now to build a new society of mankind.
For everything there is a season, A time for every matter under the heavens. A time to weep, and a time to laugh.
Weep to see talent wasted, gifts misused, to see men, women and children thwarted by poverty and oppression. Men will one day laugh to think that such things were done in the childhood of our race.
A time to mourn and a time to dance. Mourn with all who suffer loss, ease their burden with your care; then dance and draw them into your circle of joy; That human circle which will one day be unbroken.
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. Hold your friends within your arms, and closer still, as spirit touches soul and you are one. But listen also to the call for help; when there is work to do, turn to the task which cannot wait.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together. Cast away rubble, rocks, wasted years. Remove stones from the land; make it live again, fertile and green. Take stones and build schools for children, playgrounds, hospitals, and sanctuaries.
There is a time to seek, and a time to lose. Seek one another and find yourselves; lose that which blocks the path from person to person.
There is a time to keep, and a time to cast away. Keep faith with yourself, with the promise of your potential; cast away bitterness and self-seeking which makes you less than you can be.
For there is a time to keep silent, and a time to speak. Keep silent, when speaking would hurt a neighbor and bring him shame; speak out, when silence would be betrayal, when the weak need strength, and victims of injustice, a champion.
For everything there is a season... A time to love, and a time to hate. What should we love, if not the good, the true, the beautiful in man and nature? What should we hate but hate itself, all that works with malice against the human race.
And a time for every matter under the heavens. A time for war, and a time for peace.
Wage war for man, and not against him. Wage war on war itself. That is our task, so that we shall yet witness Shalom for all men.
-- Chaim Stern
G’mar Hatimah Tovah - May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year.
Shabbat Shalom and L'shanah Tovah,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Read past editions of The Rabbi's Corner on the Shir Hadash website here.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL & ADULT EDUCATION
School Registration and Start of School Schedule -- Shir Hadash's 2020-2021 Religious School Registration is open! Parents will need to complete two forms - the Tuition Commitment form and the School Registration form (in addition to your annual Membership Renewal, which should be completed now). Follow the links above to get started! This registration process is for all grades, K-7 as well as Madrichim, Grades 8-12.
School will start on Sunday, October 18, and afterwards meet weekly from 10:15-12:15. We are planning to do a virtual info session for parents to answer questions as you are imagining how virtual religious school could fit into your family's new normal this school year. Details to come.
Sunday Morning Adult Ed Programs: Adults are welcome to join in the following adult education programs on Sunday mornings:
- 10:00 a.m. -- Torah and Jewish Philosophy via ZOOM. Contact Fred Andes for details.
- 11:00 a.m. -- Hebrew Reading via WebEx -- contact Steve Lewin.
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eitan, Thursdays -- Join an engaging examination of the week's Torah portion Lunch and Learn meets via Zoom on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m.
Don't Delay! Complete Your Membership Renewal -- We are very happy that so many people have renewed their memberships and signed up for High Holiday services. For those that haven't, do it today! Click this link to renew your membership, or become a new member. Your membership must be current to receive access to the High Holidays services Zoom links. If you require a paper registration form, call the office at (847) 498-8218.
Part 4 Tonight! Conclusion of Book Discussions about White Fragility, September 24 – Tonight from 7:00-8:30pm, we conclude our four-part discussion of White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. We will focus on Chapters 9-12. While we finish discussing this book tonight, we will hold additional programs to deepen our understanding of racism. Zoom link for tonight's discussion has been sent to participants. Email SocialActionSH@gmail.com if you have questions.
New! Shir HaNosh TV: Hummus in Your Hut! October 4 -- Join us in the virtual kitchen from 5:00-6:00 pm on Sunday, October 4 for a special Sukkot episode of Shir HaNosh TV: Hummus in Your Hut! Rabbi Eitan will teach us how to make his unique hummus recipe, a perfect meal to enjoy outside in a sukkah or just in the great outdoors! As always, you can cook along or sit back and enjoy the show. Click here to see the ingredient list and to RSVP (not mandatory, but appreciated!) so we know how many people plan on joining us. Questions? Contact Melanie at fmandes@comcast.net.
New! Affy Tapples for Simchat Torah: Order by October 7, pickup on October 8 -- Celebrate Simchat Torah with delicious Affy Tapples! Reserve your free treats here by October 7. On the pickup day (Oct. 8, from 4:30-7:30 p.m.), drive to Shir Hadash for a contactless pickup so you can enjoy your Affy Tapples at home for our Simchat Torah service the next day. Our volunteers will be wearing appropriate PPE and are looking forward to seeing you! Please remember to wear a mask during your pickup.
There is no fee for the Affy Tapples- just let us know how many of each kind (plain or peanut) you'd like to pick up!
Book Club's Next Selection: Meeting October 15 -- Book Club's next selection is Farewell to Salonica: City at the Crossroads by Leon Sciaky, a memoir of growing up in Salonica, a diverse city of the Ottoman Empire, on the eve of World War I. Join in our lively conversation on October 15 at 7:30pm. Zoom link will be sent out the week of the meeting. Click here for more information.
Save the Date! Virtual Travels with David Liebling to Sites of Jewish History, October 21 – You’re invited to take a virtual trip exploring Jewish history in a new series that premieres Wednesday, October 21 at 7:30 pm! For our first destination, we're headed to Amsterdam, a flowering city in the 17th century that welcomed Jews fleeing persecution. David Liebling will bring his extensive research and travel experience to lead us on a tour of this fascinating city and its history. Click here to learn more and to RSVP.
SOCIAL ACTION
Annual Luggage for Freedom Event: Create Dignity Bags at Home -- Shir Hadash will participate again in the annual Luggage for Freedom event providing personal care items to domestic violence shelters. Due to COVID-19, it's happening differently this year yet continues to provide critical help. Assemble any number of bags - even as little as one - to provide victims and survivors of domestic violence with personal care products. Fill a one-gallon Ziploc bag with one of each of these eight small or travel-size products: soap, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss. These bags will be collected at various spots throughout the suburban area on October 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8. A receptacle labeled “NCJW Gives Back – Dignity Bags” will be available outside the front doors of the following locations:
- 1705 Clavinia Ave., Deerfield
- 1329 Eastwood Ave., Highland Park
- 3803 Oak Ave. Northbrook
- 1111 Golfview Road, Glenview
- 2114 Lincolnwood Dr., Evanston
Alternatively, if you cannot deliver the dignity bags, they can be picked up from your home. Email communityservice@ncjwcns.org prior to October 1 in order to arrange a pickup. Click here for more information, and thank you for helping women and children who have experienced domestic violence.
SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS
State/Federal Resources for COVID Assistance:
- Business owners may apply online for COVID disaster relief from the Federal Small Business Administration.
- Seniors that are in need of food/meal help or other services should contact the Illinois Department on Aging at www.illinois.gov/aging, by phone at senior help line 1-800-252-8966, or via email aging.ilsenior@illinois.gov.
- Small business owners may also apply for grants through the State of Illinois Business Interruption Grant (BIG) program. Learn more from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
If you are home and shopping online, be sure to consider these donation programs that support Shir Hadash at no extra cost to you!
iGive -- There are 2500 online retailers helping to make donations happen through iGive. Click here to learn more. or contact Sandi Schleicher, sschleicher@onebox.com.
Amazon Smile -- Amazon will automatically donate 0.5% of your purchase to when you sign up at smile.amazon.com. Be sure to select "Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue-Congregation Shir Hadash" in Wheeling as your charity of choice.
Shop with Scrip -- ShopWithScrip gift cards are available for more than 750+ brands and each purchase provides a donation to Shir Hadash. Click here for complete details!
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