Our current policies regarding our Bridge Phase practices, Building and Site Occupancy Limits, and Wellness Criteria can be found on the Shir Hadash website. Masks are to be worn at all services, meetings and programs. If you need assistance, please email the office or call 847-498-8218. You may additionally reach the Rabbi on his cell 847-525-7746 at any time, and our President Stuart Aizenberg at 847-840-7895.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT A GLANCE
Creative Worship and Ritual .. - Friday: Shabbat Dinner Blessings via Zoom, Friday November 26, 6:15 p.m
- Happy Hanukkah! First Candle Lighting on Sunday, November 28
- Next Week: Hybrid Kabbalat Shabbat and Hanukkah Singalong In-Person and Zoom, Friday December 3, 7:00 p.m
- Shabbat Service via Zoom, Friday December 10, 7:30 p.m.
- A Little Havdalah via Zoom, Saturday December 11, 4:30 p.m.
- Hybrid Shabbat with Rabbi Deborah Waxman and Seth Rosen, Friday December 17, 7:30 p.m.
The Rabbi's Corner -- "Derech Eretz - Thoughtfulness”
Membership News and Events- Thanksgiving Office Hours
- New Fundraising Committee
- Fred Andes Honored by J Street; Award Luncheon on December 15
- Honoring Haverim Society for 2021-22
- Reconstructing Judaism Convention, March 23-27
- Interfaith Council Volunteer Event at Feed My Starving Children, November 26
- Krafts & Kibitzing, December 1, 7:30 p.m.
- Soap Sack Collection Box Available
- Shir HaNosh TV: Borecas with Reba Meshulam, December 12, 2:00 p.m.
- Book Club Reads Invisible City, December 16, 7:30 p.m.
Religious School
- Sunday School Update: Thanksgiving Break on November 28
Adult Education - No Zoom Lunch & Learn on November 25
- Sunday Morning Virtual Adult Ed Classes, November 28
- Hebrew Reading, 10 a.m.
- Torah and Jewish Philosophy, 10:00 a.m.
Ongoing Fundraisers
- Restaurants, Shop Shir Hadash, iGive, and Amazon Smile
CREATIVE WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Friday: Shabbat Dinner Blessings via Zoom, Friday November 26, 6:15 p.m. -- "Golden Oldies Series" Join us on Zoom as we light candles, bless our families, sanctify the wine, and bless the challah before Shabbat dinner. Rabbi Eitan will lead a 20-minute ceremony to welcome our Shabbat dinners at home. We'll also enjoy hearing some great 78 rpm records played on the Rabbi's Sonora gramophone, including Kate Smith singing Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" in honor of Thanksgiving.
Happy Hanukkah! Light the First Candle on Sunday November 28 (no SH service) -- Click here for blessings to read as you light candles at home.
Next Week! Hybrid Kabbalat Shabbat and Hanukkah Singalong In-Person and Zoom, Friday December 3, 7:00 p.m. - Light the Lights and join your Shir Hadash family for a Shabbat Eve Hybrid Hanukkah Celebration and Consecration of our newest Religious School students! Our Lahaka choir will sing a beautiful version of Ma’oz Tzur and the New Traditions choir will share a special Hanukkah song. We will hear a great Hanukkah story. Rabbi Eitan will share lessons of our tradition and lead us in song. Then, we will wave glow lights in the dark as we celebrate our Hanukkah holiday. Don’t miss it! RSVP Here to participate in person (capacity is limited; if necessary, call the office to be added to the waitlist). If you're participating by Zoom, come by the synagogue next week (M/T/Th/F, 9am - 4pm) and get glowsticks with contactless pickup for your at-home celebrations.
Shabbat Service via Zoom, Friday December 10, 7:30 p.m. -- Rabbi Eitan will lead the service from his home with meditations, prayer, readings, story, and song. This week's theme: “What Do We Know About Joseph?”
A "Little" Havdalah, Saturday December 11, 4:30 p.m. -- Join us for A "Little" Havdalah on Zoom, where Rabbi Eitan will lead us in song, prayer, and keep the infants and toddlers engaged. This event is aimed at infants through pre-K, but all are welcome to join us!
Please RSVP here so we know who's planning to attend!
Save the Date! Hybrid Shabbat with Rabbi Deborah Waxman and Seth Rosen, Friday December 13, 7:30 p.m. - We welcome two special speakers to Shir Hadash: Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President of Reconstructing Judaism, and Seth Rosen, Chair of the Board of Governors of Reconstructing Judaism. They will speak on the Jewish value of being an ally with others in the cause of social justice. RSVP here to participate in person (capacity is limited).
THE RABBI’S CORNER
November 26-27, 2021 / 23 Kislev 5782 / Shabbat Vayeshev
Torah: Genesis 37:1-40:23
Haftarah: Amos 2:6 - 3:8
“Derech Eretz - Thoughtfulness”
Dear Friends,
Sometimes we act less than carefully. Sometimes we are unaware of the harm that our words can cause. In this week’s Torah portion, Joseph tells his family about his dreams of grandeur – how the sun, moon and stars will bow down to him – symbolically his parents and brothers. To his family, Joseph was pretentious and arrogant. This caused so much upset in the family that Joseph’s brothers eventually found a way to get rid of him. They sold Joseph into Egyptian slavery.
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan wrote that “Thoughtlessness can be as cruel as heartlessness.” Through this simple sentence we glean how hurtful careless and thoughtless actions and words can be to others. As we prepare to light the menorah and welcome the festival of Hanukkah, let us dedicate ourselves to the Jewish value of derech eretz - to act with sensitivity, awareness, and thoughtfulness.
Zay a mentsch – be a good person.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
Click here to read The Rabbi's Corner on the Shir Hadash website.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS AND EVENTS
Holiday Office Hours -- Happy Thanksgiving! The Shir Hadash office will be closed Thursday and Friday this week.
New Fundraising Committee -- We are reforming a fundraising committee after several years of inactivity. We are looking for volunteers to help and for ideas. Willing to help? Please contact Adam Gross - mqtadam2003@gmail.com or Stuart Aizenberg – President@shir-hadash.org – 847-840-7895.
 
Fred Andes Honored by J Street; Award Luncheon on December 15 -- Congratulations to Shir Hadash's own CWR Committee Chair Fred Andes, recipient of J Street's Tzedek V'Shalom (Justice and Peace) Award! Fred will be honored at a luncheon at Chicago's Union League Club on Wednesday, December 15, with guest speakers former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami. Tickets (both in-person and virtual) and sponsorships are available. For more information, click here. Please consider helping to honor Fred, by attending or Zooming in to this special event!
Honoring 2021-22 Members of the Haverim Society--The Haverim (Friends) Society is comprised of those Shir Hadash members whose 2021-2022 Voluntary Commitment was at least 10% greater than the dues those members paid the year before. It is with great pleasure that we honor these members who were so generous in their financial support of Shir Hadash. We hope that they, and other members, will increase their Voluntary Commitment next year by at least 10% and join the Haverim Society for the 2022-2023 year. Again, thank you to all!
Please use this link to the members only portion of our website to learn the names of this year's members and to honor their generosity.
 Reconstructing Judaism Convention, March 23-27 -- Rabbi Eitan, President Stuart Aizenberg, Board Member Lynne Arons, Assistant Education Director Samantha McArdle and Fred Andes, who is a member of Reconstructing Judaism’s Board of Governors are attending in person. Consider joining us either in person or virtually. During the convention, we will learn from and with experts, scholars and lay leaders. We will engage in conversations, ask questions, and listen. We will pray together, sing together, dance together and celebrate all that we do every day in our communities to reconstruct Judaism. For more information: Click Here.
Space is Limited: Interfaith Council Volunteer Event at Feed My Starving Children, November 26 -- The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council is requesting volunteers for food packing sessions at Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville. Bring your family and join other church and synagogue members in the fight against hunger on Friday, November 26, the day after Thanksgiving. Details here.
Krafters & Kibitzing via Zoom, Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 p.m. -- Crafters of all ages and abilities are invited to bring in their current crochet/ knit/ or other handicraft/ art projects for our monthly meeting via Zoom. We will share ideas, learn tips and tricks, and shoot the breeze. Break-out rooms are available for our 17 years and younger set. Click here and register for the Zoom link.
Attention Soap Sack Creators: There is a red basket on the table between the two front doors of the synagogue. You can leave your soap sacks and soap there at your convenience. Wendy Kopulsky will pick them up and donate them. Please let Wendy know via e-mail at oct13@ameritech.net when you drop off a soap sack. Thank you!
Shir HaNosh TV: Borecas with Reba Meshulam, Sunday December 12, 2:00 p.m. -- Join the next episode of our cooking network as Reba teaches us to make borecas, a Sephardic savory pastry with a long history! Click here to RSVP to receive the full recipe and Zoom link. Come cook with us!
Book Club Reads Invisible City, Thursday, December 16, 7:30 p.m. -- Join in a lively discussion of this mystery novel by Julia Dahl! Rebekah Roberts, a runner for the New York Tribune, is sent on assignment to report on a gruesome murder in a scrap yard in Brooklyn. As Rebekah delves more deeply into the victim's past in the Hasidic community of Borough Park, her compulsion to learn the truth gets her into trouble, in a world where she is a stranger. Click here to join the Zoom conversation (Meeting ID: 867 5323 2808 Passcode:108550).
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Religious School Update -- We will have no school November 28 to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday. Please join us December 3 for our Hanukkah Celebration (see above). We will have students leading the service and also honor all of our new students this year! Our Education Director Rachel Goldberg will also be in town. Please attend and say hello!
ADULT EDUCATION
No Lunch and Learn on November 25 -- The Rabbi's Lunch and Learn will resume next week, December 2, at 1:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Eitan and Shir Hadash members and friends for a refreshing, contemporary exploration of the weekly Torah portion.
Virtual Adult Ed Sunday Morning Programs: Adults are welcome to join in the following adult education programs on most Sundays:
- Hebrew Reading, November 28, 10:00 a.m. For more information, contact Steve Lewin.
- Torah and Jewish Philosophy, November 28, 10:00 a.m: If you would like to participate, contact Fred Andes.
ONGOING FUNDRAISERS
No-Cost Ways to Support Shir Hadash -- There are several fundraising opportunities to support Shir Hadash without spending anything extra! Click here to learn about restaurant dine-and-donate programs, SHOP Shir Hadash gift cards, and iGive and Amazon Smile rebate donations.
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