Prayer at the Time of the Paris Attacks & Attacks in Israel and Elsewhere

"God and God of Our Ancestors, be for us a God of Justice and of Mercy. A God of Consolation & Hope to those who mourn. A God of Strength & Wisdom to those whose task it is to lead and protect us. Teach us all how to fight Evil and at the same time remain Good. Help us to be Your agents for love and tolerance as well as for righteousness and truth. Let us live to bring about the day when all people will recognize Your Name and dwell in the shelter of Your Peace, Amen."

Come join us for services this Shabbat, Friday at 7:30pm or Saturday at 8:45am. Add your prayers to ours in this time when the world needs them.

"Thump and Stump"

This Friday at 8pm we will have our first Extra Soul Shabbat service and this one will include "Rapid Fire Kabbalat Shabbat" with Cantor Kramer and "Stump the Rabbi" with Rabbi Benson.  Bring you're singing voices, Jewish questions and sense of participation and fun!  

Solidarity with Israel Shabbat - This Friday and Saturday

Please join us at NSJC as we mark a Solidarity with Israel Shabbat tonight, Friday the 16th and tomorrow, Saturday the 17th.  

Friday night we will honor and celebrate the resilient spirit of the Israeli people whose strength during these difficult times is truly impressive.  We will also recite additional prayers for peace and security.

And tomorrow again we will recite additional prayers for the safety and security of Israel, her citizens, all who protect her and all the Jewish People.

As the Prophet Isaiah teaches us:  "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet."

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Benson

High Holiday Sermons from 2015/5776 Now Available

Please visit my website at:  http://www.rabbiaaronbenson.com/sermon-samples
to access my High Holiday sermons from both this year, 2015 as well as from last year, 2014.

Thank you so much,

Rabbi Benson

Team Malachim Kick-Off, September 18th!

Friends,
Those who heard my proposal to create "Team Malachim" a mission to encourage NSJC members and really anyone else, to do extra good deeds on the 18th of every (secular) month this (Jewish) year starts this Friday the 18th of September.  

Please consider being a "malach" "angel" and doing some mitzvah, some kind or good act, above and beyond what you'd normally do, on this day and every 18th this year.

And please feel free to share with me the results or any other questions, comments, ideas you might have.

Thanks so much,

Rabbi Aaron Benson

Observe the 14th Anniversary of 9/11 this Shabbat at NSJC

We pause to remember and pay tribute to those who were murdered on this day fourteen years ago.  Tonight at services at 8pm and tomorrow during services which start at 8:45am please come to show your respect for all those victims of terror and to stand together with hope and love in the unity of our community.

As we say in our prayers, "may they find perfect peace in God's eternal embrace.  May their souls be bound up in the bonds of life, may they rest in peace, and we say, Amen."

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Benson

Remember Your Loved Ones in NSJC's Yizkor Memorial Book

It is not too late for you to add the names of your departed loved ones to the 

North Shore Jewish Center's Yizkor Memorial Book.  

This time honored custom is an important way to fulfill the mitzvah to give charity in memory of those whom we have lost.  It also extends their influence in the world around us today through the good we do in memory of them.

To list a name, we ask for a donation of $10.  Please send the list of your names to info@nsjc.org or call 631-928-3737.  Please send in all names by Friday, September 4th.  

Allow me to wish you all the best for the upcoming New Year.

Shanah Tovah,

Rabbi Aaron Benson