“When a man or woman, if they commit any wrong against another person,  and so break faith with the Holy One, … they shall confess the wrong, paying them compensation and adding a fifth.” (Numbers 5:5-7)

 

This teaching gets at the heart of Jewish ethics - that how one treats others is a matter of Divine concern. And repairing the harm means admitting wrongdoing, compensating those harmed, and paying a penalty on top.

 

Restorative justice is an idea about repairing the harm of collective wrongdoing.  How might we, as Jews and as Americans,  apply these principles to historic wrongs that are etched into the fabric of our world? Let’s read some texts and talk about it. Join Nafshenu’s weekly Torah study on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20.

Please join Nafshenu in person (or on Zoom) this Saturday morning for Shabbat services with Reb Dovid (student rabbi David Goodman) and cantorial soloist Noah Levine. We're meeting outdoors in a shelter behind Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 61 E. Rte 70, Marlton NJ. 

 

We'll start at 9:30 AM with coffee & donuts before, and Kiddush & food afterwards.

 

We'll read Torah and talk about what the portion (Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89) and other texts say about taking vows to give up things like drinking (or other habits we want to shed) in order to become better people.

 

We've all missed each other, so let's not be strangers!

Please join us for Nafshenu's fundraising opportunity, Bag Bingo!

 

Date: Sunday, June 6th Time: 2pm-4pm

Cost: $30 Additional Boards: $10

Rounds: 9 + 1 Grand prize round

 

Prizes will be delivered to the South Jersey area. Shipping for prizes for those who are not local can be arranged.

Join us for Nafshenu's Book Club this June, organized by Debbie Ottenberg. We will be reading Where the Crawdads Sing by by Delia Owens, and meeting on Zoom on June 27th at 2:00 PM for a group discussion.

 

 

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and Nafshenu have partnered with BookSmiles to host a book drive during the month of May.  BookSmiles is a nonprofit organization that redistributes children's books to those in underserved communities in the greater South Jersey area.

We are accepting gently used and new children's books, agents infant to young adult. We are also accepting gently used/new adult books.

The drop box for donations will be located at the back door of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church throught the month of May:
 61 E Rte 70, Marlton, NJ 08053

If you have any questions, please reach out to info@nafshenu.org with the subject line "BookSmiles May Book Drive".