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Hi Sunnyside Residents!
Welcome to summertime! This past month of June was
jam packed with many new events. The month started off with the
Salute to Israel’s 60 years of independence at the Israeli
day parade. The Young Israel of Sunnyside was represented by our
president, Mr. Weiner, our vice-president, Sam Wolfson, the Holland
and Mermelstein families, and Debbie and Shoshie Firestone. Thank
you all for saluting Israel and representing Sunnyside.
Also this month, we had the holiday of Shavous, where
we celebrated the receiving of the Torah from Hashem at Har Sinai.
Shavous in Sunnyside was really beautiful. The entire kollel was
present for the holiday as were many Shul members and guests. The
Cohens hosted a beautiful, delicious, and Torah imbued meal the
first night of Shavous for the kollel members. The kollel members
would like to thank them. The learning continued through the night
in the Shul until wee hours of the morning. The following morning
the entire Shul was invited to a delicious Chalav Yisrael ice cream
Kiddush after the davening. The custom is to eat dairy foods on
Shavous. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Weiner for the delicious ice cream.
We are looking forward to continuing this tradition in Sunnyside
each year!
Throughout this month, our renowned kollel member,
Jonathan Cohen has been giving Torah and Halacha insights to the
women of Sunnyside with his Shiurim on Yom Tov, women , Tefilla
and Hilchos Shabbos. The classes will be continuing throughout the
summer months as well. Thank you Jonathan for you hard work in preparing
the shiurim!
Sunnyside members can look forward to seeing new activities
this fall. The Sunnyside Shul’s board has agreed to start a
Hebrew Sunday School for children of the community. The children
will learn about the Jewish holidays, the weekly parasha and how
to read the Alef Beis. Hopefully, with the start of a Hebrew School,
we can better serve our community. We also want to have events at
our Shul once a month. These activities, to mention just a few,
will include a “Dessert and Conversation” evening, trips
to kosher restaurants for lunch, Music night and game night. Many
of these ideas are still in the making. It is our hope that with
work, we will have a thriving Jewish Community here in Sunnyside.
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