Sisterhood Scoop – May 25, 2024
Volume 7 Number 19 • 17 Iyar 5784• May 25, 2024
Sisterhood Book Club News!
Many thanks to Sallie Volotzky for not only hosting the May book club meeting at her home, but also for leading the enthusiastic discussion of “An Unorthodox Match.”
The Sisterhood Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of odd-numbered months. Mark your calendars now for these future Book Club dates:
July 22: Night Angels: A Novel, by Weina Dai Randel, at the home of Linda Shore
September 23: Gates of November, by Chaim Potok, at the home of Vivian Zarkowsky
November 18: book selection TBA
For more information call Fran Alper at 314-993-4024 or email fran.alper@outlook.com or sisterhood@nhbz.org
All women are welcome to join us!
Book Club Reviewed “An Unorthodox Match”
The Sisterhood Book Club met on Monday evening at the home of Sallie Volotzky to discuss award-winning novelist, journalist, and playwright, Naomi Ragen’s engaging novel, “An Unorthodox Match.”
BEHAR: Satisfying Blessings
“The land will give its fruit and you will eat to satiation,” (Lev. 26:5). One of the blessings the Torah promises us is an abundance of wealth. It is interesting that it is followed by a second blessing: that we will not only be blessed with wealth, but we will be satisfied with it.
Rashi points out that the real blessing is the ability to enjoy what we have and be satisfied with a little. Without the blessing of satisfaction, we may never realize how much we really have. We may be so driven to acquire and consume more and more, never achieving the peace of mind to enable us to stop and say thank you.
The Talmud teaches us to look to those who have less than us in order to cultivate a real appreciation for how lucky we truly are and to understand that everything we have is a gift. The biggest blessing in life isn’t winning the lottery, but having the ability to enjoy what we have and be content and satisfied with the simple things in life. To the extent that we can appreciate and be content with what have, our connection to God will grow, as will our ability to see the beauty of the Divine everywhere. “Who is truly wealthy? Someone who finds joy in what he has.”
– Rabbi Ron Jawary (www.aish.com)
Any Soul
“In every person there lie all souls that ever were and will be.
After all, human consciousness began in a single being, with a single breath of G-d within that being.
And so, just as every cell of the human being contains the blueprint of every other cell and of the entire person from the synapses of his brain to the swirls of his fingerprints, so every single person contains the entire humankind.
In this way, our Creator has rendered each of us the master of human destiny. In the liberation of any one of us lies the liberation of us all”
– from Daily Thought, www.chabad.org
For information or to join Sisterhood, call the NHBZ office at 314-991-2100, ext. 3, or email: sisterhood@nhbz.org
