Monmouth Reform Temple Members Donate Time, Energy To Service
TINTON FALLS, NJ — These members of Monmouth Reform Temple in Tinton Falls donated their time and energy to various projects around Monmouth County on Mitzvah Day, May 5."Once a giant glass vessel that was our world exploded. It falls upon us as Jews to pick up the shards and put back the pieces to try to reverse the damage," Rabbi Renee Edelman told her congregation. "It is why we to do Tikku Olam (Hebrew for 'repairing the world'). We do acts of loving kindness. This is part of our story. It is who we are and how we walk in the world."Some of the volunteer work they've done in the past two weeks includes:Joining Cantor Gabrielle Clissold in singing to residents living in assisted living and nursing homes in Monmouth County.Cleaning up local hiking trails, plus the beaches in Sea Bright.Cooked meals for the homeless at the Center in Asbury Park and stocked the center’s fridges with food. Volunteers also tilled and readied the Center's garden that annually produces bushels of fresh vegetables for local food pantries.The youngest members of the synagogue worked with the oldest members to crochet special soap sacs to stuff with donated toiletries for the poor.Another group collected hygienic products for young women, placed in donated fashion bags for the Behavior Addictive Services in Monmouth County.An annual diaper and food drive was conducted by temple youth Lyra Seligman, a legacy of her Bat Mitzvah project now four years going strong.Wrote and decorated notes for IDF soldiers in Israel.The article Monmouth Reform Temple Members Donate Time, Energy To Service appeared first on Middletown, NJ Patch.
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