JANUARY 26 • 2023 | 23
O
n the evening
of Feb. 3, Troy’s
Congregation
Shir Tikvah (CST) is
holding an event that
will taste good and help
others at the same time
— Chicken Soup for the
Jewish Soul.
The night will start
off with a chicken soup
contest, with the winner
receiving a special prize
and holding bragging rights
for the best chicken soup at
CST.
Everyone is invited to
enter as a contestant or
just come for dinner and
Shabbat to taste the entries.
There is a $10 competitor
entry free and Shir Tikvah
asks each contestant to bring
a minimum of a 6-quart
serving size. $5 admission
fee for noshers only or
bring a large-size side dish
(salad, rolls, etc.) or non-
competition soup/chili to
share.
“Everybody’s welcome,”
said Joyce May, head of CST’s
Membership Committee. “If
you’ve got a great chicken
soup recipe, if you’ve got
your bubbie’s chicken soup
recipe, and if you don’t want
to enter the competition,
that’s fine. All soups and all
people are invited. Just come
and enjoy it. It’s going to be a
lot of fun.”
Soup judging will be
followed by a strolling
dinner of all the soups
and sides. After that is a
warm Shabbat service and a
dessert oneg.
The idea for the event,
May said, started off simply
as something fun for the
community
after people had been so
isolated since COVID. As
they continued to think
about it, it turned into
something more.
“We’re asking people to
not just come to eat chicken
soup and whatever else we
end up with for the meal,
but to bring with them some
sort of food item that will
be used for good,” May said.
“We have what we call a
Soup Troupe at Shir Tikvah,
and they get together and
make large amounts of soup
to take to the shelters to feed
the homeless. So, in addition
to it being a fun activity, it
will also be a way for us to
do some sort of mitzvah at
the same time.
“We’d like our members
or anybody that comes to
join us in this warm, lovely
environment,” May said. “I
hope the people who attend
get a feeling of community,
of coming back into the shul
and remembering how warm
and heimish it can be for
everybody to get together
on Shabbat and share some
delicious chicken soup.”
RSVP at www.shirtikvah.org/event/.
chickensoupcontest.
Get yours at Shir Tikvah’s Chicken Soup
for the Jewish Soul event.
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