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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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