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Greetings!
"Jewish wealth is not in money or houses. It is in children and grandchildren who follow the ways of Torah and Jewishness" - The Rebbe
Sara and I indeed feel rich - having been blessed by Hashem with another child, a beautiful, healthy son to raise in the path of our people's rich heritage.
The baby's bris will take place, G-d willing, on Tuesday at 6PM, followed by dinner.
In Jewish tradition, we don't INVITE people to a Bris. Rather, we simply NOTIFY people when it'll take place and leave it up to them to come if they can make it.
The reason for this custom is this: Being such an important, sacred event, when a Jewish child enters the eternal covenant of our people, attended by Elijah the Prophet himself, were one to be invited and not show up it would seem disrespectful.
So, you're NOT invited... You're simply being notified about it. However, should you join us, it would bring great joy to Sara and myself... :)
I pray that we have many opportunities to share happy occasions with one another.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
P.S. Another custom is to celebrate the upcoming Bris with a "Shalom Zachar" (lit. peace onto the male child), an informal gathering which takes place the Friday night prior to the Bris. Friends and family gather simply to wish the child well in his journey in the Bris and beyond. You are invited :) to attend our son's Shalom Zachar, a light Kiddush oneg this Friday night at the shul after services. Services will begin at 5:30 PM, the Kiddush will be recited at approx. 6:15 PM. (Click here to learn about the custom of Shalom Zachar)
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Who wants to be a MINYANAIRE?
Not to be outdone by the active Chabad women of SISTERHOOD, the guys decided to strengthen a club all their own - The Minyanaire's Club!
Membership in the club requires simply a commitment to attend the morning minyan (services) either Monday or Thursday mornings - or both. Services begin at 7am promptly, and last until 7:45. Those who have the time and can stay for Coffee & Parsha for an additional 30 minutes are invited to do so as well.
Guys - think about what this can do for you - a weekly get together with "the boys" for prayer, camaraderie and a cup of coffee.
Thank you to the current MINYANAIRES:
Sanford Lewis, Avi Shilian, Michael Grieff, Burt Falkenstein, Rob Salzbank, Sam Glasser, Bryan Sherman, Larry Hollander, Yaniv Konfino, Howard Abrahams, Jerry Kramer, Jonathan Kramer, Sy Kaplan, Larry Smith, Ron Bieber, Jimmy Neuwirth, Len Schaier & Rabbi Paltiel.
Want to join? Simply email: rabbi@chabadpw.org and let the rabbi know. Small investment of time, huge return in terms of focus, inspiration and community connection. The Minyanaire's Club is open to any Jew in the area. One need not be a Chabad member to join. Please come on board and make us stronger!
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Praise for Chabad Schools' Emphasis on Compassion
Deputy Minister of Education Avi Wortzman (Jewish Home) visited a unique school affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch movement on Tuesday, and came away highly impressed.
Wortzman took part in a class conducted via the internet, as part of a Chabad project to provide schooling for the children of the movement's shluchim (emissaries) around the world.
Chabad shluchim provide Jewish outreach and education in a variety of cities around the world. Often, the communities they join are lacking Chabad schools, or are lacking Jewish schools altogether...
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My thanks to my son Ephraim for bringing this article to my attention
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CTeen Xtreme - A 2-week Traveling Adventure Camp!
Open to all Jewish boys and grades 9-12.
For more info & to register visit www.cteenxtreme.com.
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Lesson 6: To Be a Jew in the Free World
Sunday, March 9 | 10:00 AM
Purpose for All Mankind: The final lesson looks not at how the world of freedom affects Jews, but at how Jewish tradition can affect the world. The lesson examines the life of Menasseh ben Israel, who at the dawn of the Age of Freedom found a way to share the world's dream of redemption and move England to readmit the Jews who were expelled centuries earlier. The lesson also explores a debate that reached the U.S. Supreme Court: the constitutionality of placing menorot in the public square. We then ask: What new opportunities do we Jews have to actualize Jewish tradition's redemptive promises in new and powerful ways? |
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Purim Happenings in Port Washington
Saturday, March 15 - Sunday, March 16
Don't miss out on Purim happenings in Port Washington. Check out our programs and events.
Click here to enter our Purim minisite. |
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Purim Ball in Port Washington
Saturday Night, March 15 | 8:30 PM
Join the Purim Ball in costume! Including casino, and Cocktail Reception.
Click here for more info and to RSVP.
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Purim in the Stadium
Sunday, March 16 | 9:30-11:30 AM
Featuring world famous Hoop Wizard Jack Ryan.
Click here for more info. |
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Save the Date | Gala Dinner Monday, June 2, 2014
Please save the date for Chabad of Port Washington's annual dinner celebrating our 23rd anniversary.
Formal invitation to follow. |
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A Cake of Mistaken Identity
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question:
Why do we eat Hamantaschen on Purim? I have heard that they are the same shape as Haman's hat. But Haman was the man who wanted to wipe us out. Why would we immortalize him by eating cookies that bear his name?
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Shabbat Times |
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Shabbat Candle Lighting: |
Friday, Mar 7
5:34 pm
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Shabbat Ends: |
Shabbat, Mar 8
6:34 pm
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Parshah |
A Great Smallness
As parents, we obviously believe that genuine self-esteem is important to our children's psychological and spiritual development. But how can we avoid the hubris and laziness that invariably accompany an inflated self-image?
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Turn Up the Volume of Your Joy
Why the constant focus on joy, and how do we increase in our joy during the month of Adar? Comparing and contrasting the holidays of Purim and Pesach sheds light on how to serve
G-d with greater joy.
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Parenting |
The Benefits of Being Stupid When You're Old
There is one benefit in feeling stupid, at least when you're old: compassion.
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Meet the Month of Adar II
The spirit of Purim permeates the entire month, making it a time of unparalleled rejoicing and good mazal (fortune) for the Jewish people.
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Dancing With Us
This self we are conscious of, it is only a tiny portion of the whole, a finely focused constriction of light, the tip of a peninsula from a great, fertile continent.
Upstream lies unimaginable wealth, storehouses of treasures left by many generations. There can be found the deeds and wisdom of our holy mothers and fathers, the iron courage of every martyr, the eternal power of G-d's breath within His eternal people.
Next time you dance and sing in the joy of a beautiful deed, hear your holy mothers and fathers of ages past dancing and singing along with you.
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Parshat Vayikra
G-d calls to Moses from the Tent of Meeting, and communicates to him the laws of the korbanot, the animal and meal offerings brought in the Sanctuary. These include:
� The "ascending offering" (olah) that is wholly raised to G-d by the fire atop the altar;
� Five varieties of "meal offering" ( minchah) prepared with fine flour, olive oil and frankincense;
� The "peace offering" (shelamim), whose meat was eaten by the one bringing the offering, after parts are burned on the altar and parts are given to the kohanim (priests);
� The different types of "sin offering" (chatat) brought to atone for transgressions committed erroneously by the high priest, the entire community, the king or the ordinary Jew;
� The "guilt offering" (asham) brought by one who has misappropriated property of the Sanctuary, who is in doubt as to whether he transgressed a divine prohibition, or who has committed a "betrayal against G-d" by swearing falsely to defraud a fellow man.
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