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GREETINGS! FROM THE DIRECTORS... Greetings! Esther and I consider our Chabad of Rockville donors, volunteers, and advocates as part of our family. So, we’re happy to share with you our joy in welcoming a new addition. With immense gratitude to the Almighty, we’ve been blessed with our daughter, Devorah Leah! We're I'm also overjoyed to say thank you to a group of incredible volunteers who read last month’s newsletter and immediately offered to help blow Shofar for friends and neighbors who won’t be able to join formal High Holiday services this year due to COVID-19. We've been practicing the blowing together, and we look forward to helping make Rosh Hashanah this year a meaningful experience for all.   But our efforts don't stop there. Young families participating in The Lessans Family Mommy & Me will be getting a chance to visit out Sukkah with their little ones! Since we can't safely have them over at our place, we're bringing it to them. Introducing the Sukkah-Mobile! This mobile Sukkah will be all over town. What a fun and exciting way to teach our children about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.   Finally, please help us bring the joys of the holidays this month and next to the vulnerable in our community with extra food in our Holiday Food Packages. Join today in our ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts, by visiting this link and donating however much you are able! Wishing you and yours a sweet, happy and healthy new year,   Rabbi Moishe and Esther Kavka   Co-directors Chabad of Rockville P.S. Want to see what's coming up? Keep scrolling through the newsletter! LOOK OUT! Look out for our all new Jewish Art Calendar in your mailbox! So many of us find ourselves turning to our homes as a place to experience our religion, culture, and history. To help, as part of our High Holiday initiatives, we're excited to be sending you The Jewish Art Calendar. This beautiful calendar offers you a tangible connection to Shabbat and Jewish holidays, as well as insights and guidance for celebration of holidays and Shabbat at home. The calendar is also a fundraiser to support our COVID-19 and other community service programs. Join in and donate here. HIGHLIGHTS! Baking Apple Cinnamon Babka for Rosh Hashana with The Lessans Family Mommy & Me memebers. We love Mommy & Me too. And getting so many photos and notes each week - seeing how much the children love it - makes us love it even more! Thank you Dorit Voda, from Dorit Voda Hair & Beauty, for making our Look Good Feel Good project possible and donating haircuts to Jewish homebound seniors in our community.  What a MItzvah, shopping and stocking the Capital Kosher Pantry! So appreciate our donors and volunteers (especially the little ones) for making Bags a Hope a success!

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Our Lessans Family Mommy & Me - Challah Bake group of moms baking Challah each week with their little ones, turned into an amazing inspiration to deliver Challah and love to those in need, the most vulnerable in our community. Click here to volunteer!  Call or text Esther 301-448-2701

Stuck at home? Bake Challah with your little ones and other moms in the area - right from your home! Best for ages 1-3. Thursdays @ 10:30 AM Click here to start braiding!  Call or text Esther 301-448-2701

Keep the Capital Kosher Pantry shelves stocked! Please fill a shopping bag with kosher non-perishable staples, then call, text or email us and our wonderful volunteer, Larry Schecker, will be pick it up for delivery to the Pantry.   Call, text or email Larry 301-512-8595 larryschecker@gmail.com

SIP OF INSPIRATION

For those that missed it last month: Are you an eagle or a duck?

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