The Lamplighter
Chabad of Washington Heights' Weekly Newsletter
20 Teiveis, 5783 - Hakhel Year | January 13, 2022 | Torah Portion: Shemos | Issue #717
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Wishing you Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom. Next week in Jerusalem!
Rabbi Yakov Kirschenbaum
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2023 New Year Campaign
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Schedule for Week of January 15-21
Weekday classes are held on Facebook Live and on the phone at 646-558-6338 - code is 613770#
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Monday at 9:00 pm at Chabad: Gate of Trust
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Tues. & Wed. at 9:00 pm: Tanya
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Thursday at 9:00 pm at Chabad: Parshah Insights
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Shabbos at 9:30 am: Tanya & Tuna
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Shabbos at 3:50 pm: Talmudic Tales
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Friday, January 13
Light Candles at: 4:32 pm
Shabbat, January 14
Shabbat Ends: 5:36 pm
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Services are held at the Chabad House - 50 Overlook Terrace, side entrance
Shabbos P. Shemos
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13
Minchah, Kaballat Shabbat: 4:40 pm
SHABBAT, JANUARY 14
Tanya & Tuna: 9:30 am
Say Shema before: 9:39 am
Shacharit: 10:00 am
Services followed by a kiddush, sposnored anonymously
Talmudic-Tales Class: 3:45 pm
Minchah: 4:30 pm
Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 5:36 pm
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Moses and the Burning Bush
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How was Moses chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and become the leader known to history?
Prior to his return to Egypt, G‑d met Moses in a burning bush and requested that he become His messenger. Initially Moses hesitated due to his poor communication skills, but G‑d wouldn’t take no for an answer. In a series of conversations recorded in Exodus 3–4, G‑d convinces Moses to be His emissary, demand that Pharaoh free the Children of Israel from slavery, and lead them to Mount Sinai. Midrashic literature sheds light on this fascinating episode.
The Final Test
Moses was pasturing the flocks of Jethro, his father-in-law, the chief of Midian. He led the flocks after the free pastureland, and he came to the mountain of G‑d, to Horeb.
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20 Maimonides Facts You Should Know
Presented in honor of the Rambam's yahrzteit, 20 Teives (today)
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1. He Was Born Into a Prestigious Spanish Family
Maimonides was born circa 1135, in Cordoba, in the Andalusia region of Spain. His family traced their ancestry to the compiler of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi, and through him, to King David.1 Encouraged by his father—a judge on the Cordoba rabbinical court and a student of the famed Ri Migash—he pursued studies in Jewish law, philosophy, and medicine.
Maimonides, as he is known in English, is the Greek translation of “son of Maimon.” In Hebrew, he is referred to as ‘RaMBaM’ (רמב”ם), an acronym for Rabbi Moshe, son of Maimon.
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The Numerology of Redemption
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And Moses said to G‑d: “Who am I, that I might go to Pharaoh, and that I might take the children of Israel out of Egypt? . . . Please, my L‑rd, send by the hand of he whom You will send.”
“Send by the hand of he whom You will send”—by the hand of Moshiach, who is destined to be revealed.
Our sages state that “the first redeemer, he is the final redeemer.” This is not to say that Moses, who delivered the Jewish people from their first exile, and Moshiach, who will bring about the final redemption, are the same person. Moses was from the tribe of Levi, while Moshiach is identified as a descendent of King David, from the tribe of Judah. Rather, it means that the redemption achieved by Moses is the source for the redemption by Moshiach.
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Nut Seed Bread Recipe. All Variations. Gluten Free
By Levana Kirschenbaum | 12/30/20
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We all go through stages of our lives when we must tweak our carb intake. Yes, you have guessed it: it is that time of life for me to use my carb allowance judiciously. For example, I WANT my perfect pizza slice a couple times a week, so I must make room for it. So here’s my GREAT news:
My Nut Seed Bread is Low in Net Carbs!
For a halachic guide to
washing & checking vegetables, fruits, & berries, click here
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A man visiting a bar each evening, would routinely throw glass cups at the bartender and at the people sitting around and drinking. Yet he always made sure to follow up his violence by pleading for forgiveness. “I suffer from uncontrollable rage and I am deeply ashamed of it; please forgive me for my embarrassing and unforgivable behavior,” he would always say.
Finally, the bartender made an ultimatum with the man. He could not come back to the bar unless he underwent therapy for a full year. The man consented. He did not show up at the bar any longer.
After the year finally passed, the man showed up at the bar one evening. Lo and behold he took a glass and threw it right at the bartender.
“What’s going on?” the bartender thundered.
“Well, as you have suggested, I went to therapy,” the man replied, “and now I am not embarrassed anymore.”
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"Everyone must regard himself and the world as evenly poised between good and guilt...If he performed a good deed, he has shifted the balance of his fate, and that of the entire world to good, and has brought deliverance and salvation upon himself and upon them all."
-Maimonides, Laws of Teshuvah Ch. 3, Law 4
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"The time of our redemption has arrived!"
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1990-1 - see Yalkut Shimoni Yeshayahu, remez 499
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