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There are many methods of educating, or passing on a message. Some teachers preach, others speak inspiring words, and then you have the creative people who use hands-on methods. All these are excellent for transmitting information. But when it comes to teaching morality, teaching a way of life, none of these methods are strong enough. The Rebbe changed many lives, but not by preaching and not by lecturing. He was simply a living example. His love for each and every Jew and human being, and his self sacrifice for the ideals of Judaism inspired a whole generation.
This coming Tuesday marks the 16th Yahrzeit (anniversary of passing) of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson of righteous memory. The day of passing of a holy tzadik is an auspicious day to reflect and bond with the tzadik's soul and to ask the tzadik to intercede on High on our behalf. Click here to learn more about the Rebbe.
 The Rebbe and his teachings are the inspiration to our Chabad Centers, as well as the thousands of other such centers around the world. He single handedly inspired young Chabad rabbis and their families to go out and dedicate their lives to Jewish outreach, connecting with others from all backgrounds and levels of observance. The Rebbe showed us all insisting that each and every one of us is an equal and integral part of Hashem's beloved people. He taught love and non-judgmental caring for each and every individual. The spirit of unity that you find here at Chabad is due to his instruction and teachings.
May we continue to be inspired and uplifted by his guidance and teachings.
I hope to see YOU @ SHUL soon!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Chabad's 19th Anniversary Dinner!
Wednesday, June 23 (Eve of Tamuz 12)
At the Wooodbury Jewish Center
Honoring:
Richard Kessel | Ben Landa | Chaya Teldon | Rabbi Ilan & Devorah Weinberg
Click here for more info and to RSVP.
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Chosen People: Doesn't That Sound Racist?
Lecture by Rabbi Shalom Paltiel
Sunday, July 11 | 10 -11:30 AM | At Chabad
Fee: $10 per person | $15 couple | Free for students of most recent JLI course - Beyond Never Again.
Click here to RSVP.
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National Jewish Retreat
Tuesday, August 11 - Sunday, August 22
At the Hyatt Regency, Reston, Virginia
Click here for more info and to RSVP.
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I Wish I Could Take a Photo...
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
My son's bar mitzvah is this weekend and I can't wait. But one thing upsets me - we can't take photos or video at the service on Shabbos. It just seems so wrong that such a milestone cannot be recorded. I understand that the Shabbos laws do not allow it, but surely videoing a bar mitzvah should be considered within the spirit of the law?
Answer
We are very fortunate to live in times like these, when technology allows us to view any event happening anywhere in the world any time we want. Judaism embraces these advances and encourages us to use them wisely. But there is also a down side to all modern inventions.
In the case of photography, there is a risk that capturing an event can sometimes substitute experiencing the event itself. A camera can be a great thing to hide behind. Rather than actually attending an occasion, absorbing the experience and being present, we find ourselves looking for good angles, the right lighting and photogenic moments. The whole mood is different, as people behave a certain way when they are being filmed. There can sometimes be a feeling that unless photos of an event have been posted online, the event never happened.
This is not to say that photography has no place. But not on Shabbos. Shabbos is the day of real life experiences, when we feel the immediacy of what's happening around us. Our attention is more focused, our minds more alert, our eyes more observant and our memories more acute, when we know that this scene is once in a lifetime and can never be seen again.
Rather than capturing these moments on film, capture them in your heart. Don't wait for the video, experience things as they happen. Etch the scene in your memory, engrave it on your soul and let the real life version be yours forever.
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Board of Directors
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Adam Katz, President
Roxann Management; Talon Air Corp.
Frank Arnold
Sands Point, NY
Bert Brodsky
Sandata Corp.
Martin H. Brownstein, M.D.
Laboratory of Dermatopathology, Retired
Howard Fensterman, Esq.
Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP
M. Allan Hyman, Esq.
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Sara E. Paltiel
Chabad of Port Washington
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
Chabad of Port Washington
Alan Rosenzweig
Alan Roberts & Associates
Alan Salzbank
Gargoyle Asset Management
Michael Samuel
Green Energy Management
Felix Sater
Senior Advisor to Donald Trump
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Daily Thought
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Functional Light
G‑d did not give you light that you may hold it up in the middle of the day.
When you are given light it is in order to accomplish something,
to do something difficult and novel.
Go take your light and transform the darkness that it may also shine!
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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11050] |
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Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Jun. 11 |
8:08 pm |
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Jun. 12 |
9:17 pm |
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BIRTHDAYS
Amy Zahn-Stern 6/16
YARTZEITS
Harry Strick (Tzvi Yakov ben Yosef), observed by Mr. Joseph Strick,
Tammuz 1 - 6/13
Gitia Kisilenko, observed by
Mr. & Mrs. Kessler, Tammuz 1 - 6/13
Janka Lazarovic (Chana bas Shmuel), observed by Mark Lazarovic & Rosalie Silver, Tammuz 1 - 6/13
Rosalie W. Greene (Razel bas Leibish Baer), observed by Mr. & Mrs. R. Aghravi, Tammuz 2 - 6/14
Murray Yoss (Mordechai ben Nochum), observed by Rhonda & Arthur Kaplan, Tammuz 5 - 6/17
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Schedule of Classes
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JLI - Beyond never Again
With Rabbi Paltiel
Sundays | 10:00-11:30 AM
Tanya Class
With Rabbi Weinberg
Thursday Evenings
At a private home in the community. Email [email protected] for time & location.
Tanya Class
With Rabbi Paltiel
Saturdays | 8:45-9:30 AM
Women's Study Group
with Devorah Weinberg
every Shabbat after Kiddush lunch
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This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org |
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| Video & Audio |
 The Simulated Life
Do you have a lever, a button or activity that you press to give you a simulated feeling of purpose or meaning?
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 The Road to Heaven
"I, too, desire it!" Is Moses playing devil's advocate? Or is he baring a soul driven by a striving so exalted and G‑dly that it is beyond the reach even of a Moses, a soul that finds its deepest yearnings frustrated by a divine command barring its path, commanding, "Stop. No. Not Yet."
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| Stories |
 Silence Speaks
Silence. Perplexed, the bank manager looked at the Rebbe. The Rebbe looked at him. More silence. What was going on?
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| Women |
 Make Them or Break Them
On's wife did what any devoted better-half would do - she reassured him that she would take care of the situation. She then neutralized her husband (thank G‑d for the bottle!) as zero-hour approached...
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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 Community Pledges to Rebuild After Fire Claims Queens Synagogue
Confronted with a devastating fire that ruined a little girl's birthday party and left much of her family's home and Jewish center unusable, congregants of Chabad-Lubavitch of Long Island City in New York have turned the experience into a positive one.
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| OBITUARY |
 Former Israeli Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Passes Away at 81
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, who at the age of 28, became the youngest member ever to serve as a judge in the Israeli rabbinical courts and went on to serve for a decade in the nation's highest rabbinic office as the Sephardic Chief Rabbi, succumbed Monday afternoon to a prolonged illness.
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 Firehouse to Become Roseville, Calif.'s First Jewish Community Center
Rabbi Yossi and Malkie Korik had no intention of purchasing a site to house their growing Roseville, Calif., Jewish center, and preferred instead to rent a storefront. But then, the town's former 4,800-square-foot fire station and its 1.3-acre lot came up for auction.
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 Holocaust Survivor Shares Message of Hope With Houston Audience
Pointing to his experiences in the Holocaust as a caution against allowing human suffering to go unchecked in the world, 88-year-old Sam Spritzer told a group of young Jewish professionals in Houston, Texas, that his unlikely survival offered hope for the future.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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ParshatKorach
Korach incites a mutiny challenging Moses' leadership and the granting of the kehunah ("priesthood") to Aaron, accompanied by Moses' erstwhile foes, Dathan and Aviram. Joining them are 250 distinguished members of the community, who offer the sacrosanct ketoret (incense) to prove their worthiness for the priesthood. The earth opens up and swallows the mutineers, and a fire consumes the ketoret-offerers.
A subsequent plague is stopped by Aaron's offering of ketoret. Aaron's staff miraculously blossoms and brings forth almonds to prove that his designation as High Priest is Divinely ordained.
G‑d commands that a terumah ("uplifting") from each crop of grain, wine and oil, all firstborn sheep and cattle, and other specified gifts be given to the Kohanim.
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