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Thank you to the dedicated Dinner Committee for their hard work in preparation of our upcoming dinner. With everyone's help (and support...) we expect this to be our most successful dinner ever.
Our dinner committee is asking for your help:
- if you can contribute a gift to the silent auction ($500 value or more), or you know someone who can, please email Randye Hubsher: [email protected].
- we are looking for small "tchachkes", useful little gifts to include in a giveaway and to be given to each guest. If you can donate 350 of such an item, or know someone who can, email Tami Ruben: [email protected].
And before I forget - if you haven't yet rsvp'd or supported the dinner effort by placing your tribute listing in the Commemorative Scroll, please do so today! Click here, help your Chabad spread "Judaism with a Smile"!
I hope to see YOU @ SHUL soon!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Building Bridges for Tolerance & Mutual Respect |
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Building Bridges Inc. is a non profit organization established through our Chabad that will offer after school programs to children & teens, through sports, recreational activities, & volunteerism.
Recently, the committee of Building Bridges met to discuss the plans for this exciting venture. Click here to view Photos from the recent committee meeting for Building Bridges for Tolerance & Mutual Respect.
For a list of Building Bridges Board Members click here.
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JLI Course: Beyond Never Again
6 Sundays Began May 2 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
80 Shore Road, Port Washington NY 11050
Click here for more info and to register.
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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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A Flotilla of Falsehood and the Tedious Truth
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
What do you say to this Gaza flotilla episode? Did you see the real story behind it on YouTube? As usual the media and world opinion condemns Israel for defending itself. When will truth prevail?
Answer
In the battle for truth, there is an important lesson we can learn from the Hebrew language.
The word for truth in Hebrew is Emet. The word for falsehood is Sheker. Both words are made up of three Hebrew letters. The difference is that the three letters of Emet are the first, middle and last letters of the alphabet (aleph, mem, tav), while the letters that make up Sheker (shin, kuf, reish) are consecutive letters, bunched together in the alphabet.
The holy tongue is here giving a profound insight into the difference between truth and falsehood. Truth is a broad and all-encompassing perspective, while falsehood is no more than a misleading and narrow snapshot.
To know the truth you need to know the full picture, from beginning to end. You cannot understand a situation without knowing the background, the events that led to it. And you don't know whether an event is a victory or a defeat until its consequences unravel.
On the other hand, to view a scene in isolation, out of context, ignorant of the facts and unaware of the backdrop, will invariably lead to false impressions.
Sadly, modern mainstream media is prone to falsehood. Catchy sound bites, dramatic images, angry reactions and loose accusations are far more newsworthy than lengthy explanations, detailed analysis and historic perspective. In the grab for airtime, a tedious truth will not compete with a flotilla of falsehood.
But in the end truth will prevail. This crisis, like others before, will pass. People of good will and integrity around the world are already seeing beyond the false headlines. Newspapers are disposable, and for good reason. Truth is not.
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This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org |
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| Video & Audio |
 Can Spiritual be Immoral?
Is being "spiritual" the same as being G‑dly? Spirituality is a human impulse not a divine one.
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| Living |
 Love the Stranger
More powerful than all his pain was the refined light shining out of this young but old man. He was simply an exquisite human being. With a special charm, clearly the result of years of struggle, he had emerged with a very rare type of warmth...
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| Spirituality |
 A Story About a Prince
"Tell us a story, Grandpa!" begged the children. "Tell us a story about a prince..."
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| Women |
 Sharing the World's Beauty
She turned round quickly and her flippers sent a cloud of tiny bubbles towards my mask. When they cleared I saw her signaling frantically: she clutched her throat a few times and then held her hand out towards me. The bubbles that were supposed to be drifting out of her mouth piece were no longer there...
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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 Long, Lost Telegram Brings Descendents of Holocaust Victims Together
What's the value of 25 words? For many fleeing the onslaught of Nazi forces during World War II, and their families throughout Europe and beyond, a simple telegram was the only way to stay in touch with loved ones.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 White House Welcomes Eclectic Mix of Jewish Americans
An eclectic mix of 200 Jewish politicians and literary, athletic, academic and entertainment icons joined President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House Thursday afternoon in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 Spiritual Seekers Find a Home at Hip, Jewish Center in Montreal
If you're young, hip, Jewish and living in Montreal, you might know Rabbi Yisroel Bernath.
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| EUROPE |
 Liverpool's Jewish Students to Get New Center
Jewish students in Liverpool, England, will soon welcome a Chabad-Lubavitch center dedicated specifically to their needs and concerns with the arrival of Rabbi Shmuli and Tzivia Brown to the northwestern city of 450,000.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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ParshatShlach
Moses sends twelve spies to the Land of Canaan. Forty days later they return, carrying a huge cluster of grapes, a pomegranate and a fig, to report on a lush and bountiful land. But ten of the spies warn that the inhabitants of the land are giants and warriors "more powerful than we"; only Caleb and Joshua insist that the land can be conquered, as G‑d has commanded.
The people weep that they'd rather return to Egypt. G‑d decrees that Israel's entry into the Land shall be delayed forty years, during which time that entire generation will die out in the desert. A group of remorseful Jews storm the mountain on the border of Land and are routed by the Amalekites and Canaanites.
The laws of the menachot ( meal, wine and oil offerings) are given, as well as the mitzvah to consecrate a portion of the dough ( challah) to G‑d when making bread. A man violates the Shabbat by gathering sticks and is put to death. G‑d instructs to place fringes ( tzitzit) on the four corners of our garments so that we should remember to fulfill the mitzvot (Divine commandments).
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