Chabad of Port Washington
Chabad of Port Washington  Email: [email protected]  Voice: 516-767-8672  www.ChabadPW.org

 



 
A word from the Rabbi

Wow! What a great celebration of 19 years! The delightful reception set the tone for a wonderful Dinner evening.

Our esteemed honorees - Ben Landa, Richard Kessel, Chaya Teldon and Rabbi Ilan & Devorah Weinberg - all spoke eloquently and briefly and the Rabbi went on and on as usual. The lucky winners of the exciting silent auction and split the pot went home with fabulous prizes and big smiles on their faces!

The honorees and I were touched by all who made the effort to join us at the dinner and truly appreciate the thoughtfulness of the many who submitted tribute listings for the Commemorative Scroll. It's been most encouraging to see that our community and friends value and appreciate the vital work carried out by Chabad.

I would also like to express our overwhelming gratitude to the honorees, Guest of Honor Ben Landa, Dinner Chairman Howard Fensterman and Chabad president Adam Katz for making this dinner a great fundraising success.

Special thanks to: Randye Hubsher, Tami Ruben, Sheryl Pinner, Peggy Klat, Carol Arnold, Shmuly Friedman, Joel Avalarde, Gil from Jewishdj.com for donating the DJ service, Rob Salzbank our legendary photographer for graciously donating his services (see our photos on his website rampagestudios.com or click here), Noam Segal (our fiddler on the roof), and so many others I'm sure I missed.

Wishing you a Shabbat Shalom and I look forward to seeing you in Shul! (Don't miss Lenny's fabulous cholent tomorrow @ shul).

See you at shul on Shabbos.

Shabbat Shalom,

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

 

Heilman, Chabad & Abraham Lincoln

Great op-ed by Jonathan Mark regarding the recent book about the Rebbe:
Submitted by Jonathan Mark on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 18:10


Nothing is easier - or more intellectually sloppy - than to take shots at Chabad for believing that the Lubavitcher rebbe is still alive or for thinking that the rebbe is the messiah.

Here, take a look at the official Chabad-Lubavitch website. Go ahead. Here's the link to their section on the rebbe. Find even one reference to the rebbe being alive or the messiah. You won't find it...

Click here for the full article.

 

Friday Night Services with Song & Dance
Experience the "new & improved"
Friday Night Shabbat Service
With Song & Dance
7:00 PM | Every Friday Night
AT CHABAD

Service complete with song, dance, kiddush & shnaps.

Calendar of Events

Jul
11

 



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.

 

Aug
17-22

 



National Jewish Retreat
Tuesday, August 11 - Sunday, August 22
At the Hyatt Regency, Reston, Virginia

Click here for more info and to RSVP.

 

Question of the Week

The Land of Milk and Honey

By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia


Our dream to move to Israel is finally becoming reality. We are making aliyah next month. I know it will be challenging. Any advice?

Answer

Israel is unlike any other country in the world. Every other place you could live, as long as you like it there all is fine. But with Israel it isn't enough that you like it there. Israel has to like you too.

Israel is a land with a soul of its own. It is the Holy Land, the place of divine blessing. If Israel finds you worthy, she shares her blessing with you, and no matter how hard life gets there, you will feel at home. But if you are undeserving of her holiness, you won't feel settled there for long.

The move to Israel is called making aliyah, which means "going up." This is not merely because Israel has a higher altitude to its surrounding countries. You need to go up to Israel because Israel is one step closer to heaven than the rest of the world. To reach Israel you need to be going upwards in your spiritual life.  It is a land of higher spiritual frequency that has little tolerance for stagnant souls. Only those who are willing to grow can feel at home there.

So along with all the paperwork and preparations for moving, prepare your soul for the journey ahead. Take a step up in your own spirituality by choosing a new mitzvah to observe, and taking on a new project of Torah study. The aliyah ascent begins now, long before you set foot in the Holy Land.

Life in Israel is not always easy. But for a soul on the way up, it really is a land flowing with milk and honey.

 

 
B"H
Board of Directors


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

 


Daily Thought

Just a Favor

The Baal Shem Tov taught that a soul may descend from its place high in the heavens down into this world for 70-80 years, just to do a favor for another.

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11050]
Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Jun. 25
8:12 pm
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Jun. 26
9:21 pm
Torah Portion: Balak

Kiddush Calendar


The kiddush this week is sponsored by Lenny and Susan Lebovitch in honor of the yahrzeit of Susan's father, David Perl OB"M. Lenny will be making his special signature cholent. Don't miss it!

Click here to let us know if you'd like to sponsor one.

 


Community News


MAZEL TOV
Mazel tov to David and Allison Rosen on the graduations of Chase and Miles.

Chase graduated SI Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, and is heading to The CUNY Graduate Program in Journalism.

Miles is graduating from Schreiber and is heading to The School of Visual Arts in NYC for Photography.
 


Paula & Harrison Spatz

Mazel tov to Bilha and Bob Spatz on the graduations of our their son Harrison and daughter Paula.

Harrison is graduating with Honors and varsity letters in swimming and track from Roslyn High School on June 25th.  He will be attending Adelphi University in the fall where he will major in Biology and enter the Early Assurance Program with Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. 

Paula is graduating from the Roslyn Middle School on June 24th and will be attending Roslyn High School in the fall where in addition to her studies she plans to continue to play volleyball and basketball for Roslyn.

BIRTHDAYS

Uri Bloch 6/27
Sophia Charney 6/30

YARTZEITS

Bernard Stapler, observed by
Mark & Selena Stapler,
Tammuz 16 - 6/28

Joseph Farhadian (Yousef), observed by
Mr. & Mrs. Keivan Farhadian,
Tammuz 17 - 6/30


Schedule of Services
 

Sunday Morning
Services: 9:00 AM
Tefillin Club: 11:30 am - 12 noon in the Chabad Library

Monday - Friday
Services: 7:00 AM

Shabbos
Friday Evening: 7:00 PM
Join our all new friday night Shabbat services with song & dance led by Rabbi Weinberg!
Saturday Morning: 9:30 AM
Followed by Kiddush Luncheon at Noon
Mincha: Following Lunch


Schedule of Classes


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
Video & Audio
 Sky Diving
In life, there's a parachute for every fall.
Parshah
 A Love (From) Hate Relationship
Balak hated the Jews - but for good reason; in his estimation, they presented a mortal threat to him. Balaam, on the other hand, like so many anti-Semites throughout the ages, hated the Jews for no reason at all...
Living
 I Am My Father
I love my father because when I bow my head, close my eyes and think for a moment about who I am, my father is there. To want my father I just have to be his son...
Stories
 Do You Have a Father?
What kind of question did Joseph ask his brothers? Doesn't everybody have a father?
Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World
CAMPUS LIFE
 Summer Break for Chabad House Directors Includes Planning for Next Year
More than 200 co-directors of campus Chabad Houses headed to an upstate New York conference facility for training sessions, workshops and inspirational gatherings in an effort to regroup and plan for the upcoming school year.
CAMPUS LIFE
 Chabad on Campus Expanding With 10 New Centers
Over the coming year, 10 new Chabad Houses will open for Jewish students around the world, bringing the total number of centers represented by the Chabad on Campus International Foundation to more than 150.
PHOTO GALLERY
 Israeli Soldiers Visit Rebbe's Resting Place in New York
A group of wounded Israeli soldiers touring the United States returned to New York after stops in the Northeastern United States and Washington, D.C.
NORTH AMERICA
 Attendees Reflect on Washington Jewish Leadership Conference
Participants of the biennial Living Legacy conference said that what struck them most about the Washington, D.C., gathering was a guest and participants list that drew from national political leaders, international ambassadors and Jewish community representatives.
the parshah in a nutshell
ParshatBalak

Balak, the King of Moab, summons the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. On the way, Balaam is berated by his ass, who sees the angel that G‑d sends to block their way before Balaam does. Three times, from three different vantage points, Balaam attempts to pronounce his curses; each time, blessings issue instead. Balaam also prophecies on the end of the days and the coming of Moshiach.

The people fall prey to the charms of the daughters of Moab and are enticed to worship the idol Peor. When a high-ranking Israelite official publicly takes a Midianite princess into a tent, Pinchas kills them both, stopping the plague raging among the people.

 

The Jewish Calendar
Friday
Today in Jewish HistoryR. Yosef Yitzchak Freed (1927)
Shabbat
Laws and CustomsEthics: Chapter 6
Sunday
Today in Jewish HistoryPassing of R. Chayim ben Attar (1743)
Monday
Today in Jewish HistoryGolden Calf Made; Hur Killed (1313 BCE)
Tuesday
Fast of Tammuz 17
Today in Jewish HistoryMoses Breaks Tablets (1313 BCE)
Today in Jewish HistoryTemple Service Disrupted (423 BCE)
Today in Jewish HistoryJerusalem Walls Breached (69 CE)
Laws and CustomsFast Day
Laws and Customs"Three Weeks" Begin
Wednesday
Today in Jewish HistoryGolden Calf Destroyed (1313 BCE)
Thursday
Friday
Shabbat
Today in Jewish HistoryBaal Shem of Worms (1636)
Laws and CustomsEthics: Chapter 1
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