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This Monday night and Tuesday is Tisha B'Av, an important fast day commemorating the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and beginning of the Jewish exiles. Essentially this day represents the beginning of all the "yidishe tzoros" (Jewish problems...) throughout history. Ever since Hashem allowed His (our) Home to be destroyed we no longer felt His protection and love in such an obvious way (although they are certainly there as much as ever). Rather than being His obviously Chosen People who were the pride of all the nations in Temple days, we became the scapegoat of the nations, driven from land to land, persecuted and hated more often than not.
I know this "holiday" is not as popular or as well known as many others. Nevertheless, I want to encourage you to observe Tisha B'Av this year. The way to observe it is very simple: Refrain from eating and drinking for 25 hours, from 8:23 on Monday night until 8:54 on Tuesday night - that's all there is to it! No need to attend services (although that's an extra perk if you can make it) or listen to long drawn out sermons. Just stay home, relax, and get through the fast. It's as simple as that. (These days when we're all trying to lose a few pounds it wouldn't do us harm to go a day without eating. I don't mean you of course, you look great; I'm just talking in general... LOL)
Click here for lots of reading on the meaning of Tisha B'Av. Become more informed about your heritage. I know you may never have observed this day before, but there's always a first. It's an important part of Judaism, so it's important to you as a Jew. How about it?
Please join us for Tisha B'av services this coming Monday evening from 9:00 - 10:00 PM, and Tuesday at 7:00 AM. Also, join for the special Tisha B'Av Holocaust-themed one man play (rsvp by clicking HERE) at 6:30 PM followed my Mincha service & break-the-fast at 8:54 PM.
See you at shul on Shabbos.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Click to view latest camp photos.
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NEW! Daily Torah class at Chabad: Coffee & Parsha
Every morning after Services | 7:45 - 8:00 AM
(Services begin at 7:00 AM)
A 15 minute class on the weekly Torah portion.
For men & women. All are welcome.
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Click on this video to watch.
Thank you Edwin Effune for bringing this to my attention.
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Click to view Photos & Videos from our Annual Dinner.
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No Prior Knowledge of Anything Required!
7:00 Kabbalat Shabbat
7:15 D'var Torah
7:17 Evening Service
7:30 Kiddush & Light Refreshments
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IN HONOR OF TISHA B'AV
The Mitzvah - A Holocaust Play
Tuesday, July 20 - Tisha B'av | 6:30 PM
At Chabad of Port Washington
Fee: $10 per person - Click here to RSVP.
This event is sponsored by Al and Elaine Eskanazy.
The Mitzvah is a drama about what happens when the lives of two human beings — a Polish Jew from Bialystok and a German half-Jew who was an officer in Hitler's army — briefly intersect during the darkest days of The Holocaust.
Followed by optional services at 7 PM and break-the-fast refreshments at 8:54 PM. |
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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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A Love that Never Dies
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
Quick question: why do you dip the challah in salt?
To read the full article click here.
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Board of Directors
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Adam Katz, Esq., President
Frank Arnold
Bert Brodsky
Martin H. Brownstein, M.D.
Howard Fensterman, Esq.
M. Allan Hyman, Esq.
Sara E. Paltiel
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
Alan Rosenzweig
Alan Salzbank
Michael Samuel
Felix Sater
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Daily Thought
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Momentous Missions
Take-off of one of the Apollo missions was delayed due to a single, tiny loose component. From this the Rebbe learned:
The more momentous the mission, the more crucial the details. Including the most momentous mission of all, the purpose of Creation.
Every detail of G‑d's world and of our mission upon it is essential. Nothing is without meaning. Nothing is without vital purpose.
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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11050] |
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Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Jul. 16 |
8:07 pm |
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Jul. 17 |
9:13 pm |
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Schedule of Services
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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
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Tisha B'Av Schedule of Services:
Monday, July 19
Fast begins | 8:23 PM
Maariv and reading of Book of Lamentations | 9:00 - 10:00 PM
Tuesday, July 20
Morning Service | 7:00 AM
Mincha Service | 7:00 PM
Fast Ends | 8:54 PM
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Schedule of Classes
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Coffee & Parsha Class
Monday - Friday | 7:45 - 8:00 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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| Seasons of the Soul |
 The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av
The "Three Weeks" and Tisha b'Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile).
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| Video & Audio |
 Living with the Bracelet
Horrified, the doctor asked her, "How can you live with such a bracellet?"
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| Parshah |
 Benefit of the Doubt
Moses spoke to Israel of their failings. When Moses spoke to G‑d, however, he related only the virtues of the Jewish people and argued on their behalf, no matter what they did wrong...
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| Living |
 Survivors Reunite After Fifty Years
"Young fellow, were you in Dachau during the war? Were you in Camp"? "Yes," I replied to both questions.
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 Jewish Orgs. Pool Efforts to Win Chase Contest
In less than a day, more than $5 million in prize money will be divided among 200 charities in the Chase Community Giving program, a Facebook-based competition designed to spur interest in non-profit corporations doing good in their local communities.
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| THE ARTS |
 Dallas Show Highlights Art by "Members of the Tribe"
A North Texas Jewish center played host to a modern art show, highlighting its less-than-conventional style in giving locals outlets to explore their heritage.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 Counseling Rabbi Uses Friday Night Meals to Aid Recovery
It all started with a phone call from a person in need, but 10 years later, a Jewish family's embrace of recovering drug and alcohol addicts has an Eastern Pennsylvania treatment center extolling the virtues of Friday night dinner.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 New Mikvah Marks New Orleans'; Jewish Rebirth
Five years after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, members of the city's hard-hit Jewish community are pointing to the grand-opening of a ritual bath as evidence of the region's continuing rebirth.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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ParshatDevarim
On the 1st of Shevat (37 days before his passing), Moses begins his repetition of the Torah to the assembled Children of Israel, reviewing the events that occurred and the laws that were given in the course of their 40-year journey from Egypt to Sinai to the Promised Land, rebuking the people for their failings and iniquities, and enjoining them to keep the Torah and observe its commandments in the land that G‑d is giving them as an eternal heritage, into which they shall cross after his death.
Moses recalls his appointment of judges and magistrates to ease his burden of meting out justice to the people and teaching them the word of G‑d; the journey from Sinai through the great and fearsome desert; the sending of the Spies and the people's subsequent spurning of the Promised Land, so that G‑d decreed that the entire generation of the Exodus shall die out in the desert. "Also against me," says Moses, "was G‑d angry for your sakes, saying: You, too, shall not go in there."
Moses also recounts some more recent events: the refusal of the nations of Moab and Ammon to allow the Israelites to pass through their countries; the wars against the Emorite kings Sichon and Og, and the settlement of their lands by the tribes of Reuben and Gad and part of the tribe of Menasseh; and Moses' message to his successor, Joshua, who will take the people into the Land and lead them in the battles for its conquest: " Fear them not, for the L-rd your G‑d, He shall fight for you."
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