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Do you know the story of the fellow who comes to shul for Yom Kippur eve without a ticket and is refused entry. Try as he might to beg his way in, the guard at the door is persistent in refusing him entry. In desperation he asks to be allowed in just for a brief two minutes so he can say a quick hello to a friend. To which the guard replies: "Ok, ok... I'll let you in just to say hi to your buddy. But if I catch you praying..."
On behalf of the membership family of Chabad, we are proud to open our doors to anyone looking for a place for the High Holidays. Our members and supporters who make the Chabad House possible are proud that ours is not a "Pay to Pray" shul. If you or anyone you know does not have a place for the Holidays (or want to experience a joyous, meaningful service this year...) please be our guests, at no charge. We do ask you to register however so that we know who to expect for security purposes.
While our doors are wide open to all, we ask that if you can afford it please consider joining our Membership family (click here for details on Membership Campaign 5771). We'd love for YOUR family to join OUR family. This way, you too can be a part of hosting our guests at our very special shul!
See you at shul on Shabbos.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN 5771
In celebration of the Twentieth Year of our Chabad, we have embarked on a campaign to increase our membership.
Click here for more information and an online membership form.
UPDATE:
We welcome new members:
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Abrahams
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Palevsky
(brought on board by Larry Pinner. Thank you Larry!)
Thank you to the Membership Committee for spearheading the campaign.
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Carol Arnold
Orly Calderon-Sherman
Arnie Herz
Randye Hubsher
Peggy Klat
Blaine Klusky
Jim Neuwirth
Sandra Neuwirth
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Rabbi Shalom Paltiel
Sheryl Pinner
Tami Ruben
Alan Salzbank
Marcy Shurka
Dorothy Waxman
Rabbi Ilan Weinberg |
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Berkowitz Gan Israel day camp closes today after a succesful season!
Click here to view latest photos.
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NEW! Daily Torah class at Chabad: Coffee & Parsha
Mon - Fri | 7:45 - 8:00 AM (services at 7:00 AM)
Sunday | 9:45 - 10:00 AM (services at 9:00 AM)
A 15 minute class on the weekly Torah portion.
For men & women. All are welcome.
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No Prior Knowledge of Anything Required!
7:00 Kabbalat Shabbat
7:15 Dvar Torah
7:17 Evening Service
7:30 Kiddush & Light Refreshments
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Upcoming JLI Course: Medicine and Morals Your Jewish guide through life's tough decisions
6 Sundays, Oct 24 - Nov 28 | 10 - 11:30 AM
At Chabad of Port Washington
Click here for more info and to register.
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The Healer's Guilty Conscience
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
I work in the line of healing and unfortunately a patient of mine just passed away. I feel as though it was my fault, because though I did all I could, I didn't save her. This is the first time I have experienced this, and was wondering, does Judaism have any insight on dealing with the guilt of losing a patient?
Answer:
There is a paradox at the heart of all caring professions. This paradox applies to all those who deal with people's real life problems, such as rabbis, doctors, therapists and manicurists.
On the one hand, to help someone you have to actually care for them. It is not possible to truly understand someone's problem if you don't attempt to connect with them, enter their world and see things from their perspective. This means not being clinical and cold, but getting somewhat emotionally involved with the person you are helping.
But at the same time, you can't help someone if you are too involved with them. There is a certain detachment necessary to be able to see the situation clearly. Only by staying removed from the person can you maintain perspective and be able to help.
So there's the paradox. I can't help you if I don't connect with you, and I can't help you unless I am detached.
The skill of true caring is the skill of switching between these two states. You listen to the problem with empathy and sincere feeling. You then diagnose and advise with total objectivity and clarity of mind. When listening you enter their shoes, when responding you go back to your own shoes. You first have to identify with the problem, but then you must dissociate from it to help find the solution.
This can be exhausting. But it is vital, not only for the patient, but also for you. You can't survive emotionally if you personally take on board every problem of every person you meet. You need to be able to sleep at night, be there for your own family, and function as a normal person. You can't do this while bearing the burden of the world on your shoulders. You need to learn to step back.
Time and experience will teach you this skill. You just had your first lesson.
You did all you could to help this patient. The patient died. This is a tragedy, and you are right to feel it. But you are not a part of the tragedy. You were part of making her life more comfortable. In the end, you are no more than an emissary of G‑d, sent to bring healing wherever you can. Life and death are not in your hands. All you can do is try to bring hope and meaning to the lives of those around you.
Her time to leave this world had come. She was blessed to have you there to support her for her onward journey.
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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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Confidence
Trusting in the One Above doesn't mean waiting for miracles.
It means having confidence in what you are doing right now
—because you know He has put you on the right path
and will fill whatever you do with energy and blessing from on high.
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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
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Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Aug. 20 |
7:29 pm |
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Aug. 21 |
8:29 pm |
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Help Jewish Education with a few Clicks
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JETS needs your help.
WE ARE GAINING SERIOUS MOMENTUM
Kohl's Department Store is presently giving away $500,000 to the 20 schools that receive the most votes, and JETS is getting into position to win! We are currently in the top 28. But the competition is fierce, as many thousands of schools are vying for this grant money, most of them are much larger (and better funded) than JETS.
We ask you, please, from the bottom of our hearts, to join us in voting for the future generation of lay-leaders, by clicking here. Once you go to this page you will need to do the following:
1 - you will be asked to Allow Kohl's Access (they are a legitimate company, so it is OK)
2 - Press the like button for Like Kohl's
3 - Press the button Cast your vote for Jets Jewish Educational Trading School
4 - Press the cast your vote button 5 times, as you can vote for the school 5 times.
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Kiddush Calendar
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This weeks kiddush is sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Abraham Jaeger in honor of the Yahrtzeit of her parents.
Thank you to the kiddush commitee for organizing the kiddush.
Click here to let us know if you'd like to sponsor one.
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Schedule of Classes
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Coffee & Parsha Class
Monday - Friday | 7:45 - 8:00 AM
Sunday | 9:45 - 10:00 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
Tuesday | 8 PM
At the home of Sanya Wilkins Clontz
1A Mohegan Ave.
Port Washington (Manhasset Isle)
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Announcement
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Chabad member seeking position.
Experienced in bookkeeping, financial analysis/spread sheets, and office administration. Good team player, hard working, and dependable.
For information please email
Rabbi Paltiel: [email protected]
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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ParshatKi Teitzei
Seventy-four of the Torah's 613 commandments (mitzvot) are in the Parshah of Ki Teitzei. These include the laws of the beautiful captive, the inheritance rights of the first-born, the wayward and rebellious son, burial and dignity of the dead, returning a lost object, sending away the mother bird before taking her young, the duty to erect a safety fence around the roof of one's home, and the various forms of kilayim (forbidden plant and animal hybrids).
Also recounted are the judicial procedures and penalties for adultery, for the rape or seduction of an unmarried girl, and for a husband who falsely accuses his wife of infidelity. The following cannot marry a person of Jewish lineage: a bastard; a male of Moabite or Ammonite descent; a first- or second-generation Edomite or Egyptian.
Our Parshah also includes laws governing the purity of the military camp; the prohibition against turning in an escaped slave; the duty to pay a worker on time and to allow anyone working for you - man or animal - to "eat on the job"; the proper treatment of a debtor and the prohibition against charging interest on a loan; the laws of divorce (from which are also derived many of the laws of marriage); the penalty of 39 lashes for transgression of a Torah prohibition; and the procedures for yibbum ("levirate marriage") of the wife of a deceased childless brother or chalitzah ("removing of the shoe") in the case that the brother-in-law does not wish to marry her.
Ki Teitzei concludes with the obligation to remember "what Amalek did to you on the road, on your way out of Egypt."
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