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I always found it interesting that voting rights are granted to citizens even if they're not in town during an election. In Israel, for example, if you are out of the country on Election Day, you lose the right to vote.
Here, you just get an absentee ballot and you are all set. You can be anywhere in the world and your vote counts.
Wouldn't it be great to apply the same idea in our Jewish observance - like sending an absentee ballot to Shul on Yom Kippur...
But in Judaism, this would never fly!
G‑d doesn't need your vote - and certainly not your opinion. What G‑d wants is a personal relationship with you.
G‑d wants you to show up!
See you at shul on Shabbos.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Shalom M Paltiel
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A Must see Music Video!
Speaks volumes on the current situation.
It's important we keep ourselves clear on Israel while confusion exisits all around us.
Click here to watch.
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The Power of Thought
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
My friend who is not Jewish asked me what makes kosher wine different to other wine. I didn't know what to say. How would you respond to him without getting into all the technicalities?
Answer:
There is no visible difference between kosher wine and other wines. The difference is purely spiritual.
Generally speaking, all fruits are kosher, and therefore any pure juice from a fruit, without any additives, should be kosher. The one exception to this is juice from a grape. For wine or grape juice to be kosher, they must be produced and supervised by Jews who are knowledgeable in the laws of keeping kosher.
The reason for this distinction is that wine, more than any other drink, is used for religious purposes. In Jewish tradition, wine is used at wedding ceremonies and Brisses, for Kiddush on Shabbos and festivals, and at the Havdalah ceremony at the conclusion of holy days. Many other religions also use wine in their ceremonies. And there are many other uses for wine that are profane and unholy. For the wine to be kosher and fit to use for Jewish ceremonies, we need to know that the intention of the winemakers was that the wine be used for such purposes, as opposed to any other less sacred purpose.
This teaches an amazing lesson. The thoughts put into creating something have an effect on that creation. Intentions have impact. If a foreign thought can make wine unkosher, imagine what good thoughts can do. |
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This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org |
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| On Love and Marriage |
 Jewish Wedding: step-by-Step
An eleven-step click-thru which will lead you through a traditional Jewish wedding. Learn about its basic laws, traditions, and their meanings.
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| Seasons of the Soul-20 Cheshvan |
 Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson (1860-1920)
The fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn, was born in the town of Lubavitch in Belarus on the 20th of the Jewish month of Cheshvan in 1860
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| Video and Audio |
 Science, Faith and Creation
The limits of science in understanding the nature and purpose of our existence.
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| Parshah |
 Someone Has to Pay Retail
When his wife Sarah passed away, Abraham was offered an incredible bargain: a free burial plot. Abraham's refusal to accept teaches us something about the worth of bargains...
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 California Boy Raises $42,000, Sends Wheelchairs Overseas
Tyler Hochman describes his effort to send 280 wheelchairs to Israel with a metaphor.
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| CAMPUS LIFE |
 Binghamton Alumni Pack Ballroom for Jewish Center's 25th Anniversary
Hundreds of candles glinted off wine glasses while a burnished chandelier hanging from a 70-foot-high ceiling cast a rosy glow over the packed marble-clad ballroom of New York City's Gotham Hall.
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| CAMPUS LIFE |
 Annual Alley-oop for Autism Enlists Illinois Basketball Team
The University of Illinois' championship men's basketball team partnered with the Urbana-Champaign campus'; Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life, its traditionally Jewish Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, and the Stuart I. Raskas Freindship Circle of Illinois, a Chabad-Lubavitch program that pairs teenage volunteers with children for special needs, for the annual "Alley-oop for Autism"; day of fun at the arena.
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| OBITUARY |
 Leading Moroccan Jewish Educator Passes Away at Age of 86
Pessy Matusof, a longtime Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who as director of the Jewish girls high school in Casablanca influenced the educational and spiritual development of thousands of Moroccans, passed away Oct. 11 at the age of 86.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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Parshat Chayei Sarah
Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpeilah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for 400 shekels of silver.
Abraham's servant, Eliezer, is sent laden with gifts to Charan to find a wife for Isaac. At the village well, Eliezer asks G‑d for a sign: when the maidens come to the well, he will ask for some water to drink; the woman who will offer to give his camels to drink as well, shall be the one destined for his master's son.
Rebecca, the daughter of Abraham's nephew Bethuel, appears at the well and passes the "test". Eliezer is invited to their home, where he repeats the story of the day's events. Rebecca returns with Eliezer to the land of Canaan, where they encounter Isaac praying in the field. Isaac marries Rebecca, loves her, and is comforted over the loss of his mother.
Abraham takes a new wife, Keturah (Hagar) and fathers six additional sons, but Isaac is designated as his only heir. Abraham dies at age 175 and is buried beside Sarah by his two eldest sons, Isaac and Ishmael.
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