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This weekend I join over 4,000 Rabbis from across the globe in Brooklyn, NY at Lubavitch World Headquarters for our annual international convention. It is so very encouraging and heartwarming to spend the weekend with colleagues from around the globe - it's like a family reunion. It is also a weekend of gaining renewed strength and energy to continue the mission the Lubavitcher Rebbe has empowered us to do.
In addition to the convention for the Shluchim, close to 600 children of Shluchim including my own son, Levi, will participate in his own convention this weekend. For many of these young selfless children it's a very rare and prized opportunity to mingle and socialize with children just like them before they return home where they resume the role of "the Rabbi's son", assisting their parents in embracing and servicing the Jewish people of their communities.
To learn more about this unique, invigorating convention, click here.
I encourage you to read a special article on our website, entitled "The Emissary" about the Rebbe's vision to change the world... it is fascinating!
Also, this Sunday tune it at 5:30 pm - the annual banquet culminating the convention will be streaming live on our website! Tune in to be a part of a remarkable extraordinary evening like none other - with over 4,000 Chabad Rabbis and over 1,000 friends and partners of Chabad worldwide. Click here to watch the live broadcast on Sunday.
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Shalom M Paltiel
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Announcement: Ruben Mizvah Tree |
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You may have noticed the gorgeous new Ruben Family Mitzvah Tree in the shul lobby. This custom made amazing piece of work was commissioned, designed and sponsored by Tami and Dr. Glen Ruben to honor the memory of their departed loved ones.
The Mitzvah Tree will function very much like a "Tree of Life" which you see at many synagogues. The Rubens decided to name this a Mitzvah Tree since it is usually in honor of a family "Simcha" that one might dedicate a leaf.
Dedicate a leaf in honor of a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, birthday, child's birthday, anniversary, graduation, promotion or whatever.
Donation per leaf - Gold leaf: $2,500; Bronze leaf: $1,000
Contact the office or email [email protected] to make the arrangements. Donations can be paid out over time.
May our community experience many "simchas" and may our tree grow, along with our families and community!
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The Truth about the Tooth Fairy
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
My daughter just lost her first tooth, so I need to know: do Jews believe in the Tooth Fairy? It seems wrong to lie to kids and pretend a fairy gave them money for their tooth. Should I just be up front and give her the money myself instead of creating false beliefs?
Answer:
This is certainly not a Jewish thing. But I wouldn't call it a lie. It's more like a childish game of imagination. I doubt many kids have been damaged by the discovery that there is no fairy sneaking into their bedrooms at night. And they probably think that it's their parents who are being duped as they pocket the cash.
But there is a potential danger to the Tooth Fairy myth. It rewards children for doing nothing. Losing a tooth is a natural process that requires no effort on the part of the child. They have achieved nothing more than a bit of wobbling, and then you pay them for it. To reward a child for something that will happen anyway is a waste of the incentive power of money.
Even worse, it promotes the dangerous belief that you can get money for nothing. That is far more harmful for a child's future than believing in the Tooth Fairy. I have yet to meet an adult that still thinks fairies put money under pillows, but I certainly know some who still think the world owes them a free ride.
Better reward children for good behaviour, and teach them that hard work pays. When a child does something unnatural and difficult, like sharing their favourite toys even when they don't want to or cleaning up after themselves without being told, that warrants a little deposit under the pillow.
And if you want to capture their imagination, tell them some authentic Jewish wisdom: For every good deed you do, an angel is created to protect you. And every time you hold back from doing the wrong thing, G‑d's light shines on you.
It's easy to lose a tooth. It's much harder to lose a bad habit. But good deeds create good energy. And self-control makes you stronger. That's no fairy tale. |
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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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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
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Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Nov. 5 |
5:29 pm |
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Nov. 6 |
6:28 pm |
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Kiddush Calendar |
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Click here to let us know if you'd like to sponsor a kiddush.
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MAZAL TOVS
Mazel tov to Debbie & Yair Harari on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Eden which will take place this Shabbat at Chabad.
Mazel tov to Howard and Lori Fensterman on the marriage of their daughter Staci to Alex Liebson.
Howard & Lori Fensterman
Mazel tov Gary and Merril Levy opon the engagement of thier daughter Jamie.
BIRTHDAYS
Randye Hubsher 11/8
Stephen Gaidis 11/10
Mrs. Annette Chana Buchman 11/11
YARTZEITS
Rosalyn Becker (Rachel), observed by Phil & Jacqueline Becker, Kislev 2 - 11/9
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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Parshat Toldot
Isaac marries Rebecca. After twenty childless years their prayers are answered and Rebecca conceives. She experiences a difficult pregnancy as the "children struggle inside her"; G‑d tells her that "there are two nations in your womb," and that the younger will prevail over the elder.
Esau emerges first; Jacob is born clutching Esau's heel. Esau grows up to be "a cunning hunter, a man of the field"; Jacob is "a wholesome man," a dweller in the tents of learning. Isaac favors Esau; Rebecca loves Jacob. Returning exhausted and hungry from the hunt one day, Esau sells his birthright (his rights as the firstborn) to Jacob for a pot of red lentil stew.
In Gerar, in the land of the Philistines, Isaac presents Rebecca as his sister, out of fear that he will be killed by someone coveting her beauty. He farms the land, reopens the wells dug by his father Abraham, and bores a series of his own wells: over the first two there is strife with the Philistines, but the waters of the third well are enjoyed in tranquility.
Esau marries two Hittite women. Isaac grows old and blind, and expresses his desire to bless Esau before he dies. While Esau goes off to hunt for his father's favorite food, Rebecca dresses Jacob in Esau's clothes, covers his arms and neck with goatskins to simulate the feel of his hairier brother, prepares a similar dish, and sends Jacob to his father. Jacob receives his fathers' blessings for "the dew of the heaven and the fat of the land" and mastery over his brother. When Esau returns and the deception is revealed, all Isaac can do for his weeping son is to predict that he will live by his sword, and that when Jacob falters, the younger brother will forfeit his supremacy over the elder.
Jacob leaves home for Charan to flee Esau's wrath and to find a wife in the family of his mother's brother, Laban. Esau marries a third wife — Machlat, the daughter of Ishmael.
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