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As we pass the gas stations each day, we see the prices climb higher and higher. There are some who have become expert in finding out which gas stations offer the best deal. But one thing is clear; we can't even move one step without filling up.
In Judaism, we also need fuel to help us move forward. The fuel to a stimulating Jewish life is the study of Torah.
When one understands the reasons and the history behind a Mitzvah or a tradition, he/she is much more inclined to actually observe it. And more importantly, when he/she does perform the mitzvah, it's done with a deeper level of enthusiasm and zest.
When it comes to spiritual fuel, don't look for a bargain!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
P.S. Our Chabad offers various opportunities for Torah study, including study of the weekly Torah portion each Sunday mornings 10am-11:30, Tanya - Chassidic & Kabalistic philosophy Saturdays 8:45-9:30am, and a 20 minute class after morning services each day, M-F beginning at 7:45am.Take advantage of some of your summer free time to fuel up on some Torah knowledge.
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Don't believe in miracles? Watch this clip.
Around 1970, a young teenage girl who had inexplicably lost her voice, emerged from the Rebbe's room speaking again! Now a healthy mother of eleven, she tells "the rest of the story."
Click here to watch a 7 minute clip.
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Chabad in Palm Beach offering $1000 Reward for missing "Rebbe Dollar"
It's such a blessed buck, it's actually worth $1,000 — and it may be floating somewhere in a Florida waterway.
The Chabad House-Lubavitch of Palm Beach is offering a $1,000 reward — no questions asked — for the safe return of the $1 bill that was stolen Tuesday night during a burglary at the synagogue.
The thief, caught on surveillance camera, stole a special donation box at the Chabad center that included the bill, considered sacred because it was blessed by the movement's late grand rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
During the late 1980s, Schneerson was known for handing out dollar bills to thousands of visitors who'd line up for hours on Sundays outside his Crown Heights, Brooklyn, headquarters to greet him.
Before heading to Florida in 1987 to open the center, Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui said he received one of the coveted bills from Schneerson with instructions that it be taped inside a charity box and displayed at the center. The bill has written on it blessings Schneerson gave during the meeting, which Ezagui wrote down.
Click here to read more.
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Did You Get the Message Yet?
By: Rabbi Aron Moss
Sydney, Australia
Question:
Rabbi, do you think we are too flooded with information these days? No matter where we are, we are online, contactable, and never alone. You used to have to go and check your mail in your letterbox once a day. Now you can check your email on your phone every two minutes. Is this a good thing?
Sent from my iPhone
Answer:
That's a great question. I will have to think about it. I will get back to you with an answer soon.
All the best,
Rabbi Moss
Sent from my Blackberry while I was in the middle of dinner with my family
Instead of spending time with the people closest to me
I was checking emails and responding to complete strangers
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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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The Escape Hatch
All of us need a small hatch through which we can climb out of our little spaceship once in a while.
So we can look at ourselves from the outside and see what is good and what needs repair and what could be put to better use. So we can look beyond ourselves and see how we compare to the vast universe. And then we can grow.
In fact, we all have just such a hatch. We don't use it much, however. Because we are so fearful of leaving our comfortable, well-defined selves and venturing into the vast Beyond.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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Parshat Korach
 Korach incites a mutiny challenging Moses' leadership and the granting of the kehunah ( priesthood) to Aaron. He is accompanied by Moses' inveterate foes, Dathan and Aviram. Joining them are 250 distinguished members of the community, who offer the sacrosanct ketoret (incense) to prove their worthiness for the priesthood. The earth opens up and swallows the mutineers, and a fire consumes the ketoret-offerers.
A subsequent plague is stopped by Aaron's offering of ketoret. Aaron's staff miraculously blossoms and brings forth almonds, to prove that his designation as high priest is divinely ordained.
G‑d commands that a terumah ("uplifting") from each crop of grain, wine and oil, as well as all firstborn sheep and cattle, and other specified gifts, be given to the kohanim (priests).
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