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Now that the holidays are behind us, can we talk about getting some "Shul time" in between now and next Rosh Hashanah? It's a good thing.
If you aren't yet a shul goer, consider penciling in a monthly Shabbat when the family goes to Shul. How about the first Shabbat of each month... (Pencil it in, otherwise it's sure not to happen, guaranteed!)
If you are in shul on Shabbat, consider attending on one or two weekdays. Mondays and Thursdays are Torah days so that would be the place to start. (If you are a Hebrew School parent, Sunday morning services are right there down the hall after dropping off the kids).
Speaking of Shul - we are in need of Kiddush sponsors for some of the upcoming Shabbats... Consider sponsoring Kiddush in honor of a birthday or anniversary, or the yahrzeit of a loved one. It'll give you a good excuse to be at shul while giving the congregation a delicious Shabbat lunch.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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How to Honor your Parents even when You don't Love Them
By: Rabbi Manis Friedman
Watch this when you have 5 min. Very interesting perspective
Click here to watch.
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Levi Paltiel began putting on tefillin for the first time, in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah on Sunday in 770, the Rebbe's Shul.
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Oprah Visits Mikvah for Show
Thank you Michael Samuel for bringing this article to my attention.
read more>>
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NEW JLI - Fascinating Facts: Exploring the Myths and Mysteries of Judaism
Does Judaism believe in guardian angels? Why do Jews use matchmakers? Who wrote the handwriting on the wall? A fun course in Jewish cultural literacy, full of surprising facts, myths, and mysteries surrounding Jewish tradition and practice.
Begins Sunday, November 6 |10-11:30 AM
At Chabad of Port Washington, 80 Shore Road, PW
Click here for more info and to register online.
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NEW: Parenting Class | At Chabad
Wednesday, Nov. 9 | 11 AM
We are pleased to announce a monthly parenting class lead by Sara Paltiel of Chabad Port Washington.
How can we raise our child to be a good person and not just raise our child to feel good?
Come listen, share and learn with us. In today's world with so much distraction, we find ourselves caught up in a whirlwind of technology, over scheduling and a sense of entitlement. This may lead to less communication and harmony in the home. Sara will share, and discuss practical parenting techniques based on her experience, and the Torah to help us make our home a sanctuary- a loving, calm and spiritual environment.
Please RSVP by calling the office 516 767 8672.
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Men's Basketball Night for Chabad Members
We are excited to announce that a Men's Basketball Night will be meeting on a weekly basis, beginning Wednesday, Novemer 9th at 7:30 - 8:30 PM.
Program is FREE to Chabad Members; $10 Charge per game to non-members.
If you are interested in joining this group please contact Dr. Glen Ruben at: [email protected] - or - 516 729 8571. |
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Annual Membership Shabbat Dinner
Friday Night, December 9th 2011
Services: 6:00 PM | Shabbat Dinner: 6:30 PM
Chabad Members are invited to join us for the annual Membership Dinner.
Join us to celebrate Shabbat with our community and have the opportunity of meeting and getting to know other members in the Chabad of Port Washington family.
Hosted by Rabbi Shalom & Sara Paltiel and Rabbi Ilan & Devorah Weinberg.
Click here for more info and to RSVP online. |
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Too Good for G‑d?
It happened once on Shabbos that in the midst of prayer, the Alter Rebbe removed his Tallis and went to the edge of the town. There, he found a woman who had just given birth. The Alter Rebbe had sensed that she needed help...
Click here to watch an 8-minute clip.
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Stop Acting Like a 40 Year Old!
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question: Can you explain why Genesis describes the lifespan of the early generations as being incredibly long? Adam is said to have died at age 930, Noah was almost 500 when he started building the ark (not bad!) and Methuselah lived a world record 969 years! So what happened? Why don't we live that long anymore?
Answer: The longevity of our patriarchs raises several questions...
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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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Shabbat Times
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5:30 pm
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Shabbat, Nov 5
6:29 pm
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Kiddush Calendar
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This week's kiddush is sponsored by Rabbi Paltiel's Sunday morning Torah Class.
Click here to let us know if you'd like to sponsor a kiddush.
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Daily Thought
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Adulthood
Three things you must know to be an adult:
- Don't fool yourself.
- Don't fool others.
- Don't let others fool you.
-and do it all without trying to impress anybody.
(Rabbi Shalom DovBer of Lubavitch told this to his son before his bar mitzvah.)
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* PATRONIZE OUR SPONSORS *
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| Lech Lecha: Focus on Circumcision |
 Why Aren't Men Born Circumcised?
If He doesn't want us eating pork, why did He make it edible? If he wants men circumcised, why aren't they born that way?
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| Stories of Love |
 How a Kind Word Saved Her Life
Sara held on to the hope that she would leave that office with those few pieces of paper that would mean a new life for her and her family.
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| Another Perspective |
 Keeping the Focus on Unity
We wonder how to create unity and cohesion out of chaos and diversity.
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| Digging Deeper |
 Eagle or Teddy Bear?
When G‑d tells us to leave our laurels of yesterday's accomplishment and take on the new, He is really telling us to be alive today.
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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| ISRAEL |
 Thousands of Second Graders Tour Restored Tel Aviv Synagogue
Thousands of children visited the Chabad-Lubavitch run synagogue in the trendy Shenkin neighborhood of Tel Aviv over the course of last month, flocking to the facility with their public school classmates to learn about the Jewish holidays and receive their first bound volumes of the Torah.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 Students and Rabbis Huddle Up After Early Snow Knocks Out Power
The earliest snowstorm on record since the Civil War hit Saturday afternoon. Before long, the flakes piled up on trees, weighing down branches until they snapped into yards and toppled onto main roads. Then - for hundreds of thousands of residents of people across New Jersey, New York and Connecticut - the lights went out.
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| NORTH AMERICA |
 Roosevelt Island Experiences Jewish Population Boom
When Danielle Goldblatt and her husband Joshua moved to New York City's Roosevelt Island in March, she didn't know anything about its Jewish community. As it turns out, she lives just floors above Rabbi Zalman and Nechama Duchman, who run the island's Chabad-Lubavitch center.
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| FORMER SOVIET UNION |
 Community Rebuilds Konigsberg Synagogue Destroyed in Kristallnacht
More than six decades after Nazi forces and their sympathizers destroyed the New Synagogue of Konigsberg during the Kristallnacht series of pogroms in November 1938, Jewish residents of the renamed city of Kaliningrad are planning to rebuild the 1896 edifice on the same spot where it once stood.
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Parshat Lech-Lecha
G‑d speaks to Abram, commanding him, " Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you." There, G‑d says, he will be made into a great nation. Abram and his wife, Sarai, accompanied by his nephew Lot, journey to the land of Canaan, where Abram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of a one G‑d.
A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. A plague prevents the Egyptian king from touching her, and convinces him to return her to Abram and to compensate the brother-revealed-as-husband with gold, silver and cattle.
Back in the land of Canaan, Lot separates from Abram and settles in the evil city of Sodom, where he falls captive when the mighty armies of Chedorlaomer and his three allies conquer the five cities of the Sodom Valley. Abram sets out with a small band to rescue his nephew, defeats the four kings, and is blessed by Malki-Zedek the king of Salem (Jerusalem).
G‑d seals the Covenant Between the Parts with Abram, in which the exile and persecution (galut) of the people of Israel is foretold, and the Holy Land is bequeathed to them as their eternal heritage.
Still childless ten years after their arrival in the Land, Sarai tells Abram to marry her maidservant Hagar. Hagar conceives, becomes insolent toward her mistress, and then flees when Sarai treats her harshly; an angel convinces her to return, and tells her that her son will father a populous nation. Ishmael is born in Abram's eighty-sixth year.
Thirteen years later, G‑d changes Abram's name to Abraham ("father of multitudes"), and Sarai's to Sarah ("princess"), and promises that a son will be born to them; from this child, whom they should call Isaac ("will laugh"), will stem the great nation with which G‑d will establish His special bond. Abraham is commanded to circumcise himself and his descendants as a "sign of the covenant between Me and you." Abraham immediately complies, circumcising himself and all the males of his household. |
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