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Chabad of Port Washington Email: [email protected] Voice: 516-767-8672 www.ChabadPW.org
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Anyone who attended Chabad during the past 10 years knew well of Mr. Zelik Sander. Affectionately referred to "Reb Zelik", this extraordinary person embodied joy, humor and positivity, and brought these qualities forth in anyone he encountered. This, in spite of his being a survivor of Auschwitz and losing every single member of his large family to Hitler.
Every morning Reb Zelik would be the first to arrive at Chabad for morning services. Most days he'd be the one to unlock the front door and lead the services. To see his Tefillin straps on his left arm, right over the painful tattoo reading '135094' was to see a living miracle. It was a portrait of unbridled faith in the face of the ugliest of evil, and optimism in the face of the most unimaginable horrors.
Reb Zelik passed away last September (10th of Elul) at the age of 97. He is sorely missed, on a very personal level, by many in our community.
I had the privilege of spending the final 2 hours of his life here on earth standing at his bedside. At that time I made a promise to him that each year our community would properly mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in his honor. When he heard these words, he smiled, difficult as it was. This was his last smile here on earth. (Surely he now smiles up above, as he is reunited with his beloved Sally, parents, siblings, nephews and nieces who he loved so dearly).
Please help me keep my promise. Please join me Sunday morning for services at 9AM (for men and women) and "Tefillin Wrap" (for the guys) in honor of the "6 million". This is followed by brunch at 10AM and a fascinating lecture by Rabbi Dr. Nissen Mangel, himself a survivor of the Holocaust, at 10:30AM, entitled: Belief in G‑d after the Holocaust (RSVP please by clicking here or by calling Stephanie @ the office). The program will end at noon.
Additionally, the Shabbat Kiddush luncheon is sponsored by Alan and Barbara Rosenzweig in honor of the "6 million" and words of tribute will be said during the Shabbat service as well.
I look forward to seeing you this weekend. Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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MITZVAH DAY IS COMING UP - GET INVOLVED!
Sunday, April 29 2012
For more info on how to participate please contact our Chabad representatives, Tami Ruben ([email protected]) or Sheryl Pinner ([email protected]).
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Why can't we see G‑d? | By: Rabbi Manis Friedman
Click here to watch a 4 minute clip.
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Sara Paltiel |
Happy Birthday Sara Paltiel!
This Shabbos is the 22nd birthday of our beloved Rebbitzin, Sara. (I may be off by some years so don't hold me to that number...). We wish Sara a year filled with health, happiness and success in all of her far reaching activities which are touching the lives of so many in our community.
Michael Greiff |
Happy special milestone birthday Michael Greiff. Until 120 in good health, together with Adelle, enjoying your beautiful family!
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Holocaust Commemoration
Dedicated to the memory of Reb Zelik Sander OBM
Sunday, April 22, 2012 | Rosh Chodesh Iyar
9:00am Tefillin Wrap/Morning Service
10:00am Brunch
10:30am Lecture:
Belief in G‑d after the Holocaust;
Given By Rabbi Dr. Nissen Mangel
Fee for Lecture: $10 | Program Sponsor: $180
Click here for more info and to RSVP. |
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Monthly Parenting Class | At Chabad
Wednesday, April 25 | 10:45 AM
Monthly parenting class lead by Sara Paltiel of Chabad Port Washington. No charge.
Click here for more info. Please RSVP by calling the office 516 767 8672.
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New JLI Course: The Art of Marriage
6 Sundays, Begins May 6 | 10-11:30 AM -OR-
6 Thursdays, Begins May 10 | 8 - 9:30 PM
"The Art of Marriage" is a six session course that will show participants how to attain that for themselves and their spouses, with timeless lessons from both modern and ancient Jewish texts such as the Talmud and Zohar.
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Split Your Personality
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question: Why did the Israelites have to pass through the Red Sea? On my map of the Middle East, the route from Egypt to Israel is directly through the desert. The sea is totally out of the way. G‑d led them on a detour, trapping them between the sea and the chasing Egyptians, and then split the sea. Does G‑d have no sense of direction?
Answer: The Israelites passing through the Red Sea was not a geographical necessity, but a spiritual one. At the Red Sea, we were shown the power of the human soul.
The earth is comprised of oceans and continents, sea and dry land. The difference between the two is that on dry land, all is open and visible. The trees, animals, mountains and people that occupy it are all easily recognizable. The sea on the other hand is a big blue expanse of mystery. Though the sea is teeming with life, when you look at it you can identify nothing, all is hidden beneath the surface.
So it is with a person. Our personality has two layers: our sea, and our land. What we know of ourselves, our visible strengths, our tested talents and our known abilities, the elements of our character that we are aware of, these comprise the dry land of our personality. But below the surface of our character lies a vast sea of latent talents, inner strengths and untapped abilities that we never knew we had. In the depth of our soul lies a reserve of dormant energy waiting to be discovered. This is our sea, and even we ourselves are unaware of what lies there.
How can we access this reservoir of potential? How can our sea become dry land? There is only one way. And we know it from the encounter at the Red Sea...
CONTINUE>>
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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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Friday, Apr 20
7:22 pm
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Shabbat, Apr 21
8:24 pm
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Daily Thought
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Fierce & Humble
To achieve wonders takes a fearless heart and an open mind.
True, courage and openness are two opposite directions for the soul to travel at once. But they take place in two distinct chambers: The mind awakens to its nothingness, and the heart G‑d gave you is bared in all its brazen power.
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| The Quest for G‑d |
 Pantheism and Judaism
One November Shabbat afternoon in 1703, Rabbi Nieto addressed the congregation. "There is no such thing as nature. The word simply does not exist in the Hebrew language."
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| Shemini: The Tabernacle Is Dedicated... |
 Parshah in a Nutshell
The laws of kosher, ritual purity, and the deaths of Nadav and Avihu.
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| ...Aaron Mourns... |
 A Reaction to Personal Tragedy (video)
Though we are not expected to react like Aaron, our own lives are rarely easy. To accept life's challenges, we need to cultivate our faith that G‑d runs the world.
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| ...And We Are Given the Kosher Laws |
 Kosher Food (video)
The biblical criteria for determining which animals are kosher, and their practical application today.
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| The Arts |
 Following "Miraculous" Recovery, Boy Uses Music to Inspire Others
Yisroel Amar has grown up always on the lookout for ways to reach and inspire ever more people. All of 13, he's seized upon the gift of an angelic voice as his preferred medium for channeling Jewish teachings and uplifting audiences in his corner of South Florida and beyond.
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| Europe |
 Basel's First New Synagogue in 80 Years a Testament to Family's Wartime Generosity
A packed house of rabbis, diplomats, government officials and Jewish community members presided over the historic dedication of the first synagogue to open in Basel, Switzerland, since 1929.
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| North America |
 Phoenix Jews Dedicate Challah and Other Good Deeds to Educator Battling Illness
Many women are reciting portions of Psalms in the merit of her recovery, baking challah and lighting Shabbat candles, while children at Sashie Levertov's Aleph Bet Preschool and Kindergarten have made quilts and offered prayers using the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary's Hebrew name, Sasha bat Bluma.
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| Campus Life |
 Florida Atlantic University Confronts Threatening Messages
When Zachary Pastor, 18, returned to his dorm room after class on March 30, there was a flyer on his door. Looking down the hall, he saw it on other entrances, too, an official-looking notice with the word "EVICTION" stamped across it in big, bold letters.
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Parshat Shemini
On the eighth day, following the seven days of their inauguration, Aaron and his sons begin to officiate as kohanim (priests); a fire issues forth from G‑d to consume the offerings on the altar, and the divine presence comes to dwell in the Sanctuary.
Aaron's two elder sons, Nadav and Avihu, offer a "strange fire before G‑d, which He commanded them not" and die before G‑d. Aaron is silent in face of his tragedy. Moses and Aaron subsequently disagree as to a point of law regarding the offerings, but Moses concedes to Aaron that Aaron is in the right.
G‑d commands the kosher laws, identifying the animal species permissible and forbidden for consumption. Land animals may be eaten only if they have split hooves and also chew their cud; fish must have fins and scales; a list of non-kosher birds is given, and a list of kosher insects (four types of locusts).
Also in Shemini are some of the laws of ritual purity, including the purifying power of the mikvah (a pool of water meeting specified qualifications) and the wellspring. Thus the people of Israel are enjoined to " differentiate between the impure and the pure." |
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