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Chabad of Port Washington Email: [email protected] Voice: 516-767-8672 www.ChabadPW.org
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Last Sunday, Port Washington's six congregations joined together for MITZVAH DAY. Thank you to all "Chabad'niks" who pitched in, got involved and attended the events. Mega thanks to Sheryl Pinner and Tami Ruben for so ably representing Chabad and coordinating our committee.
Here's a thought in connection to MITZVAH DAY:
Michael Samuel
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My dear friend Michael Samuel sent me this link.
It's worth taking some time to take it all in... It makes us realize how tiny planet earth is in the scheme of things, and how much more so, how tiny we individual humans are. If size is an indication of worth, we are completely insignificant! We almost don't exist.
Once you've completed that mediation, ponder this:
The Creator of the universe (which is obviously infinitely larger than we will ever know) is a Super Being so Super, that this entire project was accomplished by a mere ten utterances. Yet, HE desperately wants a relationship with YOU!
That's what a MITZVAH is. Mitzvah means commandment. G‑d asks of each of us to do certain things for Him.
But how could our behavior matter to Him? How could He possibly be concerned with the food we eat, what we do on Shabbat, or whether or not we are honest in business? He really cares whether we light a candle on Friday night or put on Tefillin each morning? How? He's infinitely vast, while we're completely insignificant.
It's because we're His children, created "in His image" whom He asks to partner with Him in perfecting His world.
To a parent, whatever happens to their child is of paramount importance, no matter how "big" the parent and how "small" the child.
Yes, it's true; entire planets, gigantic solar systems and vast galaxies are less than a speck of dust to Him. It's also true that YOU and ME mean everything to Him... Our every thought, speech or deed means the world to Him. Our failures upset Him. Our Mitzvahs make Him smile. We're His kids... Wow!
Here's my recommendation to a more meaningful life: Meditate on this for a few moments every morning before beginning your conversation with Him (aka prayer). I promise, you'll have a totally different day.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
P.S. Click banner above to watch the lecture by Rabbi Dr. Nissen Mangel, delivered at Chabad House Sunday, April 22, entitled: HOW CAN I BELIEVE IN G-D AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. Chabad.org which syndicates 1200 web sites for Chabads around the globe sent a camera-man to film the lecture. If you weren't present at the event, it's well worth the 90 minutes.
P.P.S: Did you register for the course on marriage? This is gonna be good. You don't want to miss it. Trust me... It'll be everything you want out of a course of learning: informative, insightful, engaging, fun, moving and practical. The most common complaint I hear from people is that their marriage isn't what they'd like it to be and that they've accepted the status quo and made peace with a "mediocore" situation. "After all", they say, "no one really has a good marriage... So I'm just like everyone else"...
But here your rabbi and your Chabad is giving you an opportunity to do something about it. At least give it a try... (Guarantee: your money back if the course doesn't make your marriage better! How's that for a promise!)
So I know why you haven't registered yet. You've got a good excuse why the course is not for you. So, let's see, what's your excuse:
- Your marriage is great?! Perfect. Still, come and find out fortunate you are; what kaballah teaches about the special gift you and your spouse have developed together. (Plus we can always learn a new tip or two).
- Not married? So what?! Maybe some time in the future you might once again contemplate marriage; you might as well have the information. In fact, gaining Torah insight into the value of a real, meaningful marriage might get you up and going to search out your soul mate with whom to experience this amazing Divine gift to humanity.
- Too old? You feel you're past the age to bother looking for real love, or to try fixing a relationship that's ok but has leveled out and isn't all that deep and invigorated? Please tell me: where's it written that older folks are not supposed to enjoy the amazing gift of a real marriage? In fact, I've seen many couples who tied the knot later in life enjoying absolute bliss together.
Course begins this Sunday morning. Or else you can choose to take the Thursday night course, beginning this coming Thursday night. Click here for all the info and to register.
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MITZVAH DAY ROUND-UP
A note from Tami Ruben and Sheryl Pinner, Chabad Sisterhood presidents:
We want to thank each and everyone of you for all your help and support today and prior to today. It was a remarkable day that started at community synagogue with over 600+ people listening to ALL the clergy from ALL the temples in Port Washington, unto doing tons and tons of mitzvahs and then culminating at Temple Beth Israel for a closing ceremony where we heard from an Israeli soldier who served and is now working with the Hope for Heroism Foundation that helps lone soldiers in Israel. Some final tallies...
In our Shul...
- 85 breakfast bags were made and will be distributed to FEGS
- Over 75 coats were collected
- 36 challahs were made for Five Towns Food Pantry - A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO CHAYA TELDON, WHO NOT ONLY COMMANDED THE ROOM BUT ALSO BABYSAT FOR HER 6 GRANDCHILDREN WHILE TEACHING US CHALLAH BAKING - YASHER KOACH!!!!!Thank you Bryan Sherman for working the ovens.
- Over 35 challahs and shabbat candles were taken to be used for Shabbat
- Over 200 sweatshirts were collected
- 100s of pairs of socks and thermals will be going to Israeli Soldiers
- Over $1000 going to Magen David Adom collected from our Tzedakah boxes and Basketball Tournament
-Books, Cell Phones and Eyeglasses will be going to the needy
AND (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Levi and Rabbi Paltiel put teffillin on OVER 50+ people at the Community Synagogue, including the two Community Synagogue rabbis!!!
All in All it was an amazing day- pictures will be coming soon
- we learned a lot and look forward to Mitzvah DAY 2014 B'H.
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Tami and Sheryl
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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.
Click here for more info and to RSVP. |
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Monthly Parenting Class | At Chabad
Wednesday, May 16 | 10:45 AM
Monthly parenting class lead by Sara Paltiel of Chabad Port Washington. Topic: Setting boundaries and how to nourish ourselves so we can nourish others.
Click here for more info. Please RSVP by calling the office 516 767 8672.
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Shabbat Morning, June 9| 11 AM
Sermon Lecture by Howard Birnbach "The Founding Fathers & the Jews". Services 9:30am, Sermon at 11am followed by Kiddush luncheon. |
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The Rabbi and the Suicidal Teenager
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question: I am struggling with a lot of things in life really. Work, dating, you know the drill. Sometimes I get really depressed due to my shortcomings. They say everyone has something they're good at doing but I'm still trying to find out what mine is. It's tough when you don't view yourself in a very positive light. Everyone I know is super-successful, and I still can't get anything off the ground. You are born with certain abilities and those abilities will strongly dictate where you will end up in life. I sometimes think I am just a big failure. Sorry for the rant but I just wanted to get it off my chest and would love to hear your response if there's anything to even respond to...
Answer: You make me think of a story. A rabbi was called to a hospital to see a Jewish teenager who was suicidal. He had attempted to take his own life, feeling that he was a good for nothing who could not get anything right. Even his suicide attempt had failed. The hospital staff, seeing he was Jewish, called a local rabbi to come and try to lift the boy's dejected spirits...
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, May 4
7:37 pm
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Shabbat, May 5
8:41 pm
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Kiddush Calendar
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This week's Kiddush is sponsored by members of the congregation in connection to Holocaust Memorial Day, to honor the memories of Holocaust survivors Zelik & Sally Sander and R' Chaim (Poppy) Greenspan, as well as Holocaust liberator Paul Schaumberger.
Thank you Ellen Schaier and all those who are responsible for this kiddush.
Click here to let us know if you'd like to sponsor a kiddush.
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Daily Thought
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Reliance
Every step along the way, keep one thing in mind: The same G‑d who runs the big, wide world is without a doubt the same G‑d who runs the little world of each one of us.
Just as He knows what is going on in the megacosmos, so He is well aware of what is happening in your microcosmos. And you can rely on Him to direct it for the good.
It is up to you not to mess things up. And how can a person mess up G‑d's plans? By failing to rely upon Him.
-from a letter, volume 25, page 61
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| Acharei-Kedoshim: We Get in Touch with Our Inner Selves... |
 Parshah in a Nutshell
On holiness, and love, and holiness in love, and holy love.
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| ...And We Learn How to Treat Others... |
 Can We Throw a Homeless Person Out of Our Synagogue?
The rabbi has told me that people do not want to sit next to him, and some feel afraid. He said that people have complained that Joe sometimes has an odor.
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 Eternally Grateful
What happens when a parent is aging ungracefully? What if they are becoming irritable, cantankerous and just plain difficult? Becoming old and forgetful isn't pretty...
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| ...To the End of Life |
 Cremation or Burial? (video)
Doron Kornbluth discusses why some people choose cremation, and explains why Jews throughout the ages have insisted on burial.
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| Campus Life |
 Colorado State Extols Rabbi as Outstanding Advisor
Siobhan Waitzman, 22, a senior and president of the Chabad Jewish Student Association at Colorado State University, loves how tight-knit the Jewish community is on her campus.
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 Chabad Student President Wins Highest Greek Life Award
A member of the Jewish-interest sorority Sigma Rho Lambda, which won an award for having the highest grade point average within Greek life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus, graduating senior Sarah Brown herself won honors for having the highest individual GPA within the school's Greek Alliance Council.
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| North America |
 Israel's Wounded Women Warriors Coming to NYC
Craig Nassi is looking forward to spending next week with a very special group of visitors. Nassi, who lives on Manhattan's Upper East Side, will be helping host a group of injured Israeli veterans and victims of terror touring the East Coast on a trip organized by the Chabad-Lubavitch Israel Center of the Upper East Side and the Chabad Terror Victims Project.
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| Europe |
 Jewish Community Safe in Wake of Ukraine Blasts
With Ukrainian authorities investigating a series of blasts that rocked the Dnepropetrovsk's downtown district Friday and injured upwards of 27 people, Jewish officials in the country's fourth-largest city have reported that by all indications, their institutions did not appear to be targeted.
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Parshat Acharei-Kedoshim
Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, G‑d warns against unauthorized entry "into the holy." Only one person, the kohen gadol ("high priest"), may, but once a year, on Yom Kippur, enter the innermost chamber in the Sanctuary to offer the sacred ketoret to G‑d.
Another feature of the Day of Atonement service is the casting of lots over two goats, to determine which should be offered to G‑d and which should be dispatched to carry off the sins of Israel to the wilderness.
The Parshah of Acharei also warns against bringing korbanot (animal or meal offerings) anywhere but in the Holy Temple, forbids the consumption of blood, and details the laws prohibiting incest and other deviant sexual relations.
The Parshah of Kedoshim begins with the statement: "You shall be holy, for I, the L-rd your G‑d, am holy." This is followed by dozens of mitzvot (divine commandments) through which the Jew sanctifies him- or herself and relates to the holiness of G‑d.
These include: the prohibition against idolatry, the mitzvah of charity, the principle of equality before the law, Shabbat, sexual morality, honesty in business, honor and awe of one's parents, and the sacredness of life.
Also in Kedoshim is the dictum which the great sage Rabbi Akiva called a cardinal principle of Torah, and of which Hillel said, "This is the entire Torah, the rest is commentary"- "Love your fellow as yourself." |
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