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Chabad of Port Washington Email: [email protected] Voice: 516-767-8672 www.ChabadPW.org
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Purim is just around the corner. We have some exciting events planned.
Saturday night Purim Party:
Beginning at 6:30pm - Separate Megillah readings for adults and children, followed by a Purim party - finger food, open bar, hot dogs for the kids, music, schmoozing and enjoying. No charge or rsvp. Please come for the service and stay for the celebration. Plus, why not come in costume? Yes, I mean you - the adults... not just the kids! It'll get you in the PURIM mood and make for a more joyous celebration. Grab a funny outfit or hat or anything "Purim'dik" and come on down to the celebration.
Sunday morning Megillah Readings:
- Services at 9AM followed by Megillah reading at 9:30am
- Second adult Megillah reading at 11am
THE MAIN EVENT - PURIM ON FIRE - SUNDAY 10AM-Noon
Don't miss this exciting event for the whole family. Will include the fire juggler and a children's friendly Megillah reading.
There's no charge for any of our Purim celebrations this year, so please invite friends and neighbors to be your guest and celebrate with us.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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A Nepalese Boy Finds a Home With Chabad of Kathmandu
He's the good looking, buoyant 12 year old Nepalese boy who greets visitors to Katmandu's Chabad House with a huge smile: "Hi I'm Bim, the boy from Beit Chabad," he offers. He's also quick to provide unsolicited bits of useful information, like candle-lighting time on Friday, or that Shabbos is not out until three stars are spotted in the sky...
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Mommy and Me Yoga Session
The Moms and children all enjoyed this week's Mommy and Me Yoga sessions. Click here for some photos.
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There are four mitzvot associated specifically with Purim. They are:
1) Listen to the Megillah
2) Give to the Needy (Matanot La'Evyonim)
3) Send Food Portions to Friends (Mishloach Manot)
4) Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Click here for full description of each Mitzvah.
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Living with Integrity: Sunday, 10 AM
Lesson 4 | Parents
When faced with a choice to save the whales, feed the starving in Africa, or give to your local synagogue, where should your charitable priorities lie? Do taxes, tuition, and community dues count as charity? Should you give to a beggar when he may use your donation to buy drugs or alcohol?
Click here for more info and to register. |
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New Date: Sunday, February 17, 7 PM
Singles Event at Chabad of Port Washington
Please join us for a great singles event featuring: Comedian Shaun Eli with sushi, drinks & lots of fun. Jews of all backgrounds are welcome.
Fee: $20 in advance or $30 at the door
RSVP to: [email protected]
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Purim Happenings | February 23-24
Main Event: Purim on Fire - Sunday, 10AM-Noon
Schedule of Services & Megillah Readings:
PURIM NIGHT - Saturday, February 23
Megillah Reading & Services, 6:30m
Separate Megillah Reading & Program for Children
Followed by Purim Party, Open Bar, finger food, hot dogs for the kids
PURIM DAY - Sunday, February 24
Services, 9:00am & Megillah Reading, 9:30am;
2nd adult Megillah reading: 11AM
MAIN EVENT: Purim on Fire, 10am-12pm
Program includes fire juggler show & child Friendly Megillah Reading
All are welcome - no charge
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Respect a Father Like That?
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question: I know the Ten Commandments require us to respect our parents. But not all parents are respectable. My father has been mean, dishonest and crooked all his life. He is old now and needs me, but there is nothing in his life that deserves respect. How can I respect my father without losing my dignity?
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Shabbat Times
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Friday, Feb 15
5:11 pm
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Shabbat, Feb 16
6:11 pm
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Community News
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BIRTHDAYS
Michelle Tawfik 2/15
Brian Winters 2/15
Rachel Levy 2/19
Andrew Malcam Swenson 2/19
Evan Beatus 2/20
Maria Orlova 2/20
YARTZEITS
Eli Rochelson, (Eliahu ben Dov)
2/15/2013 | Adar 5, 5773
observed by
Burton Rochelson
Fanny Schepps, (Fagie)
2/15/2013 | Adar 5, 5773
observed by
Barry & Donna Jason
Yoha Vaiman
2/15/2013 | Adar 5, 5773
observed by
Robert & Irina Kessler
Jack Schaier,
(Yaakov ben Tzvi Hersh)
2/16/2013 | Adar 6, 5773
observed by
Lenny & Ellen Schaier
Lilyan Hyman,
2/18/2013 | Adar 8, 5773
observed by
Allan & Susann Hyman
Florence Brownstein, (Faiga) 2/20/2013 | Adar 10, 5773
observed by
Martin Brownstein & Shriley Papilsky
David Brenner,
(Shimshon David ben Shea)
2/21/2013 | Adar 11, 5773
observed by
Robert & Carol Brenner
Paul Klat,
(Shimshon David ben Shea)
2/21/2013 | Adar 11, 5773
observed by 
Alan & Peggy Klat and
Gerald & Bernice Loew
*CLICK HERE to convert any regular calendar date, birthday or Yahrtzeit to its corresponding Jewish-calendar date!
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Daily Thought
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Despair is the ultimate form of self-worship-the perception that you have the capacity to truly mess up, to take the world's destiny out of its Creator's hands and sabotage His plans.
Know that the world is in a constant state of elevation, rocketing upwards towards its ultimate wholeness at every moment. Every quivering of every leaf, every subtle breeze, every slightest motion of any particle of our universe is another move in that same direction. Even those events that seem to thrust downward are in truth only a part of the ascent-like the poise of an athlete before he leaps, the contraction of a spring before its energy is released.
There is not a thing you could do to halt that dynamic even for a moment. True, you must take responsibility for your deeds, and work hard, very hard, to clean up your own mess. But when all the dust settles, you are exactly in the space where you were meant to be: One step closer.
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| Parshah |
 Two Narratives of Creation
The Torah describes two acts of creation: G‑d's creation of the universe, and the Israelites' creation of the Mikdash or Mishkan, the sanctuary that traveled with them in the desert, the prototype of the Temple in Jerusalem. The connection between them is not incidental.
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| Jewish Life |
 Can I Say That?
Since everybody knows that gossip is a highly contagious method of spreading hurt feelings, anger, jealousy, damaged reputations and fizzled relationships, why don't we have warning labels on anyone transmitting the stuff?
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| Video |
 Exploring The Month of Adar
The Torah tells us not to pay attention to astrological influences, but it also tells us that Adar is a month full of "mazal" (good fortune). How do we reconcile these concepts?
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| Spirituality |
 The Hidden G‑d
He's in the ethereal world of the philosopher, and He's in the pragmatic world of the trucker speeding down Interstate 86. He's even in the putrid world of the worker digging out the city sewers down the street. So, why can't I see Him?
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Parshat Terumah
The people of Israel are called upon to contribute thirteen materials-gold, silver and copper; blue-, purple- and red-dyed wool; flax, goat hair, animal skins, wood, olive oil, spices and gems-out of which, G‑d says to Moses, "They shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them."
On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for G‑d so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as the people journeyed in the desert.
In the Sanctuary's inner chamber, behind an artistically woven curtain, was the Ark containing the Tablets of Testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; on the Ark's cover stood two winged cherubim hammered out of pure gold. In the outer chamber stood the seven-branched menorah, and the table upon which the "showbread" was arranged.
The Sanctuary's three walls were fitted together from 48 upright wooden boards, each of which was overlaid with gold and held up by a pair of silver foundation sockets. The roof was formed of three layers of coverings: (a) tapestries of multicolored wool and linen; (b) a covering made of goat hair; (c) a covering of ram and tachash skins. Across the front of the Sanctuary was an embroidered screen held up by five posts.
Surrounding the Sanctuary and the copper-plated altar which fronted it was an enclosure of linen hangings, supported by 60 wooden posts with silver hooks and trimmings, and reinforced by copper stakes. |
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