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Chabad of Port Washington Email: [email protected] Voice: 516-767-8672 www.ChabadPW.org
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Progress has been slow in rebuilding our Chabad. A variety of factors complicated things and made it very difficult to move forward. Thank G‑d, things have begun to move more quickly now. Here's where we are:
Walls: Painting has been all but completed throughout the building.
Gym: The gym developed a serious leak problem after the storm. With the help of engineers and experts, the issue has been identified and is being corrected, beginning on Monday. The exterior stucco will be cut all around the gym building, and sealant material and a metal plate will be installed. This work is expected to take approx one week, after which the gym floor can be installed. So expect to be able to use the gym again sometime very soon after Passover. Hopefully, the various leagues and adult groups using the gym will be able to resume shortly thereafter. Thank you for your patience.
Classrooms: The classroom floors have been custom ordered. Each classroom will have a different "scene" to make them fun and friendly for our preschoolers. As of now, the Toddler class is completed. The remaining classrooms will be completed over the passover break.
Shul & Social Hall: This space is looking much better now that it's been painted. However, we will expanding the women's section in the shul to make it wider so it can hold two rows of seats, making it more comfortable, and allowing for more seats for busy Shabboses and for the High Holidays. This renovation will begin on Monday and is expected to last three weeks. So, again, expect to see the work completed and the carpets installed by the end of Passover.
Playground: The storm destroyed whatever was left of our old playground. We have ordered a new, much more updated playground which we expect to have installed by the end of April, to serve our preschoolers during Spring as well as our summer Day Camp campers.
Thank you: Thank you to all of you who have participated with your generous donations to our Hurricane Sandy Recovery Fund. It is not too late to participate, we still need lots of financial help to get everything done. Click here if you'd like to support this effort, making YOUR chabad more beautiful and more welcoming than before!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Thank you to all who helped to make Purim so special and joyous at Chabad, especially the morning program which attracted hundreds of children and adults.
Thank you also to all who participated in the communal Shalach Manos program. It's a very special way to celebrate Purim while building friendships and community. A very special thank you goes to MARINA SHAPIRO for delivering most of the baskets to homes throughout the area.
Please note: If you are a member, hebrew school family or preschool family and have not yet received your Purim basket, there is a basket waiting for you at the office. Please pick it up anytime during office hours. (For Hebrew School, baskets will be sent home with the children on Sunday).
THANK YOU to the following families who participated in the communal Shalach Manos - Purim Basket exchange:
Abrahams, Howard & Jane
Alevy, Matt & Karyn
Arnold, Carol & Ostrower, Bill
Barak, Daniel & Anya
Baskin, George & Anita
Becker, Phil & Jacqueline
Bedard, Lawrence & Elizabeth
Brenner, Doug & Elyse
Bulkin, Eugene & Kathy
Clontz, David & Sania
Esrail, Joseph & Lida
Ferraro, Chris & Alicia
Glasser, Sam & Sally
Gordon, Geoffrey & Karen
Greiff, Michael & Adele
Hausspiegel, Shelley & Andrew
Herz, Arnie
Hubsher, Marshall J. & Randye
Janoff, Barry & Debbie
Kalinsky, Lee & Michelle
Kaufman, Lipa & Hadassah
Kaufman, Rhoda
Kay, Martin & Mary
Kessler, Robert & Irina
Klat, Alan & Peggy
Kolen, Suzanne
Kramer, Jerry & Sandra
Lanis, Arin & Lanis-Federman, Nancy
Levine, David & Keli
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Levine, Jesse & Silverstein, Lynn
Maloul, Avner & Lisa
Najman, Lee & Lynn
Paltiel, Rabbi Shalom & Ssara
Pinkus, Ira & Marla
Pinner, Larry & Sheryl
Reshtick, Abraham & Freeman, Yael
Resnick, Robert & Barbara
Rosenzweig, Abraham & Barbara
Rosenzweig, Steven & Michal
Royce, Jeff & Traytele, Alisa
Salzbank, Alan & Karen
Sandman, Alan & Linda
Schaier, Lenny & Ellen
Shafizadeh, Sam & Schwartz, Beth
Shames, David & Barbi
Shapiro, Harold & Marina
Shilian, Avi & Orit
Shurka, Manny & Marcy
Sinai Chapels
Smith, Lawrence & Kay
Spatz, Robert & Bilha
Stern, Gerald & Stern-Zahn, Amy
Swenson, Eric
Wasserman, Yossef & Naomi
Weinberg, Rabbi Ilan & Devorah
Winters, Michael & Tracy
Youssefia, Isaac & Vardit
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The Jewish Rice Farmer
A day in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand
Click here to watch.
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Living with Integrity: Sunday, 10 AM
Lesson 5 | Honesty
Should you lie to avoid hurting your parents' feelings, protect your kids from a frightening truth, or keep a dying man from knowing his fate? How about speaking a white lie to keep a surprise party secret, or exaggerating in an interview to get a job? Where do you draw the line?
Click here for more info and to register. |
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Parenting Class | Wednesday, 10:45 AM
Monthly parenting class lead by Sara Paltiel of Chabad Port Washington.
Click here for more info. Please RSVP by calling the office 516 767 8672.
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Passover at Chabad
First Seder: Monday, March 25, 7:30 PM
following services at 6:45 pm
Second Seder: Tuesday, March 26, 7:30 PM
following services at 6:45 pm
Click here for more info and to register. |
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Can I Befriend the Son of a Nazi?
By: Rabbi Aron Moss | Sydney, Australia
Question: I have an acquaintance who was born in Germany, but raised most of his life in the USA. His father was a member of the Nazi youth. I find this very difficult to ignore. My friend is not like his father. Yet he made a point to tell me of his father's past and his father's hatred of Jews. Can I truly befriend such a person??
Answer: There is a precedent for your question. It goes all the way back to the story of Purim.
Haman was the wicked Persian minister who plotted the annihilation of the Jewish people. Through a complex sequence of seeming coincidences that were only retrospectively recognized as miraculous, his plot was overturned, the Jews saved, and Haman executed on the very gallows he had prepared for the Jewish leader Mordechai.
We celebrate the festival of Purim to remember Haman's downfall and the victory of the Jewish people over their enemies. But there is a little known ironic addendum to the story. Haman's relationship with the Jewish people continued posthumously in a most curious way.
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Shabbat Times
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Kiddush Calendar
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Mazel tov to Jodi and Eyal Adler on the Bar Mitzvah of their beloved son Ben, which will be celebrated this Shabbos at Chabad.
Bar Mitzvah boy Ben Adler
This week's kiddush luncheon is being sponsored by Jodi and Eyal Adler and grandparents Tom & Gloria Behrend. Table centerpieces are being made by Eyal's father.
Click here to let us know if you can sponsor a kiddush
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Community News
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MAZAL TOV
Mazel tov to Carol Arnold & Bill Ostrower on the birth of a new granddaughter, Olivia, born to her son and daughter in law David and Estee Arnold.
Carol Arnold
BIRTHDAYS
Thea Farhadian 3/2
Lana Shuris 3/2
Rochelle Swartz 3/3
Anna Wasserman 3/3
Rebecca Kessler 3/4
Tamara Kobin 3/5
Roman Itkin 3/7
ANNIVERSARY
Alan & Linda Sandman 3/5
YARTZEITS
Murray Schneider,
(Meir Eliezer ben Betzalel)
3/1/2013 | Adar 19, 5773
observed by Victor & Terri Hovanec
Morris Levine,
3/4/2013 | Adar 22, 5773
observed by
Jesse Levine & Lynn Silverstein
Lola Miles,
(Slava Esther bas Shalom Leib) 3/4/2013 | Adar 22, 5773
observed by
Stewart & Stacy Miles
Sue S. Pinner, (Sarah bat Avraham) 3/5/2013 | Adar 23, 5773
observed by
Larry & Sheryl Pinner
Shirley Bieber,
(Sura Yenta bas Chaim)
3/6/2013 | Adar 24, 5773
observed by
Ronald Bieber
*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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In All Ways
People imagine a place of G‑dliness as a place for seriousness, a solemn place, a place that fills you with trepidation. The fact is, where there is G‑d, there is joy.
That is why our every moment is a moment to celebrate and fill with joy. Because at every moment we are fulfilling our mission of bringing G‑dliness into this world. Not just the obviously joyful matters, such as meditation, study, prayer and good deeds, but also regular, mundane activities and the ways we earn an income and go about life-all are ways by which we know Him and bring Him into our world.
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| Parshah |
 Why Did Moses Break the Tablets?
I heard that his reason was the Torah-mandated capital punishment for idolatry. If he would give the Torah to the Jews at this point, they would be condemned to death, so he instead broke the tablets to save the Jews. Is this correct?
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 Cheating Ourselves
I wonder how often we allow ourselves to cheat. Sure, it can be easier or quicker to look as if we are doing the right thing, when in truth we are just taking the shortcut. But at what point do we recognize that truly, the only one we ultimately cheat is ourselves?
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| Your Questions |
 What Is the Mystical Significance of the Star of David?
The double triangle of the Star of David symbolizes the connection of both the inner and external dimensions of G‑d, Torah and Israel.
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 Hackers of the Cosmic Code
We need to learn from the hackers. Especially the criminal ones-and plenty of the most nefarious, criminal acts today are hacks.
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Parshat Ki Tisa
The people of Israel are told to each contribute exactly half a shekel of silver to the Sanctuary. Instructions are also given regarding the making of the Sanctuary's water basin, anointing oil and incense. "Wise-hearted" artisans Betzalel and Aholiav are placed in charge of the Sanctuary's construction, and the people are once again commanded to keep the Shabbat.
When Moses does not return when expected from Mount Sinai, the people make a golden calf and worship it. G‑d proposes to destroy the errant nation, but Moses intercedes on their behalf. Moses descends from the mountain carrying the tablets of the testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; seeing the people dancing about their idol, he breaks the tablets, destroys the golden calf, and has the primary culprits put to death. He then returns to G‑d to say: "If You do not forgive them, blot me out from the book that You have written."
G‑d forgives, but says that the effect of their sin will be felt for many generations. At first G‑d proposes to send His angel along with them, but Moses insists that G‑d Himself accompany His people to the promised land.
Moses prepares a new set of tablets and once more ascends the mountain, where G‑d reinscribes the covenant on these second tablets. On the mountain, Moses is also granted a vision of the divine thirteen attributes of mercy. So radiant is Moses' face upon his return, that he must cover it with a veil, which he removes only to speak with G‑d and to teach His laws to the people. |
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