5-5-06 - Chabad of Port Washington

Chabad of Port Washington · Email: rabbi@chabadpw.org · Voice: 516-767-8672 · Web: http://www.chabadpw.org/

	A Word From the Rabbi

Dear Friends,

I am proud to be associated with the wonderful people in our community! And for so many reasons. Here's another reason why:

This week I was contacted by a family from Montreal , Canada asking for help. Their sister is currently living at the Sands Point Nursing and Rehabilitation Center here in Port Washington and she has no family nearby to visit her and keep an eye on her. They asked if I could get some volunteers to stop in once or twice a week just so that she knows she is not alone. I said I would see what I could do. I sent out an email to some of the active women in the community asking them if they would help with this mitzvah of "bikur cholim" - visiting the sick and elderly. The response was amazing! In fact, I have been too busy to even reply to all of the emails I got from people offering to help. This is the true spirit of Ahavat Yisroel, love of your fellow Jew, which the Rebbe taught us. (It is interesting to note that the statement "Love your fellow as yourself" is in this week's Torah portion). We are truly one family, bound together by our souls. Needless to say, the woman at the nursing home will receive the proper visitation that she needs.

I would like to use this as a springboard to organize a permanent "bikur cholim" in the future. I am looking for a volunteer to coordinate the effort. If you would like to get involved please email me mailto:rabbi@chabadpw.orgAll you have to do is find out from the nursing home which residents need additional visitation, and notify volunteers who will commit to designate time once a month to visit these individuals. Think of the amazing mitzvah you would have to do so much good for our fellow yidden!

Shabbat Shalom!

Oh - don't miss the special kiddush this Shabbos, the first kiddush organized by our newly formed kiddush committee, under the leadership and innovation of Gary Litvak. If you are willing to get involved let Gary know by emailing: mailto:glitvak@mrweiser.com. Thank you Gary . (Lenny - the Cholent Man - will be out of town so we'll have to wait a bit longer to taste his delicious culinary creations. Stay tuned).

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

	News at Chabad

News from Berkowitz Gan Israel Day Camp
Registration is in full swing for the day camp. Don't miss out on the chance for your children to enjoy the summer of a lifetime! Click here http://www.bgidc.org/ to get online information and to sign up, or you can contact the camp director, Sara Leah Friedman, via email: director@bgidc.org.

15th Anniversary Dinner: www.chabadpw.org/dinner
Preparations are well underway for the upcoming Annual Dinner celebrating Chabad's 15th anniversary! You should have already received your invitation in the mail. Please respond generously as this is our main fundraiser of the year. We rely on these funds to keep all of our programs going and growing.

This year, we are trying to break our record by having more than 400 guests at the dinner. With your help, we can make it happen! Guests of Honor will be: Michael Faltischek, Maurice Mandelbaum & Jonathan Mandelbaum, and Lenny & Susan Lebovtich. Adam Katz is Dinner Chairman, Marty & Mary Kay are Journal Chair. Let us all come out en masse in support of Chabad and in tribute of these wonderful people.

Dinner Committee meeting will take place Wednesday, May 10th at 8 PM. If you are willing to help with ticket or ad sales, solicitation of raffle prizes or through making phone calls please join us. Call Maria at the office to confirm your attendance at the meeting or email her: cptwashi@optonline.net.

	Community Events: Save These Dates!

MAY 11: BOARD OF EDUCATION TOWN HALL MEETING
The Port Washington Board of Education is inviting the Chabad community to a “Town Hall Meeting” which will take place at Chabad House. A date has been set for Thursday, May 11, 8:00 pm. Please call Chabad to confirm your attendance.

MAY 16: LAG B'OMER BARBECUE
Chabad Community Barbecue in honor of Lag B'Omer: an enjoyable evening of food and friendship together with our community! Host: Manny & Mojdeh Malekan. Chief Chefs: Alan Salzbank & Mark Fogel. Watch your mailbox for futher information!

MAY 29: MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Join Chabad Social Action Committee and march with our group in
the Port Washington Memorial Day Parade. Call Maria at the office to register to march or email Mark Fogel.

MAY 31: 15th ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The Dinner will take place at the Woodbury Jewish Center. Guests of Honor will be Michael Faltischeck, and Maurice & Jonathan Mandelbaum and Lenny & Susan Lebovitch. Adam Katz will be Dinner Chairman. Further information will be posted on our website shortly at www.chabadpw.org/dinner.

JUNE 11: COMMUNITY-WIDE BLOOD DRIVE
Our very active (and beloved) Social Action Committee Chairman, Mark Fogel (aka The Kohen from the back of the shul) has organized another meaningful community event. Reserve the date of June 11, 2006, 8:30 AM to come by to Chabad to give blood. We are inviting the entire community of Port Washington to participate. The goal is to collect 26 pints of blood for the Long island Blood Service. This is a mitzvah. We can literally save lives with this small act.

B"H

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Port Washington, NY
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Shabbat Begins: May. 05 2006	7:37 PM
Shabbat Ends: May. 06 2006	8:41 PM

Parshah Acharei-Kedoshim

Kiddush Calendar

We're still seeking sponsors for every Shabbat in May & June, except for May 20th - Albert & Vida Malekan will be sponsoring the Kiddush on May 20th.

Please email kiddush@chabadpw.org or call Maria at 767-TORA to sponsor a luncheon in honor of a birthday, anniversary, yahrzeit or any other occasion. They do not have to be costly!

Shul Family News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
5/6 Elah Lanis
5/6 Shadi Nili
5/7 Melissa Quigley
5/7 Emilie Joy Wach
5/8 Guy Greener
5/8 Sydney Levy
5/8 Russell Saks
5/9 Rofrecine Berkower
5/9 Shelly Philipson
5/9 Alexander Schwartz

MAZAL TOV TO:
Dr. Howard and Debbie Schiff on the birth of a new grand-daughter!

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	Schedule of Services
Monday -Friday at 7:00 a.m. Friday night at 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Morning at 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush Luncheon at noon Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

	Schedule of Classes
Saturday Torah Study Class Rabbi Paltiel at 8:45 -9:30 a.m. Sunday Torah Study Class with Rabbi Paltiel at 10:00 -11:00 a.m. Wednesday Talmud class with Rabbi Lewis at 8:00 pm Saturday Women's Discussion Group with Dr. Chaya Glogauer after lunch

	Daily Quote
One whose wisdom is greater than his deeds, what is he comparable to? To a tree with many branches and few roots; comes a storm and uproots it, and turns it on its face... But one whose deeds are greater than his wisdom, to what is he compared? To a tree with many roots and few branches, whom all the storms in the world cannot budge from its place. — Ethics of the Fathers 3:17


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	Daily Thought

Self- Made Exile

There is nothing larger than a mitzvah. There is nothing more powerful than Torah. When you are occupied in these things, the whole world becomes your servant, there but to stage your actions.

Exile begins when we believe the world is a big place and we are its tiny prisoners.

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

	The Parshah In a Nutshell

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.

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Yeshiva Skier - Submitted by Becky Freifeld

In a slalom race, the skier must pass through about 20 "gates" in the fastest time. Well, it happened that a very Orthodox yeshiva in Montreal had an exceptional skier among its students. So fast, that in practice, with tzitzis streaming out behind, he had beaten the world record several times.

After first checking to make sure none of the men's slalom races would be on the Sabbath, he tried out for and made the Canadian Winter Olympic team. With his times in the trial heats, he was the favorite for an Olympic gold medal.

Came the day of the final, the crowd waited in anticipation. The French champion sped down the course in 38 seconds, the Swiss in 38.7 seconds, the German in 37.8 seconds, the Italian in 38.1 seconds. Then came the turn of the Canadian yeshiva "bocher." The crowd waited, and waited........

Finally, after a full five minutes, he crossed the finish line."What happened to you?" screamed his coach when the skier finally arrived. Breathing hard, the exhausted yeshiva student replied, "All right, who's the wise guy who put a mezuzah on every gate?"

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