6-15-06 - Chabad of Port Washington

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Farbrengen Dinner with Chabad on the Island

Tribute Evening
In commemoration of the 12th yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, Chabad of Long Island is holding a special Farbrengen Dinner.

Click here for more info, to download the brochure and register online!

Camp Gan Israel - You in for 2006?
Just a few spots still available!

Visit our state-of-the-art website for all you need to know about the Berkowitz Gan Israel Day Camp. Log on to http://www.bgidc.org/ to find out about our camp, view photos from last year, and even register online!

	A Word From the Rabbi

Dear Friends,

I am still under the impression of the amazing C.A.S.H. graduation which took place on Wednesday night at Chabad House. The entire shul and social hall were turned into a large auditorium and there must have been over 500 seats in the room, along with a large stage, backdrop, etc.

Kudos to Rabbi Glogauer and his entire team. All the teachers clearly worked extremely hard to prepare their students for the presentations. The event celebrated Commencement Exercises for both Florence Brownstein Preschool graduates (Sara and I are amongst the proud parents there…) and Max & Ruth Schwartz Elementary students.

This year the highest grade is 7th grade, which means we can begin to gear up for a genuine 8th grade graduating class next June. Judging from the wonderful program and just the scope of this week's event, one can only imagine what might be in store for us come next June.

Congrads to all the Grads! Thanks to all who worked so hard to put on an amazing event. What a way to finish another amazing year at a most amazing school! C.A.S.H. – It's right on the money!

Click here to see the 7 minute video of CASH which was shown at this year's dinner.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

	News @ Chabad

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!
Joseph & Lida Esrail put in hours upon hours of work into making the dinner and raffle a success, as they do each year. As luck would have it, their Gold Page ad was the one accidentally omitted from the Journal. We apologize for the mistake and thank them for all their help!

Blood Drive Report
by Mark Fogel

The Blood Drive Sunday was as they English would say, "Bloody Good!" We at Chabad of Port Washington should be proud of all those who came to help and who donated a part of themselves. The Kabbalah says that the soul is in the blood and all those who donated spread some of that strong Jewish Soul around. In fact, we collected twenty pints of whole red jewish Blood and because of all those, we at Chabad have saved more than one hundred (Yes, 100!) lives. Now that is something we can all be proud of. And, remember the saying, save one life and save a world - well all of you who participated saved over a hundred worlds.

A special thanks to our donors:Emmanuel Arounian, Ronit Macanian, Abbe Neissani, Jonathan Neissani, Jeff Kobrinsky, Kate Lazarovic, Sandra Effune, Simon Fuchs, Rosalie Silver, Bernice Loew, Dr. Martin Kay, Andrew Kay, Mary Finch Kay, Andre Zalta, Karen Salzbank, Stacy Pinchiaroli, David Weingast, Ellen Schaier, Aliza Cohen, Josef Cohen, Rabbi Glogauer and our last donor for the day, Rabbi Paltiel - who came running in to make sure he wasn't left out!

And to our Chabad Teen Club for helping escort our war wounded, with special thanks to Esther, Sam and Max Fogel - the Kohanim from the back of the Shul. May we go from strength to strength.

	Community Events: Save these Dates!

JUNE 18: HEBREW SCHOOL GRADUATION
Chabad Hebrew School graduation, 11:00 am - 12 noon.

JUNE 28: TRIBUTE EVENING
Join all 22 Chabad Centers on Long Island for an evening of learning and inspiration, commemorating the Rebbe's Yahrzeit. The Dinner and mini-academic conference will be held at the Huntington Town House, beginning at 5 pm. Couvert is $45 / Sponsor: $180. Please click here for further information.

JULY 3: CAMP GAN ISRAEL BEGINS
First day of Ethel & Irving Berkowitz Gan Israel Day Camp.

	Humor

Submitted by: Lillian Shulman

Patient: "I have a ringing in my ears."
Doctor: "Don't answer!"

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A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says, "You've been brought here for drinking."
The drunk says "Okay, let's get started."

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A bum asked a Jewish fellow, "Give me $10 until payday."
The Jewish fellow responded, "When's payday?"
The bum said, "I don't know! You're the one that's working!"

	Article of Interest

Submitted by Becky Freifeld

Wearing a badge and a beard Hasidic cop bridges two worlds in New York
By Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press writer

Rockland County Police Academy in New York had never seen anything like it.

"A guy walks in with a bowler hat on, a beard, a coat coming down to his knees," says Sheriff James Kralik. "He looks like something out of 'Fiddler on the Roof.' "

It was Shlomo Koenig, now Deputy Shlomo Koenig, perhaps the only Hasidic police officer in the nation.

"Even in Israel they don't have anything like this," Mr. Koenig says, his auburn beard and sidelocks sprawling out under his wide-brimmed Smokey hat.

Mr. Koenig, 35, who runs a business that makes plastic shopping bags, had long been an unofficial liaison between the sheriff's department and Rockland's growing but insular Orthodox Jewish community. He helped translate into Yiddish or explained the customs of one group to the other. Continue

B"H

Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11050]

Shabbat Begins: Jun. 16 2006	8:10 PM
Shabbat Ends: Jun. 17 2006	9:19 PM

Parshah Behaalotecha

Latest Links!

Matza Bakery Photos:

Click here to view another set of Robert Salzbank's creatively captured photos!

Dinner Photos!

Click here and log in using the guest password: Chabad. You can also order photos of different sizes directly on the site. Thank you Avner Katzav of Avidon Photography for donating the photography for the dinner. If you purchase pictures off the site you are helping us say thank you to Avner for his generosity in donating the job.

7-minute C.A.S.H. Day School Video - Shown at our Dinner!

"We're on the Rise"
Thank you Mark Fogel for posting it on Google for us!

Kiddush Calendar

The Kiddush this week is sponsored and prepared by: Alan & Karen Salzbank, Gary & Rita Litvak in association with the Kiddush Club i.e. home made in Claire's kitchen. I assume we can expect some more of Alan's cakes. Come early!

We're seeking Kiddush sponsors for June 24, July 8, 15 & 29

Please email [email protected] 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!

To view our Kiddush Calendar, you can click this link below or click into it from our homepage in the future!

Shul Family News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
6/16 Matthew Pinchiaroli
6/18 Benjamin Ostad
6/19 Daniel Berman
6/19 Maximillian Fogel
6/19 Ronny Wach
6/21 Abigail Berkower
6/21 Arielle Ziv

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:
6/18 Mr. & Mrs. Danny Lee


	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

	This Week on www.ChabadPW.org

Comment

	There's No Such Thing as an Anti-Semite
The age-old struggle between Jew and Jew-hater is a misnomer. It's not us they hate

Story

	The Mud Hole
Two lost souls, a wealthy businessman and his coachman, arrived in a city one Friday afternoon...

Heaven Exposed

	Is G‑d an It, an I, or Nothing?
What's the difference between No-thingness with a capital N and vanilla nothing with a lower case n? What makes one Nothing G‑d and the other just nothing?

Parenting

	The Stranger in the Box
Many parents are reluctant to allow their kids to spend time outside unsupervised because they fear "stranger danger." Yet the strangers can already be in our homes

	The Jewish Calendar

Friday

Sivan 20 | Jun 16

Martyrs of Blois (1171)

Shabbat

Sivan 21 | Jun 17

Ethics: Chapter 2

Sunday

Sivan 22 | Jun 18

Miriam Quarantined (1312 BCE)

Monday

Sivan 23 | Jun 19

Jeroboam Barricades Jerusalem (797 BCE)

Haman's Decree Counteracted (357 BCE)

Jews Debate Before Alexander (313 BCE)

Three of the "Ten Martyrs" Killed (2nd century CE)

Thursday

Sivan 26 | Jun 22

R. Chananya ben Tradyon Killed (2nd century CE)

Rebbe Arrives in US (1941)

Bless New Month

Ethics: Chapter 3

	Daily Thought

Incessantly Better

When the Divine Light began to focus and contract, descending level after level, it did so to bring forth a world of continuous ascent. Since that very beginning, not a day has passed that does not transcend its yesterday.

Like a mighty river that flows to reach its source, no dam can hold it back, no ship can struggle against its current. If in our journey downstream we appear to retrogress, to take a wrong turn, to lose a day in failure, it is only because we have no map to know its way. We see from within, but the river knows its path from above.

Of one thing we have been given mastery, however: Not of our ultimate destiny, not even of the direction of our incessant flow, but of our journey. How soon will we arrive? How complete? How fulfilled?

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 Behaalotecha

Aaron is commanded to raise light in the lamps of the menorah, and the tribe of Levi is initiated into the service in the Sanctuary.

A "Second Passover" is instituted in response to the petition "Why should we be deprived?" by a group of Jews who were unable to bring the Passover offering in its appointed time because they were ritually impure. G‑d instructs Moses on the procedures for Israel's journeys and encampments in the desert, and the people journey in formation from Mount Sinai, where they had been camped for nearly a year.

The people are dissatisfied with their "bread from heaven" (the manna) and demand that Moses supply them with meat. Moses appoints 70 elders, to whom he emanates of his spirit, to assist him in the burden of governing the people. Miriam speaks negatively of Moses and is punished with leprosy; Moses prays for her healing and the entire community waits seven days for her recovery.

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