10-12-06 - Chabad of Port Washington

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	A Word From the Rabbi

The holiday month we are currently enjoying has been compared to the renewal of a relationship between a husband and wife. The courting period is during the month of Elul prior to Rosh Hashana; Rosh Hashana would be the engagement; Yom Kippur the wedding day; the 7 days of Sukkot and Simchas Torah are the 7 days of Sheva Brachot, 7 day celebration period which takes place after marriage (the Jewish version of the honeymoon). So what's my point? If you've been here all along to see this relationship be reborn and grow into a real commitment during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, you owe it to yourself to be there to enjoy the celebration of Sukkot and Simchas Torah. (See schedule in this email).

Happy Holidays and hope to see you in shul!

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

	Holiday Traditions: Simchat Torah & YIZKOR

Yizkor, the remembrance prayer for departed parents, is recited on Shemini Atzeret (Shabbos) after the morning reading of the Torah. Join us in the synagogue on Shabbos and before the holiday, I encourage you to read this moving Yizkor article on our site: My First Yizkor, by acclaimed author, Yosef Y. Jacobson; click here.

Join us for Simchat Torah Hakafot Dancing & Rejoicing @ Chabad!

All are invited Saturday night, October 14th at 6:30 pm for Hakafot, dancing with the Torah, flags for the kids, refreshments, open bar, join us for a wonderful evening of joy and celebration!!

On Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah (Oct. 14-15), we conclude, and begin anew, the annual Torah reading cycle. The event is marked with great rejoicing, and the "hakafot" procession in which we march and dance with Torah scrolls around the reading table in the synagogue. In the words of the Chassidic saying, "On Simchat Torah, we rejoice in the Torah, and the Torah rejoices in us; the Torah, too, wants to dance, so we become the Torah's dancing feet."

	News at Chabad

CTC Sukkah-side BBQ
The CTC (Chabad Teen Club) enjoyed a Sukkah-side BBQ with Rabbi Weinberg, where they discussed their plans for the new year. Word is they plan to do more community outreach, including a beach clean-up scheduled for a few weeks from now.

Hebrew School Sukkot Party
Chabad Hebrew School Sukkah party was absolutely fantastic, in spite of the fact that it had to be moved inside into the social hall due to the weather. It was very well attended by close to 100 people, pizza and goodies were enjoyed by all, an interesting game was played and all enjoyed a magnificent magic show which included simulated hypnosis causing people to hang in mid air... You had to be there. Thank you Rabbi Weinberg and staff.

B"H

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

Shabbat / Holiday Begins: Oct. 13 2006	6:01 PM
Shabbat Ends / Second Day Holiday Begins: Oct. 14 2006	6:58 PM
Holiday Ends: Oct. 15 2006	6:56 PM

Shul Family News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
10/10 Avi Ziv
10/13 Talia Crowley
10/13 Emily Nassir
10/15 Rita Kaypour Ashour- zadeh
10/15 Natan Nassir
10/15 Mushka Paltiel
10/15 Morgan Jacob Quigley
10/15 Mr. Abraham Rosenzweig
10/15 Alan Rosenzweig
10/15 Mr. Ronald Salstein
10/16 Chaya Mushka Lewis
10/17 Harold Goldsmith
10/17 Sharon Lee
10/19 Ashley Aghravi

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:
Alan & Judy Karul

Kiddush Calendar

The Kiddush at Chabad on
Shemini Atzeret / Saturday, October 14 is sponsored by
Dr. Martin & Mary Kay

If you'd like to sponsor the Kiddush at Chabad, please check our online calendar and email your date of choice to Gary Litvak directly. You may also call Maria at 767-TORAH.

	Schedule of Classes
All Torah classes are suspended this week and next week due to the Holidays and will resume Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd.


	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 HOLIDAY SERVICES: Oct. 13 - Hoshana Rabba Services 6:30 PM Oct. 14 - Shemini Atzeret Services 9:30 AM Yizkor 11:00 AM Simchat Torah & Hakafot 6:30 PM Oct. 15 - Simchat Torah Services 9:30 AM

	This Week on www.ChabadPW.org

Voices

	The Bleeding Hat
We danced and sang in the sukkah, the transformative rain a mikvah-like immersion in G‑d's presence and will...

Voices

	A Sixth Dimension
They were carrying branches and fruit. They wanted me to wave them in the air, to shake them in all directions. For G‑d. For world peace. For unity...

Inner Dimensions

	The Secret of the Fifteen Steps
At the call of the dawn, two priests sounded their trumpets and began to descend the 15 steps that led down from the Men's Courtyard to the Women's Courtyard...

Story

	Hakafot in Liozna
"Fire consumes fire,." said the Rebbe. "The 'fiery law' of Torah will consume the fever induced by the frost..."

	The Jewish Calendar

Thursday

Tishrei 20 | Oct 12

Sukkot
Eat in Sukkah

The "Four Kinds"

"Water Drawing" Celebrations

Chol Hamoed

Friday

Tishrei 21 | Oct 13

Hoshana Rabbah
Hoshana Rabbah

Night Learning

Willow and Hoshaanot

Festive Meal

Shabbat

Tishrei 22 | Oct 14

Shemini Atzeret
Hakafot

Rain Prayer

Yizkor

Sunday

Tishrei 23 | Oct 15

Simchat Torah
Completing, beginning, and rejoicing with the Torah ("Hakafot")

Torah Reading

Monday

Tishrei 24 | Oct 16

Isru Chag

Tuesday

Tishrei 25 | Oct 17

Passing of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1810)

Passing of Chatam Sofer (1839)

Passing of Rabbi Don Isaac Abravanel (1508)

Shabbat Bereishit

Bless New Month

	Daily Thought

Beyond Soul

There is something deeper than the soul. There is the body, the spirit, and then there is the essence. If the soul is light, then that essence is the source of light. If it is energy, then the essence is the generator from which that energy comes. It is not something you have. It is who and what you are.

Whatever we do, we dance around that essence-core, like an orbiting spacecraft unable to land. We can meditate, inspire ourselves, but to touch our inner core, the place from which all this comes, that takes a power from beyond.

There are seasons in life empowered from beyond. Special days and special nights, times of crisis and times of joy. At other times you can move forward. At those times, you can change who you are.

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

The Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret Torah readings are from Leviticus 22-23, Numbers 29, and Deuteronomy 14-16. These readings detail the laws of the moadim or "appointed times" on the Jewish calendar for festive celebration of our bond with G‑d; including the mitzvot of dwelling in the sukkah (branch-covered hut) and taking the "Four Kinds" on the festival of Sukkot; the offerings brought in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem on Sukkot, and the obligation to journey to the Holy Temple to "to see and be seen before the face of G‑d" on the three annual pilgrimage festivals — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot.

On Simchat Torah ("Rejoicing of the Torah") we conclude, and begin anew, the annual Torah-reading cycle. First we read the Torah section of Vezot Haberachah, which recounts the blessings that Moses gave to each of the twelve tribes of Israel before his death. Echoing Jacob's blessings to his twelve sons five generations earlier, Moses assigns and empowers each tribe with its individual role within the community of Israel.

Vezot Haberachah then relates how Moses ascended Mount Nebo from whose summit he saw the Promised Land. "And Moses the servant of G‑d died there in the Land of Moab by the mouth of G‑d... and no man knows his burial place to this day." The Torah concludes by attesting that "There arose not a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom G‑d knew face to face... and in all the mighty hand and the great awesome things which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel."

Immediately after concluding the Torah, we begin it anew by reading the first chapter of Genesis (the beginning of next Shabbat's Torah reading) describing G‑d's creation of the world in six days and His ceasing work on the seventh—which He sanctified and blessed as a day of rest.

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