7/27/08 - Chabad of Port Washington

Chabad of Port Washington · Email: [email protected] · Voice: 516-767-8672 · Web: www.ChabadPW.org

	A Word From the Rabbi

The summer is a great time for decluttering, and with Chabad's new CLUTTERFREE program, it's never been easier! We're excited to share with you that Chabad of Port Washington has joined forces with CLUTTERFREE to turn your “once cherished” items into cash! If you have items of value that are no longer wanted in your home or office, you may want to consider donating them to be sold on ebay for CHABAD'S benefit.

This is an ongoing effort to raise funds for Chabad of Port Washington. There is no time limit to receiving items for sale. Call our CLUTTERFREE coordinator, Donna Benabou, 516-551-5785 or email [email protected] . Visit our website for more information and guidelines on this new, exciting initiative!

On another note, I'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelming response we got to our calendar campaign! Thanks to your support, we're going to be printing a beautiful new calendar this year featuring an updated design and a great new addition - birthdays of our community members! If you haven't yet participated in our calendar campaign or if you'd still like to include your family's birthays, click here so that we can include you before this goes to print!

Sabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

P.S. I will be away this Shabbos along with my family as I was invited to be the Guest Speaker at Chabad of East Hampton Shabbaton. The Tanya class will be suspended this Shabbos

	News @ Chabad

NEW! Easy online mikvah RSVP system in place
We're pleased to share with you that we've implemented a new Mikvah appointment system. It's now easier than ever to make your appontment to use our gorgeous Mikvah! Simple log on to www.chabadpw.org/mikvah and click on the appoinment link.

It will take just 30 seconds for you to fill in your name, phone number, email and the date you'd like to set your appoinment for. Our Mikvah coordinator will get your appointment request instantly and will be in touch with you right away. If you're ready to make an appointment, click here.

Got Junk? We'll Take It!!
The ClutterFree Process is Simple! All you need to do is:
1. Send an email or call with a few details about the items you are considering donating: [email protected].
2. We will determine the salability of your items on ebay.
3. Pick up or drop off arrangements will be made.
4. Pertinent information will be gathered about these items.
5. You will receive a tax deductible receipt for the full estimated value of the item.
6. Payment will be made to Chabad of Port Washington for items sold. Unsold items will be donated to an appropriate charity and you will receive a tax-deductible donation receipt.

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Jul. 27, 2007	7:58 PM
Shabbat Ends: Jul. 28, 2007	9:02 PM

Torah Portion: Va'etchanan

Kiddush Calendar

We need a Kiddush sponsor for August 11 & 18

Consider sponsoring a future Kiddush at Chabad. Please email [email protected] to book your date. This is a beautiful, meaningful way to celebrate a special occasion or commemorate a date on your family calendar.

Shul Family News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Jonathan Dweck 7/28
Lisa Salstein 8/2

ANNIVERSARIES
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Friedberg 7/26

	Schedule of Services
Sunday morning Services 9:00 AM Tefillin Club: 11:30 am - 12 noon in the Chabad Library 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

	Schedule of Classes
Tanya Class Saturdays, 8:45-9:30 a.m. with Rabbi Paltiel

	Daily Quote
And these words, which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart; you shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when sitting in your home and walking on the road, when you lie down and when you rise — Deuteronomy 6:6

	Camp Update
It's been another fabulously fun week at our Berkowitz Gan Israel day camp. Beginning with Mayim Mayim Monday and Tuesday's tripday at Ceramics Party Center the week was off to a fun start. And camp got even more exciting on My Day My Way Wednesday, a trip on Thursday and finally, the highlight of our week, Challah Baking on Friday along with a guest entertainer, Eric the Magician! View the fun photos on our website: www.imaginesummer.org

	This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org

Lifecycles

	The Jewish Wedding
Two can become one — when soulmates tap into the singular soul they share. Join us as we explore this quest for oneness, as empowered by the timeless laws and traditions of the Jewish marriage .

Living

	Life Behind Bars
We make mistakes. And we pay for them, sometimes quite dearly. Does this mean that we should ascept that we have, in effect, "lost" a portion of our life? What about someone serving a life sentence in prison?

Women

	The Journey of a Survivor
In one corner stood a multitude of canes and walking sticks. This was the first of many visits with Yetta, an eighty-two-year-old Holocaust survivor. We sat down on her patterned couch, and soon, she began to talk...

Parshah

	The Inexistence of the Universe
A fundamental principle of the Jewish faith — twice stated by Moses in our Parshah — is that "there is none else": that nothing exists aside from G‑d. Are these just words, or do they mean something that we can understand? Seven generations of Chabad rebbes, beginning with the author of the Tanya, have written on the subject

	The Jewish Calendar

Thursday

Av 11 | Jul 26

Friday

Av 12 | Jul 27

Nachmanides' Disputation (1263)

770 Acquired (1940)

Shabbat

Av 13 | Jul 28

Sir Moses Montefiore (1885)

Shabbat of Consolation

Ethics: Chapter 4

Sunday

Av 14 | Jul 29

Monday

Av 15 | Jul 30

End of Dying in Desert (1274 BCE)

Ban on Inter-Tribal Marriage Lifted (13th century BCE)

Tribe of Benjamin Re-Admitted (circa 1228 BCE)

Jeroboam's Roadblocks Removed (574 BCE)

Betar Dead Buried (148 CE)

Matchmaking Day

"The Day of the Breaking of the Ax"

Joyous Day; Tachnun Omitted

Increase Torah Study

Tuesday

Av 16 | Jul 31

Wednesday

Av 17 | Aug 1

Hebron Massacre (1929)

Thursday

Av 18 | Aug 2

Friday

Av 19 | Aug 3

Shabbat

Av 20 | Aug 4

Zohar Published (1558)

Passing of R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1944)

Ethics: Chapter 5

	Daily Thought

Careers

Just as you search out a material career, so you must also search out a spiritual one.

But there is a difference: With a material career you can only plow and sow and await the rains. With your spiritual career you must provide the rain as well — in other words, it is up to you to fill it with life.

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

	the parshah in a nutshell

Parshat Va'etchanan

Moses tells the people of Israel how he implored G‑d to allow him to enter the land of Israel, but G‑d refused, instructing him instead to ascend a mountain and see the Promised Land.

Continuing his "review of the Torah," Moses describes the Exodus from Egypt and the Giving of the Torah, declaring them unprecedented events in human history. "Has there ever occurred this great thing, or has the likes of it ever been heard? Did ever a people hear the voice of G‑d speaking out of the midst of the fire... and live? ... You were shown, to know, that the L-rd is G‑d... there is none else beside Him."

Moses predicts that, in future generations, the people will turn away from G‑d, worship idols, and be exiled from their land and scattered amongst the nations; but from there they will seek G‑d, and return to obey His commandments.

Our Parshah also includes a repetition of the Ten Commandments, and the verses of the Shema which declare the fundamentals of the Jewish faith: the unity of G‑d ("Hear O Israel: the L-rd our G‑d, the L-rd is one"); the mitzvot to love G‑d, study His Torah, and bind "these words" as tefillin on our arms and heads, and inscribe them in the mezuzot affixed on the doorposts of our homes.

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