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Yes, I know there is still plenty of “summer” left to enjoy. Still, we are beginning to make preparations for the upcoming High Holidays so that everything will be organized and prepared. Please take a moment or two and click the image above to register your family and guests to the High Holiday services. (There is no charge for seats but registration is required for security purposes and so that we know how many people to expect). Why not take care of this now so that it’s out of the way. CLICK HERE.
We are also looking for volunteers to act as ushers during the services. Please contact Sara at: [email protected] if you are willing to take an ushering slot sometime during Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.
Most importantly, tell you family and friends they are invited to join you at Chabad House for the most amazing High Holiday services. Spread the word that every “type of Jew” is welcome at Chabad House, regardless of affiliation, level of observance, or lack thereof.
Shana Tova to all!
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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 It's been an unbelievable summer at Berkowitz Gan Israel and we thought you'd enjoy this funny photo!
It’s so hard to believe that we just finished seven weeks of the best camp in the universe!!!!!
This week we learned all about the Jewish Holidays through exciting crafts, activities, baking and all sorts of neat stuff! Today, the very last day of camp, we were busy every second, doing so many fun things! Our Challot came out beautiful. Swimming was the best. We had a Karate Belt Ceremony, in which we were all giving our very own personalized karate belt. Our karate teachers are really proud! We made really cute honey dishes for Rosh Hashanah, and we had such a fun Purim masquerade. We ended off with a grand Good Bye, Ice Cream Shavout/ Shabbat Party! Shabbat Shalom! Gonna really miss BGI, can’t wait for next year!
Who wants to be a Minyanaire?
We need extra minyan help during the weekly morning minyans for the summer months. Please come and lend a hand. Give us a morning once a week. We begin at 7 am sharp and are done by 7:30. You could make the difference.
Membership Drive
Also, if you have not yet signed up as a “Member” of Chabad, please consider doing so. Click here for all the info and online Membership forms. While our doors are open to all, our membership makes us stronger, both financially and communally.
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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
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Shabbat Begins:
Aug. 17, 2007 |
7:33 PM |
Shabbat Ends:
Aug. 18, 2007 |
8:34 PM |
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Shul Family News
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CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A BOY!
Congratulations to Chabad Board Member Frank Arnold and his wife Suzanne on the birth of their grandson, born to their daughter, Michelle. May you enjoy much joy and happiness from this baby and from your entire family. Mazel tov also to the aunt and uncle, Deborah and Michael Samuel, also a Board Member.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:
Gabriel Vaknin 8/17
Esther Fogel 8/19
Justin Malekan 8/19
Dr. Martin Brownstein 8/20
Ariella Ohabi 8/21
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Rabbi Shalom & Sara Paltiel
YARTZEITS
Erna Katz 8/18/2007, Mother of Curtis Katz • Moshe Lanis 8/19/2007 observed by Arin Lanis & Nancy Federman • Joshua Lowy 8/20/2007 observed by Curtis Katz • Johanna Katz 8/23/2007 observed by Curtis Katz • Yetta Lerner 8/23/2007, mother Banschick, Helen
BEST WISHES
To Sam Fogel on going off to study at University in Albany this week. Lots of Mazel!
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Schedule of Services
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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.
WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR THE MINYAN!
Shabbat Morning at 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush Luncheon at noon
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Be A Rock
There are times when the entire world denies the truth you know within.
There are times you must be a lion, a deer, an eagle, a tree — but now you must be a rock.
Now you must not flinch, not in any way even acknowledge the existence of the mighty waves that come crashing down upon you , conspiring to grind you to sand, to sweep you away to join them in the vast ocean.
You must be the hard, unmoving rock that lies at the essence of your soul, the voice from beyond all this ephemeral reality, from beyond all time and space, that says, "They are nothing. There is none else but He."
It begins with you. And then it happens in your world: The outer crust of facade begins to crack, the essential reality is revealed, the storm dissipates as though it never were, and all things begin to say, "I am not a thing. In truth, there is none else but He."
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.
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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Parshat Shoftim
Moses instructs the people of Israel to appoint judges and law-enforcement officers in every city; "Justice, justice shall you pursue," he commands them, and you must administer it without corruption or favoritism. Crimes must be meticulously investigated and evidence thoroughly examined — a minimum of two credible witnesses is required for conviction and punishment.
In every generation, says Moses, there will be those entrusted with the task of interpreting and applying the laws of the Torah. "According to the law that they will teach you, and the judgement they will instruct you, you shall do; you shall not turn away from the thing that they say to you, to the right nor to the left."
Shoftim also includes the prohibitions against idolatry and sorcery; laws governing the appointment and behavior of a king; and guidelines for the creation of "cities of refuge" for the inadvertent murderer. Also set forth are many of the rules of war: the exemption from battle for one who has just married, built a home, planted a vineyard or is "afraid and soft-hearted"; the requirement to offer terms of peace before attacking a city; the prohibition against wanton destruction of something of value, exemplified by the law that forbids to cut down a fruit tree when laying siege (in this context the Torah makes the famous statement "For man is a tree of the field").
The Parshah concludes with the law of Eglah Arufah - the special procedure to be followed when a person is killed by an unknown murderer and his body is found in a field - which underscores the responsibility of the community and its leaders not only for what they do but also for what they might have prevented from being done.
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