10/19/07 - Chabad of Port Washington

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	A Word From the Rabbi

As I told you many times, Judaism is not all or nothing. For example: if you’re not going to attend shul every Shabbat does not mean it isn’t meaningful if you attend once in a while. It is for this reason that I look for opportunities to invite you to join me at shul, even if you’re not a regular due to a special date on the calendar or a special occasion. (If you are a regular, all the power to you!) This way we get to see each other more often than just the High Holidays. I often say: I want to turn “3-day a year Jews” into “12-day a year Jews” by asking people to come once a month.

This Shabbat My daughter Mushka and I are celebrating our birthdays with a Kiddush luncheon. (Services begin 9:30am; Torah reading 10:30am; Kiddush Luncheon at Noon). We also have a special treat - Lenny Lebovitch made his legendary, delicious cholent for this Shabbos kiddush. Please come...

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

	Upcoming Events

BLOOD DRIVE THIS SUNDAY
Chabad Teen Club Blood Drive will be holding a blood drive this Sunday in partnership with the Long Island Blood Service. Sunday October 28 - 9:00am-2:30pm at Chabad, 80 Shore Rd., Port Washington. Walk-ins are welcome! Call or email Natalia 767-8672 to sign up for a time slot or just show up. We need your help!
Please donate blood and help save the life of a friend or
neighbor in your community! We need over 800 pints of blood every day to provide the area hospitals with the blood they need to save lives. Thank you for Caring! For travel and medical questions, call 1-800-688-0900.

THE BAGEL TABLE - EVERY SUNDAY!
We are happy to announce that there will be bagels and spreads in the social hall every Sunday morning – for the pleasure of the Hebrew School parents, Torah Studies students or congregants at Chabad. Please feel free to drop by and enjoy a fresh delicious bagel, coffee, hang out and chat or just grab and run!

NEW! Mommy & Me
Our Mommy & Me began yesterday, led by Sara Paltiel. This new exciting opportunity features fun with Judaism, group play, songs and snacks in a wonderful, welcoming environment. Watch this group become the highlight of your child's week! If you'd still like to join for the remaining 4 Thursdays (and/or the following session of 5 Tuesdays, beginning November 19), call Natalia to register, 516-767-8672 or email [email protected]. For ages 12-30 months; 10:00 - 11:00 AM at Chabad.

COOKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Here's your opportunity to participate in a hands-on Challah baking workshop! The humorous and renowned, Rebbetzin Chaya Teldon will be leading the demonstration on November 1st - it promises to be a remarkable evening you don't want to miss! Space is limited so make your reservation asap! Visit www.chabadpw.org/cooking or call us at 516-767-8672. Mark your calendar for Cooking in the Neighborhood Part II with the famous, Susie Fishbein, author of the "Kosher by Design" cookbook series. Part II will be held on November 19.

SHABBAT DINNER
Join us next Friday night, November 2, for a beautiful and meaningful Shabbat Dinner for the entire community. Services at 6:30 pm, dinner at 7:00 pm. Click here for more info and to RSVP.

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Friday, Oct. 19	5:52 PM
Shabbat Ends: Shabbat, Oct. 20	6:49 PM

Torah Portion: Lech-Lecha

Kiddush Calendar

The Kiddush is sponsored by the Paltiel's in honor of Rabbi's & Mushka's birthdays!

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:
10/29 Mashi Weinberg
10/30 Jeff Kobrinsky

YARTZEITS
10/24 Mary Sandman
observed by Alan & Linda Sandman
10/31 Rahmatollah Kohannim
observed by Mojdeh & Manny Malekan

	Schedule of Services
Sunday morning Services 9:00 AM Tefillin Club: 11:30 am - 12 noon in the Chabad Library Monday - Friday: 7:00 AM Friday night: 6:30 PM PLEASE HELP US WITH A MINYAN TONIGHT! Shabbos Morning: 9:30 AM

	CHANUKAH!
Save the date for our upcoming Menorah Lightings for the entire community! Tuesday, December 4 First Night of Chanukah! LIRR-Main Street: 6:00 PM Manhasset: 8:00 PM A Celebration for the entire family!

Schedule of Classes

Tanya Class
Saturdays, 8:45-9:30 AM
with Rabbi Paltiel

Torah Studies
Sundays, 10:00 - 11:20 AM

	This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org

Living

	Voices in the Night
Late at night. A dark, cold night. "Mommy," a voice calls softy, anxiously, "Mommy, I'm scared..."

Audio & Video

	Episode VII
Salvaging a house plant is a lot like salvaging your own life.

Seasons

	Getting Real
Do you work in order to holiday, or do you holiday in order to work?

Parshah

	Keep on Trucking
On rare days, we coast along at the top of our game. On the bad days, we tumble out of control into a valley of problems and issues. Most days, we sit in traffic and question if we are moving at all...

	The Jewish Calendar

Friday

Cheshvan 7 | Oct 19

Last Jew comes home (2nd Temple Era)

Passing of R. Meir Shapiro (1933)

Prayers for rain

Passing of Rosh (1327)

Passing of Methuselah (1656 BCE)

Rachel (1553 BCE)

R. Nachum of Chernobyl (1797)

Passing of Mattityahu (139 BCE)

	Daily Thought

Soul Healing

People think that if they are not well, they must sacrifice all meaning in their life in order to take care of their physical situation. In fact, the opposite is true: You cannot separate the healing of the body from the healing of the soul. As you treat the body, you must also increase in nourishing the soul. Doctors know this very well, but they should make better use of the fact.

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 Lech-Lecha

G‑d speaks to Abram, commanding him to "Go from your land, from your birthplace and from your father's house, to the land which I will show you." There, G‑d says, he will be made into a great nation. Abram and his wife Sarai, accompanied by his nephew Lot, journey to the Land of Canaan, where Abram builds an altar and continues to spread the message of a One G‑d.

A famine forces the first Jew to depart for Egypt, where beautiful Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's palace; Abram escapes death because they present themselves as brother and sister. A plague prevents the Egyptian king from touching her and convinces him to return her to Abram and compensate the brother-revealed-as-husband with gold, silver and cattle.

Back in the Land of Canaan, Lot separates from Abram and settles in the evil city of Sodom, where he falls captive when the mighty armies of Chedorlaomer and his three allies conquer the five cities of the Sodom Valley. Abram sets out with a small band to rescue his nephew, defeats the four kings, and is blessed by Malki-Zedek the king of Salem (Jerusalem).

G‑d seals the Covenant Between the Parts with Abram, in which the exile and persecution (Galut) of the people of Israel is foretold and the Holy Land is bequeathed to them as their eternal heritage

Still childless ten years after their arrival in the Land, Sarai tells Abram to marry her maidservant Hagar. Hagar conceives, becomes insolent toward her mistress, and then flees when Sarai treats her harshly; an angel convinces her to return and tells her that her son will father a populous nation. Ishmael is born in Abram's 86th year.

Thirteen years later, G‑d changes Abram's name to Abraham ("father of multitudes") and Sarai's to Sarah ("princess"), and promises that a son will be born to them; from this child, whom they should call Isaac ("will laugh"), will stem the great nation with which G‑d will establish His special bond. Abraham is commanded to circumcise himself and his descendents as a "sign of the covenant between Me and you."

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