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Our people are at war. Israel is fighting a war on both its southern and northern borders. My dear friends, the soldiers on the front lines, as well as all the people living in Israel, are fighting for us. Israel is OUR homeland, the only place on earth where a Jew really can call home. This is not a war taking place someplace in the Middle East; this is about us. It’s a war against our people, against the right for any Jew to exist, anywhere, anytime.
The good news it seems this time our leaders are committed to victory, to once and for all neutralize the terrorist groups that have been terrorizing our cities for years. The good news is also that the people of Israel are rallying behind the government and the army. The vast majority of Israel’s citizens are solidly behind the effort. Much needed Jewish unity and solidarity seem to be back, the way they were back in the days of the 6 Day War and Entebbe.
Make sure to do your share in the war effort:
- Stay in touch with the situation on a daily basis. Click here to see the latest news from the front lines and to receive daily updates. www.chabadpw.org/special/gazawar/default.htm
- Support our troops by sending meaningful care packages:
click here
- Pray on behalf of the soldiers and the residents of Israel. Recite Psalm Chapter 20 every day for the duration of the war. Click here for Chapter 20 Hebrew and English. This chapter of Psalms is extremely powerful and appropriate any time we’re faced with a serious challenge in life.
- Rally Sunday - January 11th, large solidarity rally for Israel at 11:00 am across from the Israeli Consulate on 42nd and 2nd.
At this time, every one of us need to be advocates on behalf of the Jewish state.
Click here for a brief Q & A from Rabbi Moss on the situation, which will help when dealing with questions people have about Israel’s moral right in this situation.
May we merit the coming of Moshiach very soon. I think all agree it’s high time for Moshiach to come and bring world peace and an en to all the craziness, the hate, anger and bloodshed. The Rebbe, shortly before his passing, said that he foresees the Redemption as something imminent, just over the horizon. Well, I think all agree now would be a good time for him to show up. Let’s do another mitzvah to make it happen. Hey, maybe he’ll surprise us!
Shabbat Shalom!
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Judaism 101 | 8:00 PM
1/13: Torah & Jewish History | 8:00 PM
1/20: The Jewish Calendar
1/27: Prayer
2/3: Mitzvot & Jewish Law
2/10: Life Cycle
$18 for all 5 classes. RSVP: natalia@chabadpw.org
Instructor: Rabbi Weinberg | Class Details here
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Father-Son Night Out!
Pizza & Sports Tournament
7:00 - 8:30 PM
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Community Shabbat Dinner
You're invited to join us this Friday night, January 16, at Chabad for a beautiful Shabbat Dinner with our community! You'll enjoy great company and an uplifting Shabbat experience in our warm, family-like atmosphere.
It's time to sign up! The fee for dinner is $25/adult; $15/child, ages 7-12, FREE for ages 6 and under. Services begin at 6:30 PM, Dinner at 7:00. CLICK HERE to access our quick & easy reservation form or call to let us know you're coming: 767-8672. We look forward to spending Shabbat with you!
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Café Chabad with David Clontz
Join us for a pleasant Saturday night, socializing with other adults, enjoying a Chinese buffet dinner and listening to a fascinating lecture: Be the Jew;
Pastor to Jew. David will recount his remarkable odyssey – it’s the story you don’t want to miss! Back by Popular Demand!
Having grown up Christian, David Clontz became a pastor in the 1990's for three Southern Baptist Churches. Eight years later he was proud to be leading a congregation of 700 families while holding a doctorate in theology and well on the road to publishing a book on the New Testament. And that's when his journey took a sharp turn, and now he's a proud Jew. Join us for Cafe Chabad to hear David fill in all the blanks as he recounts his remarkable odyssey from pastor to an active Jew and a member of Chabad of Port Washington. This is a fascinating tale you want to hear firsthand so join us at Chabad!
Chinese buffet dinner & lecture. Admission: $20 per person; Members $10. 8:15 PM Click here to RSVP
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Candle Lighting Times for
Port Washington, NY
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Shabbat Candle Lighting:
Friday, Jan. 9 |
4:27 pm |
Shabbat Ends:
Shabbat, Jan. 10 |
5:31 pm |
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Kiddush Calendar
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This Shabbat Chabad is celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of Spencer Rabin. Mazel tov to the entire family
Spencer Rabin, Shlomo
Born: 1/1/1996
Grandparents: Olivia Jean & Joe
Favorite Mitzvah: Davening
Favorite Jewish Holiday: Chanukah
Favorite Holiday Food: Potato "Latkes"
Hobbies: playing sports,hanging out with friends and going to school
Role Model: My Parents
Favorite Subject: Math
Favorite Sport: Baseball
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To sponsor a future Kiddush at Chabad, please email natalia@chabadpw.org
WE NEED KIDDUSH SPONSORS FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS. PLEASE HELP BY SPONSORING A KIDDUSH. NEED NOT BE EXPENSIVE.
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Shul Family News
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
1/9 Joseph Kaplan
1/10 Robert Resnick
1/10 Alexandra Zahn
1/15 Reuben Pinner
1/15 Daniel Stapler
YARTZEITS
1/10/2009 Esther Eskanazy, Esther bas Moshe, observed by Al Eskanazy
1/11/2009 Ben Hayden, Dov Baer ben Shlomo Zalman Ha Levy, observed by Steven Hayde n[father]
1/14/2009 Yuliya Klopova Shapiro, observed by Harold & Marina [mother]
1/14/2009 Robert Scher, Baruch Moshe Ben Israel observed by Martin H. & Joyce Scher [brother]
1/15/2009 Julia Sevy observed by Pauline Perahia [mother]
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Tribute
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This Shabbat Chabad will remember our beloved
Chaim G
whose yahrzeit is this coming Tuesday.
Surely he is up there in heaven beseeching G‑d on behalf of security and peace in Israel, as he did so vigorously during his lifetime.
Reb Chaim, we miss you!
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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
Services: 7:00 AM
Friday night: 6:30 PM
Shabbos 9:30 AM
Mincha following Kiddush lunch
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Schedule of Classes
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Tanya Class with Rabbi Paltiel
Saturdays, 8:45-9:30 AM
Women's Study Group
with Devorah Weinberg
every Shabbat after Kiddush lunch
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thank you Rob Salzbank for
the great photos!
www.rampagestudios.com
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This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org |
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As Conflict Rolls On, Israelis See Miracles |
| As Israel’s offensive in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip stretched into its 12th day of air operations and fourth day of ground battles, soldiers in towns across the southern part of the country are going door to door to make sure that citizens are safe. |
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Some More Journalistic Bias, Please? |
| We try to explain away evil as "misunderstood good." Often times, the only people that "enlightened" minds choose to label as evil are those who have the courage to identify evil for what it really is. |
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The Kabbalah of Self-Knowledge |
| If you truly understood what you are and where you stand, how would you feel about yourself? Would you be elated? Utterly inadequate? Both at once? A mystical guide to self-knowledge as the ultimate antidote to depression. |
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Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World |
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the parshah in a nutshell |
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ParshatVayechi
Jacob lives the final 17 years of his
life in Egypt. Before his passing, he asks
Joseph to take an oath that he will
bury him in the
Holy Land. He blesses Joseph's two sons,
Manasseh and
Ephraim, elevating them to the status of his own sons as progenitors of
tribes within the nation of Israel.
The patriarch desires to reveal the
end of days to his children, but is
prevented from doing so. Jacob blesses his sons, assigning to each his role as a tribe:
Judah will produce leaders, legislators and kings; priests will come from
Levi, scholars from
Issachar, seafarers from
Zebulun, schoolteachers from
Shimon, soldiers from
Gad, judges from
Dan, olive growers from
Asher, and so on.
Reuben is rebuked for "confusing his father's marriage"; Shimon and Levi for the massacre of Shechem and the plot against Joseph.
Naphtali is granted the swiftness of a deer,
Benjamin the ferociousness of a wolf, and Joseph is blessed with
beauty and
fertility.
A large funeral procession consisting of Jacob's descendants, Pharaoh's ministers, the leading citizens of Egypt and the Egyptian cavalry accompanies Jacob on his final journey to the Holy Land, where he is
buried in the Machpeilah Cave in
Hebron.
Joseph, too, dies in Egypt, at the age of 110. He, too, instructs that his
bones be taken out of Egypt and buried in the Holy Land, but this would come to pass only with the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt many years later. Before his passing, Joseph conveys to the Children of Israel the testament from which they will draw their hope and faith in the difficult years to come: "G‑d will surely
remember you, and bring you up out of this land to the land of which He swore to
Abraham,
Isaac and
Jacob."
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Dissatisfaction
Some people tell you that if you're never satisfied with your achievements, you'll drive yourself nuts.
Ignore them. Look at whatever you've done and say, "If that's good, double is better."
Don't let what you've done be the final measure of who you are.
(someone wrote that the Rebbe had said we should 'never be satisfied with our past achievements.' The Rebbe crossed out the word 'past'.)
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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