11/7/08 - Chabad of Port Washington

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

	A word from the Rabbi

I’m very excited about starting the Jewish Learning Institute course this Sunday morning. I am gratified that 38 people have already registered as students to this 6-week course entitled “Soul Maps”. If you’ve already signed up you can look forward to a very interesting and relevant course which will give you lots of information as well as tools for living. If you have not yet registered I encourage you to consider doing so. It is not too late. You can register online by going to www.ChabadPW.org/JLI. You can also be a “walk-in” and sit in on the first class to see if you like it, and then sign up only if you decide to continue.

Especially during these trying times we need Torah’s uplifting and profound messages to keep us focused and grounded. Why not give torah a try? Come and see how G‑d’s precious gift of Torah has sustained our people’s spirit through the ups and downs of our tumultuous history.

Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel

	Upcoming Events & Opportunities

SOUL MAPS: 6 Sundays, beginning November 9
Perhaps you have struggled before with the elusive search for meaning, and wished you had a personal mentor to guide your growth. What if you had the chance to meet one of the greatest masters of Kabbalah and learn ancient proven strategies for self-realization and contentment? Starting this Sunday, you’ll have that chance. Soul Maps, a new course from the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, investigates Tanya, the fundamental text of Chassidic thought. Taught by Rabbi Paltiel, this six session course will provide insight into your inner world and you will discover new strategies for overcoming obstacles to change and progress. You’ll learn to resolve guilt, conflict, and confusion, and to traverse life’s journey with joy, purpose, and direction. CLICK HERE to join us on this journey: 6 Sundays, 10:00 - 11:30 AM beginning 11/9.

TEEN COMMUNITY SERVICE: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2:00-3:00 pm
Running Bingo at the Helen Keller Center. Teens ages 12 – 15 join Rabbi W to help the residents of the Helen Keller Center participate in recreational bingo. This inspiring and meaningful community service project is not to be missed. Meet at the Helen Keller Center, 141 Middle Neck Road in Port Washington at 1:50 pm. RSVP by emailing [email protected], calling 767-TORAH, texting 516-807-6743 or just show up!

C.A.S.H. Open House: Nov. 9 & Nov. 10
C.A.S.H Open House for 2009/2010 Registration. Call the school office for further information: 516-767-8672.

FATHER-SON NIGHT OUT: November 13
Lace up your sneakers dads as we join for a night of Pizza and sports next Thursday November 13, 7:30 – 9:00 pm. This is a great way to spend some time bonding with the guys! Sports will include hockey, basketball, Shulball, & more. RSVP by emailing [email protected] or calling 767-TORAH. $5 / participant.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SHABBATON: Nov. 14 - 16
Attention all high school age students, join Rabbi Weinberg and hundreds of high school age guys and girls from around the country for the first annual Chabad Teen Shabbaton in New York City the weekend of November 14 – 16. This weekend includes Top of the Rock, Trump Tower, NBA Store, Times Square, ESPN Zone, a cruise with a live band, Canal Street, Shabbat in Crown Heights and much more. Cost is only $150 which includes everything! Check out the site at www.nyshabbaton.com. Register there or by contacting Rabbi Weinberg.

COMMUNITY SHABBAT DINNER: Nov. 14
Join us for our upcoming Community Shabbat Dinner! You'll enjoy great company and an uplifting Shabbat experience in our warm, meaningful atmosphere. The fee for dinner, catered by Prestige, is $25/adult; $15/child ages 7-12, FREE for children 6 and under! Services at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 6:30. Be sure to RSVP asap - just click here to let us know you're coming or call us at 516-767-8672. We look forward to receiving your reservation and spending Shabbat with you!

MOMMY & ME: Sara Paltiel, together with Michelle Lublin of Om Sweet Om Yoga invite you to join us for a spectacular Mommy & Me with Yoga! Offering Yoga & Music with a Jewish twist. It is not too late to join the first session. First Session: 6 Mondays, October 27 - December 1st, 10:00 - 11:00 am. Second Session 6 Mondays, January 5th - February 9th, 10:00 - 11:00 am. Fee: $60 for 6 class session. For information call 767-TORAH and to register click here

	Featured Film

Incredible short Film on Jewish Eternity & Intermarriage
-VERY worth PUBLICIZING!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnxEY4gIEVo

B"H

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

Shabbat Candle Lighting: Friday, Nov. 7	4:26 pm
Shabbat Ends: Shabbat, Nov. 8	5:26 pm

Torah Portion: Lech-Lecha

Kiddush Calendar

This Shabbat Chabad will celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of Abbye Harary. Kiddush luncheon will be sponsored by the proud parents Yair and Debbie Harary.

Consider sponsoring a future Kiddush at Chabad. Please email [email protected]

Shul Family News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
10/9 Irving Greenstein
10/9 Abraham Sander
10/9 Esther Sander
10/9 Esther Schwartz
10/10 Alan Rabinowitz
10/10 Alan Robinowitz
10/11 Ethel Strick

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
10/14 Alan & Judy Karul

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	Schedule of Services
Sunday morning Services 9:00 AM Tefillin Club: 11:30 am - 12 noon in the Chabad Library Monday - Thursday Services: 7:00 AM Friday night: 6:30 PM Shabbos 9:30 AM Mincha-Maariv & Shalosh Seudos (3rd meal of Shabbat) at time of Candle lighting

Schedule of Classes

Hebrew Reading Crash Course
Tuesdays, 8:00 - 9:00 PM
with Rabbi Ilan Weinberg
7 sessions ending Dec. 9

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

JEWISH LEARNING INSTITUTE
Six-week series: Soul Maps
Beginning November 9
@ Chabad, 10 - 11:30 AM
Registration Required, click here

	Community News
The Hubshers in Israel This summer Marshall, Randye, Jason and Holly Hubsher enjoyed a trip to Israel. They shared some of their photos with us which we are proud to share with you. Please send us your photos from Israel trips. We are proud of any families in our Chabad who visit the holy land. No better way to support Israel and give your kids first hand exposure of our people!

	From our Inbox
Following the incredibly successful Blood Drive organized by our Teen Club last week, Chabad has received 2 letters of thanks and recognition:

	This Week @ www.ChabadPW.org

Living

	Why Do We Send Our Children to School?
Kids have a right to know the objective of the hours they spend in school. Sadly, often the message they get is misleading.

Spirituality

	"My Name is... and I am a Human Being"
Imagine asking a Jew, "Did you ever eat on Yom Kippur?" and he answers, "I felt hungry in my stomach."

Multimedia

	The Skyline Man
30 second animated shorts using stick figures to explore Jewish philosophy. Bizarre yet intriguing. Oh, and kind of funny.

Parshah

	The Birth of Moral Selfhood
"Leave your land, your birthplace and your father's house, and go to the land I will show you." These words are among the most consequential in the history of mankind

	Chabad-Lubavitch News from Around the World

CAMPUS LIFE

Jewish Weekend in New York Kicks Off for Hundreds of Students From Around the World

CAMPUS LIFE

Committee Approves New Synagogue at University of Wisconsin

NORTH AMERICA

Marathon Runners Grab Kosher Drinks From Local Community’s Table

CAMPUS LIFE

Campus Jewish Groups Highlight Cancer Awareness by Going Pink

	the parshah in a nutshell

ParshatLech-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."

	The Jewish Calendar

Friday

Cheshvan 9 | November 7

Passing of Rosh (1327)

Shabbat

Cheshvan 10 | November 8

Sunday

Cheshvan 11 | November 9

Passing of Methuselah (1656 BCE)

Rachel (1553 BCE)

R. Nachum of Chernobyl (1797)

Monday

Cheshvan 12 | November 10

Tuesday

Cheshvan 13 | November 11

Wednesday

Cheshvan 14 | November 12

Thursday

Cheshvan 15 | November 13

Passing of Mattityahu (139 BCE)

Friday

Cheshvan 16 | November 14

Shabbat

Cheshvan 17 | November 15

Great Flood Begins (2105 BCE)

	Daily Thought

Any Place

In every point of space, all of space is there.

After all, at the outset of Creation all of space lay in a single point without dimensions or parts. And before that it lay in a single glance of thought, scanning every galaxy, every planet, every crystal, every atom as a single whole. And so, even now, each point of space is no more than another facet of all that is.

If so, He has rendered us each a master of all of space from wherever He may have placed us within it. On each of us depends the entire world.

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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