Thank You!
Dear Friends,
As Chabad, we generally focus on offering extensive programming to the community and we are thankful to G-d that throughout the years we were able to so so with minimal solicitation. Last week, we had an urgent situation to cover the end-of-year budget. We were pleasantly surprised to see how ordinary people gave amounts averaging $50-$100, helping us almost complete our goal. We humbly thank all of
those who have shown appreciation and gratitude by giving. May the entire community always be blessed with much joy, pride, health, wealth and success materially and spiritually.
Please choose from the many programs listed below - organized with your generosity.
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schneur Silberstein |
FOR WOMEN: Brebeuf Play Jan. 13; Fruit Art & Lecture Jan. 16
Evening of fun and relaxation, awe and pride. Beth Rivkah High School and Chaya Mushka Seminary Present: Links to Freedom. Song, Dance and Drama - an evening for women and girls. Sunday, Jan. 13., 6:30pm in Salle Brebeuf, 5625 Decelles. Ticket prices: $18, $25, $30, $36 Student rate: $12
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Ages 4-12 Limo, Dinner, Craft; RSVP [Please note DATE CHANGE to Wed. Jan. 16]
 I wouldn't suggest driving your kids to school in a limo, but when is it okay? Let them know that when giving to others, it can be a treat! Kids attending the Chabad Youth Zone will be driven by limo around V.s.L. to distribute candle-lighting packages to residents. Give your children (or tell your neighbor, friend or relative to give their children) an exciting limo ride,
this WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, (note date change) in the context of them giving too! Great memories earned; superior values learned. 5:30-7:00pm Mac n' Cheese, Candle 'Sand' Art, Limo Ride $10 [email protected]
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Moms n Tots - Mon. Jan. 21
"Let's get moving!" - what an incredible way to spend the morning with our toddlers! Playing, exercising, relaxing... $8/Session or $20/3 Mondays.
[email protected]
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How will You Decide? Jan. 28
Six Mondays, Starting Jan. 28
Lesson One: Privacy
Are you obligated to share sensitive information about your friend to a potential employer or spouse? Are you allowed to read information embedded in an electronic file that the sender didn’t intend for you to read? Is it ethical to use a covert nanny cam to protect your children? Is it OK to read your spouse’s texts messages if you have reason to suspect improper behavior?
Fee for 6 classes: $100/person; $160/2 people
Try 1st class free.
Become a Chabad Partner - contribute monthly (3 annual courses included). |
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Of Hippies and Sheep
G‑d was looking for someone to lead His people. We know he chose Moses. The question is, why?
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Where Was Moses?
Scripture tells us that Moses left Egypt a young man, and yet he comes back an octogenarian. Where was he for all those years?
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 | Voices
Why I Changed My Name
There is one time in our lives when we are definitively granted prophecy. And that is when we name our child . . .
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Reparenting Ourselves
As a child, my basic needs for human contact were not met. Food was scarce, and what there was, was seldom prepared or served to us.
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 | 24 Tevet
Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi Mini-Site
The life, teachings and works of the founder of Chabad.
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Timeline
The life and times of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi—his early life, arrest and liberation, and more.
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Is There Life Without TV?
I think it behooves a Jew to be abreast of world events, and what better source than the television? Can we really remove ourselves from the reality of the rest of the world?
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Can I Pray for the Termination of My Pregnancy?
I already have several small children, and I cannot take care of another baby . . . Can I pray to G‑d to terminate the pregnancy?
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Gathering in Honor of the Alter Rebbe
A 24-Tevet yahrtzeit farbrengen with the Rebbe from 1981.
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The Physical World According to the Alter Rebbe
On the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Alter Rebbe, two scholars discuss the significance of one of his teachings—the meaning and value of the physical universe.
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What Are You Needed For?
Often, the best response to adversity is to break out of our comfort zones and extend a helping hand to another person with love and gratitude for all the good that we have.
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Only Pharaoh
When Rabbi Avraham Moshe that saw his father was about to launch into a learned discourse, he reminded him of their agreement that it was not a good idea to do so among these liberal German Jews.
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Retreat for Orphans and Widows
"We are having so much fun. It is a shame abba (father) can't be with us too . . ."
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G‑d Satisfies the Desire of Every Living Thing
Each of the seven species of fruit represents a different kind of Jewish person. We should all be growing on one tree together in harmony.
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Kiwi Honeydew Energy-Boosting Smoothie
Has winter got you feeling tired and lethargic? Try this energy-boosting smoothie, full of healthy fruits, vegetables and seeds.
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Friday, Jan 4
4:06 pm |
| Shabbat Ends: |
Shabbat, Jan 5
5:15 pm |
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Community News
Mazal Tov to my dear brother and sister-in-law, Rabbi Mendel & Chana Silberstein, Chabad of Larchmont, NY upon the birth of a baby boy!
Happy Birthday Cody Turner, Ryan Turner, Rachel Haba
Yartzeit Jacob Newalt
Condolences Our sincerest condolences to Mrs. Ilana Baranoff-Kaufman and her family upon the sudden and untimely passing of her dear father Jerry Baranoff. May the family be only blessed with much joy always. Hamakom yenachem etchem b'toch sha'ar Zion v'aveilei Yerushalayim. May G-d comfort you amongst the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. May we merit the ultimate Redemption and
era when 'all those who lie in the dust shall arise' and all will be forever reunited with their loved ones. |
Don't Get Caught by Surprise!
Rabbi Zushe's class is back! Explore the concept and prepare for the imminent arrival of Moshiach! 7:45-9:00pm Men & Women welcome. Class is given in English & French in private homes in V.s.L. Contact us to join the email reminders or to host a class. [email protected] |
Shabbat Mevorchim Shevat
On this Shabbat we bless the upcoming Jewish Month of Shevat. There is a special prayer one can say at home or at Synagogue. It is customary to complete the entire Tehillim - Book of Psalms for an extra measure of blessing for oneself and family. Please contact us ([email protected]) to be part of a community Tehillim effort - you will receive a chapter or more, thus helping to complete
the entire Book. It is also a day of Farbrengen. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING GATHERING THIS SHABBAT, IN HONOR OF SHABBAT MEVORCHIM & 200 YEARS SINCE THE PASSING OF THE ALTER REBBE, FOUNDER OF CHABBAD CHASSIDUT.
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Dear Friends,
When lighting your Shabbat candles,
please have in mind all those in need of blessings for health, nachat, children, marriage and all else,ESPECIALLY OUR DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ISRAEL.
Please include the following names in need of an immediate and complete recovery:
Yoseph Yitzchak ben Chaya LUba, Eliyahu Peretz ben Mazal, Moshe ben Mina, SHMUEL YITZCHAK BEN ESTHER, Haim Baruch ben Luna, David ben Fanny, Devorah Chaya Mushka bas Breindel, Rivka bas Batsheva Rus, Shneur Chaim Yitzchak Alexander ben Nehcam Dina, Baby Aryeh Dov ben Myrla, Alter Michael ben Ita, Shlomo ben Linda Yaffa, Simha bat Calomira Ahuva, Imbar bat Joceline, Adam Shalom ben Orit, Rahel bat Chana,
Bluma Pessel bas Esther, Moishe ben Esther, Chaya Mushka bas Matti, R. Ronnie David Zishe Hacohen Ben Hinda Alizah, Daniel Aryeh ben Tamar, Esther bat Sol, Leah bas Zisel, Moshe ben Nechama Dina, , Chaya Michal bas Aziza, Carla Rochel bas Lucy Lev, Rachel bat Jaqueline, Ayelet bat Hinda, Shmuel Aharon ben Keren.
Please click here for the Shabbat Lighting Candle Wizard
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Kids
& Kindess in a Limo! Dinner Served. RSVP
Jan. 16, 2013 - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Kids & Kindness will be hitting the streets of V.s.L. in a LIMOUSINE. Give your child this exciting treat in the context of them GIVING too. Children will be driving around distributing Shabbat packages. Dinner and other activities will complete the evening.
5:30-7:00pm
$10/child
$150 donation/entire year youth events
Early RSVP REQUIRED [email protected]
The Kabbalah of Spiritual Dieting
Jan. 16, 2013 - 7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
A practical guide to Emotional Mastery - with Rabbi Schneur & Leah Silberstein
Make a floral boquet out of fruit in honor of Tu B'Shvat.
$10/class; $50 donation / 6 Classes
Moms n Tots - Music n' Movement
Jan. 21, 2013 - 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Moms and babies love Jewish circle time and stories with Leah and music 'n movement with Lilly from Let's Get Moving!
Refreshments, holiday themes, occasional craft, mom discussions.
$8/Session or $18/3 Mondays.
[email protected]
Moms n Tots - Music n' Movement
Jan. 28, 2013 - 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Moms and babies love Jewish circle time and stories with Leah and music 'n movement with Lilly from Let's Get Moving!
Refreshments, holiday themes, occasional craft, mom discussions.
$8/Session or $18/3 Mondays.
[email protected]
Navigating Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
Jan. 28, 2013 - 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Lesson One: Privacy
Are you obligated to share sensitive information about your friend to a potential employer or spouse? Are you allowed to read information embedded in an electronic file that the sender didn’t intend for you to read? Is it ethical to use a covert nanny cam to protect your children? Is it OK to read your spouse’s texts messages if you have reason to suspect improper behavior?
$100/person; $160/2 people
Try 1st class free.
Become a Chabad Partner - contribute monthly (3 annual courses included). |
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Parshat Shemot
The Children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. When they do not comply, he commands his people to cast the Hebrew babies into the Nile.
A child is born to Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, and her husband, Amram,
and placed in a basket on the river, while the baby’s sister, Miriam, stands watch from afar. Pharaoh’s daughter discovers the boy, raises him as her son and names him Moses.
As a young man, Moses leaves the palace and discovers the hardship of his brethren. He sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, and kills the Egyptian. The next day he sees two Jews fighting; when he
admonishes them, they reveal his deed of the previous day, and Moses is forced to flee to Midian. There he rescues Jethro’s daughters, marries one of them ( Zipporah), and becomes a shepherd of his father-in-law’s flocks.
G‑d appears to Moses in a burning bush at the foot of Mount
Sinai, and instructs him to go to Pharaoh and demand: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.” Moses’ brother, Aaron, is appointed to serve as his spokesman. In Egypt, Moses and Aaron assemble the elders of Israel to tell them that the time of their redemption has come. The people believe;
but Pharaoh refuses to let them go, and even intensifies the suffering of Israel.
Moses returns to G‑d to protest: “Why have You done evil to this people?” G‑d promises that the redemption
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