6/9/05 - Chabad of the Five Towns

Chabad of the Five Towns: Jewish Outreach and Education Community Center serving the Five Towns and Nassau County

Chabad of the Five Towns ~ Email: [email protected] ~ Voice: 516-295-2478 ~ Web: www.ChabadFiveTowns.com
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	A Word From the Rabbi

Dear Friends,

We will be holding our annual Hebrew School Open House on Sunday, June 12, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM at the Chabad Center , 74 Maple Ave, Cedarhurst. Learn about our exciting Hebrew School curriculum, programs and projects, and meet our wonderful staff. Bring the children and enjoy exciting crafts, raffle and refreshments!

Chabad Five Towns Hebrew School provides an education that instills pride, a sense of history and a genuine and meaningful understanding of what Judaism is all about. Our goal is simple: we want our students to view Judaism in a relevant & upbeat light.

Register today to ensure a more Jewish tomorrow. Enroll your child by July 1, 2005 to receive a 10% discount. Bring a new friend who subsequently joins our wonderful Hebrew School & we'll take an additional $100 off your next years Hebrew School fee. For more information, email Hadassah or call 516-295-2478 ext 20 or email

Best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom & a Happy Shavuot,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Shavuot with Chabad!

Join us Sunday night, June 12th, for an all-night Torah-thon for men beginning at Midnight. The women's learning will take place from 11:30 - 1:00 am, in memory of Sara Esther bat R' Shmuel Zanvel HY"D. Refreshments will be served; all are welcome to participate.

All men, women and children are encouraged and urged to join us on Monday, June 13th, the first day of Shavuot, for the reading of the Ten Commandments at 10:30 am. A lavish dairy buffet will follow with a special ice cream party for the children! (Services begin at 9:20 am)

Chabad's Annual Shavuot Family Tea will take place Tuesday afternoon, June 14, 5:30 pm at the home of Yitzchok & Sara Levy, 123 Prospect Ave , Cedarhurst. In case of inclement weather, the tea will take place at the Chabad Center , 74 Maple Ave.

Please visit our Shavuot Supersite for holiday guides, study, recipes and more: www.Chabad5Towns.com/shavuot .

	Shavuot Schedule of Services

Sunday, June 12
Light Candles at 8:08 pm
Evening Services at 8:15 pm
All-night Learning Session beginning at midnight
Special learning session for women 11:30 pm - 1:00 am
Refreshments will be served

Monday, June 13
Morning Services 9:20 am
Reading of the Ten Commandments 10:30 am
Followed by a Lavish Dairy Buffet & Ice Cream Party
Mincha-Maariv 8:15 pm
*Light Candles after 9:17 pm

Monday, June 14
Morning services at 9:20 am
Yizkor 11:00 am
Mincha-Maariv 8:15 pm
Holiday ends 9:17 pm

B"H

Candle Lighting Times for
Cedarhurst, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11516]

Shabbat Begins: Jun. 10 2005	8:07 PM
Shabbat Ends: Jun. 11 2005	9:15 PM
Holiday Begins: Jun. 12 2005	8:08 PM
Second Day Holiday: Jun. 13 2005	9:17 PM
Holiday Ends: Jun. 14 2005	9:17 PM

Parshah Naso

	Condolences & Mazal Tov
Happy Birthday to Menachem Mendel Feder, Avi Popack, Chava Ross, Moshe Ross

Youth News & Shmooze

Preschool
As the Gan Chamesh year comes to an end, the children and their families celebrated with a special graduation which included a spectacular Gan Chamesh video featuring our Gan Chamesh students and a festive Bikurim ceremony. Children learn best through doing; wearing their blooming wreathes and carrying baskets of fruit, they really got to exprience what Chag Habikurim is all about. The bikurim collected in our school will be distributed to the needy for Shavous.

In addition, in preparation for Shavous, Rabbi Wolowik took out a real sefer torah like we do on shavous and showed it to all the children and they each got to find the first letter of their name. It was a truly meaningful experience. Photos will be posted on our website shortly.

Youth Center Online

	This Week on www.ChabadFiveTowns.com

Comment

	Life as a Mountain
The cause is the mountain itself: it simply and stubbornly gets in the way. The wind hits it with force, and must force its way around or over. As it does so, it carries little pieces of the mountain with it

Voices

	Free Trial Period
It was the commercial that first attracted me. Then there were the bonus gifts, and by the time my free-trial period was up I'd forgotten that my credit card was being billed monthly...

Question

	How and When was the Torah Written?
To explain that, I would need a long conversation with you about what is G‑d and how G‑d talks to people and why....

Essay

	Nitzevet, Mother of David
He was Israel's mightiest warrior, revered by friend and foe; yet for the first 28 years of his life he was a lowly outcast, an object of contempt and derision even by his own family... The secret story behind mysterious circumstances of King David's birth

	The Jewish Calendar

Thursday

Sivan 2 | Jun 9

Omer: Day 46
Chosen People (1313 BCE)

Count "Forty-Seven Days to the Omer" Tonight

Friday

Sivan 3 | Jun 10

Omer: Day 47
3 Days of "Hagbalah" begin

Count "Forty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight

Shabbat

Sivan 4 | Jun 11

Omer: Day 48
Moses Writes (first part of) Torah (1313 BCE)

Ethics: Chapter 6

Count "Forty-Nine Days to the Omer" Tonight

Sunday

Sivan 5 | Jun 12

Omer: Day 49
Jews Accept Torah (1313 BCE)

All-Night Learning

Monday

Sivan 6 | Jun 13

Shavuot
Torah Given (1313 BCE)

King David (837 BCE)

Baal Shem Tov (1760)

Ten Commandments

Children in Shul

Book of Ruth

Dairy Foods

More on Shavuot

Tuesday

Sivan 7 | Jun 14

Shavuot
Second Day of Shavuot

Yizkor

Ethics: Chapter 1

	The Parshah In a Nutshell

Parshat Naso

Completing the head-count of the Children of Israel taken in the Sinai Desert, a total of 8,580 Levite men between the ages of 30 and 50 are counted in a tally of those who will be doing the actual work of transporting the Tabernacle.

G‑d communicates to Moses the law of the "Sotah", the wayward wife suspected of unfaithfulness to her husband. Also given is the law of the Nazir who forswears wine, lets his or her hair grow long, and is forbidden to become contaminated through contact with a dead body. Aaron and his descendents the Kohanim are instructed on how to bless the people of Israel.

The leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel each bring their offerings for the inauguration of the altar. Although their gifts are identical, each is brought on a different day and is individually described by the Torah.

	Daily Thought

Nothingness

Nothingness is the medium through which all energy moves, from above to below and from below to above.

Below, in Man, a sense of nothingness that transcends ego. Above, a Nothingness that transcends all boundaries and planes.

The nothingness below fuses with the Nothingness above, locking heaven and earth in eternal embrace. That is why G‑d is found amongst the truly humble.

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman. To order Tzvi's book, "Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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