9/1/05 - 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

	A Word From the Rabbi: Hurricane Relief

As you are certainly aware, the New Orleans region continues to suffer a devastating loss and tragedy with the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. After the search and rescue is completed, the community will have to deal with the long journey of rebuilding lives and shaping the future.

Chabad of Louisiana, under the directorship of our affiliate, Rabbi Zelig and Bluma Rivkin, has established a relief fund to enable Chabad to continue to provide aid at the forefront of the relief efforts on behalf of the entire region.

Many families from the New Orleans disaster area have been turning to Chabad to assist them with hospitality, kosher food, and guidance. News agencies have been reporting that families will be stranded for a month or more. Utilizing our multiple branches, Chabad has created a Chabad Hurricane Relief Effort, to host, feed and support the families pouring in from the disaster area.

I ask and encourage you to participate generously by visiting their website at www.chabadneworleans.com. Please forward this email to friends and acquaintances. Alternatively, donations can be sent via our Chabad Center. Checks can be made payable to Chabad's Charity Fund (memo: Hurricane Relief) and mailed to Chabad of the Five Towns, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst NY 11516.

May the merit of this mitzvah protect you and your family from any type of harm, and may we all hear good news in the future. Wishing you and your family a happy & healthy New Year!

Shabbat Shalom and Good Chodesh,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Happening @ Chabad This Week

The Kiddush at Chabad this week is available for sponsorship. If you'd like to sponsor the Kiddush luncheon this Shabbat, please call us at 516-295-2478.

This Shabbat is Birthday Shabbat! Is your child celebrating his / her Jewish birthday in the month of Elul? We'll throw the party in a most meaningful way, celebrating the birthdays of all children born during this coming month. Each child will be given the opportunity to announce his/her resolution of a good deed for the upcoming year. All children are welcome to participate! For further information on birthday shabbat, please contact Rabbi Meir or click here to verify your child's Jewish Birthday.

The event you've all been waiting for: Chabad's Youth Club Sign up Party & Family Barbecue takes place this Monday! The entire community is welcome to join for an exciting barbecue with games, music, crafts, dunk tank, food and fun! Bring the family, Monday, September 5th, 5:00 – 7:00 pm at Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst. All boys and girls who sign up to any one of the following clubs will receive a special gift!

Bat Mitzvah Club: Girls grade 6 ~ B.A.T.T: Boys grades 7-8
Chai Five - Girls grades 3-5 ~ Cheder - Boys & Girls grades K-6
Rabbi & the Mitzvah Men: Boys grades 4-6
Teen Talk: Girls grades 7-8 ~ Youth Zone: Boys & Girls ages 3-10

For more information on each particular club, visit our virtual youth center: www.chabad5towns.com/youth or contact our youth director, Rabbi Meir, via email: [email protected] or phone: 516-295-2478 x19.

Bagel Babies registration is in full swing with only a few spots left! Don't be left out in the cold - call Today to ensure a spot! Our first 8-week session begins October 31st. This exciting and meaningful mommy and me program meets 9:30 am - 10:30 am. Choose the day that fits your schedule best - Monday through Thursday. Call Morah Hadassah to register: 516-295-2478 x20 or visit our online youth center to download a registration form.

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Sep. 02 2005	7:09 PM
Shabbat Ends: Sep. 03 2005	8:07 PM

Parshah Re'eh


	You can make a difference!

	Shul Announcements
Mazal Tov to Jeffrey & Sharona Weinberg on the birth of a baby girl, Meira Shoshana! Mazal Tov to Ben & Esther Farkas on the birth of a baby boy! The Shalom Zachor will take place at their home, 366 Church Avenue in Woodmere, beginning at 9:45 pm. Happy Birthday to Ettie Groisman, Meira Max, Binyomin Wolowik, Leah Eliana Popack, Rochelle Kiselman, Chana Stein, Areialla Alenick

	Youth News & Shmooze
Hebrew School Chabad of the Five Towns' Hebrew School offers a stimulating yet friendly environment where children embrace their Jewish roots and gain a true sense of Jewish pride, no matter their level of observance or affiliation. Children, ages five through thirteen, acquire a broad knowledge of Judaism through a motivating and challenging venue. Register today to ensure a more Jewish tomorrow: call 516-295-2478 x19 or visit www.chabad5towns.com

	This Week on www.ChabadFiveTowns.com

Voices

	A Light Unto the Nations
What other nation in the world, if its government decided to forcefully uproot its own citizens from their homes, would come away from such an operation without a single life lost?

Question

	What Happens After We Die?
Where do we go? What is heaven and hell? Do we ever get sent back for a second life? Is there any way to make contact with a departed loved one?

Story

	Charity Wars
"Every act of charity is a victory over our selfish nature," explained the chassid. "I just can't resist the opportunity to score two victories for the price of one..."

Parenting

	Ownership Through Responsibility
What our children need most from us is not another toy or another vacation, but something only we can give them: ownership of their lives

	The Jewish Calendar

Bless New Month

Ethics: Chapter 5

Sunday

Av 30 | Sep 4

Rosh Chodesh
2nd Tablets Hewn (1313 BCE)

Rosh Chodesh Observances

Practice shofar blowing; L'David Hashem Ori

Monday

Elul 1 | Sep 5

Rosh Chodesh
Moses ascends Sinai for 3rd 40 days (1313 BCE)

Rosh Chodesh Observances

Elul observances

Good Year greetings

Tuesday

Elul 2 | Sep 6

Shulchan Aruch published (1555)

Wednesday

Elul 3 | Sep 7

Rabbi A. I. Kook (1935)

First Chassidic Aliya (1777)

Shabbat

Elul 6 | Sep 10

Ethics: Chapter 6

	Daily Thought

244. Beyond Reason

The world is not a reasonable place.

Meet it on its own terms: When you do something good, do it beyond reason.

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.

	The Parshah In a Nutshell

Parshat Re'eh

"See," says Moses to the people of Israel, "I place before you today a blessing and a curse" -- the blessing that will come when they fulfill G‑d's commandments, and the curse if they abandon them. These should be proclaimed on Mount Gerizim and Mount Eibal when the people cross over into the Holy Land.

A Temple should be established in "the place that G‑d will choose to make dwell His name there" where the people should bring their sacrifices to Him; it is forbidden to make offerings to G‑d in any other place. It is permitted to slaughter animals elsewhere not as a sacrifice but to eat their meat; the blood, however (which in the Temple is poured upon the Altar) may not be eaten.

A false prophet, or one who entices others to worship idols, should be put to death; an idolatrous city must be destroyed. The identifying signs for kosher animals and fishes, and the list of non-kosher birds (first given in Leviticus 11) are repeated.

A tenth of all produce is to be eaten in Jerusalem, or else exchanged for money with which food is purchased and eaten there. On certain years this tithe is given to the poor instead. Firstborn cattle and sheep are to be offered in the Temple and their meat eaten by the Kohen (priest).

The mitzvah of charity obligates a Jew to aid a needy fellow with a gift or loan. On the Sabbatical year (occurring every seventh year) all loans are to be forgiven and all indentured servants are to be set free.

Our Parshah concludes with the laws of the three pilgrimage festivals — Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot — when all should go to "see and be seen" before G‑d in the Holy Temple.

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