10/6/05 - 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

Dear Friends,

After such a meaningful Rosh Hashana, I’d like to express our gratitude to HAFTR High School on behalf of the hundreds of adults and children who have benefited from Rosh Hashana Services & youth programs. I’d also like to thank the honorable Mayor Parisi and the Village of Cedarhurst for granting the approval for the use of HAFTR, enabling all to experience enjoyable and comfortable Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Service.

Additionally, I thank our Chazzanim, Gaboim, Youth Directors and staff, for enhancing the services. We’re truly grateful to Dr. Muller and all who participated in the purchase of aliyot, thus enabling Chabad to continue its vital work and expand its reach in the Five Towns.

May the Almighty grant that all our prayers be materialized in full and may this year be the year of redemption with the coming of the righteous Moshiach.

Best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom & Shana Tova,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Happening @ Chabad

Final call for lulav & etrog orders. One of the special Sukkot mitzvot is the mitzvah of the "Four Kinds" - the lulav, etrog , myrtle and willow. If you like to order a set, for as low as $35, please call us by October 11th: 516-295-2478.

It's time to make reservations for the much anticipated youth Holiday trip. Children, grades 1 – 7 are invited to join us on a trip to New Roc Fun House, on Friday, October 21st . Meet at Chabad for a day of fun & enjoyment; we'll depart at 10:00 am and return at 3:00 pm. Space is limited and reservations are requiredby Tuesday, October 11th.

Farbrengens create a warm and vibrant sense of community and are an enjoyable and effective way to communicate Chassidic ideas and ideals. Chabad will be hosting a farbrengen for men on Sunday, October 9th, 8:15 pm in honor of 6 Tishrei, celebrating the birthday of the Rebbe's mother, OBM. All men are welcome to participate!

Save the date for our annual Simchat Beit Hashoeva Sukkot Festivities in Cedarhurst Park. Dance the night away to Chassidic music and enjoy entertainment for the whole family. Thursday, October 20, 5:30 - 8:30 pm. All are welcome!


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Cedarhurst, NY
[Based on Zip Code 11516]

Shabbat Begins: Oct. 07 2005	6:10 PM
Shabbat Ends: Oct. 08 2005	7:07 PM
Holiday Begins: Oct. 12 2005	6:03 PM
Holiday Ends: Oct. 13 2005	7:00 PM

Parshah Vayelech

Yom Kippur Schedule

Wednesday, October 12
Erev yom kippur
Shacharit - 6:30 am
Mincha - 3:00 pm
Light candles at 6:03 pm
Kol Nidrei Services - 6:15 pm
Fast begins at 6:18 pm

Thursday, October 13
Morning Services - 9:20 am
Yizkor Memorial Services - 11:45
Mincha - 5:00 pm
Neilah - 6:00 pm
Final Shofar sounding - 6:50 pm
Fast ends at 7:00 pm
Followed by a lavish break the fast dairy buffet sponsored by Ely & Elisheva Baum in honor of their son, Tzvi's birthday.

High Holiday Services take place at HAFTR High School, 635 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst

	Shul Announcements
Happy Birthday To Dovi Levy, Jordana Mark, Josh Plaut, Mrs. Sima Greenstein, Mr. Elie Robinson, Suri Zweibel, Mrs. Devorah Rosenzweig, Allan Radomsky, Miriam Zweibel, Dovid Cohen, Tzvi Baum, Michael Levitz

	This Week on www.ChabadFiveTowns.com

Seasons of the Soul

	Yom Kippur in a Nutshell
Forgiveness and atonement, trepidation and joy, angels and penitents, souls and bodies—are these one and the same? On Yom Kippur they are...

Essay

	Labels are for Suits
Orthodox. Conservative. Reform. Reconstructionist. Secular. Religious... Where did all these labels come from? Did Moses organize the people around Mt Sinai in accordance with their denominational affiliations?

Story

	Holy Day
Slowly the shelter came to life. My mother got up and prepared breakfast—a few crackers with some jam we still had left, but neither my two sisters nor my mother touched the food...

Voices

	Broken Hearts, Unbreakable Faith
The words were said without accusation, without bitterness, without defeat. It was the simplest yet most profound acceptance: "Blessed are You, G‑d, the True Judge"

	The Jewish Calendar

Rabbi Akiva martyred (134)

Shabbat Shuvah

Sunday

Tishrei 6 | Oct 9

Rebbetzin Chana (1964)

Temple Dedicated (826 BCE)

Passing of R. Baruch (1791)

Wednesday

Tishrei 9 | Oct 12

Kaparot

Festive Meals

Mikveh

Lekach (honey cake)

Additional customs

Thursday

Tishrei 10 | Oct 13

Yom Kippur
Rebecca Born (1677 BCE)

2nd Tablets (1313 BCE)

Yom Kippur Observances

Links

Friday

Tishrei 11 | Oct 14

Start on sukkah

"G‑d's Name"

Shabbat

Tishrei 12 | Oct 15

Passing of R. Abraham "The Angel" (1776)

	Daily Thought

Getting Ahead With Failure

There is only one thing that can put you further ahead than success, and that is surviving failure.

When you are successful, you are whole and complete. That is wonderful, but you cannot break out beyond your own universe.

When you fail, you are broken. You look at the pieces of yourself lying on the ground and say, "This is worthless."

Now you can escape. The shell is broken, the shell of a created being. Now you can grow to join the Infinite.

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 Vayelech

The Parshah of Vayelech ("And He Went") recounts the events on Moses' last day of earthly life. "I am one hundred and twenty years old today," he says to the people, "and I can no longer go forth and come in." He transfers the leadership to Joshua, and writes (or concludes writing) the Torah in a scroll which he entrusts to the Levites for safekeeping in the Ark of the Covenant.

The mitzvah of Hak'hel ("Gather") is given: every seven years, during the festival of Sukkot of the first year of the shemittah cycle, the entire people of Israel — men, women and children — should gather at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, where the king should read to them from the Torah.

Vayelech concludes with the prediction that the people of Israel will turn away from their covenant with G‑d causing Him to hide His face from them, but also with the promise that the words of the Torah "shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants."

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