11/3/05 - 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

You've heard about it, you've read about it but do you know of its impact? Hurricane Wilma. When it struck Florida, the lack of significant physical damage led some to conclude that it was a minor storm. But it wasn't minor at all.

Tens of Thousands of Jewish men and women, nearly all seniors, were stranded on upper floors of high rises without food or water, and unable to call family or friends. With electricity still out in many major Jewish communities, Chabad volunteers climbed dozens of flights, knocked on thousands of doors, and delivered tens of thousands of kosher meals, not to mention water and companionship.

In the words of one victim, "“I was praying everyday for someone to come and stop by,” said Steinberg. “I knew if anyone was going to come it would be Chabad.”

The Chabad-Lubavitch international network of centers has long been a world wide web of help. Importing food for Tsunami survivors in Thailand and bringing clean up help in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina and Rita are two recent instances where Chabad's intimate knowledge of local need allowed it to act quickly and effectively for those in need. Bringing emergency meals to elderly people in Florida is simply the latest chapter in Chabad's mission of caring... and you can be a part of it!

Log on to www.wilma.lubavitch.com for moving news articles and donation opportunities.

Best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Happening @ Chabad

Kiddush
The Kiddush this week is available for sponsorship. The Shalosh Seudos is sponsored by Mr. Teddy Lauer in memory of his father, R' Nesanel B"R Yisroel Yitzchok. If you'd like to sponsor a future Kiddush at Chabad in honor or in memory of a family member or friend, please contact Dr. Muller at 516-569-0169.

November 6: Youth Zone Begins
Have your children spend their Sunday the fun way! Youth Zone members gather for fun, interactive activities that promote Jewish values and friendship. Each meeting features fabulous craft projects and games with special emphasis on Jewish customs and culture! Youth Zone meets Sundays, 10:00 – 11:30 @ Chabad for boys and girls, ages 4 – 10. To register for our first 6-week session beginning Nov. 6, call Devorah: 516-295-2478 x10.

November 7: BATT Club
The BATT club (Boys Accepting Torah's Treasures) is back! Led by our dynamic youth director, Rabbi Meir, Bar Mitzvah age boys meet once a month at Chabad to join the BATTing team as they prepare for Bar Mitzvah while they touch all the bases. Life is a constant game inside of us. Until Bar Mitzvah it's practice; afterwards it all counts in the standings - so get into the batters box and hit a home run for life! For registration call Rabbi Meir, 516-295-2478 x19.

November 7: Class for Women with Mrs. Chaya Franklin
Imbue the coming month with spirituality with Mrs. Chaya Franklin's evening class for women on the kabbalistic insight and spiritual powers unique to the month of Cheshvan. Monday evening, November 7, 8:15 pm @ Chabad.

November 9: Women's Trip Rescheduled
Women's day trip has been rescheduled for Nov. 16 to a museum in the city. Further information will follow. Reservations are required: 295-2478.

November 9: Storytime at Chabad
Chabad is pleased to present a new, lovely program for your children: Storytime! Boys & Girls, ages 4 – 7 gather at Chabad for a special story & snacks from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. The first story time program meets on November 9 th ; reservations are not required – all are welcome! Save the following story time dates: November 9, December 14, January 11, February 15.

November 10: Chai Five Youth Club
Youth club for girls, grades 3—5. Registered members meet @ Chabad, 5:30—7:00 pm.

November 11: Hebrew School Fri. Night Dinner
All Hebrew School parents and children are invited to join us for a special Friday night dinner at 5:30 pm. For further information, contact Rabbi Meir: 516-295-2478 x19.

November 13: BATT Club
Please note that the BATT boys club has been rescheduled for Sunday November 13, 1:30 pm — for boys, grades 7-8. Registration is still open: 516-295-2478 x19.

November 14: Relationship Series
We're pleased to present a two-part series for couples. Part 1 will be held at Chabad on Monday, November 14, 8:15 pm. The topic will be "Attaining a Healthy Relationship", led by Dr. Chaim Brill, CSW, CASAC & Mrs. Chana Epstein. Part II will be held on Monday, November 21 on Family Environment, and Its Impact on Behavior & Character Development of Children, with Rabbi Shmuel Stauber, MA. 8:15 pm @ Chabad.

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Nov. 04 2005	4:31 PM
Shabbat Ends: Nov. 05 2005	5:30 PM

Parshah Noach

	Shul Announcements
Happy Birthday to Danni Hecht, Benyomin Wallin, Yosef Wallin, Mrs. Chaya Freedman, Rabbi Yisrael Fishweicher, Menachem Nochum Preger, Adina Levy, Rachel Tauber, Ari Ivry Mazal Tov to Andrew & Elyse Goldstein on the birth of a baby girl! Shmuel & Rachel Grossman on becoming grandparents, with the birth of a daughter to BenZion & Rivka. Mayer & Henny Preger on the Upshernish of their son, Menachem Nachum

Jewish Learning Institute

Only 8 Spots left!

Over 40 adults have already registered for our upcoming Jewish Learning Institute course on the Holocaust, “Beyond Never Again: A View from the Soul,” beginning this Wednesday, Nov. 9. There are only 8 spots still open, if you’d like to join us for this riveting course, call asap: 516-295-2478 or visit www.myJLI.com.

To learn more about the course and to register today for only $79.00 (thereafter $99), log on to www.myJLI.com or call 516-295-2478.


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Youth News & Shmooze

Mitzvah Men Mission Accomplished

Last month, the mitzvah men worked diligently on packaging heartwarming gifts which were sent off to children of Hurricane Katrina who had relocated to Texas.

The packages included important items for their new homes, namely a mezuzah case, tehillim, tzedakah box and card with a one word message imprinted on the wrapping, such as trust, faith, hope etc.

This week, our packages were warmly and gleefully received by these unfortunate children. The photos can be viewed on our website

	This Week on www.ChabadFiveTowns.com

Comment

	What I Did On My Summer Vacation
The souls of the masters are called the "Fish of the Sea," swimming in the Ocean of Higher Reality... that's where you find the depth of life, expanded consciousness, absolute concepts and the never-ending beauty of inner soul

Inner Dimensions

	The Sea and the Sandbag
As they disappear beneath the waves, we wonder whether our efforts are futile. Ten bags, twenty bags, thirty bags... It hasn't worked so far, so what's the point of continuing?

Inner Dimensions

	Hurricanes of Love
Low pressure air pockets forming over sun-warmed water; fierce winds whirling around an "eye" of absolute calm; a "landfall" that unleashes a fury of soul action...

Relationships

	The Everlasting Bond
"Do you have the same feelings your spouse like you did when you first got married?" —Should this be the criteria for staying in a marriage?

	The Jewish Calendar

Passing of R. Israel of Ruzhin (1850)

Last Jew comes home (2nd Temple Era)

Passing of R. Meir Shapiro (1933)

Prayers for rain

Passing of Rosh (1327)

Shabbat

Cheshvan 10 | Nov 12

	Daily Thought

Wonder

Amazement never ceases for the enlightened mind.

At every moment it views with amazement the wonder of an entire world renewed out of the void, and asks, "Why is there anything at all and not just nothing?"

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 Noach

G‑d instructs Noah — the only righteous man in a world consumed by violence and corruption — to build a large wooden teivah ("ark"), coated within and without with pitch. A great deluge, says G‑d, will wipe out all life from the face of the earth; but the ark will float upon the water, sheltering Noah and his family, and two members (male and female) of each animal species.

Rain falls for 40 days and nights, and the waters churn for 150 days more before calming and beginning to recede. The ark settles on Mount Ararat, and from its window Noah dispatches a raven, and then a series of doves, "to see if the waters were abated from the face of the earth." When the ground dries completely—exactly one solar year (365 days) after the onset of the Flood—G‑d commands Noah to exit the teivah and repopulate the earth.

Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices to G‑d. G‑d swears never again to destroy all of mankind because of their deeds, and sets the rainbow as a testimony of His new covenant with man. G‑d also commands Noah on the sacredness of life: murder is deemed a capital offense, and while man is permitted to eat the meat of animals, he is forbidden to eat flesh or blood taken from a living animal.

Noah plants a vineyard and becomes drunk on its produce. Two of Noah's sons, Shem and Japeth, are blessed for covering up their father's nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is cursed for taking advantage of his debasement.

The descendents of Noah remain a single people, with a single language and culture, for ten generations. Then they defy their Creator by building a great tower to symbolize their own invincibility; G‑d confuses their language so that "one does not comprehend the tongue of the other," causing them to abandon their project and disperse across the face of the earth, splitting into seventy nations.

The Parshah of Noach concludes with a chronology of the ten generations from Noah to Abram (later Abraham), and the latter's journey from his birthplace of Ur Casdim to Charan, on the way to the Land of Canaan.

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