11/17/05 - 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

As I'm sure you know by now, there's always something new happening at our Chabad Center - but have you heard about the latest one? We recently launched the Friendship Circle chapter in the Five Towns which has been warmly received by our community!

The Friendship Circle is a unique organization with a refreshing approach to helping families of children with special needs and involving them in Jewish experiences. Our innovative programming is designed to foster a relationship wtih community teenagers and the children by drawing on the love, boundless energy and dynamism of our teenage population. The Friendship Circle offers unconditional love with no strings attached. We serve the needs of the special needs child, the parents, siblings and our teenage volunteers.

Our Circle welcomes the involvement of the following individuals: Teenage boys & girls who wants to make a difference, Parent whose Jewish child has special needs, a professional willing to devote time or a member of the community who would like to offer financial support... there's a place in Friendship Circle for you!

For further information on our Circle, visit us online at www.ChabadFiveTowns.com/friendshipcircle or contact Hadassah via email or phone: 516-458-3694

Best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Happening @ Chabad

Kiddush
The Kiddush at Chabad this week is available for sponsorship. If you'd like to sponsor the kiddush this week or at a future date, in honor or in memory of a family member or friend, please contact Dr. Muller at 516-569-0169.

November 19 - Father & Son Melava Malka
It's a Boys' Night Out – for fathers and sons (ages 5–12)! Come and enjoy a fantastic evening with your son, featuring a fun crafts project, exciting father/son games, delicious pizza dinner and more. The Melava Malka will take place Motzei Shabbat, November 19, 7:15 – 9:00 pm , at the Chabad Center. Suggested donation is $10 per person, $25 max per family.

November 20 - Teen Boys: Team up with Friendship Circle!
Chabad of the Five Towns' Friendship Circle attracted scores of teenage girls, providing them an opportunity to spend their spare time in a meaningful way. Due to popular request, boys can now join in on the act! Chabad will host a welcome meeting for teen boys, grades 9-12 at the Jean Fischman Chabad Center , 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst on November 20 from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.

November 21: Relationship Series
Chabad invites couples and singles to Part II of our "Harmony in the Home" lecture series. We thank Dr. Chaim Brill & Mrs. Chana Epstein for their enlightening presentation last week and we look forward to next week's lecture with Rabbi Shmuel Stauber, MA, ABD of Psychology, Imago Relationship Therapist. The lecture on Monday, November 21st, 8:15 pm at Chabad, will focus on "Family Environment and Its Impact on Behavior and Character Development of Children”. Suggested donation is $10 per class.

November 22: Farbrengen for Men
In honor of Chof Cheshvan, birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, all men are invited to join in a Chassidic Farbrengen. R' Chaim & Ettel Seper will be hosting the farbrengen at their home, 3 Cedarhurst Avenue on November 22nd, 8:15 pm. All men are welcome to participate!

B"H

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Shabbat Begins: Nov. 18 2005	4:17 PM
Shabbat Ends: Nov. 19 2005	5:18 PM

Parshah Vayeira

	Shul Announcements
Happy Birthday to Dov Popack, Chaviva Freedman, Menachem Freedman, Ari Almeleh, Dovid Farber Mazal Tov to Rabbi Nachman & Fraidy Ross on the birth of a grand-daughter, born to Sholom & Nechama Ross Happy anniversary to Avi & Chava Popack


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Youth Events Schedule

November 17:
Bat Mitzvah Club for girls grade 6, 6:00 - 7:30

November 19:
Father / Son Melava Malka
7:15 - 9:00

November 20:
Youth Zone for girls & boys ages 4 - 10 / 10:00 - 11:30

November 22:
Cheder Menachem Mendel
5:30 - 7:00

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	The Jewish Calendar

Thursday

Cheshvan 15 | Nov 17

Passing of Mattityahu (139 BCE)

Great Flood Begins (2105 BCE)

Birth of Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860)

Lisbon Earthquake (1255)

Friday

Cheshvan 23 | Nov 25

Hasmonean holiday (137 BCE)

Shabbat

Cheshvan 24 | Nov 26

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	Daily Thought

Change by Doing

People are not changed by arguments, nor by philosophy. People change by doing.

Introduce a new habit into your life, and your entire perspective of the world changes.

First do, then learn about what you are already doing.

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 Vayeira

G‑d reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew's circumcision at age 99; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three — who are angels disguised as men — announces that, in exactly one year, the barren Sarah will give birth to a son. Sarah laughs.

Abraham pleads with G‑d to spare the wicked city of Sodom. Two of the three disguised angels arrive in the doomed city, where Abraham's nephew, Lot, extends his hospitality to them and protects them from the evil intentions of a Sodomite mob. The two guests reveal that they have come to overturn the place, and to save Lot and his family. Lot's wife turns into a pillar of salt when she disobeys the command not to look back at the burning city as they flee.

While taking shelter in a cave, Lot's two daughters (believing that they and their father are the only ones left alive in the world) get their father drunk, lie with him, and become pregnant. The two sons born from this incident father the nations of Moab and Amon.

Abraham moves to Gerar, where the Philistine king Avimelech takes Sarah — who is presented as Abraham's sister — to his palace. In a dream, G‑d warns Avimelech that he will die unless he returns the woman to her husband. Abraham explains that he feared he would be killed over the beautiful Sarah.

G‑d remembers His promise to Sarah and gives her and Abraham a son, who is named Isaac (Yitzchak, meaning "will laugh"). Isaac is circumcised at the age of eight days; Abraham is 100 years old, and Sarah 90, at their child's birth.

Hagar and Ishmael are banished from Abraham's home and wander in the desert; G‑d hears the cry of the dying lad and saves his life by showing his mother a well. Avimelech makes a treaty with Abraham at Be'er Sheva, where Abraham gives him seven sheep as a sign of their truce.

G‑d tests Abraham's devotion by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem. Isaac is bound and placed on the altar, and Abraham raises the knife to slaughter his son. A voice from heaven calls to stop him; a ram, caught in the undergrowth by its horns, is offered in Isaac's place. Abraham receives the news of the birth of a daughter, Rebecca, to his nephew Bethuel.

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