12/22/05 - Chabad of the Five Towns

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	A Word from the Rabbi

There's just one more week to take advantage of the opportunity to reap instant rewards and get a tax-deductin too for the 2005 fiscal year. During this Gelt-giving season, Chabad has teamed up with American Express to grant you Double Reward Points when donating to Chabad during the Chanukah season.

If you're an American Express cardholder, you're just a click away from giving - and getting. Your contribution will enable Chabad to bring the message of Chanukah to thousands of men, women & children in our community, through our various Holiday festivities & programs. We know you're proud of what we do - please, be our partner! We're counting on your support to make our Chanukah celebrations a reality!

Click here to make your contribution to Chabad through American Express. Not an AMEX cardholder? You can still give too, click here to make your donation. Act quickly - offere expires December 31, 2005.

May G‑d reward you handsomely for your kindness and may the coming days of Chanukah bring much light into your life!

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

	Chabad's Chanukah Events

Please join us for Chanukah festivities & celebrations every day and night of Chanukah. Bring your children, friends and relatives along - they'll surely thank you!

Chabad's Chanukah Wonderland will open its doors to the entire community for the Chanukah season, December 25 - January 2. At the "Funhouse," conveniently located in the Maple Plaza, 588 Central Avenue (next to David's Famous Pizza), children and adults experience Chanukah through an intriguing hands-on olive press demonstration, creative crafts corner, and a hi-tech computer center. Yehuda Hamaccabi greets the children and guides them through building menorahs and dreidles in Legoland and enjoying a meaningful movie in the Chanukah theater.

The holiday spirit and fun does not end there! The entire community is welcome to enjoy an awesome spectacle on Monday, December 26 at the Chabad Center, 74 Maple Ave. Come and watch the sculpting of the “Coolest” Menorah - the largest Ice Menorah in New York, beginning at 3:00 pm. The Ice Menorah will be lit at 6:30 pm by Mr. Aaron Fischman and family.

Throughout the Holiday, Chabad will hold Public Menorah Lightings of an 18 foot Menorah every evening in Cedarhurst Park; complete with gifts and treats, live music, hot latkes, and more. Dignitaries and community leaders will attend the ceremony and will assist in kindling the largest Menorah in the Five Towns, "The Menorah of Freedom". Public Menorah Lightings will be held at the following times: Dec. 25, 6:00 PM - Mr. Uri Ottensoser ~ Dec. 26, 6:00 PM - Mr. Lloyd Keilson; ~ Dec. 27, 6:00 PM - Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Cong. Aish Kodesh ~ Dec. 28, 6:00 PM - Rabbi Shaul Chill, Young Israel of Far Rockaway ~ Dec. 29, 6:00 PM - Mr. Ben Brafman ? Dec. 30, 3:00 PM - Dr. Binyomin Muller ~ Dec. 31, 6:00 PM - Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Chabad of the Five Towns ~ January 1, 6:00 PM - Rabbi Pesach Schmerling, Chabad of Far Rockaway.

For more information contact us at 516-295-2478 or visit our website. Also online, check out the photo album to view pictures from last year's Chanukah festivities.

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Dec. 23 2005	4:14 PM
Shabbat Ends: Dec. 24 2005	5:18 PM

Parshah Vayeishev

	Shul Announcements
Happy Birthday to JJ Hecht, Yehudis Oppen, Tovah Miriam Justic, Yaakov Ambalo, Miriam Feder, Emanuel Medows, Zachary Adams, Ron Lev, Mrs. Marla Turk, Dovid Zev Werner. Thank you to the volunteers who helped set up Chanukah Wonderland: Lisa Fishbein, Susan & Emily Sachs, Chanie Cohen, Tamar Pewzner, Josh Justic, Moshe Chaim, and our dedicated staff members: Rabbi Meir, Hadassah, Irit, Tzirel, Chenchie & Simi


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January 6: Family Friday Night Dinner: Enhance your Shabbat experience adn join us as we celebrate it together! All are invited to join us on January 6, 6:00 pm for a gourmet dinner with Dr. Edwin Yisroel Susskind, Ph.D. Our scholar-in-residence will address the topic, "Jews are from Sinai, not Mars or Venus: A Kabalistic view on how men and women communicate." Of course we're accomodating children and we'll have a special program just for them during the lecture. Call today to make your reservations: 516-295-2478. Fee: $36 per adult, $18 per child

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Inner Dimensions

	Seasons: A Chanukah Thought
When it's dark light a candle…

Story

	Life After Death: A Parable
Suddenly the world convulses. Upheaval. Writhing. A crushing, staccato pounding. One brother disappears into the turmoil. The second brother bewails the tragedy—the death of a perfectly fine fellow. Why didn't he take better care? Why did he fall into that terrible abyss?

Living

	Cookies & Apples
It sounds counter-intuitive, but it's true: you can never get enough of what you don't really want...

Parenting

	In Defense of the Jelly Bean
Should a parent give a child a tangible reward, such as a prize or a food treat, when a child behaves properly, does his homework or helps around the house?

	The Jewish Calendar

Thursday

Kislev 21 | Dec 22

Satmar Rebbe Rescued (1944)

Bless New Month

Sunday

Kislev 24 | Dec 25

Kindle One Chanukah Light tonight

Monday

Kislev 25 | Dec 26

Chanukah
Cain Kills Abel (3720 BCE)

Mishkan completed (1312 BCE)

Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

R. Chizkia Medini (1904)

Kindle 2 Lights tonight

Hallel & Al HaNissim

Chanukah Foods

Dreidel

Chanukah Gelt

Tuesday

Kislev 26 | Dec 27

Chanukah
2nd Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

Raavad's Passing (1198)

Kindle 3 Lights tonight

Wednesday

Kislev 27 | Dec 28

Chanukah
Flood rains cease (2105 BCE)

3rd Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

R. Chaim of Tchernovitz (1817)

Kindle 4 Lights tonight

Thursday

Kislev 28 | Dec 29

Chanukah
4th Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

Kindle 5 Lights tonight

Friday

Kislev 29 | Dec 30

Chanukah
5th Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

2nd liberation of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1800)

Kindle 6 Lights before sunset

Shabbat

Kislev 30 | Dec 31

Chanukah
Rosh Chodesh
6th Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)

Rosh Chodesh Observances

Three Sefer Torahs

Kindle 7 Lights after nightfall

	Daily Thought

E=MC2

Modern physics has brought us to a realization of the oneness of our universe, from which we may better grasp the Oneness of its Creator:

All that exists can be divided into two elements: The force, and the particle that bears that force. In other terms: quality and quantity. With a simple equation, Einstein demonstrated that even these two elements are truly one.

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 Vayeishev

Jacob settles in Hebron with his twelve sons. His favorite is 17-year-old Joseph, whose brothers are jealous of the preferential treatment he receives from his father, such as a precious many-colored coat that Jacob makes for Joseph. Joseph relates to his brothers two dreams he has which foretell that he is destined to rule over them, increasing their envy and hatred towards him.

Shimon and Levi plot to kill him, but Reuben suggests that they throw him into a pit instead, intending to come back later and save him. While Joseph is in the pit, Judah has him sold to a band of passing Ishmaelites. The brothers dip Joseph's special coat in the blood of a goat and show it to their father, leading him to believe that his most beloved son was devoured by a wild beast.

Judah marries and has three children. The eldest, Er, dies young and childless, and his wife Tamar is given in levirate marriage to the second son, Onan. Onan sins by spilling his seed and he, too, meets an early death. Judah is reluctant to have his third son marry her. Determined to have a child from Judah's family, Tamar disguises herself as a prostitute and seduces Judah himself. Judah hears that his daughter-in-law has become pregnant and orders her executed for harlotry, but when Tamar produces some personal effects he left with her as a pledge for payment, he publicly admits that he is the father. Tamar gives birth to twin sons, Peretz (an ancestor of King David) and Zerach.

Joseph is taken to Egypt and sold to Potiphar, the minister in charge of Pharaoh's slaughterhouses. G‑d blesses everything he does, and soon he is made overseer of all his master's property. Potiphar's wife desires the handsome and charismatic lad; when Joseph rejects her advances, she tells her husband that the Hebrew slave tried to force himself on her and has him thrown in prison. Joseph gains the trust and admiration of his jailers, who appoint him to a position of authority in the prison administration.

In prison, Joseph meets Pharaoh's chief butler and chief baker, both incarcerated for offending their royal master. Both have disturbing dreams, which Joseph interprets; in three days, he tells them, the butler will be released and the baker hanged. Joseph asks the butler to intercede on his behalf with Pharaoh. Joseph's predictions are fulfilled, but the butler forgets all about Joseph and does nothing for him.

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