3/2/06 - Chabad of the Five Towns

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	A Word From the Rabbi

With the holiday of Purim quickly approaching, our “Matanot L'evyonim” [gifts to the needy] Campaign is in full swing! It is an obligation to give monetary gifts of charity to poor people on Purim. I can represent you in your acts of charity and distribute your monetary gift to the needy on Purim day. Please participate by giving your tax-deductible contribution to Chabad – Matanot L'evyonim.

Donations can be made via one of the following convenient options:
[a] Mail: 74 Maple Avenue , Cedarhurst , NY 11516
[b] Online: http://www.chabad5towns.com/matanot
[c] Phone: Call in your contribution with a credit card: 295-2478

Best wishes for a Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Zalman Wolowik

	Happening at Chabad this Week

March 4: Kiddush
The Kiddush at the Chabad Center this Shabbos is sponsored by Jeremy & Elizabeth Kahn in honor of the opening of her new children’s shoe store, "Monkey See, Monkey Shoe" - this Sunday, March 5th. If you would like to sponsor the Kiddush at a future date in honor or in memory of a family member or friend, please contact Dr. Muller at 516-569-0169.

March 6: Ayelet the Kosher Komic!
Don't miss out on a unique opportunity to enjoy a Kosher Komedy Show right here in the Five Towns! Make it a Mother-Daughter night out. Take advantage of our mother-daughter special before tickets are sold out - Tickets are $15.00 each or $25.00 for a mother-daughter discounted ticket package! Ayelet, the popular Kosher Komic, fine-tunes her performances to create an invigorating show where women & girls enjoy a good bout of comic relief with her hilarious routines on various aspects of Jewish life from dating & marriage to airlines and diets. Ayelet will make her appearance at Chabad of the Five Towns, 74 Maple Avenue, on March 6 starting at 8:15 p.m. The event is for women and girls only and tickets are required. Get into the joyous Adar spirit and purchase your tickets by calling 516-295-2478 ext. 10 or at http://www.chabad5towns.com/. A basic ticket is $15 and a sponsor ticket for preferred seating is $36.

March 7: An Evening of Commemoration
This week we commemorate the first yahrtzeit of our dear friend & one of the founding shul members, Chief Simon Eisdorfer. In honor of his Yahrtzeit, the Eisdorfer family invites you to an evening to reflect on his life. Tuesday, March 7th—Adar 7th, 8:00—9:00 pm at the Chabad Center, 74 Maple Avenue. We will be making a Siyum on Mishnayot; L'chaim and light refreshments will be served.

March 9: Farbrengen for Men
Join in a Chassidic farbrengen on the 9th of Adar, marking the day the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory, was saved from the Germans and arrived in America in 1940. The men's farbrengen will be held on Thursday evening, 8:15 pm at the Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst.

	Celebrate Purim with Chabad!

Purim Celebrations only get better at Chabad—this year we'll be celebrating Safari Style! A tent will be erected at the Chabad Center to accommodate the anticipated crowds of men, women & children who join Chabad for our annual Purim celebrations. On Purim eve, Chabad's the place to be!

Come in costume on Monday, March 13th, 6:30 pm for a new & improved Multimedia Megillah Reading and Grand Purim Bash! Watch friendly familiar faces come to life on screen in the ancient Purim story! The program will feature a special children's reading, exciting entertainer, music, hamentashen and refreshments as well as a light break-the-fast buffet! All are welcome to join - no reservations required.

The much-anticipated Purim in Africa - Safari Seudah will be held at Chabad on Tuesday, March 15, 5:30 pm. Join us for an experience of a lifetime and a 4-course Purim Meal! Limited space available; reservations are required: 295-2478. Fee: $36.00 per adult, $25.00 per child / Sponsor: $180.

The megillah will be read Tuesday morning at the Chabad Center : first Shacharit service at 6:00 am followed by Megillah reading at 6:30 am. The second Shacharit service will be held at 8:00 am followed by Megillah reading at 8:45 am.

Have you seen our Purim Holiday Guide? If you have not received it in the mail, you may download it online or you may email or call us to have a copy mailed to you: 516-295-2478.

We encourage you to visit our Virtual Purim Site for the purim story, how-to, articles, recipes, multimedia, games, kids center and much more. It's the virtual Purim experience you will truly enjoy!

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Mar. 03 2006	5:30 PM
Shabbat Ends: Mar. 04 2006	6:29 PM

Parshah Terumah

Shul Announcements

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Sharrone Glick, Amanda Shapiro, Mr. Shmuel Farber, Ami Alenick, Ruffie Schreiber, Moshe Yehudah Leib Rozenblat, Avi Weingarten, Mr. David Friend, Bella Doron, Jonah Fishbein, Samuel Kessler, Meir Werner, Sally Poolat, Sholom Dov Ber Rozenblat

Mazal Tov to Marc & Lesha Israel on the birth of a baby girl.

Thank You to the sponsors of the Mitzvah Men auction, raising money for a needy bride & groom: Heidi Hass, Andrew Goldstein, Moshe Amos, Marc Israel, Ely Baum, and to all parents who helped raise $1500 for the upcoming wedding.

If you'd like to participate in this worthy cause & tremendous mitzvah, please send donations to Chabad of the Five Towns, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst NY 11516 (note "wedding" in the memo)


	Featured Page on our Site

Shalach Manot Opportunity

LAST CHANCE to be a part of our Shalach Manot Campaign! Each participating family will receive a magnificent package filled with tempting treats along with a list of all families who took part in this project. Therefore, you will not need to send individual Shalach Manot to those families who participate.

You can be included on the list & receive a package by sending payment of $54 to Chabad of the Five Towns, (74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst NY 11516) by March 7th or submit your purchase on our website.

Weekly Youth Calendar

March 5: Hebrew School
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

March 5: Youth Zone
10:00 - 11:30 am

March 6: B.A.T.T.
7:00 - 8:30 pm

March 7: Cheder
5:30 - 7:00 pm

March 8: Bat Mitzvah Club
6:00 - 7:30 pm

	This Week on www.ChabadFiveTowns.com

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	The Jewish Calendar

Friday

Adar 3 | Mar 3

2nd Temple completed (349 BCE)

Shabbat

Adar 4 | Mar 4

Maharam's Body Ransomed (1307)

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	Daily Thought

Make your own Sanctuary

Ultimately, the purpose of all things is not a rational one, but simply G‑d's desire to dwell in an ordinary world, the one in which you and I live. Out of His desire comes not only this world, but all worlds and all things within them.

Why does He so desire? The question is meaningless. Reason is a mere creation. G‑d just is. There is nothing for Him to gain or risk losing, for G‑d lacks nothing. He desires without cause, just to desire.

And what does He desire? He desires to take a glimmer of Himself and inject it into a physical body, dressing it first within another soul, an earthly one, one very much a part of this ordinary world.

And He desires that this body and its earthly impulses will obscure and negate the G‑dly light breathed into it. And that nevertheless, somehow, in the midst of all this struggle, that spark of G‑d within will manage to make its mark, filtering away some of the ugliness and refining some of the preciousness of the body, of the animal driving it, and even of its share of this world.

This is the sanctuary that each person makes in his life, a place where an animal is raised up in a G‑dly fire. It is here that G‑d is found in all Primal Essence, dwelling in an ordinary world.

And for this all things were made.

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 Terumah

The people of Israel are called upon to contribute fifteen materials — gold, silver and copper; blue, purple and red-dyed wool; flax, goat hair, animal skins, wood, olive oil, spices and gems — out of which, G‑d says to Moses, "They shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them."

On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moses is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for G‑d so that it could be readily dismantled, transported and reassembled as the people journeyed in the desert.

In the Sanctuary's inner chamber, behind an artistically woven curtain, was the Ark containing the Tablets of Testimony engraved with the Ten Commandments; on the Ark's cover stood two winged cherubim hammered out of pure gold. In the outer chamber stood the seven-branched Menorah and the Table upon which the "showbread" was arranged.

The Sanctuary's three walls were fitted together from 48 upright wooden boards, each of which was overlaid with gold and held up by a pair of silver foundation sockets. The roof was formed of three layers of coverings: (a) tapestries of multi-colored wool and linen; (b) a covering made of goat-hair; (c) a covering of ram and tachash skins. Across the front of the Sanctuary was an embroidered screen held up by five posts.

Surrounding the Sanctuary and the copper-plated Altar which fronted it was an enclosure of linen hangings, supported by 60 wooden posts with silver hooks and trimmings and reinforced by copper stakes.

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