12/01/06 - Chabad of the Five Towns

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	A Word From the Rabbi

The Spirit of Chanukah is in the air and we have a special pre-Chanukah opportunity for you! Get a head start on the Gelt-giving season and reap instant rewards. 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 thorugh our website using a MC or Visa. Act quickly to take advantage of this opportunity to receive a tax deduction before year's end.

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

	Happening at Chabad

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

December 1 • Friday Night Live!
Close to 100 people will be joining us tonight for a truly meaningful Shabbat experience led by Rabbi Tuvia & Chaya Teldon. An exciting children’s program and inspiring lecture will make this evening special for the whole family.

December 2 • Farbrengen for Women
All women are welcome to join together on Shabbos afternoon for a special farbrengen with Rebbetzin Chaya Teldon. The gathering will be held at the Wolowik's home, 748 Central Avenue in Woodmere at 3:00 pm - children are welcome too!

December 4 • Storytime at Chabad
For boys and girls, ages 4-7, 5:30-6:30 pm. Come to Chabad for a treat before you go to sleep! A story will be read while you munch on cookies and enjoy a drink.

December 5 • Farbrengen for Men
Join us for another farbrengen for men, this time celebrating the wedding anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. The gathering will be held at Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst at 8:15 pm. All men are welcome!

December 5 • Evening Class for Women
This monthly class on the Aleph Bet is taught by renowned lecturer, Mrs. Chaya Franklin. Explore the deeper meaning of the letters of the Aleph-Bet—8:15 pm at Chabad.

December 8 • Hebrew School Friday Night Dinner
Turn Friday Night into Shabbat! Hebrew School families will be joining together for a Friday Night Dinner at Chabad featuring delicious food, sensational program, enchanting melodies and a Shabbat experience never to forget! An entertaining discussion on “Hollyood & Chanukah” will be led by Rob Kurtz—writer and producer. Please call to make your reservation, 516-295-2478.

December 10 • Farbrengen Dinner: The Nineteenth of Kislev
Men & women are invited to join us in celebrating Yud-Tes Kislev, day of liberation of the Bal HaTanya and the New Year of Chassidism on Sunday evening, December 10, 8:15pm at Chabad. This year, Rabbi Shmuel Kaplan, regional director of Chabad of Maryland will lead the celebration, along with live Chassidic music & a festive dinner. Suggested Donation, $18 per person. Call to RSVP: 295-2478.

December 10 • Holiday Basics II: Chanukah
Your personal roadmap to a meaningful Chanukah With Rabbi Shneur Z. Wolowik. Men & Women are encouraged to join on Sunday, December 10, 10:30 - 11:15 AM. Topics will Include: • The Miracle of Chanukah - Victory of the Few • Latkes, Donuts, Dreidels & The Menorah: the meaning behind the holiday rituals. Enrich your holiday – join this meaningful pre-Chanukah class!

B"H

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

Shabbat Begins: Dec. 01 2006	4:11 PM
Shabbat Ends: Dec. 02 2006	5:13 PM

Parshah Vayeitzei

Shul Family News

Happy Birthday To:
Veronica Ambalo, Haysha Shatzman, Menachem Dahan, Miki Dahan, Shmuel Dovid Fishbein

Mazal Tov To:
Mazal Tov to Faivish & Tamar Pewzner on the upshernish of their dear son, Mendel

Thank You To:
Sholom & Pessy Jacobs for coordinating & hosting the beautiful Kumzitz!


	CHANUKAH WONDERLAND
ANNOUNCING! NEW LOCATION 460 CENTRAL AVENUE, CORNER SPRUCE ST. FORMERLY BABYGAP

	Weekly Youth Calendar
December 3 Youth Zone, 10:00 am—12:00 pm December 4 Storytime at Chabad, ages 4-7, 5:30—6:30 pm December 6 B.A.T.T., 7:00—8:30 pm December 7 Chai Five, 5:30—7:00 pm December 8 Hebrew School Friday Night Dinner, 6:00 pm Please call to reserve, 295-2478 December 10 Friendship Circle Volunteer Event for girls, 8:00 pm December 10 Youth Zone, 10:00 am—12:00 pm

	Daily Quote
If his finger would be cut, there would flow not blood, but chassidus (chassidic teaching) — Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, speaking of his father-in-law and predecessor, Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch (1773-1827)


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Inner Dimensions

	Home of Stone
Why are we here? The answers fall under two general categories: for ourselves (to enjoy life, realize our potential, achieve transcendence...); or in service of something greater than ourselves (society, history, G‑d...)

	The Jewish Calendar

Friday

Kislev 10 | Dec 1

Liberation of R. DovBer (1826)

Yahrtzeit of R. Y.Y. Kazen (1998)

Monday

Kislev 13 | Dec 4

Talmud completed (475 CE)

Tuesday

Kislev 14 | Dec 5

Reuben Born (1568 BCE)

Rebbe's Marriage (1928)

R. Abraham Maimuni (1237)

R. Baruch Mezhibuzher (1811)

	Daily Thought

Higher Consciousness

Torah observance is not an exercise in behavior compliance. There is only one way a person can learn to fulfill the Torah the way it is meant to be fulfilled. And that is by achieving a higher state of consciousness.

The constant awareness that all you see and hear, the wind against your face and the pulse of your own heart, the stars in the heavens and the earth beneath your feet, all things of this cosmos and beyond,

All are but the outer garments of the King, a projection of His radiance, His will, His thoughts, His words to us, within which He is concealed.

In such a state of mind, Torah becomes natural response.

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 Vayeitzei

Jacob leaves his hometown Be'er Sheva and journeys to Charan. On the way, he encounters "the place" and sleeps there, dreaming of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels climbing and descending on it; G‑d appears and promises that the land upon which he lies will be given to his descendents. In the morning, Jacob raises the stone on which he laid his head as an altar and monument, pledging that it will be made the house of G‑d.

In Charan, Jacob stays with and works for his uncle Laban, tending Laban's sheep. Laban agrees to give him his younger daughter Rachel — whom Jacob loves — in marriage, in return for seven years' labor. But on the wedding night, Laban gives him his elder daughter, Leah, instead — a deception Jacob discovers only in the morning. Jacob marries Rachel, too, a week later, after agreeing to work another seven years for Laban.

Leah gives birth to six sons — Reuben, Shimon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun — and a daughter, Dinah, while Rachel remains barren. Rachel gives Jacob her handmaid, Bilhah, as a wife to bear children in her stead, and two more sons, Dan and Naphtali, are born. Leah does the same with her handmaid, Zilpah, who gives birth to Gad and Asher. Finally, Rachel's prayers are answered and she gives birth to Joseph.

Jacob has now been in Charan for fourteen years and wishes to return home, but Laban persuades him to remain, now offering him sheep in return for his labor. Jacob prospers, despite Laban's repeated attempts to swindle him. After six years, Jacob leaves Charan in stealth, fearing that Laban would prevent him from leaving with the family and property for which he labored. Laban pursues Jacob, but is warned by G‑d in a dream not to harm him. Laban and Jacob make a pact on Mount Gal-Ed, attested to by a pile of stones, and Jacob proceeds to the Holy Land, where he is met by angels.

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