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Jewish Center of Metairie October 24, 2014 - Tishrei 30, 5775 |
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Dear Friend,
We find ourselves in the final days of the month of Tishrei, a month that is satiated with holidays, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
The final holiday of Shmini Atzeret-Simchat Torah is one of jubilation as we celebrate, in unity,
the completion of the Torah. What is the reason for this final holiday and for celebrating it in this manner?
The primary commentary on the Torah, Rashi, writes in Numbers, 29:36:
"....Just like when children prepare to take leave of their father, the father says, 'Parting from you
is very hard for me; stay one day more',” so too, after being together for all the holidays, Hashem says please, before you all go back to your daily lives, celebrate with me for one more day, celebrate Shmini Atzert-Simchat Torah.
The Rebbe would point out that the word in Hebrew used for “PARTING" (your parting is very hard for
me), is pridatchem — your parting from each other — and not pridateinu — our parting. There can never really be a parting between G‑d and Israel. G‑d is always with us. What concerns our loving G-d, Blessed be He, is the parting and separation among the Jewish people. Being that after the holidays everyone must return to their individual places, to fulfill their particular life's mission,
this physical dispersion and displacement might cause a spiritual separation.
The remedy is, “Stay one day more,” make another holiday, Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah, and
it will guarantee that we not fall into a state of spiritual separation. The joy of completing the Torah and celebrating with the Torah on Simchat Torah, as one family, accomplishes a unity among us that overcomes our physical separation.
We were blessed to have an inspiring holiday season, from the high holidays through Sukkot, yet,
the absolute highlight of the month were the lively Simchat Torah celebrations, where we jubilantly rejoiced in our heritage and expressed our Jewish pride. May the special joy of Simchat Torah bring us joy and unity for the entire year, even as we each get busy with our own lives.
Shabbat Shalom and easy transitions,
Rabbi Yossie
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Youth Club 2014/15 Kids Dive In
The first Youth club event for this year, Kids Dive In, will take place THIS SUNDAY, October 26 at 2:30 pm (ages 4-10) at Chabad Center. For more info about this popular program, or to RSVP, click here.
Minyan help needed
As Minyan gets earlier, we can use all of the help we can get. This week, Minyan will be at 5:50 pm, and after the clock changes next week it will be at 4:50 pm. If you can commit to coming 1 or 2 days a week during the winter, please call Rabbi Nemes at 504-957-4986. If you can't commit, any time you can join will be very helpful and appreciated!
New JLI Course
'How Happiness Thinks' is a fascinating six week course starting the first week of November. The course will be offered on both Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons. Psychologists, Social workers, and others can earn up to 15 CE credits (APA, ACCME, NBCC). For info, contact [email protected]. To
register, visit www.myjli.com.
'How Happiness Thinks' is much more than a tool to boost your happiness. It is an exciting journey into the mind and psyche. Drawing on classical Jewish and mystical teachings, this course will present you with a deeper understanding of yourself, and help you flourish by suggesting practical advice which, when implemented, will radically enhance the happiness quotient of your life. |
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| Coming up this week |
Morning Services: 7 am @ Chabad Uptown
Evening Services: 5:55 pm @ Chabad Metairie
Friday
- Mincha @ 6 pm followed by spirited Kabalat Shabbat
Shabbat
- Torah class @ 8:45 am with Rabbi Nemes
- Shabbat services @ 9:30 am
- Babysitting @ 10:30 am
- Shabbat party with Gali and Dafna @ 10:45 am for ages 3 and up
- Talmud Class with Rabbi Nemes @ 5:15pm
- Mincha @ 5:55pm followed by Maariv, Havdala and Living Torah
Sunday
- Minyan @ 8 am followed by breakfast
- Parsha class with Rabbi Mendel following breakfast
- Kid's Dive In (New Kids Club!) @ 2:30 pm. For more info, click here.
- Tanya club @ 6:45 pm
Monday
- Advanced Halacha class: Laws of Shabbat @ 8 pm with Rabbi Mendel
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| Family News |
We wish our deepest condolences to Caron Bleich and the entire Bleich family on the passing of Dr. Stanley Bleich. May Hashem comfort you among all the mourners of Jerusalem.
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Mazal Tov to Rabbi Zelig and Bluma Rivkin on the birth of 2 grandsons, to Yosef and Bini Rivkin and to Sholom and Hinda Pinson!
Mazal Tov to David and Nechama Kaufman on the birth of their new grandson, to Berry and Chaya Mushka Silver!
Happy birthday, Zev Attias
Happy birthday, Steven Blitz
Happy birthday, Rachel Fertel
Happy birthday, Stacy Goldin
Happy birthday, MoriahShamai |
| Special Donations |
Thank you to all those who supported Chabad in the months of July, August and September!
In Memory of
Benjamin and Carol Berman in memory of Benjamin's parents
Charles and Sandy Brum in memory of Charles' father
Steven and Diane Cofer in memory of Diane's father
Chaim A"H and Debbie Dahan in memory of Chaim's parents
Harris and Rosalie Dulitz in memory of Harris' father
Martin and Amy Goldin in memory of Amy's mother
Esther Light in memory of Sydney Light
Leon and Debbie Pesses in memory of Debbie's mother
Alon and Kelly Shaya in memory of Alon's mother
Chana Vidal in memory of Natalie Brown
In Memory of Chaim Dahan (September donations)
Jennie Cohen
Rotem and Belinda Dahan
Marc Lor
Odette Romero
In Honor of
Heshy and Rochel Ceitlin in honor of the birth of Sholom Ceitlin
Lior and Hilda Shamai in honor of baby Ceitlin
Kiddush Fund
Rodney and Karla Alcerro
Alec and Zilda Benjo
Chaim A"H and Debbie Dahan
Avraham and Sarah Chaya Pertuit
Social Services
Joel Brown
George and Elaine Haas
Chai Club Monthly Giving
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Steven and Mery Blitz
Joel Brown
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Kitchen Shower (this does not include all who partcipated with non cash gifts)
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Harry Gross
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High Holidays
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General Donations
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Membership
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| Weekly Parshah |
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 regarding 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 Japheth,
are blessed for covering up their father’s nakedness, while his third son, Ham, is punished for taking advantage of his debasement.
The descendants 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
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