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Greetings!
Pesach is almost upon us!
Please be sure all has been taken care of in preparation of this important Festival.Here is just a short "checklist" including some of the programs being offered through Chabad:
1. Sell the Chometz click here.
2. Get yourself some Shmurah Matzah (the special handmade type that looks like it's really 3000 years old...) It is a very special mitzvah to have everyone at your Seders eat some of this special matzah on both nights. (Every Chabad Member family will be receiving one).
3. Make Seder arrangements for both Seder nights. You can RSVP to join both or one of the Seders at Chabad by clicking here.
4. For Firstborn males only: Mark your calendar to be present at the special ceremony, Monday, April 14 at 7am.
Passover is the time when we are blessed with spiritual freedom to allow us to rise above and "Passover" the confusion and worry stemming from the challenges we face in daily life. Enjoy its rich traditions, observe it's sacred customs. It will afford you much needed energy of joy and liberation to savor year-round.
I would like to encourage you to join me at Shul during this Passover Holiday for at least one of the holiday services, if not more. Spending some time in Shul gives Passover the respect and attention it deserves. This in turn gives us an additional dose of the many blessings and inspirations which Pesach provides, namely the spirit of true freedom from every conceivable obstacle, from within and from without.
Click here for full schedule of Passover services.
Please accept my best wishes for a Happy, Kosher and Meaningful Passover!
Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Shalom M. Paltiel
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Friday, the 11th of Nissan, is the Rebbe's 112th birthday. In Judaism we don't stop counting after a person's passing, because the soul lives on. Friday is a very special day, the day Al-Mighty G-d gifted the world with the luminous soul of this gigantic human being, back in 1902.
Click here to request Rebbe's blessing.
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Who wants to be a MINYANAIRE?
Monday & Thursday mornings | Services at 7:00-7:45 AM
Thank you to the current MINYANAIRES:
Howard Abrahams
Ron Bieber
David Eidiltz
Burt Falkenstein
Sam Glasser
Michael Grieff
Larry Hollander
Sy Kaplan
Yaniv Konfino
Jerry Kramer
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Jonathan Kramer
Eden Kuta
Sanford Lewis
Jimmy Neuwirth
Rabbi Paltiel
Rob Salzbank
Len Schaier
Bryan Sherman
Avi Shilian
Larry Smith |
Click here for more info.
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Can I Have My Seder On a Different Night of Passover?
By: Chani Benjaminson
Question: Can I have my Seder on a different night of Passover, to accommodate family who can't make it on the first or second night?
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Friday, Apr 11
7:11 pm
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Shabbat, Apr 12
8:13 pm
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Monday, Apr 14
7:14 pm
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Tuesday, Apr 15
8:16 pm
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Wednesday, Apr 16
8:17 pm
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| Parshah |
 Are You Successful?
Some religious doctrines see marriage as a concession to human weakness. Nothing could be further from Jewish thought . . .
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| Passover Toolkit |
 How to Make a Wild, Wonderful & BIG Seder
If you do this right, they won't regret it-no matter what time they show up. Because you are going to provide something they don't even know is possible. Because I'm going to show you how, here, right now.
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| Passover Perspective |
 Mother of Many
Cultivate the greatness within each child, in whichever form it assumes.
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| Passover Memories |
 Shmurah Matzah: An Acquired Taste
One bite into the matzah left all of us speechless! We could barely chew it and get it down!
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Final Sight
The angels who perceive all things from their haven above, they will never know. They will never confront the ruthless and the insensible, the mountains of obstinate darkness, the futility of screaming as mortal life flogs you against its cold, deaf barriers. To them, all things have reason, nothing is impossible, every event has its cause and that cause its cause-they will never escape the prison of knowing.
Even the G-dly soul-these are things she can never comprehend until she passes through this world. Here, cast beneath the blanket of Earth's atmosphere, at some point she can no longer close our eyes to the real world He has made. And find there are things she cannot face. Things that cannot be uttered. Things that cannot be, but are.
The breath of G-d descends to this world, opens her eyes and closes them. And will open them again. At that time she will see the Essence That Has No Cause.
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Parshat Acharei
Following the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, G-d warns against unauthorized entry "into the holy." Only one person, the kohen gadol ("high priest"), may, but once a year, on Yom Kippur, enter the innermost chamber in the Sanctuary to offer the sacred ketoret to G-d.
Another feature of the Day of Atonement service is the casting of lots over two goats, to determine which should be offered to G-d and which should be dispatched to carry off the sins of Israel to the wilderness.
The Parshah of Acharei also warns against bringing korbanot (animal or meal offerings) anywhere but in the Holy Temple, forbids the consumption of blood, and details the laws prohibiting incest and other deviant sexual relations.
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