Friday, Sep. 20, 2024 ~ 10 Elul 5784

This Shabbos is Chai (the 18th of) Elul

Both the Ba'al Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe were born on this day. Tomorrow, there will be a Farbrengen at Bais Chabad to celebrate the occasion.

Shabbos Schedule

Candle lighting tonight: 7:15 pm

Mincha & Shabbos Services this evening: 7:10 pm.

Services tomorrow morning: 9:30 am

Evening services tomorrow: 7:05 pm

Shabbos concludes tomorrow: 8:14 pm

This week's Torah portion: Ki Tavo

This week we study Ch. 3-4 in Pirkei Avos

Services next week will be at 7:00 am and at 7:10 pm (8:30 am on Sunday)

Events this Sunday, Sep. 22.

Shofar Factory Festival: Kindness Edition

A day of fun, food, fascination, and giving.

Sunday, Sep. 22, 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the JCC. RSVP

Pack gifts for families of victims of terror, create beautiful charity boxes, and help pack holiday gifts for seniors living nearby.

Alongside that, you'll carve your own Shofar, learn from a beekeeper, write your Hebrew name on parchment with a scribe, ride on a camel, enjoy the music of a Klezmer band, indulge in a hot lunch from a Kosher food truck, and make a honey cake to bring sweetness to the year ahead.

Volunteers needed! Please let us know if you can assist at the Shofar Factory, for any amount of time between 12 and 4 pm.

How Israel Wins

Is there a way to achieve lasting peace? When should there be a ceasefire?

These questions and much more will be discussed in depth with the Torah's approach at this seminar.

Sunday, Sep. 22, 10:30 am at Bais Chabad.

Led by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, senior editor at the Jewish Learning Institute.

Rabbi Silberberg wrote this curriculum and it has been taught in hundreds of locations across the globe.

Breakfast will be served.

Suggested donation: $25. RSVP

Many Mazal Tovs! Triple Shalom Zachar tonight.

We are very happy to share many festive events that took place this past week at Bais Chabad

Mazal Tov to Shalom and Elisheva Shomer on the birth of a baby boy this past Shabbos. G-d willing, the Bris will take place tomorrow, 5:00 pm at the Shomer home. May they merit to bring their son into the covenant of Avraham Avinu and raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim (good deeds).

Mazal Tov to Moshe and Ruthie Haddad on the birth of a baby boy this past Monday. G-d willing, the Bris will take place on Monday after morning services at Bais Chabad. May they merit to bring their son into the covenant of Avraham Avinu and raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim (good deeds).

Mazal Tov to proud grandparents, Bais Chabad members, Zevulun and Barb Haddad and Michael and Annie Lehmann.

Mazal Tov to Mendy and Tova Glazer on the birth of a baby boy this past Shabbos. G-d willing, the Bris will take place tomorrow. May they merit to bring their son into the covenant of Avraham Avinu and raise him to Torah, Chupah and Ma'asim Tovim (good deeds). Mazal Tov to proud grandparents, Bais Chabad members, Chaim and Rivka Schochet.

Mazal Tov to Rabbi Shloimy and Laya Kleinman on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Mendy, which will be celebrated tomorrow at Bais Chabad, where Mendy will be reading from the Torah. May they continue to have abundant Nachas from their son, and may Mendy continue on the path of Torah study and Mitzvah observance. Mazal Tov to proud grandparents, Rabbi Elimelech and Chaya Sara Silberberg.

Mazal Tov to Danny and Chana Goodman on the Hanachat Tefillin (putting on Tefillin for the first time) of their son Evan. May they continue to have abundant Nachas from their son, and may Mendy continue on the path of Torah study and Mitzvah observance. Mazal Tov to proud grandparents, Moshe, obm, and Ruth Goodman.

There will be a triple Shalom Zachar (!) tonight, celebrating the three new baby boys, starting at 9:30 pm at the Shomer home. What's a Shalom Zachar?

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Community Notifications

Bar Mitzvah Luncheon tomorrow

Tomorrow at Bais Chabad, we will celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of Mendy Kleinman. Mendy will read from the Torah and deliver a Bar Mitzvah speech after services. All are invited to a deluxe Kiddush lunch to celebrate the occasion.

Mazal Tov to proud parents Rabbi Shloimy and Laya Kleinman and to the extended Kleinman and Silberberg families.

After the Kiddush, there will be a farbrengen celebrating the auspicious day of Chai (18th of) Elul.

Rosh Hashana class next Sunday

On Sunday, Sep. 29, at 10:30 am, Rabbi Shneur Silberberg will lead a one hour class exploring the practical and mystical messages one should know to celebrate Rosh Hashana properly. Breakfast will be served. Sponsorship available.

Bais Chabad's Kiddush

Every week at Bais Chabad there is a delicious Kiddush spread, after services. Please let us know if you'd like to sponsor Kiddush in honor of a birthday, Yahrtzeit, special occasion, or for no reason at all. Cost of Kiddush sponsorship is $180.

Thank you to last week's Kiddush sponsors:

Anonymous, in loving memory of Chaya bas Rochel, Z"l

Pinchas Draznin, in honor of the Yahrtzeit of his cousin, and his friend.

Ethan and Yael Gross, in honor of their son Seth.

Shabbos afternoon classes

Due to the Shomer Bris, G-d willing, the women's Shabbos afternoon gatherings are canceled.

6:05 pm: Halacha class by Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg at Bais Chabad

After Mincha: Parsha with Marty Goodman at Bais Chabad

Sundays: Bagels, Lox, Tefillin and Video of the Rebbe!

Every Sunday morning at Bais Chabad, there is a delicious breakfast served after the morning prayers. Join us at 8:30 for morning services services, followed by a bagels & lox breakfast spread. You are also welcome to join a class on the daily prayers, Sundays, 8:00 to 8:30 am.

"Torah Bytes" Whatsapp Group

Rabbi Shneur Silberberg shares Torah insights and stories (approximately 3-4 minutes) before each Shabbos. Click here to join

High Holidays at Bais Chabad

Inspirational services planned for the adults. Exciting, age-appropriate program planned for children.

All are welcome. Please join us! Contact us to reserve seats or with any questions.

High Holiday Seating

Thank G-d, Bais Chabad continues to see growth, with expanding families and new members. With the High Holidays approaching, we need to calculate the seating and make sure that there is a seat for everyone.

Please RSVP and let us know if you will be in attendance and how many seats you'll need. For non-members, the cost per seat for the High Holidays is $180. However, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

RSVP for High Holiday seats

Audio and Video

Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg

Parsha Insights Ki Tavo

Marty Goodman

A Deeper Understanding of the Amida (8)

Shneur Silberberg

Parsha class - Ki Tavo

Climbing the Ladder

Insights into the daily prayers: The Shema (2)

Kick-off event of Jewish Women's Circle this past Monday

We kicked off our year's course on Prayer! Vision Boards with Michelle Mintz and a delicious hot potato bar. Thank you Nancy Kaufman & Suzy Rivkin for sponsoring. Beth Hirsch for your help. Bring your vision to life!

For amore extensive photo album, click here.

For more about the Jewish Women's Circle, visit BaisChabad.com/JWC

Classes and programs this coming week

At Bais Chabad of West Bloomfield, we provide over 20 classes each week. If you'd prefer to study one on one, contact us and we'll happily set you up with a study partner.

(This is aside for the many online classes given by scholars worldwide on Chabad Academy, directed by Bais Chabad's Elya Silfen)

Sunday

8:00 am: Insights into prayer with Rabbi Shneur

8:30 am: Prayers, Bagels, and a video of the Rebbe

9:20 am: Weekly Torah roundup with Elya Silfen

10:30 am: How Israel Wins, with Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

11:00 am: Torah for Russians with Rabbi Mishulovin

Monday

9:00 am: Fifteen minutes on the Parsha with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg (on zoom)

10:15 am: Torah class for women at Plum Market with Zeesy Silberberg

12:00 pm: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch with Elya Silfen

7:00 pm New Year, New You, by the Jewish Women's Circle

Tuesday

9:00 am: Fifteen minutes on the Parsha with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg (on zoom)

10:30 am: Torah study with Chaya Sara Silberberg (Zoom)

12:00 pm: Tanya with Rabbi Avraham Wineberg

8:00 pm: Talmud with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg

Wednesday

9:00 am: Fifteen minutes on the Parsha with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg (on zoom)

10:30 am: Torah study with Chaya Sara Silberberg (Zoom)

12:15 pm: Parsha PaRDeS class with Rabbi Shneur

6:15 pm: The Shabbos Kitchen with Rabbi Wineberg

6:15 pm: Torah class (in Hebrew) with Rabbi Yosef Mishulovin

7:30 pm: Torah by Marty Goodman (online)

8:00 pm: Talmud with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg

Thursday

9:00 am: Fifteen minutes on the Parsha with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg (on zoom)

9:30 am: Baby Loves Shabbat with Zeesy Silberberg

10:30 am: Torah study with Chaya Sara Silberberg (Zoom)

11:00 am: Pirkei Avot with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg

12:15 pm: Jewish Ethics with Rabbi Shneur

8:00 pm: Torah with Rabbi Shloimy Kleinman

8:00 pm: Talmud and Cholent with Rabbi Shneur

Friday

9:00 am: Fifteen minutes on the Parsha with Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg (on zoom)

10:30 am: Torah study with Chaya Sara Silberberg (Zoom)

Shabbos Story

You Are All Wicked!

By Shaul Wertheimer

The dry ground was cracking open, the leaves were fading on the trees and the animals were parched. It had not rained for months, and the area was suffering from a severe drought.

The sincere and G‑d-fearing people of one town decided to declare a day of communal fasting and spiritual accounting. (Jewish tradition and law state that a communal fast should be declared in times of serious drought.)

Click here to continue

Bais Chabad Academy

Directed by Bais Chabad's Rabbi Elya Silfen

What is Chabad Academy?

Open to all, Chabad Academy’s daily live lectures provide an opportunity to learn the breadth and depth of Torah in an interactive and accessible way.

Continue the discussion offline with a rabbi who is there to get to know you, answer your questions, and mentor you in your spiritual growth.

For a full list of classes visit ChabadAcademy.org

Prayers for the soldiers and for the hostages

Kosher Recipe

Arbes - Traditional Ashkenazi Chickpeas

By Miriam Szokovski

Arbes is essentially a chickpea snack—chickpeas cooked until extra tender, seasoned liberally with salt and black pepper—found at almost every Ashkenazi shalom zachar. It’s also a regular Shabbat staple in many households.

Want to know more? Read: Why Chickpeas and Beer at a Shalom Zachar?

Ingredients

1 cup raw chickpeas (garbanzo beans)

Salt

Pepper

Directions

Soak chickpeas overnight. Make sure to cover with plenty of water and leave space for them to grow.

Drain and transfer to a pot and fill with water.

Cook for 3-4 hours, until soft and creamy, but still holding their shape.

Drain the chickpeas and spread them out on a clean kitchen towel. Season heavily with salt and black pepper. Roll the towel around the chickpeas like a candy wrapper, hold both ends and roll the chickpeas around inside. This helps the seasoning distribute evenly while the towel absorbs any remaining cooking water on the chickpeas.

Transfer to a bowl and serve at room temperature.

Parsha in a Nutshell

Ki Tavo in a Nutshell

Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8

Moses instructs the people of Israel: When you enter the land that G‑d is giving to you as your eternal heritage, and you settle it and cultivate it, bring the first-ripened fruits (bikkurim) of your orchard to the Holy Temple, and declare your gratitude for all that G‑d has done for you.

Our Parshah also includes the laws of the tithes given to the Levites and to the poor, and detailed instructions on how to proclaim the blessings and the curses on Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival—as discussed in the beginning of the Parshah of Re’eh. Moses reminds the people that they are G‑d’s chosen people, and that they, in turn, have chosen G‑d.

The latter part of Ki Tavo consists of the Tochachah (“Rebuke”). After listing the blessings with which G‑d will reward the people when they follow the laws of the Torah, Moses gives a long, harsh account of the bad things—illness, famine, poverty and exile—that shall befall them if they abandon G‑d’s commandments.

Moses concludes by telling the people that only today, forty years after their birth as a people, have they attained “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear.”

Learn: Ki Tavo in Depth

Browse: Ki Tavo Parshah Columnists

Prep: Devar Torah Q&A for Ki Tavo

Read: Haftarah in a Nutshell

Play: Ki Tavo Parshah Quiz

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Tehillim - Prayers for those in Need

Refuah

People injured defending Israel and Jews

Current and former hostages of Hamas and in Aza

Civilians injured in war & attacks in & near Israel

Victims of war and terror world wide

Specific names

Adam ben Avigail

Aliza bat Batsheva

Aliza bat Raizel Shoshana

Asaf ben Rachma

Asher ben Talia

Asher Pinchas HaCohen ben Zelda

Avigail bat Raizel Shoshana

Baruch ben Shifra

Baruch Shalom ben Fruma

Batya Sarah bat Shaina

Berel ben Faiga

Betzalel ben Chaya Toba

Betzalel Yakov HaCohen ben Elka

Binyamin ben Rina (Ryna)

Binyomin Bar ben Chana

Binyomin Mendel HaCohen ben Etta

Binyomin Yehudah ben Shulamit Esther

Blaine ben Arlene

Boris ben Rosa

Chaim Aver ben Gittel

Chaim Michael ben Tema

Chana bat Sarah

Chana bat Tzipporah

Chana bat Tzivia Ruchel

Chana Chaya bat Yehudis

Chanie Avigail bat Shoshana

Chava Devasha Sarah bat Chaya Raizel

Chava Guta bat Henya Chasya

Chaya bat Devorah

Chaya Devorah bat Chava

Chaya Pearl bat Eka

Chaya Sarah bat Chava

Chenoch ben Tziporah

Chenoch Chaim ben Malka

Daniel Yitzchak ben Nechama Rochel

David ben Esther

David ben Tziporah

David Chai ben Hadas

David Leshem ben Esther

Davida Leeba bat Rochel Rut

Devorah Pauline bat Feiga

Devorah Rachel bat Miriam Chava

Doniel Mordechai ben Miriam

Dovid ben Gita

Dvir ben Iris

Edward ben Chana

Efraim Tzvi Moshe ben Shulamit Tzivia

Eitan Pinchas ben Margalit

Elana Leah bat Shaindel Rochel

Elana Shira bat Malca

Elchanan Yair ben Devora

Eliezer ben Faige

Eliezer ben Pella

Elimelech Yosef HaCohen ben Zelda

Eliyahu ben Liba

Elsy Liza bat Esther

Erez Yosef ben Ora

Esther bat Rivkah

Esther Risa bat Chaya

Eugene ben HyunDuk Kim

Ezra Wolf ben Jaime

Faiga Reva bat Henya

Golda bat Paula

Hadassah Sarah bat Lea

Herschel ben Rochel

Hinda bat Bina

Hinka Malka bat Teibel

Isser Baruch ben Mariasha

Itay Yaakov ben Tzipora

Leah Devorah bat Jan

Leah Sima bat Perl

Levana bat Rivka

Meir ben Yaffa

Menachem Mendel ben Nechama Dina

Michal bat Chana Yehudit

Mira bat Zehava

Miriam Ahuva bat Esther

Miriam Esther bat Sara Bryna

Mordechai ben Molly

Moshe Reuven ben Fruma

Moshe Yaakov ben Yehudit

Naomi bat Ora

Nechama Rochel bat Gita

Noam ben Bluma

Ora bat Bina

Ori ben Margalit

Pesca bat Chava

Pesha Golda bat Rochel Devorah

Qaid Farhan Alkadi

Raizel bat Chana Rivkah

Refoel Chaim Shor Yoshuv ben Baba Chaya Rivka

Reuven Dov ben Chana Chaya

Reuven Jay ben Feiga

Rivka bat Hinda

Rivka Leah bat Gendel

Rivka Rikel bat Esther Malka

Rochel bat Esther Malka

Rochel Chana bat Miriam

Rochel Leah bat Chava

Ro'i ben Aliza

Sara Gittle bat Chava

Sarah Freida bat Elaine

Sarah Rivka bat Malka

Sarah Zlata bat Guta

Sashon ben Yonah Ishtala

Shifra bat Eka

Shimon ben Misa

Shimon ben Yehudit

Shlomo ben Tziporah

Shmeiru ben Ruchel

Shmuel Chaim ben Malka Kaila

Shmuel Zanvil HaCohen ben Etta

Shmuel Zundl ben Riva

Shneur Zalman ben Esther

Shneur Zalman ben Simcha Davida

Sonya bat Roda

Tinok ben Miraim Ahuva

Tzion ben Yehudit

Tziporah bat Miriam

Tzvi Chaim ben Sarah

Tzvi Zavel ben Chana Gittle Devasha

Whitney Maren bat Jaclyn

Yaakov Chaim HaLevi ben Chanum

Yael Leah bat Chana Kayla

Yaniv Shai ben Gittel Tzivia Miriam

Yechezel David ben Leah Chana

Yehudit Miriam bat Dina Rochel

Yitzchok ben Shoshana

Yitzchok HaCohen ben Raizel

Yitzchok Shlomo ben Gittel

Yoela bat Sonia

Yoka Yehosheva bat Chana Sara

Yonah Betzalel ben Chava Shoshana

Zehava Tzivia bat Mina Maita

Zelig ben Feige

Zev Vladimir ben Serafima

Release from captivity

Hostages held in Gaza

Hisham ben Manal

Edan ben Yael

Hamza Alziadna

Yusef Alziadna

Matan Shachar ben Anat

Karina bat Ira (Irena)

Ohad ben Esther

Agam bat Meirav

Gali ben Tamar

Ziv ben Tamar

Ariel ben Shiri

Kfir ben Shiri

Shiri bat Margit

Yarden ben Penina

Elkana ben Ruchama

Rom ben Tamar Noa

Eliya ben Sigalit

Nimrod ben Vicky

Emily Tehila bat Amanda

Evyatar ben Yasmin Gila

Sagui ben Naamit

Bancha Duchruayawach

Liri bat Shira

Daniella Bat Orly

Guy ben Meirav

Romi bat Meirav

Maxim ben Tella

Eitan ben Rut Idit

Yair ben Rut Idit

Tsachi ben Devorah

Bipin Joshi

Ofer ben Kochava

Segev ben Galit

Ariel ben Silvana

David ben Silvana

Bar Avraham ben Julia

Surasak Lamnau

Naama bat Ayelet

Or ben Geulah

Oded ben Bilha

Shlomo ben Marcel

Avraham ben Agranesh

Omri ben Veronika Esther

Eitan Avraham ben Efrat

Gadi Moshe ben Sarah

Pinta Nattapong

Omer ben Orna Esther

Tamir ben Cherut

Yosef Chaim ben Miram

Alon ben Idit

Avinathan ben Ditza Tirtza

Sasiwan Pankong

Eliyahu ben Chana

Omer ben Malka

Tal ben Nitza

Idan ben Dalit

Keith Shmuel ben Gladys

Watchara Sriuan

Doron bat Sarah

Sathian Suwankam

Pongsak Tanna

Shasha Alexander ben Yelena

Omer ben Niva

Ohad ben Esther

Arbel bat Yael

Matan ben Einav

Other Hostages

Arvin Netanel ben Sonia Tziyona

Marc Hilliard Fogel

Guy ben Rina / Hever

Ron ben Batya / Arad

Yekutiel Yehudah Nachman ben Sarah/Katz

Zvi ben Penina / Feldman

Rabbi Shneur Silberberg

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