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Chabad of Washington Heights' Weekly Newsletter

24 Elul, 5784 | September 27, 2024 | Torah Portion: Nitzavim-Valeilech | Pirkei Avos: Chs. 5-6 | Issue #798

Wishing you a Good Shabbos - Shabbat Shalom. Next week in Jerusalem!

Rabbi Yakov & Shulamit Kirschenbaum 

K'sivah va'chasimah tovah - may you be written and inscribed for a good and sweet year.

We pray to G-d that our brothers and sisters in our Holy Land of Israel be safe and unharmed, that the wounded be healed, that the hostages return home safely and unharmed, that the murdered be avenged, that the IDF utterly defeats our enemies, and that all our soldiers return home safely and unharmed.


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  • Monday 8:30 pm: Rosh Hashanah Insights
  • Shabbos at 9:30 am: Tanya & Tuna
  • Shabbos at 5:20 pm: Talmudic Tales
Shabbat Candle Lighting

Friday, September 27

Light Candles at: 6:26 pm


Shabbat, September 28

Shabbat Ends: 7:22 pm


Find out more about Shabbat & Holiday candle-lighting

Shabbat Schedule

Services are held at the Chabad House - 50 Overlook Terrace, side entrance


Shabbos P. Nitzavim-Vayeilech

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27


Minchah, Kabolas Shabbos: 6:35 pm


SHABBAT, SEPTEMBER 28


Tehillim: 8:30 am

Tanya & Tuna: 9:30 am

Say Shema before: 9:45 am

Shacharit: 10:00 am


Services followed by a kiddush, part-sponsored by Rabbi & Mrs. Katz

To supplement this week's kiddush or to sponsor any kiddushclick here


Rosh-Hashanah-Laws Class: 5:25 pm

Minchah: 6:10 pm

Maariv/Shabbat Ends: 7:22 pm

Living With the Times; The Weekly Torah Portion

Motivations for Repentance

Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 14, pg. 118-121; adapted by Rabbi Sholom B. Wineberg. Taken from The  Chassidic  Dimension, published by SIE

In the Torah portion Nitzavim we read: “There shall come a time when you shall experience all the words of blessing and curse that I have presented to you, and you will reflect on the situation… You will then return to G‑d your L-rd… with all your heart and all your soul.”


It is clear from the above, as well as from the further verses, that every Jew will ultimately return to G‑d in complete repentance; even one who has strayed far from the path of righteousness will “return to G‑d” upon experiencing “all the words of… curse.”

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What's the Story?

The Wet Nurse of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

 Freely adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from the weekly email of Rabbi Sholom-DovBer Avtzon in his weekly email, based on hearing this story from Rabbi Nissen Mangel. Taken from Ascentofsafed.com

When Rabbi Menachem-Mendel Schneersohn,, the third Rebbe in the Chabad dynasty, known as the Tzemach Tzedek, was born, his mother, Rebbetzin Devorah-Leah, was unable to nurse him. They hired a Jewish lady in Liozna to nurse the infant. However, before the agreement was finalized, she was instructed to go to the Alter [i.e. 1st] Rebbe,  Rabbi Shneur-Zalman [Devorah-Leah's father], and hear certain guidelines that he would give her.


When she was in the Alter Rebbe's room, the Rebbe said: "When you nurse him, even if it is the middle of the night, make sure that you wash your hands negel vasser [Yiddish, lit. "nail water"] beforehand and that you also wash the child's hands the same way." 

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Anticipating the Redemption

While We're in Exile, Where's G-d?

By Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

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In our Parshah, Moses prophesies regarding our nation’s exile as well as our ultimate redemption, regarding which he says, “G‑d will return your exiles and He will have mercy upon you. He will once again gather you from all the nations where the L‑rd your G‑d had dispersed you” (Deuteronomy 30:3).


Though galut (exile), by definition, is a time when G‑d’s presence in our lives isn’t manifest and palpable as it was—and will soon again be—during the Holy Temple glory days, it by no means signals a hiatus in our relationship with Him. This idea was expressed by Jacob the first time that our nation was dispatched into exile, when he informed his children that they would spend many years exiled in Egypt, but “G‑d will be with you” (Genesis 48:21).

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Levana Cooks

Rosh Hashanah Menus and Recipes

By Levana Kirschenbaum

Levanacooks.com

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Cooking up a storm for Rosh Hashanah and beyond?


I got you covered for the whole month of Tishrei, with no end of exciting dishes, including My Favorite Apple Recipes.

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For a halachic guide to washing/checking vegetables, fruits, & berries, click here

The Jewish Joke

From Aish.com


As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was sinking fast. He called out, "Anyone here know how to pray?"

One man stepped forward. "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray."

"Good," said the captain, "you pray while the rest of us put on our life jackets - we're one short."

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"Everyone must regard himself and the world as evenly poised between good and guilt...If he performed a good deed, he has shifted the balance of his fate, and that of the entire world to good, and has brought deliverance and salvation upon himself and upon them all."
-Maimonides, Laws of Teshuvah Ch. 3, Law 4
"The time of our redemption has arrived!"
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1990-1 - see Yalkut Shimoni Yeshayahu, remez 499