Rabbi's Message
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Dear Friend, This coming week we mark the birth of Rabbi Sholom DovBer, the 5th rebbe of Lubavitch. A wise and powerful leader, he advocated relentlessly on behalf of his fellow Jews, first under the czars and
then the Bolsheviks. A masterful organizer, he founded Tomchei Temimim, the Chabad yeshivah that produced an army of learned, inspired spiritual leaders who literally gave their lives for Judaism during the dark years of the Soviet Union. A deep thinker, he wrote and taught more than 2,000 discourses on the loftiest chassidic concepts. There’s a good chance that you and I will not accomplish anything near what he did. But we can try. Let’s
begin by learning just a bit more Torah, teaching just a bit more Torah, or otherwise doing a small favor for another. Rabbi Mendel Teldon |
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Friday Night Services
Join us for a warm and uplifting experience for the whole family.
Let’s welcome Shabbat together at Chabad of Mid-Suffolk for a warm and friendly introduction to the songs and traditions of the synagogue service. To complete the package, services are followed by a small Kiddush. Held in a traditional setting, with a focus on the relevant and contemporary messages of Jewish prayer, all will enjoy our warm and engaging services – from beginners and up!
Friday, October 30, 6:30 PM Location: Chabad of mid Suffolk. 318 Veterans HWY, Commack |
Upcoming Programs
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The Tefillin Club - A Power Breakfast for the Body & Soul
Start your week off with a healthy dose of spirituality and a healthy-style dose of Jewish dining!
Join us every other Sunday for a beginner’s morning service, with songs and insights in Tallit & Tefillin.
Following will be a breakfast of fresh bagels and all the toppings - 100% delicious and 100% Kosher! During
breakfast we will discuss various Jewish traditions and their meaning.
Every other Sunday, 9:15 AM
Starting 11/1 Location: Suffolk Y-JCC. 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack E-mail us
if you're coming!
Hebrew School 
Not
too late to join HS!
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Journey of the Soul: An Exploration of Life, Death, and What Lies Beyond
Journey of the Soul explores the mysteries surrounding the spiritual dimension of our existence—our destiny that continues even after we've shed our earth-bound body suit. We examine the transition of the soul into the hereafter, the kinds of legacies that are valued even after we've forsaken this earthly existence,
and the accompanying emotional journey and rituals that help the soul and those closest to it prepare for its new reality.
Not too late to register!
Join us this Monday 11/2/2015
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Location: Suffolk Y-JCC. 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack Fee (5 classes):
$89 (textbook included)
Click here for pictures from the first session
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Torah Studies - Match Made in Heaven
Good news, Grandma! The Talmud tells us that before a child is born the future spouse is handpicked up in heaven. The two children will eventually grow up, cross paths, meet, and marry. But if two people are really soul mates, what is our role in making the match?
Tuesday, November 3, 7:30 PM Location: Suffolk Y-JCC. 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack For
more details
Chabad Teens
Cteen Band for Seniors
Our very own teens will play some songs as we light up a senior night.
Thursday, Nov 12, 7.00-8.00 PM Location: 337 Deer Park Rd, Dix Hills
Please RSVP
A lecture by Joseph Telushkin
Author of NYT bestseller "Rebbe - The most influential rabbi in modern history." In this enlightening and authoritative biography, Telushkin offers a captivating portrait of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneeron, who defied conventional boundaries and turned his movement, Chabad Lubavitch, into one of the most dynamic and widespread Jewish
organizations today.
Thursday, November 19, 7:00 PM Location: Suffolk Y-JCC. 74 Hauppauge Rd. Commack Fee: $20
$90 VIP
Register Now!
The land & the spirit - Israel experience
offers an inspiring taste of the land of our heritage for hundreds of Jews from communities around the globe.
Travel dates - March 27 - April 5, 2016
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Question of the Week
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Question:
I've always enjoyed studying theTorah. I deeply appreciate its value system and its moral code. After all, it's authored by G‑d Himself and our creator probably knows what's best for His creations.
But I don't understand the detailed analysis of the Torah on your site. Why dissect every seemingly redundant letter or word in the Bible? Isn't that taking it a bit too far? Read the Rabbi's reply here. |
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Friday, Oct 30 5:34 pm |
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Shabbat Services Times:
Shabbat Morning: 10:00 AM
Torah Reading: 11:00 AM
Rabbis Sermon: 11:35 AM
Kiddush: 12:15 PM
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Friday Night Services
Oct. 30, 2015 - 6:30 pmJoin
us for a warm and uplifting experience for the whole family. Let’s welcome Shabbat together at Chabad of Mid-Suffolk for a warm and friendly introduction to the songs and traditions of the synagogue service. To complete the package, services are followed by a small Kiddush. Held in a traditional setting, with a focus on the relevant and contemporary messages of Jewish prayer, all will enjoy our warm and engaging services – from beginners and up!
More Info »
JLI- Journey of the Soul
Nov. 2, 2015 - 8:00 pm - 9:30 pmWhat
is a soul? Where does it go after it departs this world? Do Jews believe in heaven and hell? Can souls communicate with us from the afterlife? How does reincarnation work?
Journey of the Soul explores the mysteries surrounding the spiritual dimension of our existence—our destiny that continues even after we've shed our earth-bound body suit. We examine the transition of the soul into the hereafter, the kinds of legacies that are valued even after we've forsaken this earthly existence, and the accompanying emotional journey and rituals that help the soul and those closest to it prepare for its new reality.
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Mazel Tov! Happy Birthday to
Aliperti, Joseph
Aliperti, Joseph
Newman, Sophia
Gittleman, Bonna
Cooper, David
Bonilla, Melissa
Haber, Rebecca
Shapiro, Lizette
Lishinsky, Skyler
Feigenbaum, Matthew Lee |
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Joke of the Week
Ruth and Golda were walking along Hendon High Street. Ruth says, "My son Irving is getting married. He tells me he is engaged to a wonderful girl, but... he thinks she may have a disease called herpes. Golda says, "Do you have any idea what this herpes is, and can he catch it?" Ruth replies, "No, but I am just so thrilled to hear about Irving's engagement
- it's time he settled down. As far as the herpes goes...who knows?" "Well," says Golda, "I have a very good medical dictionary at home. I'll look it up and call you." So Golda goes home, looks it up, and calls Ruth. "Ruth, I found it. Not to worry. It says herpes is a disease of the gentiles."
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Parshat Vayeira
G‑d
reveals Himself to Abraham three days after the first Jew’s circumcision at
age ninety-nine; but Abraham rushes off to prepare a meal for three
guests who appear in the desert heat. One of the three—who are
angels disguised as men—announces that, in
exactly one year, the barren Sarah will give birth to a son. Sarah
laughs.
Abraham pleads with G‑d to spare the wicked city of
Sodom. Two of the three disguised angels arrive in the doomed city, where Abraham’s nephew
Lot extends his hospitality to them and protects them from the evil intentions of a Sodomite
mob. The two guests reveal that they have come to
overturn the place, and to save Lot and his family. Lot’s wife turns into a
pillar of salt when she disobeys the command
not to look back at the burning city as they flee.
While taking shelter in a
cave, Lot’s two daughters (believing that they and their father are the only ones left alive in the world) get their father
drunk, lie with him and become pregnant. The two sons born from this incident father the nations of
Moab and Ammon.
Abraham moves to Gerar, where the Philistine king
Abimelech takes Sarah—who is presented as Abraham’s sister—to his palace. In a
dream, G‑d warns Abimelech that he will die unless he returns the woman to her husband. Abraham explains that he feared he would be killed over the
beautiful Sarah.
G‑d
remembers His promise to Sarah, and gives her and Abraham a son, who is named
Isaac (Yitzchak, meaning “will laugh”). Isaac is circumcised at the age of
eight days; Abraham is one hundred years old, and Sarah ninety, at their child’s birth.
Hagar and Ishmael are banished from Abraham’s home and wander in the desert; G‑d hears the
cry of the dying lad, and saves his life by showing his mother a
well. Abimelech makes a treaty with Abraham at Beersheba, where Abraham gives him
seven sheep as a sign of their truce.
G‑d
tests Abraham’s devotion by commanding him to
sacrifice Isaac on Mount Moriah (the
Temple Mount) in Jerusalem. Isaac is
bound and placed on the altar, and Abraham raises the knife to slaughter his son. A voice from heaven calls to stop him; a ram, caught in the undergrowth by its
horns, is offered in Isaac’s place. Abraham receives the news of the birth of a daughter,
Rebecca, to his nephew Bethuel.
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