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Chabad Times
Sept. 2000/Tishrei 5761
Published by Chabad of Southern Nevada
Vol. IX No. 1
SO WHATELSEIS NEW?
In honor of the Jewish New Year,
let's try something new for a change!
Actually, it's an old custom to welcome the New Year with a new
fruit
on
Rosh
- 'o'
Hashanah's sec-
o n d
night.
This is when
w e recite the
"Shehechiyanu" blessing, thanking
"G-d who has kept us alive, sustained
and enabled us to reach this day."
N E W ON T H E M E N U
Basically, this Rosh Hashanah custom requires only one new fruit. But
the newest thing is to offer a selection
of several n e w fruits, and s o m e
Holiday tables are adorned with a
full cornucopia of exotic fruits.
So let us explore a new venue that
will allow us to enjoy new insights
without running up an expensive
fruit bill. For even as we enjoy the
array of papayas, caranuba and other
fruit we hardly knew, our main High
Holiday focus is not on new fruit, but
on a new You.
" . . . A N D N o w , THE N E W S ! "
Rosh Hashanah really expects us
to turn over a new leaf. The Shofar
calls for an inner renewal, and in this
regard, no news is not good news.
The quest for newness is as old as
mankind, but people today are con-
What's Inside?
Chana Stayed Home
2
Beyond Words
3
Sukkah Shock in Israel
4
Chabad Happenings
.,
5
Chabad News
6
Just One Moment
7
Outside the Synagogue
8
Gefilte Fish for Dummies
9
On the Threshold
. . .10
Kosher Goes Public
. . .12
Applications of Relativity! . . ..
The High Holiday Guide
stantly snooping around for a new
this and a new that, they
don't
realize
that
what's new now is
old tomorrow.
You
don't
have to be
an ingeniou s
Newton
to
know
that 'New' is
by its very
definition,
fleeting
and temporary.
N E W IN
NAME ONLY
The term 'New' can be misleading,
with places like N e w p o r t News,
Nanuet, New York and Newark, New
Jersey promoting themselves as
"new" when they're really old as the
hills. And can you believe that numismatists specialize in ancient coins?
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Chabad. It is
as new and relevant today as when
they taught it over 200 years ago:
"King
David
states:
"Tik'u
BaChodesh Shofar " (Psalms 81)
Literally, this passage simply tells us to
blow the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the
date of which coincides with the beginning of the New Moon.
But the Hebrew word Chodesh
also means 'new,' giving this verse a
whole new meaning:
"Let the Shofar sound blow out
the old blase, rote and routine, and
infuse us with a new dynamic spirit
throughout the year."
Nu?!
An annual 'New Year' greeting
that just keeps repeating itself year
after year b e c o m e s an old cliche.
'New' alone isn't enough; let's try to
be 'New and Improved!'
Instead of just changing our calendars, let us c h a n g e ourselves, our
deeds and our attitudes. And rather
than continue insinuating nuances
like a nudnik, let us return to Avinu
Malkenu' O u r Father, O u r King.
M a y w e soon merit to hear the
great S h o f a r h e r a l d i n g the good
n e w s of the Final Redemption and
M o s h i a c h ' s long a w a i t e d arrival.
This will usher in a n e w era of universal peace, prosperity and spiritual harmony, when 'G-d will renew
our days as o n c e before' (Lam.5).
by Rabbi Israel Rubin ©2000
Some humbly disguise themselves
as 'old wine in new bottles' (Avot 4),
while others resort to innuendo to hide
their real age, like old ragged shmattes
pretending to be next-to new!
Actually, w e have more news on
this page than the New York Times
with all its minutiae and up-to-theminute reporting!
OLD NEWS
Unfortunately, people today suffer
from a serious newrosis, dumping good
old values for tenuous fads that don't
continue. Newer isn't always better.
Indeed, Coke once tried to be new,
lost revenue, and had to revert back
to the old classic. Indeed, most of
today's newfangled g i z m o s c o m e
with built-in obsolescence, and entrenous, even a b r a n d - n e w car can
become a major newsance. Let us
therefore search for something that
doesn't sparkle only in the showroom
on the first day, and find a genuine
new that enjoys long lasting tenure
after the initial novelty wears off.
THE NEW NEW
What is truly perpetually new is
our timeless Torah; 'always new as
the day it was given.' Take for example this beautiful interpretation from
an old manuscript by the great
Chasidic masters, the Besht and
"Jonah & the Big Fish" Courtesy of artist Amram Ebgi.
Beyond Black Prayer Books
Dear Readers,
Pray tell! Isn't there more to the High Holidays than solemn black prayer books? Shouldn't
prayer be more than rote reciting of hymns, following page numbers, stilted translations and
transliterations?
Prayer should come from the heart, from an inner joy of Judaism and appreciation of the
Mitzvah. Use this High Holiday paper as a Prayer Book supplement, to enrich and enhance
your High Holiday experience.
And there's more to the High Holidays than Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
The High Holidays also include the Sukkot Festival, celebrating G-d's bounty and the rustic beauty of nature. To top it off, the Simchat Torah climax reverberates with circuitous dancing and joyous singing.
So enjoy the High Holidays, and have a happy and healthy New Year!
Sincerely,
Rabbi Shea Hartig, Rabbi Yisroel Schanowitz, Rabbi Mendy Hartig
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Why She Stopped Going To Temple
Adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe by Rabbi Israel Rubin
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah
before blowing the Shofar, we read
the moving Haftarah about Chana,
the mother of Samuel the Prophet.
The Book of Samuel opens with
the pain of Chana's childlessness, and
her prayers to give birth.
" E a c h year, Chana visited the
House of G-d... she wept and did not
eat. Her husband Elkanah said to her:
"Chana, why do you weep? Why
don't you eat? Why do you grieve so?
Am not I better to you than ten sons?"
Chana arose... in Shiloh... she
prayed to G-d and wept bitterly. She
vowed: " O G-d, if You consider my
affliction and give me a child, I will
offer him to G-d all of his life."
Eli the high priest observed
Chana as she prayed fervently.
Mistaking her emotional outburst for a state of drunkenness,
Eli
admonished
Chana, but she replied:
"No, my master; I have
drunk no wine or intoxicating beverage, for I am a
bitter woman, and I pour
out my heart and soul
before G-d...'
It soon came to pass that
Chana conceived and she
gave birth to a son. She named
/
him Samuel, saying: 'I have
asked him of G - d . ' "
Mazal Tov! Chana's prayers have
finally been answered!
At such an auspicious time we
would expect an appreciative grateful
Chana to pick herself up and rush to
the House of G-d at the earliest
opportunity to offer her thanksgiving.
The opposite, however, is true.
Scripture finds it important to note
that Chana declined her husband's
offer to join him and visit the Temple,
and preferred to stay behind.
" H e r husband Elkanah continued
on his annual pilgrimage to the
House of G-d, but Chana did not go
along. She said to her husband: "I will
not go until the child is weaned, and
then I will bring him."
Elkanah said to her: 'Do what
seems good to you; tarry until you
have weaned him'...So the woman
tarried and nursed her son, until she
weaned him."
T E M P L E ATTENDANCE
How anticlimactic! Didn't the
opening verses introduce Chana as a
woman who faithfully and consistently went to Shiloh, visiting the
Temple regularly to pray there? Was
Chana slacking off on her prayers
now that her need was satisfied?!
Chana surely went to Temple for
all the right reasons. The lonely
Chana stood there and cried, so she
obviously didn't attend to socialize
with friends. Reading her heartfelt
prayers, we know that she didn't just
sit passively through the service. So
why did she now give up praying at
the Temple?
Was Chana so pampered after giving birth that she took off several
years for rest and relaxation?
Her husband Elkanah is described
as a wealthy man, who could easily
afford nurses and babysitters to help
relieve his wife. And if C h a n a ' s
maternity leave was just for the
baby's sake, why mention this minor
detail, and record it for posterity?
M O T H E R OF A L L PRAYERS
A most honored and respected
woman, Chana is listed among the
seven most prominent Prophetesses.
Chana's sensitive choice of words and
her spirited flow of sentences reflect
her passion, fervor and ecstasy.
Besides being a classic religious
prayer, Chana's inspired words are a
literary and poetic masterpiece.
Jewish tradition recognizes Chana as
the paradigm of prayer, as the
Talmud (Brachos 30) derives important laws and customs on the proper
manner of our daily prayers from
Chana's example.
Isn't it ironic
that after
h e r
Mitzvah, and singing her baby a lullaby was her holiest prayer.
It's not that Chana gave up her
own spiritual growth now that she
was "saddled" with a baby. On the
contrary, Chana's heightened spiritual experience with her newborn
superseded any words of prayer she
could say in the Temple. Indeed, a
w o m a n ' s overriding privilege and
responsibility of raising a family e x e m p t s
her
from having
t
o
career
and profession.
T o o
m u c h
emphasis
is
placed
on external achievement rather than
on internal quality.
By her personal example, Chana
shows us otherwise. She teaches us
that it is more important to create a
nurturing environment in her own
home, than to make public appearances at the Temple.
A M O T H E R ' S PRAYER
longstanding
request is finally
answered, Chana stops praying
and delays her visit to the Temple?
digress
for
time
related Mitzvot.
DOING HOMEWORK
PRIORITIES
The truth is that Chana's spirituality suffered no lapse, as her 'miracle'
baby was her Divine lifeline. To
Chana, feeding her baby was more
important than any Temple offering.
Mothering was now Chana's full time
Unfortunately, today's society
looks down on motherhood, forcing a
woman who creates a warm and nurturing home environment to be on the
defensive. Raising children is viewed
as a menial occupation, as success is
measured only in terms of public
The Power of a Lullaby
Mothering is an essential feminine
bond that shouldn't be suppressed. It is a natural true and
genuine service to G-d, for
raising a child so it grows
properly is the greatest
blessing.
If one can afford to hire
housekeeping help, it is no
Mitzvah to personally do
every menial chore. But
there is no substitute for the
personal influence of motherly bonding. Even if rearing is
entrusted to competent professionals, a child may grow up
deprived, as documented in studies
of children raised on c o m m u n e s .
Indeed, these studies forced the kibbutz movement to revise its ideologies regarding home and family.
PERSONAL M I T Z V O T
It is interesting that the Hebrew
name CHaNah is an acrostic of the
three home based Mitzvahs that are
primarily the woman's responsibility:
Challa (separation of challa dough
and kosher laws), Nidah (family purity), and "Hadlakas Haner," kindling
the Shabbos and Holiday Candles.
These special Women's Mitzvot relate
more to the privacy of a person's
home than to the communal arena.
They sanctify and elevate the kitchen
and the dining room, and the most
intimate aspects of family life.
EARLY C H I L D H O O D
The Honorable Ronald Lauder, formerly US Ambassador to Austria and
currently President of the Conference
of Major Jewish Organizations, is
involved in establishing and funding
Jewish nurseries and schools in East
European countries. He recently related the following experience at a
Chabad
Convention
held
in
Washington:
"We found out that there are over
5,000 people in Poland aged 50-60
who are actually Jewish, but were
raised all their lives as Polish
Catholics. During the Holocaust,
Jewish parents facing death gave their
babies away to Polish couples who
raised them as Catholics and never
told them their real origin.
As they grew up, these adopted
children would often be teased and
taunted by Polish kids cursing them
as "Dirty Z h i d s " because of their
unique Jewish appearance. S o m e
learned their true ancestry at the
deathbed of their adoptive parent. At
the very end they told them the secret,
that they were really born to Jewish
parents
who
perished
in
the
Holocaust. Trying to reach out to these
Polish Jews was very difficult. They
were both frightened and anxious not
knowing how to deal with their confusing identities. We therefore organized a dinner event geared to them,
and advertised in the Polish media
that anyone who knew that s/he was
born Jewish was welcome to attend.
About 100 people showed up that
evening. Given their confusing background and upbringing, the guests
felt uncomfortable, and were very nervous and hesitant. The food was good,
we had some entertainment, but the
atmosphere was very tense and there
was little conversation.
The Rabbi who helped arrange the
evening then thought of an idea. He
began to sing aloud a popular old
Yiddish Lullaby called "Rozhinkes
mit Mandlen" that Jewish mothers
used to sing as they rocked their children to sleep. Similar to 'rock-a -byebaby,' the Yiddish song describes a little white goat, standing under the
baby's cradle, going away to do business, to deal with raisins and
almonds. But in contrast to the negative 'down will come baby, and cradle
and all,' the bottom line of the meaningful Yiddish song is: 'Torah is the
best merchandise.'"
Suddenly, the guests began to haltingly sing and hum along this old
long forgotten Yiddish tune, many
with tears welling up in their eyes. It
was a very deep emotional experience. From the hidden recesses of
their minds they recalled the long forgotten tune that their natural mothers,
whom they hardly knew, sang to them
fifty years earlier in the darkest hours
of the Holocaust.
As a mother and prophetess
Chana had choices but she knew her
priorities. Early childhood is a most
impressionable age, as a child's education begins long before s/he enters
a classroom. It is the mother's nurturing that enhances the child selfesteem and Jewish development.
Character and personality are
molded from the moment the baby
emerges into the world and interacts
with the environment. Even before a
baby learns to talk and express itself,
s/he subconsciously absorbs the
sights and sounds of the environment. Practically speaking, it is highly recommended that a child's toys
and baby room decorations should
reflect Mitzvah motifs rather than
silly non-kosher animal cartoons.
Psychologist's findings agree with
Chana's assertion that a child learns
more during his/her very first years
than in all of the rest of life. This is
why a proper investment of love and
caring at that crucial time is so important.
"e Kehbt
C
an Rosh Hashanah be
an e n d u r i n g , m e m o rable and empowering
experience as we spin
into the 21st century ?
In today's busy world of IBM's,
SUV's and World Wide Webs w h o
has the time or the inclination to go
sit in a s y n a g o g u e and listen to an
ancient ram's horn being blown?
Judaism views time not as linear,
but as a spiral. On Rosh Hashanah,
we revisit that day when God created the A d a m and Eve on a new
friends, colleagues or defenseless
children, and then turn it on themselves, it is a cry for help, from a
place that no longer expects help. It
indicates erosion of the value of life,
of oneself and of others.
We can dismiss these events as
aberrations, or we can respond to
the cry for help, the cry of the soul
that says "take time to connect, take
time to look inward, take time to
know that you matter in the deepest
sense." These incidents represent
the e x t r e m e , but it is a tragic
BEYOND
WORDS
by Simon Jacobson
higher level in the spiral. That original p o w e r and energy reverberates
through time, creating a window of
spiritual
opportunity.
Rosh
Hashanah is the collective birthday
of humanity. It allows us to reconnect with our quintessential self.
Who we are in essence? Sounds
profound and impressive, but how
do we get there?
At the close of last year's school
year the nation was shattered by
the Columbine tragedy and more
recently by shootings in Atlanta
and in the Los Angeles
Jewish
Community Center.
When
people
turn a g u n
on
reminder that we should search to
the core.
Rosh Hashanah, mankind's collective birthday, offers a unique
o p p o r t u n i t y to revisit o u r o w n
birth, rediscover o u r innocence,
renew the wonder and enchantment
of childhood, and reaffirm our creation in the Divine image. These
ideas m a y light a spark in our being
or they may sound like an advert
for a new-age getaway, utterly inaccessible or meaningless. How do we
begin to navigate the inner dimensions of our soul?
Our utilitarian society does not
equip us to travel inward and intro-
s p e c t . Day-to-day survival immerses us in balancing budgets, cooking,
car-pooling and partying. Media
insists that o u r values hinge on
being younger, stronger, healthier
and wealthier. Our identity is built
on our physical a p p e a r a n c e ; o u r
position as doctors, lawyers, parents; how much money we make;
our talents; what our friends, families and associates think of us.
These are all necessary and relevant ways to function in society, but
if all
we are
is
a
s u m
of our relationships and the roles w e play,
then what are we really? There must
be something that transcends and
unifies our being.
We find it easy to talk about the
weather, sports and politics, but we
are speechless when we wish to
express o u r inner heartfelt e m o tions. The cry of the shofar connects
us to that place inside us that transcends words. The shofar is the
deepest cry of the soul piercing the
heavens and calling to the Creator.
The
breath
reverberating
through the horn relives the breath
that God blew into the first man.
The Bible says "God breathed life
into Adam." In Hebrew, the word
for 'breath' neshimah resembles
N e s h a m a h meaning soul.' O u r soul
is God's breath pulsing inside of us.
The shofar's sound can align the
breath of our soul, reconnecting us
to the deepest part of ourselves, to
our Divine source.
At the c o n v e r g e n c e of breath,
sound, soul and C r e a t o r we can
appreciate that we matter beyond
all externals. We are significant and
irreplaceable s i m p l y b e c a u s e we
were created. Birth is God saying
that you matter. Each one of us was
chosen, is unique and has a specific
mission that no one else can fulfill.
Once you know that you matter,
everything you d o matters
in a new way. Tying your
shoelace, eating an apple,
signing
a
document
b e c o m e s as significant as
a n y spiritual e v e n t .
By
extension everybody else's
life becomes sacred as we
recognize that we all have the
s a m e source, that ultimately,
everything is unified.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe would
blow the shofar during the initial
part of the Rosh H a s h a n a h service.
When he blew it, it w a s barely audible. Later in the service, someone
else blew the s a m e shofar loud and
clear. It is easy to sound the shofar
like a trumpet and make a lot of
noise, but it is not so simple to
pierce the heavens, to reach the
depth where soul meets Divine, to
know the secret of the sound.
"From my depths I call You, and
You respond to me in a most expansive way."
These words, read before blowing the shofar, reflect the pure,
wordless cry of the soul calling on
G-d's deepest essence.
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Preparing for the High Holidays
used to be easier. In August the
Temple would mail us a choice of
High Holiday tickets, offering categories of less and more expensive
seats, like in the theatre.
All I had to do on Rosh Hashanah
was present my High Holiday ticket
at the Temple. I was handed a brand
new prayer book, and an usher
showed me to my reserved seat. I followed the service and heard the sermon. Except for an occasional rustle
of page turning, or congregational sitting and standing, it was all so
solemn, formal and proper, clean
and impeccable.
Now that I moved to Israel, I was
surprised to discover that Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur are just the
beginning of the High Holidays, which
build up to a climax on Succot and
Simchat Torah!
Back in the States, I never even
heard of Succot. I noticed the Temple
marquee listing the "Feast of the
Tabernacles," but that sounded so
biblically remote like a Southern
Baptist thing, that I paid no attention.
I would have never guessed that
the High Holidays also involved nitty
gritty, sweat and sawdust, rolling up
sleeves, noise and clatter, banging
and sawing, extension cords and,
horror of horrors, even strings of xmass lights!
During our first year in Israel, we
met Elon, a handyman who fixed
sinks and appliances, and most relevant, built us a Succah. Elon is not
religious, but he knew the right
Succah size and specifications, and
his little truck helped him bring
wood, nails, curtains and "Schach"
branches for our Succah roof.
I will admit that I am tool challenged. In one of Jackie Mason's routines he mentions Jews who use butter knives for screwdrivers. How
true. When I was growing up, I don't
remember ever seeing a screwdriver.
It wasn't until I was 35 that I got my
own tool box —and it almost felt
unkosher.
We lived on a fifth floor apartment
overlooking the Mediterranean. It
was very windy in our parking lot
near the ocean, where our succah was
to be built, so Elon made it extra
strong and secure. He numbered the
comers of each piece of wood (like
those jigsaw puzzles we did as kids,
where each piece is numbered underneath). "I made it so you can put it
together
yourself
next
year,
Matthew." I looked at him in wonderment. "What, me build a Succah?
C'mon, I use a butter knife!"
"Light bulb?! You mean
one that works?"
I went to the local appliance store. "Succah needs
bulb," I tried to say in my
best Hebrew.
"No problem," the man
responded
in his
best
English. "Here's bulb, here's
wire, here's extension, here's
switch, how many meters?"
Meter, feet, feet, meters,
yards. In less time than it
takes to say "Shalom" he
cuts the wires, winds them
together, tests a new bulb on
his voltage machine and
prices it: 18 shekels. A real
bargain!
We strung the wire from
our apartment on the fifth
floor all the way down to the
parking lot. The bottom line
of the whole rigged contraption is that it really worked!
I told my Rabbi about my
triumph. He said, "Nice, but
did you get your four
But before we could finish connecting the Succah walls, Elon suddenly got a phone call and
had to leave. He quickly
sold me his electric drill
at a cut-rate price
and left the
S u c c a h
panels
f o r
me to
assemble.
went on to the next table. At each
table people quoted prices for their
wares. This etrog was 30 shekels, that
one was 90 shekels, and so forth.
To me all etrogs look the same. We
finally secured a lovely yellowishgreen one for a bargain: only 110
shekels.
Now for The Lulav! My Rabbi
must be a billiards expert. The thin
palm branches look like long cue
sticks. My Rabbi picked up each lulav
and examined it by pointing it outward from his left eye to the sky,
while his right eye stayed closed, trying to see if it was straight enough.
After a number of tries, we secured
one of these as well. As for the myrtle
and willows, they could wait until the
morning before the holiday, so they
would be fresh.
Looking around, I did a double
take at a little shop of the local Sanzer
Chassidim. A very religious group, the
Sanzer look like they popped right out
of an 18th century Polish shetl.
But I couldn't believe my eyes.
These super religious
Jews were selling.... xmass lights! Yes, with
pictures of Santa and
sRudolf on the box,
imported
from
Pennsylvania.
I
was
shocked.
"Excuse me, Rabbi, but
what do you do with
these?"
"These? People decorate
the Succah with the colored
lights."
/
"But Rabbi," I stammered,"
j How can it be? Isn't this the goyish
holiday we're not supposed to celebrate?!" In Israel they have no
idea about the origins of these colored lights and their use elsewhere.
As far as they are concerned, these
lights were designed specifically for
Succot! Not knowing Santa, they
must think the picture represents a heavyset Rebbe
with a flowing white beard who cuts
evergreens for "Schach"!
By the time Succot rolled around,
our Succah walls were secure, the colored lights were flashing, the card
tables were covered with tablecloth, the candles were placed
in the least windy corner, and my kiddush cup was standing and waiting
for the wine and a blessing.
My wife, the children and I brought
in the food (five floors down, five
floors up, lots of exercise) and off we
went to shul for the evening services.
What
should I do? I
ran upstairs and phoned my Rabbi in
panic.
"Don't worry," said the Rabbi.
"Connecting the walls isn't difficult."
He came right over with some rope,
wire, and a tool to cut the wire. "We
must do everything to repair the
world," said the Rabbi. "Even cut
wire. Just put each piece through a
hole in the curtain and wrap it
around the wood frame."
"But Rabbi, this will take forever!"
"Don't worry. It's a mitzvah."
By the end of the day, my hands
were sore, red and swollen. But the
smiles on my children's faces were
worth it all. We now had our very
own little Succah!
"What about the decorations?" I
asked the Rabbi. "Well," he said, "this
depends on custom. Some decorate a
little, some bring in their finest furniture and china, some just hang a couple
of Rebbe pictures. But for basics you
need a table, chairs and a light bulb."
species already?"
"My what?"
"The mitzvah to hold the Lulav,
Etrog, Myrtle and Willow branches.
You have to go shopping!"
"Shopping? Can't you just buy it
for me, Rabbi?"
"Getting there is half the fun. Part
of the mitzvah is to shop around and
find yourself the right stuff."
So we visited the "shuk," several
streets lined with makeshift booths
and tables selling the four species and
other Succah paraphanalia.
The Rabbi helped me find a good
etrog. He took the citron fruit out of
its protective wrapping and carefully
examined it. He put it back. He took
another fruit, turned it up, down and
sideways and then someone with a
long black coat came over, and examined it with a magnifying glass.
No, no, not good enough. We
Walking
home,
we
noticed
Succahs everywhere! Through the
plastic walls we could see shadows
of people making kiddush, eating
and singing. Later we saw people
staying up late, studying in the
Succah, shmoozing in the Succah,
even sleeping in the Succah.
Friends came over close to midnight to toast a L'Chayim in the
Succah.
"What are you doing up at this
hour?" I asked. "Why, we're Succah
hopping!" they said.
Seven years later now, we still
have Elon's Succah frame. I still get
sore red hands every year, and Succot
continues to gives us a real run
around with its ups and downs. We
build the Succah ourselves, matching
the numbers in the corners, although
sometimes we build the Succah
upside-down.
But it doesn't matter. Succot is the
best time of the year to be in Israel,
when we all join as one family.
Matthew Granovetter is editor of
Bridge Today Magazine and can be
reached at [email protected].
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CHABAD NEWS • CHABAD NEWS • CHABAD NEWS
C h a b a d To M a r k Its
I Oth Anniversary W i t h G a l a
Banquet A t T h e Venetian Hotel
Chabad of Southern Nevada, the
local branch of the worldwide
Chabad-Lubavitch movement (the
world's largest Jewish outreach organization), will be celebrating its tenth
anniversary on December 10, 2000
with a gala banquet honoring Dr.
Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson. The
banquet will be held at The Venetian
Hotel, The Palazzo Room, 3355 Las
Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas. They will be
receiving the Founders Award for their
support of and their contributions to
Chabad.
Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson
are committed members of the Las
Vegas Jewish community.
Their
unparalleled support of Chabad has
enabled it to expand and grow beyond
its wildest dreams. Mr. Adelson, who
was raised in Boston, grew up learning
from his father the traditional sentiments of Judaism especially the act of
tzedakah for no matter how little have,
you still have to help those in need.
Dr. Miriam Adelson, who was born in
Tel Aviv, Israel has devoted her life to
helping the needy and has developed
a unique specialty in the area of chemical dependency and drug addiction.
She has recently opened in Las Vegas
The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G.
Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse and
Treatment.
Chabad of Southern Nevada began
operations in December of 1990 when
Rabbi Shea Harlig and his wife Dina
arrived in the glittering city to establish yet another point of light in the
ever-growing galaxy of global Chabad
centers. They started working out of
their rented home and immediately
began reaching out to the growing
Jewish community.
Ten years later, Chabad of Southern
Nevada has become a driving force
behind the swift expansion of the Las
Vegas area Jewish community, offering
a wide variety of community programs, services and events from its
newly-built regional headquarters. Its
five full-time Rabbis serve outlying
areas including Summerlin/Desert
Shores and the Green Valley area.
Among Chabad's offerings: daily
prayer services; The Desert Torah
Academy Day School K - 6th Grade
and Torah Tots Preschool; ongoing
adult education lectures, classes; hospital, retirement home and prison
chaplainry services; youth groups and
summer camps; kosher certification to
the local supermarkets and numerous
establishments, life cycle events and
Jewish holiday programs including
public Menorah lighting ceremonies
Model Matzah Bakery and Shofar factories.
"We've made a career of building
things," says Sheldon Adelson, whom
with his wife Dr. Miriam Adelson has
recently dedicated the new Dr. Miriam
and Sheldon G. Adelson Chabad
Center on Arville Street. "We're honored that we're able to help build the
Jewish community through an organization that doesn't turn people away
because of lack of funds."
"We're a very dynamic and caring
organization," says Rabbi Shea Harlig,
Director of Chabad of Southern
Nevada. "All Jews regardless of affiliation, level of knowledge or observance are welcome to participate.
We've made the desert bloom. With
the generosity and benevolence of this
great philanthropic family, the best is
yet to come."
The banquet is a black-tie event; couvert is $180.00 per person. For more
information or for reservations, please
contact Chabad of Southern Nevada at
259-0770.
Chabad's C a m p G a n Israel:
A n o t h e r Smashing, Successful
Summer
Sports, swimming, karate, music,
drama along with Jewish learning, arts
& crafts and, of course, the most exciting
field trips that Las Vegas has to offer such
as MGM, Grand Slam Canyon, ice skating, Black Mountain Park, overnight
camping at Mt. Potosi and a late night to
the Las Vegas Stars Baseball game,
would seem like a dream camp to most
kids, was a thrilling reality to over 140
local Jewish children, ages 3-12 this summer at Chabad's Camp Gan Israel.
"As every week in camp was based
on a different Jewish theme such as
Shabbos, Kosher, Mitzvah week, etc,
with the children learning songs, doing
arts & crafts, having contests, dress up
days and more, the children came away
learning what being Jewish is all about
and how they can be proud of who they
are," said Dina Harlig, Co-director.
Gan Israel Day Camp, which started just
10 years ago with 30 children, has gained
the reputation of being the camp that
"Makes Jewish Kids Happier and Happier
Kids More Jewish," said Rabbi Mendy
Harlig, Co-Director of Camp Gan Israel.
For information on Chabad's summer
and Winter Camps, please call 259-0770.
H i g h Holiday Services Offered t o
the Entire C o m m u n i t y
Chabad of Southern Nevada,
Chabad of Summerlin and Chabad of
Green Valley, will offer meaningful,
insightful and inspirational High
Holiday services to the community.
Main services will be held, G-d
willing, at Chabad Center, 1261 S.
Arville, Las Vegas (at Charleston and
Arville.)
Admission
is
free.
Additional satellite services will be
held in Summerlin/Desert Shores at
Chabad of Summerlin, 2620 Regatta
Drive Suite #117, Bridgeport Shopping
Center. Suggested donation is $75.00.
Reservations are required. Call 2433623. Chabad of Green Valley, which
will hold services at the Doubletree
Hotel, 7250 Pollock Drive, (Warm
Springs & 1215). Admission is free.
Reservations are required. Call 6170770.
Chabad offers community members the opportunity to conveniently
participate in Rosh Hashanah and
Yom Kippur services, without requiring a synagogue membership.
Rosh Hashanah services will be on
Friday, September 29th at 7:00 pm,
Saturday, September 30th, at 10:00 am
& 7:00 pm, and Sunday, October 1st at
10:00 am.
Yom Kippur services Sunday,
October 8th, Kol Nidre at 6:00 pm.
Monday October 9th at 10:00 am.
Yizkor at 12:30 pm. Minchah and
Ne'ilah at 5:00 pm. The fast ends at
7:02 pm.
The entire Jewish community, is welcome, regardless of religious background, knowledge or level of observance. For more information or reservations, please call 259-0770.
C h a b a d ' s A d u l t Lecture Series
Internationally known lecturer and
author Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Shochet
will be the speaker at this year's
Connie Feinstein's Adult Lecture
Series. Classes will be fully accredited
for Continuing Medical Education
ethics credits and Continuing Legal
Education ethics credits.
Monday, November 13th, 7:00 - 9:00
pm. will be the Medical Ethics class;
the topic will be "Disclosure and Truth
Telling." The lecture will address the
Jewish view on the ethical dilemma of
truth telling by Doctors to patients,
and will enhance lead to empathetic
caregiving.
Wednesday, November 15th, 7:00 9:00 pm. will be the Legal Ethics class;
the topic will be, "Law, Justice and
Morality." The lecture will compare
and contrast the approaches of Jewish
Talmudic Law and American Law in
the area of legal ethics.
Rabbi Shochet was a Professor of
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As long as supplies last.
Several new staff members have
joined the school "family." In the secular department, Mrs. Judith Barris is
the new pre-K and 1st grade teacher
joining the school from teaching in
Detroit and Florida. Mrs. Sherri Schiff,
a teacher of many years in the Clark
County School District, she will be
teaching the Kindergarten class. Mrs.
Anne Parrish from Northern Kentucky
will be responsible for the 4th and 5th
grades secular studies. Mrs. Parrish
has several years of experience in 4th
and 5th grade teaching in Covington,
she is also a licensed Special Education
teacher.
On the Judaic team, Mr. & Mrs.
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rich international flavor to the team,
the Obermans come from Israel with
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Both have extensive teaching experience. They will be responsible for 4th
and 5th grade Judaic/Hebrew studies.
Desert Torah will be introducing a
second period per week of computer
studies. Ballet and music will also be
offered new this year.
In Judaic studies/ Mishnah and
Navi are being taught to the 4th and
5th grade students, enriching their
Jewish learning experience significantly.
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by Geulah Schoett
Just One
Moment!
Readers probably did a double take when they first saw the August
issue of Moment magazine, a periodical that caters to mainstream
American Jews. For a moment, it almost looked like a Chabad brochure.
The front cover features a globe inscribed "It's a Chabad world" with
black coated and hatted Chasidic figures floating in the background.
The upbeat essay written by Sue Fishkoff admires Chabad
Lubavitch's dynamic growth throughout the world, listing impressive
statistics about its varied global outreach programs. Moshiach must be
around the corner! This is certainly an auspicious moment for a mainstream publication to compliment rather than to begrudge or criticize
religious (ultra religious!) Jews, actually admiring their different
(strange!) ways, and respecting their (powerful!) influence.
On closer examination, however, the Chasidic figures sprinkled on
the front cover don't represent Lubavitch dress or posture. The broad, fur
hat Shtreimel, the long sidecurls and the roundish bend up' hat are the
trademark of other Polish or Hungarian Chasidic groups, who actually
have ideological differences with Chabad regarding interaction with non
observant Jews. Perhaps the more outlandish style was used for a more
dramatic effect.
branch in the world to a webzine,
went on-line allowing each rabbi to
add his own schedule of events, so
any Jew anywhere could find his
place in Judaism.
According to Lubavitch World
Headquarters, the movement's infrastructure has expanded 30 percent
since the Rebbe's death. More than
3,700 emissary couples working in
various countries are aided by almost
50,000 professionals
throughout
the
organization.
About
400
shluchim "went
out," or took up
their postings, in
the past five
years.
More
than 511 new
Chabad institutions have
been estab1i s h e d
including
406
new
facilities
NUMBERS A R E DECEIVING
The large numbers of Chabad Houses, the Rebbe's emissaries and
their worldwide accomplishments are impressive, but the real secret of
Chabad's success is more in quality than quantity.
Indeed, many of the Rebbe's Emissaries live in far flung locations,
reaching out to the smallest of communities, where other rabbis would
not venture. Lubavitch is known for personal care and concern for each
and every individual Jew. They will often spend hours upon hours, going
the extra mile to help find a lost Jew in the middle of nowhere. The Rebbe
teaches: One Jew at a time.
Similarly, the Mitzvah campaigns do not expect people to change
overnight. On the contrary, it is a step by step approach that appreciates the
value of each and every single Mitzvah.
The Rebbe teaches: One Mitzvah at a time. It's just that these individual people and Mitzvos keep adding up!
Following are selected excerpts from Moment's "Black Hat Blitz" article.
£ £ T h e scene opens at the international convention last November in
the Crown Heights section of
Brooklyn,
when
over
1,300
"Shluchim" (The Lubavitcher Rebbe's
emissaries) from around the world
converged on their "770" headquarters for an inspiring weekend of R&R
-Rebbe and Rededication.
"Argentina!"
"Australia!"
"Austria!" Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky,
development director for Chabad's
shluchim network, read alphabetically the names of 109 countries where
the movement's emissaries are stationed.
As each name was announced,
one, two, or sometimes a dozen men
sprang from their seats to a smattering of applause. "Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Romania!"
....When the announcer boomed
out "Russia!" about three dozen
young men, half of Chabad's 52 fulltime emissaries to Russia (a country
that only recently banned Jewish education, imprisoning and torturing
Jewish activists, until religious freedom prevailed in 1991) jumped out of
their seats to thunderous applause
and raucous cheers. Spontaneously,
the vast hall burst into a spontaneous
hora, with clapping, singing and
boisterous dancing that went on and
on, a giant pep rally without the pompoms, a political convention without
the TV cameras. Pure joy. Pure passion."
"The Hasidic movement began in
18th century Polish forests, where
Rabbi Yisroel
Baal Shem
Tov
preached a revival of Judaism that
was based on individual love of G-d
rather than mere rote adherence to
religious law.
Chasidic movements always
took much of their strength from the
reigning rebbe, so pundits predicted
that Chabad would collapse when
Schneerson died childless in June
1994. "The Rebbe" was the heart and
soul of Chabad, its spiritual leader
and its intellectual and organizational
fulcrum.
The Rebbe's absence had threatened to tear the movement apart. But
it didn't. Today, more than five years
later, Chabad is stronger, bigger, richer, and more popular than ever. It's
almost as if the movement forced a
shot of adrenaline into its collective
arm after Schneerson's death just to
prove, to the Jewish world and to
itself, that his legacy would survive
him. "The 'ologists' all thought we'd
jump off a cliff or shave our beards
when the Rebbe passed away," said
Rabbi Langer.
And don't let their unique 18th century dress fool you. Lubavitchers
may not have television in their
homes (except VCR's to watch educational videos), but they are quick to
exploit the latest in modern technology, particularly the Internet.
Chabad was the first Jewish organization with its own Web site,
chabadonline.com, providing everything from instructions how to celebrate holidays to detailed answers to
talmudic questions. Lubavitch News
Service (LNS) sends out free weekly
articles highlighting Chabad activities around the world. Last summer,
www.chabadonline.com, a computer
network linking every
Chabad
'
*
*
number
of institutions worldwide-seminaries, day
schools,
camps, and so on- to 2,600. Officials in
Brooklyn claim that nearly one million
children around the globe attended
Chabad activities
R E S I S Tlast
A N Cyear.
E
(The Moment article focuses on
Chabad emissaries Chanie and Levy
Zirkind) "The Rabbi and his Wife are
Real People" who moved from
Brooklyn to California. "Fresno's Jews
didn't exactly roll out the red carpet
for them. The Zirkinds asked one of
two local rabbis"to meet him in his
office. "When we walked in, Levy
tried to give him shalom aleichem,
but the rabbi wouldn't shake his
hand," Chanie says quietly, furrowing
her brow at the memory. She says the
rabbi told the young couple he would
pay to send them and their belongings back to Brooklyn, suggesting
they leave immediately. "This is a
Reform town," he told them.
One year the Chabadniks threw a
Purim party at Discovery Zone, a
local amusement park. Another year,
they took revelers to a penny arcade.
"Why limit religious life to a synagogue?" Chanie asked. "Some children won't venture into a synagogue.
But will come to our events. Maybe
after that, they'll feel more comfortable entering a shul."
"We're continuing the Rebbe's
Mitzvah
revolution,"
says
a
Lubavitch woman in her early 20s,
who recently moved from Brooklyn
with her new husband to a distant
city in Russia's Far East.
Chabad's expansion in the Former
Soviet Union is phenomenal. In 1994,
Lubavitch was working in eight
Russian cities. Today they have 150
full-time emissary couples in 55 cities
across Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, the
Baltics, and Central Asia, enrolling
7,400 children in their religious
schools.
Ben Gurion University Professor
Velvel Green, author of 'Life on Mars,"
was only half kidding when he said,
"Soon, when an astronaut will land
on Mars, there'll already be a
Lubavitch shaliach there to greet
him!"
"Chabad has the biggest army of
Jewish outreach people, the Rebbe's
Peace Corps', ready to live on the
edge of poverty," says New York
University professor and noted
Jewish historian Arthur Hertzberg.
Hertzberg wasn't always a friend of
Chabad. In fact, Hertzberg once told
the New York Times that Chabad
"had all the aura of
^Wfe^jte —
S ab b a tai
Zevi
(the
notorious
1 7 t h
century
f a l s e
m essiah)." But
his
per/s o n a 1
11/ e n c o u n t e r s
I w i t h
C h a b a d
shluchim
• v turned
him
around,
he
s a y s .
Hertzberg's
MU
) Udaughter,
5' 11/
pipast
I j f president of H a t
Conservative congregation,
sends
her children to the local Chabad
school, Hertzberg relates with pride."
"These 3,500 people are the most
holy group in the Jewish world
today," he states. "Everywhere I go in
recent years, I bump into one of these
young couples working their heads
off. They live on nothing, and they
stay with it. I can disagree with their
theology, but I can only admire
them."
Another reason why Chabadniks
are so successful is their activism.
They are literally all over the place.
They don't wait for Jews to come to
their synagogue; they take their
Judaism to the streets. Chabad
shlichim run free Passover seders in
hundreds of places around the world;
they patrol the streets of Bangkok
inviting
Israeli
backpackers
to
Shabbat meals; they throw huge public Hanukkah parties in the main
squares of major American cities.
San Francisco's Rabbi Langer, a
ba'al teshuva who used to hang out at
Grateful Dead concerts in the 1960s,
showed up at the Woodstock anniversary concert last summer with kiddush wine and one hundred challot
and invited every Jewish kid he could
find to his outdoor Shabbat celebration. This is also a guy, by the way,
who drives around the city on a refurbished police motorcycle he calls his
mitzvah bike. "It's my shtick," he
admits. "In order to draw people in,
you have to garb yourself in a costume they respond to."
Many young American Jews
respond positively to the in-your-face
public expressions of Jewish pride
that so embarrass their parents' generation. "Chabad does things no one
else has the gall to do," says Beth
Preminger, 21, a recent graduate of
Harvard University, y J
Outside
Synagogue
R
osh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur finds many of us
sitting in the Synagogue
for quite some time. It can
be a trying experience.
Even if you've learned to read
Hebrew, and attend Synagogue regularly, just when you're beginning to
leam the words and melodies for a
Shabbat service - it all changes for the
High Holidays. All new tunes, new
extra words and a very long service—
- all (mostly) in Hebrew. It is difficult
to know where to begin and what to
learn first.
I started to become religiously
observant in early adulthood, and
since the High Holy Days only come
once a year, instead of weekly, my
skills are still lacking. There' simply
c*
isn't much opportunity
for practice. Each year
I resolve that I'll learn
the words and the tunes
before the
holiday's
approach,
and
each
year, I procrastinate
until it's too late. I try
to keep up, and at certain times during these
days of awe, like at Kol
Nidre, I am swept away
by the emotional feelings that these holidays
evoke.
Indeed, Synagogue must be difficult
for people attending only three times a
year. That's why I think the Tashlich service is such a nice and pleasant part of
the Rosh Hashanah ritual.
We gather around a body of water,
a lake or pond, in the late afternoon
for Tashlich. We read a short prayer
from the prophets encouraging us to
cast away our sins into the depths,
and attempt to do the same.
This ritual is easily understood
even by children, or by those among
us who don't read Hebrew. Unlike the
hushed, proper and formal decorum
in the Synagogue, keeping quiet and
staying in place,
Tashlich allows us to walk around
casually, meet friends and shmooze a
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little. To me, the Tashlich ceremony is
a summary of the Days of Awe—it
takes what we try to accomplish
through our prayers and makes it
accessible to all Jews.
And it gives us a sense of unity. In
my community, Tashlich is the one
time during the High Holiday season,
or all year round for that matter, that
Jews from all the synagogues in town
gather in the same place. It's a unifying feeling to be engaged in the same
ritual with hundreds of Jews from all
walks of life. There are no divisions
because this one has a different
melody or this one says slightly different words. We rid ourselves of
everything that is spiritually undesirable, exchange our best wishes to
each other, even if they are members of
a different synagogue, or completely
unaffiliated, for a good sweet year.
the Charoset for Passover each year.
She gets upset if I buy pre-chopped
walnuts. She takes down the wooden
b o w l that b e l o n g e d to her greatgrandmother, Nana Sadie, and pulverizes each nut by hand. When she
looks at the Charoset, I know she is
thinking of her ancestors who were
slaves in Egypt and how Pharoah
made them toil, until G-d set them
free.
Creating the mitzvah with her
own h a n d s helps her
grasp the
meaning of that holiday.
I have similar feelings about
Taschlich. I sit in services and try to
participate and feel a connection to
G - d — but I'm not always successful.
I'm not giving up.
Even though I'm not there yet. On
Rosh Hashanah, as I stand on the side
of the pond, and quietly cast into the
water, I feel something unmistakable.
I get the sense of being cleansed and
I'm prepared to begin again.
For some people, prayer is a powerful tool they employ to reach G-d.
For others, they just aren't there
yet. Much as they try, in whatever
language, they simply do not yet converse with G-d. For some of those
people, the symbols of Judaism bring
them closer.
I know that we're talking Rosh
Hashanah, but let me use an example
of a different holiday. My daughter
Jessica insists on personally making
M a y b e in terms of m y Jewish
knowledge, I'm still at a child-like
level, and something concrete helps
m e to get into the spirit. Tashlich, for
me, provides the props I need to feel
closer to G-d during the High Holy
Day season.
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Produced
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various
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years.
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The Chinese
Mezuzah
Jews settled in Kaifeng,
China in the 9th century, specializing in cotton fabrics. Only
remnants of their culture still
survive, as their descendant's
Judaism was lost over years of
intermarriage and assimilation. A few surviving artifacts
of the Chinese Jews come
from the synagogue
in
Kaifeng.
This ivory mezuzah is
hand carved in the form of a
fish, the Chinese symbol of fertility. It cracked as it was being
removed from an old Kaifeng
building and had to be
repaired.
As we enter the New Year, we
behold the Mezuzah standing guard
as a sentinel at the door. It is traditional before Rosh Hashanah for a
scribe to inspect the Mezuzah scroll to
ascertain its Kashrut.
The heart of a Mezuzah is not the
outer cover, but the hand ivritten
parchment scroll within, inscribed
with two chapters from Deuteronomy.
While we do not judge a Mezuzah by
its cover, the creative artistic embellishments help adorn this beautiful
Mitzvah.
Moses & Aaron,
and David & Solomon
By Michoel
Ancient Jerusalem
Michoel Muchnik studied at the
Rhode Island School of Design before
immersing himself in Torah study. An
exponent
of vibrant Chasidic art,
Muchnik's imaginative style colorfully
captures the joy of Judaism. His work is
both whimsical and delicately rendered,
expressing profound concepts.
By Catriel
A self-taught craftsman Catriel
Sugarman immigrated from the U.S.
to Israel in 1968 to fulfill his dream of
developing his woodcarving hobby
into a professional pursuit
Catriel painstakingly transforms a
piece of wood into a Judaic masterpiece. He enhances exotic woods
such as jacaranda, imbuya, padauk,
and atimoya from India, Africa, the
Andaman Islands and distant lands
with inlays of ivory, mother of pearl,
abalone, gold, brass and silver.
Catriel received wide acclaim for
his masterful restoration of Reb
Nachman
of Breslav's legendary
chair. The unique mezuzah here
depicts architectural elements of
ancient Jerusalem structures.
Muchnik
J'-l
Muchnik has exhibited throughout
the world, including the Brooklyn
Museum, Yeshiva University Museum, the
Dan forth Museum of New England and
one-man exhibits in Israel, South Africa,
Hong Kong, Japan and England. He
resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Hand-Painted polychrome enamel on
copper, shaped plaque painted in brilliant colors depicts Moses, Aaron, King
David and King Solomon centered by the
parchment cylinder, "Shin" on hinged window with view ofJerusalem and Hebrew
calligraphy.
Mezuzah of Light
By M.enachem Berman
A Jerusalem master silversmith,
Berman designs and creates ritual
art forms reflecting his study in a
Chabad yeshiva in his native Israel,
and his five-generation Chasidic
heritage. Like his biblical counterpart, Bezalel, he is endowed with
three special gifts: wisdom, knowledge
and
understanding.
Combined with his natural talents,
he infuses his creations with a
soulful dimension.
I ne loieuo iviezuzaii
By Robert
VAmelia
This Mezuzah cover was designed to commemorate 500 years
since the Jewish Expulsion from Spain.The composite polychromed
scene in high relief depicts 'Rebecca at the well' in a large tree
encircled by water drawing vessels. The treetop lifts out to reveal a
mezuza scroll. The bucolic scene is affixed to a shaped wooden
plaque. D'Amelio's unusual presentation reflects the rich legacy
and hidden, secretive past of Spanish Jewry.
The upper half of this rectangular masterpiece is inscribed
"Vkel Shad-dai Yevarach Otcha,"
meaning "G-d shall bless you." The
letters emit an interior light. The
lower half has the raised initial letters of each word of the kabalistic
'Ana B'koach' prayer. Fashioned of
silver and 18kt gold, it is mounted
in a custom olive wood case that
lights upon opening.
V
Colorful Star of David
Braille Mezuzah
By Yakuv Agam
By Irwin Gordon
Regarded as one of the world's leading artists,
Agam promotes kinetic and optical art. His versatility is reflected in every facet of the visual arts:
graphics, architecture, theater, film, writing and
typography.
Convinced that man is partner with G-d in creation, Agam's works require the viewer's active participation to complete the creative process. Agam
sees reality as a continuous development rather
than a static statement. His art embraces the viewers, drawing them into the creative environment
Almost every museum in the world exhibits his
work. Adorning the president's house in Jerusalem
and the White House in Washington, this mezuzah
is hand cut crystal faceted to form the Star of
David, framed in silver and enclosing a 21 color serigraph.
Gordon studied Judaica design under
Moshe Zabari at the Jewish Museum, where
he was awarded a fellowship in 1987. A member of the Society of North American
Goldsmiths, Gordon has exhibited in juried
shows in the New York metropolitan area, and
his work appears in several synagogues and
private collections.
Gordon designed this silver mounted on
walnut Braille mezuzah case expressing the
custom to touch the case and bringing the fingers to the lips as a kiss.
This unusual design incorporates the
Hebrew Braille letters for 'Sh-ad-ai' each on an
inverted square.
For Jerusalem
High Priesl
Breastplate
By Yuri Ozar
Yuri Ozar came from the
Ukraine to Israel in 1976 and
lives in Beit Cholon with his wife
and three children. He works with
silver, wood, coconut shells, enamel, pearl and precious metals. This
one-of-a-kind masterpiece in silver and mother of pearl depicts
intricate Jerusalem structures surrounding the protective wings of
an angel guarding the Holy City.
This array of artistic Mezuzah
By David Katz
A sculptor and jewelry designer,
David Katz received a certificate of
merit from the Rothschild and the
Oppenheimer Diamond Museums.
Silver, waisted form, the triple
curved capital forms a 'Shin.' The centered square set with 12 precious colored stones recalls the high priest's
breastplate.
covers is courtesy of the Dr. Belle and
Cantor Jacob Rosenbaum Art Collection. The Rosenbaums
have been col-
lecting thousands of unique Mezuzah covers over sixty years.
Fifteen hundred
of these beautiful Mezuzah
thirteen display cases containing
Synagogue.
1000 artistic Mezuzah
are displayed in the great Migdal Ohr Synagogue
Haemek in Northern
covers are now exhibited
in twenty display cases in the rotunda of the Jerusalem Great
Another
covers
in the town of Migdal
Israel, while two cases of about 100 Mezuzahs
housed in the Riverdale Jewish
Museum,
are
Kosher
Goes
Public!
and recipes were being discussed on talk and food
shows, from 710 in the NY
Metropolitan
area
to
"Cooking with Ambrosia"
and "Tom Fitzmorris's Eating
Show" in New Orleans.
Kosher got rave reviews in
Florida's Sun-Sentinel, The
Miami Herald and in a multitude of newspapers around
the world.
By K. Kahan
"Kosher Week" was the greatest
thing that ever happened this year!
It's not easy to be "Kosher" in
today's big selection of foods on the
market. In fact, many of us had nothing to do but sit around by ourselves,
tucked away in a section at the end of
aisle 17.
What a shelf life! Not that we were
starving, G-d forbid; we sure have
plenty of food here between us. The
problem is that we were treated like a
non-essential exotic oddity. You have
to understand where we're coming
from. We've been in and out of factories and plants, and always tried our
best to meet the highest standard. We
worked hard to stay 100% kosher,
and are fully certified by the most
respectable supervisors. We surely
deserve better recognition and appreciation,
yet
people
ignored and walked past
were^
a n d^
whatl
we rep-'
resent.'
Just how
long could
w
e
remained boxed in and bottled
up here like this?
Of course, we had some dedicated friends who would come to look
for us, and always kept asking if they
didn't see us. They'd have it no other
way, and that was encouraging. But
what about all the thousands of people out there who should know better? Don't they, too, deserve to know
more about Kosher and enjoy its benefits?
Things did get a busier around
Passover time, but what about the
rest of the year? If only we could be
more visible! If we could come out of
'hiding' in the back, and stand out
front so we could meet more people
and introduce ourselves! What about
the millions of Jewish consumers out
there who know nothing about keeping Kosher?
Something had to be done! Thank
G-d for the good folks at OK Labs
who are committed to making
Kosher a household word. This past
April, OK helped the Lubavitch
Shluchim Office to proclaim the
"International Kosher Awareness
Week," and things started moving in
a very big way.
They printed and distributed a
MILLION full color 'Kosher Fitness'
brochures, showing people that it's
cool to be Kosher. In this day and age
people follow all kinds of diets to stay
fit, so it is certainly good to follow the
Divine Diet, the pamphlet explained.
Foreign 'Kosher Fitness' editions
were published in several languages.
In
Argentina,
30,000
Spanish
brochures were published, plus an
additional 25,000 brochures were
printed in London to meet the specific needs of the English market.
Now we were finally considered
'a Hot Item!' People started to express
interest in Kosher, and wanted to find
out more about it. This unprecedented international project was coordinated by hundreds of rabbis, communal leaders and Chabad Houses who
reached out in their various
regions to millions
of consumers.
The biggest
supermarket
chains across
the
country
participated in
this grand project. They prominently
placed
attractive
freestanding
fullcolor
"Kosher
Fitness"
display
panels in the front
of hundreds of their
stores. Many also
featured a Kosher
tasting table, sample
Kosher
giveaways,
and other creative promotions.
These Supermarket
chains
included:
Albertson's,
Eagle,
Edward's, Genardi's, Giant Food,
King's, Kroger's, Pathmark, Price
Chopper, Ralph's, Shaw's, Shop Rite,
Shop and Save, Tom Thumb's, Von's,
Waldbaum's, and Wild Oats organic
food markets.
In addition to the major chains,
hundreds of local food stores also got
involved, such as Star, Safeway and
the Times markets out in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Byerly's,
Sav-a-Center,
Meijer's, Cub Foods and Dorothy
Lane Markets, an upscale chain in
Dayton, Whole Foods Community
Markets, and Vincent Foods. In
Omaha, Hy Vee's supermarket invited the Chabad Rabbi to lead a Kosher
sensitivity workshop for its employees.
Numerous college campuses also
began to 'experiment' with Kosher,
including the Yale Co-op campus
store, while the dining rooms of
Brooklyn Law School, Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn Polytechnic and Long
Island University offered students
Kosher food menus for a full week!
Kosher Week expanded into a
major international event in many
countries, reaching as far as Bogota
and Barranquilla in Colombia and in
neighboring Peru. In Asuncion, the
Paraguayan capital, two hundred
people attended "Kosher Expo", and
it featured big at a WIZO fair in
Berlin, Germany, and in Barcelona,
Spain.
We were now in the spotlight!
Kosher issues and Kosher cookbooks
In some places we also
received official government
recognition,
from
Mayor
Peter Clavelle in Burlington,
Vermont,
to
the
Town
Supervisors of Babylon and
Islip, and the Suffolk County
Executive on Long Island
who issued forth "Kosher
Week" proclamations.
"Kosher Week" covered
all bases. The Aleph Institute
encouraged
the
Defense
Commissary, which is responsible for food supplies at U.S.
Military bases, to stock a
broader selection of Kosher
foods for Jewish servicemen.
And 'Kosher Week' wasn't
only for adult shoppers. It
also had a strong educational
program for children. Many
Hebrew Schools ran Kosher
Label contests, where
children received a
premium for bringing in bottle, can and
box labels with reliable Kosher symbols.
Thank You! We
extend our most heartfelt thanks and appreciation to OK Labs, the corporate sponsor who made
"Kosher Week" possible.
Where would we be without them?
Using its extensive knowledge of
food technology, O.K. Labs is in the
vanguard of an evolving food and
beverage industry, servicing the
growing demand for kosher products. Synonymous with integrity,
quality and service, "O.K. Labs" is
actually responsible for many of us
who carry its Kosher certification. OK
labs has very carefully watched and
supervised us from beginning to end,
and we proudly wear the OK Kosher
symbol wherever we go.
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It only makes sense. A top of the line beer
deserves to get a top of the line Kosher certification, by none other than OK Labs.
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wine, but beer is certainly good to use when
saying
"Havdalah."
Beer is also great when saying "L'chaim!"
dur-
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by Rabbi Yonason Goldson
In the early
Forties it would
have
seemed
ludicrous that so
insignificant
a
cause
could
result in so devastating
an
effect.
Thirty
years
later,
high school students
fretted
world
survive
enough
them
grow up.
When Time magazine selected
Albert Einstein as "Man of the
Century," some of us quietly indulged
in the great honor that a Jew was
named as the most influential person
of the last 100 years.
But that sense of pride comes with
some responsibility. Let us also consider the moral implications raised by
Einstein's legacy as viewed through
the lens of Jewish wisdom. Typically,
the fallout of Einstein's revolutionary
ideas may radically change how we
see ourselves and the world.
reflective
of
the
Talmudic
statement
(Kidushir
40), echot
by Maimonid(Laws
o.
Repentance): "The
whole world hangs
in balance; a person's one
good or bad deed can tip the scales
for good or bad."
Newtonian physics would have
us believe that all reactions are proportional to the forces that produce
them; only Olympian events can
bring about Olympian repercussions.
But Einstein turned Newton on
his head, opening the Pandora's box
of atomic energy and revealing with
horrifying clarity that the tines action
can produce cataclysmic results.
TAKING I T PERSONALLY
Let us apply the atom's forbidding
lesson to ourselves, for the hidden
power of atomic energy packs within
it a poignant example of the potential
within human spirit.
How does an atom bomb work?
Two small masses of seemingly
innocuous matter confined in a controlled space subjected to a tiny force
can produce a powerful reaction that
can raze an entire city and incinerate
millions of people.
Unlike contemporary society,
which measures an individual's
stature with the superficial yardstick
of fame and wealth, headlines and
stock portfolios, Torah defines gen-
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uine greatness by personal integrity
and on whether man accords honor
to others.
The Talmudic sages ask: "Who is
mighty? He who controls his impulses." (Avot 4:1)
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Space is curved. Mass is energy.
Time slows as velocity increases.
These are some of Einstein's more
popularly known concepts relating to
his theory of relativity. Had we not
learned in school to accept them as
fact, we would think them absurd and
their author mad, as indeed many did
when the theory of relativity was first
published.
Einstein's
discoveries
essentially teach us there is much more
to nature than meets the eye.
The ceramic mug that holds my
morning coffee, the chair in which I
sit and the roof over my head are really not as 'solid' as they appear. They
are really empty space trapped within fields of energy shaped by invisible
particles spinning around at unimaginable speeds.
Yet we take atomic structure for
granted, although no scientist has
actually ever seen an atom. Why
don't we object to this model of creation, since it blatantly defies our
senses? Quite simply, we don't object
because we don't care. It doesn't matter to us a whit whether our furniture
is made up of solid matter, whirling
electrons, or green cheese, as long as
it suits our needs. On the other hand,
many will resist the suggestion that
our physical universe rests on a spiritual foundation. Why? Because the
notion of a Creator implies personal
responsibility, while we like to think
that every individual is responsible to
no one but himself.
Albert Einstein was neither an
atheist nor a moral relativist. He recognized that the infinite complexity
of our universe suggests a single, cosmic master plan, and did not apologize for the possible moral ramifications.
Einstein is truly the man of the
century insofar as his scientific revelations go. They spur us to make our
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unity that transcends our mere physical world and binds us to a higher
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Rosh Hashanah: Friday
evening Sept. 29, through
Sunday night Oct. 1
Rosh
Hashanah
marks
the
anniversary of the creation of Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden. On
this day, Adam called on all creations,
the fauna and flora, to recognize and
proclaim G-d as King of the Universe.
Rosh Hashanah is a most opportune
time to renew our commitment to follow G-d's instructions, observe the
Mitzvot and pray that He grant us a
good and sweet year.
The Jewish New Year is when we
intensify our connection to our people,
and are judged, together with all of
mankind, for the coming year. The synagogue services, listening to the Shofar
and partaking of festive meals at home
are all imbued with a spirit of seeking a
better relationship with G-d.
G - D AND MAN.
The words and naarative of the
machzor, the holiday prayer book,
help us focus and channel our hopes
for health, prosperity and universal
peace.
Each person is judged according
to his deeds, as we pray to be
inscribed in the "Book of the
Divine coronation and our hopes for a
smooth and easy new year.
A popular dish is Tzimmes a stew
of carrots, sweet potatoes and prunes.
A favorite pastry is taiglach, a pyramid of hollow hardened dough balls
covered with a layer of honey, topped
by a maraschino cherry. It is also customary to serve the head of a fish,
and we eat pomegranates, whose
abundant seeds represent the many
merits and good deeds of every Jew.
T H E SHOFAR
The highlight of the Rosh
Hashanah service this year is on
Sunday, October 1, when we listen to
the sounding of the Shofar. (The
Shofar is not blown this year on the
first day of
r
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R
- o s h
Hashanah
because it,
is on the
Sabbath,).
Even
if
one
cannot
participate in the
whole synagogue
service, one should
attempt to hear at
least the sounding
of the Shofar.
A ram's horn, 1
Shofar is the oldest of
wind instruments. The
call of the Shofar touches
the innermost chords of a
Jewish soul. Its sound is simple and plaintive- a cry from the
heart, like a lost child calling for its
parent. The call of the Shofar summons us: "Awake from your sleep,
and arise from your slumber.
Examine your deeds, return, and
remember
your
Creator."
(Maimonides)
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Righteous" and the "Book of Life."
C A N D L E LIGHTING
We usher in the beginning of Rosh
Hashanah , as we welcome the
Sabbath and all holidays, with the
kindling and blessing of the candles
by women and girls 18 minutes
before sundown. (See back page for
exact candle lighting schedule).
GREETINGS
On the first night of Rosh
Hashanah,
family
and
friends
exchange the traditional greeting:
Leshana Tova Tikatev Vetachatem
"May you be inscribed and sealed for
a good New Year."
SWEET FOODS
It is customary to eat special foods
that symbolize sweetness, blessing
and abundance. We dip the Challah
bread in honey, and begin the holiday
dinner by eating a piece of apple
dipped in honey.
Unlike the regular pointed, oblong
and braided Shabbat Challah, the High
Holiday Challah is smooth and round
resembling a crown, to symbolize the
A
The Shofar proclaims the coronation of G-d as King, and recalls Jewish
historic events that involve the ram's
horn, beginning with the Binding of
Isaac on Mount Moriah, the sounding
of the Shofar during the Revelation at
Mount Sinai, and heralding the
final Redemption with Moshiach,
speedily in our days.
At candle-lighting on the second
night, Saturday night Sept. 30, a new
fruit which was not yet eaten that season is placed on the table. The new
fruit is eaten after reciting the kiddush, before the hamotzi blessing is
said on the Challah. Popular fruit
choices include fresh (not dried) figs,
dates, kiwi, mango or papaya.
T H E TASHLICH C E R E M O N Y
On Sunday afternoon, following
the Rosh Hashanah services, we visit
a lake or pond where we recite the
Tashlich prayers, symbolizing the
'casting away' of our sins. As fish are
fully dependent on water for their
life, so are we totally dependent on
Divine Providence at all times.
T H E T E N DAYS O F REPENTANCE
The days between Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur, inclusive, are
known as the Ten days of Teshuvah.1
It is a s'pecial time for repentance and
forgiveness dedicated to the personal
improvement of our spiritual soul
and inner self.
Rosh Hashanah is the Day of
Judgement, but the verdict is not sealed
until the final moments of Yom Kippur,
during the closing Neila prayer.
T H E F A S T OF G E D A L I A
The third of Tishrei, the day following Rosh Hashanah, Monday
October 2, is a fast day commemorating the tragic assassination of the last
Jewish governor after the First
Temple's destruction..
SHABBAT SHUVAH
The Shabbat between
Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur, October
7, is known as Shabbat Shuvah,
named for the opening words of the
Haftorah: "Return Israel unto G-d."
The Rabbi will customarily deliver a
special address to the congregation
on Teshuvah and self introspection.
T H E E V E OF Y O M K I P P U R
For the pre-Yom
Kippur custom of
Kapparot
("atonement"), a man uses
a rooster, and a
woman, a hen.
Circling the
fowl over
"the head,
prayer
is recited,
and
the
chicken's
value and more
is donated to charity. The Kapparot ceremony
can
also
be
observed by using money that is likewise contributed to charity for needy
persons.
On Sunday October 8, the day preceding Yom Kippur, we eat two festive
meals, one at noontime, and the other
about one hour before sundown.
Eating before Yom Kippur is a both a
preparation for the Yom Kippur fast,
and also an important mitzvah.
On Erev Yom Kippur it is customary to ask for a piece of lekach (honey
cake) from another person, often the
rabbi of the shul. This is a symbolic
substitute for any charity a person
might have been fated to ask from
others during the coming year. The
gesture also represents a wish that the
recipient should enjoy a sweet, good
year.
After the final meal, the parents
bless their children. The father places
his hands on the head of each child,
reciting a personal prayer on his or
her behalf including the Biblical
words: "May G-d make you like
Efraim and Menashe (for a son), or "
May G-d make you like Sarah,
Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah (for a
daughter).
Yom Kippur is ushered in before
sunset Sunday October 8 with candlelighting and a special blessing.
Yom Kippur: October 9
Yom Kippur, beginning at sundown October 8 and continuing until
nightfall of October 9, is the holiest
day of the year. On Yom Kippur it is
prohibited to eat or drink, wash our
body or use lotion, have marital rela-
tions, and wear leather shoes.
Immediately after candle lighting,
we rush to the synagogue for the
opening prayer of Yom Kippur, Kol
Nidrei, when the Holy Ark, and the
gates of Heaven are opened.
The Kol Nidrei prayer is chanted
to a historic moving tune that goes
back to the Jewish Marranos in hiding
who used this opportunity to declare
their faith under the oppression of the
Spanish Inquisition.
It is customary to wear white
clothes to symbolize purity. We spend
many hours in the Synagogue in
prayer, reflecting on our past misdeeds and resolving to improve in the
future.
During each prayer throughout
Yom Kippur, we recite the Viduy, a
confession of sins, tapping our chest
near the heart and asking forgiveness,
as we enumerate sins we may have
committed. The Viduy is said in the
plural ("We have sinned...), for all
Jews are considered as one body, and
we are all responsible for one another.
Yom Kippur atones only for sins
against G-d, but not for any wrongdoings between people. It is important to apologize and seek forgiveness from acquaintances for any ill
feelings that may have arisen during
the year.
Yizkor, the memorial prayer for
the departed, is recited at the end of
the morning service. People who
have lost a parent remain in the synagogue during this prayer (Yizkor may
also be said at home if necessary) and
money is promised to charity in
memory of our beloved.
A highlight of the Yom Kippur service is the Avodah, recounting the
service by the High Priest in the Holy
Temple on Yom Kippur.
Sukkot: October 13
through October 22
Following the solemnity of Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we prepare for the happy exuberance of
Sukkot- the 'Season of our Rejoicing.'
The entire Sukkot holiday lasts for
eight days. The first two days and the
last two days are observed as full
fledged holidays, when we
refrain from work, attend
Synagogue,
light the hoil£ day candles and recite the
Kiddush on a cup of wine.
The intermediate days of Sukkot
are known as Choi Hamoed, when
travel and limited work is permitted.
It is generally a time for family visits
and outings, while we make the
blessing over the Four Kinds each
day, and eat exclusively in the
Sukkah.
"Sukkah" is a booth or tent. When
the Jews left Egypt and wandered in
the wilderness, they lived in rough
huts made of foliage. The Sukkah
also commemorates the protective
'clouds of glory' which surrounded
the Jewish people during their forty
years in the desert.
All meals are eaten in the
Sukkah,
weather
permitting.
Spending time in the Sukkah is a
delightful experience. Some decorate the Sukkah with elaborate
ornaments; others try to preserve
its unadorned natural simplicity.
A Sukkah lacks the comforts we
expect in a house. No roof overhead, the weak frame and foliage
are as frail and temporary as life
itself. But the natural and rustic
Sukkah, suggests basic survival
with Divine Providence.
It is nice to look up to Heaven for
a change, rather than aplastered ceiling, reminding us that Divine protection is our most enduring shelter.
Money cannot buy this spiritual
sense of security, and even the richest
mansion doesn't offer such protection. Only a Sukkah provides this
security. It is a great home improvement idea to consider all year round.
THE FOUR
HOSHANAH RABBAH
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FRIDAY
In the synagogue during the
morning services, special Hoshanot
prayers "Help us O G-d," are said, as
the worshippers encircle the bimah
seven times with lulav and esrog in
hand. We ask G-d to seal our inscription for a good year, and beat the
aravot (hoshanot)- five bound willow
twigs- on the floor five times, symbolically "sweetening" G-d's judgement.
On Hoshanah Rabbah afternoon,
we eat a festive meal in the sukkah.
Kiddush is not recited, but we begin
the meal with Challa dipped in
honey, and delicious Kreplach are
served, symbolizing the covering of
severity with loving-kindness.
Shmini Atzeret and Simchat
Torah: Oct. 20- 22
On Saturday, Shmini Atzeret,
Yizkor is recited for departed family
members. On the evening of Simchat
Torah (some also do so on the
evening of Shemini Atzeret), we
make seven hakafot encircling the
bimah platform in the center of the
Synagogue, singing and dancing with
the Torah scrolls.
The final chapter of the Torah is
read on the morning of Simchat
Torah, completing the yearly cycle.
Young and old in the Synagogue are
called to the Torah for an aliya, and
we then start reading the Torah all the
way back from the beginning.
KINDS
On Sukkot we make a special
blessing and shake the 'Four
Species' -the Etrog (citron), Lulav
(palm branch), Hadassim (myrtle
branches) and Aravot (willow
branches). This is done each day of
Sukkot, except Shabbat.
Some of the four species are fragrant and tasty, while other are plain
and simple, representing different
types of Jews. Holding them together
symbolizes our unity as a people: we
need one another. The four species
are waved in all directions, signifying that G-d is everywhere.
LET'S G O
TORAH!
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it is our strength and light!"
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Each part of our body has its
own mitzvah; we pray with our lips,
read with our eyes, light Shabbos candles and give charity with our hands.
We study with our brain, love G-d
with our heart, and hear the Shofar
with our ears. Every part of the body
has its mitzvah, and every mitzvah
has its day. On Simchas Torah, the
feet have their day, as we march and
dance with our feet, elevating and
uplifting our whole body.
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son a hefty sum of
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stones. When
the
son
returned
home with his purchase, the father
saw him sighing and sweating under a
heavy load on his back. He then realized his son's terrible mistake: "If he is
'kvetching' so much he must be carrying the wrong merchandise. I meant
PRECIOUS stones, and he bought
worthless rocks instead. Had he
obtained what I really wanted, he
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JOY, NOT 'OY'
The Torah should be celebrated
with joy, not as a bothersome burden. Joy is vital to the
proper performance
of a Mitzvah. Doing
a Mitzvah as a dry
rote and
routine,
without
joy
and
spirit, is compared
to a lifeless body
without soul.
A beautiful parable by the
T H E J O Y OF A MITZVA
"Although all the holidays are joyous, Sukkos has an added dimension
of celebration...The joy of doing a
mitzvah, and the love of G-d who
commanded it, is a great
service. It is unfortunate
for a person to deprive
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remains aloof, considering
that the joy is beneath his
dignity...is
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honored,
serving G-d with
love, as
David,
King of Israel, says,
"I am humbled, for
the true greatness is to
dance and sing before
G-d."
Remembering
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I remember going to visit the Rebbe to ask for a Brachah, right before flying to Washington to be sworn in as a US senator in January 1989.
So I thank the Rebbe in front of this
great assemblage for his encouragement
and his counsel, for the sense of purpose
and steadfastness and optimism that I
received from him.
The Rebbe doesn't
need
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Congressional medal, but Americans of
every religion, color and age and category, need to award this medal to the
Lubavitcher Rebbe because of what he
means to the American Jewish community and to all of America."
... "Can we ever forget those precious moments at the Rebbe's
Farbrengen, when the Rebbe paused during his lengthy address, allowing the Chasidim time to sing and to review the Rebbe's words of Torah.
For those few moments, it was an opportunity for those of us in attendance to pour a small L'chaim cup, extend our hand in greeting, and try
to catch the Rebbe's eye. We yearned to receive his L'chaim blessing in
return, with all the vitality, the joy, and the depth in the Rebbe's eyes.
Tonight, as we gather here to honor the Rebbe and commit ourselves
to continue his work, we are, in a sense, trying to catch his eye. Our
request is not only that the Rebbe be, as we say in Yiddish, a 'gutte better' to pray for us on high.
Not only should we catch the Rebbe's eye, but we should embrace his
vision, so it guides all of us forward, all of us, as the Rebbe wants it. Step
by step and mitzvah by mitzvah, always optimistic and confident that
we will reach that time of absolute justice and universal peace and total
joy that we yearn for. May it be speedily in our time."
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H O N E Y SPICE CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE
Chocolate swirls it's w a y through this decadent,
CHOCOLATE BATTER
1 'A cups all purpose flour
Preheat oven to 3 5 0 F. Generously spray a nine or ten inch
tube pan with non stick cooking spray.
1/3 cup cocoa, measured, then sifted
moist, marbleized honey cake.
A shower of grated semi-sweet chocolate makes this riveting.
1 / 4 teaspoon salt
Moist, flavorful and unique - this sets a new tradition.
1 / 2 teaspoon baking soda
For honey spice batter, place flour, baking powder, baking
fo soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and all spice. Blend with a whisk,
then make a well in the center and stir in oil, honey, white and
114 teaspoons baking powder
brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, tea and orange juice. Blend well to make
1 cup white sugar
H O N E Y C A K E BATTER
1 V> cups all purpose flour
1 / 2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 X teaspoons baking powder
1 / 2 cup vegetable oil
1 / 2 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 / 4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
114 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup flat cola
a smooth batter. Set aside.
For chocolate batter, in a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa,
salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
M a k e a well in the center and whisk in white and brown
sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla and cola. Blend well to make a smooth
batter.
1 / 4 teaspoon cloves
1 / 2 cup vegetable oil
GARNISH
1 / 2 cup semi-sweet chocolate, grated
1 / 2 cup honey
Confectioners sugar, optional
1 / 4 teaspoon allspice
Pour honey cake batter into prepared pan. Top with chocolate batter
(no need to swirl or marbleize batter). Place on a baking sheet and bake
until done, 55-65 minutes, or until cake springs back when gently touched.
Cool ten minutes then unmold and place on a serving platter.
3 / 4 cup white sugar
1 / 4 cup brown sugar, packed
N o n Stick Cooking Spray
2 eggs
Confectioner's Sugar, optional
While cake is still warm, sprinkle on grated chocolate and allow to
melt.
If you like, chill cake to set chocolate and then dust with confectioners'
1 / 2 teaspoon pure vanilla
sugar.
1 / 2 cup brewed tea
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1 / 4 cup orange juice
DEFINITIVE
H O N E Y CAKE
There are honey cakes
and there are honey cakes.
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with batter. Refined a n d
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again,
new a n d
improved.
314 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 / 2 teaspoon cloves
1 / 2 teaspoon allspice
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup honey
114 cup whites sugar
1 / 2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1 cup warm coffee
1 / 2 cup orange juice
1/2
c u p shredded,
peeled apples, optional
1 / 2 cup flaked almonds
N o n stick cooking spray
Preheat oven to 3 5 0 F.
Generously spray a nine
or ten inch tube or angel
food cake pan with cooking spray. You can also
use three 8 by 4 inch, or
two 9 by 5 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, whisk
together the flour, baking
powder, b a k i n g
soda,
salt, a n d spices. M a k e a
well in the center a n d stir
in the oil, honey, sugars.
k
eggs, vanilla, coffee, a n
orange juice.
Using a strong wire
whisk, (or a n electric
mixer o n slow speed),
combine ingredients thoroughly to make a thick but
pourable batter, insuring
that ingredients are all
blended a n d not stuck at
the bottom. Fold in shredded apples.
Spoon or pour batter
into prepared p a n (s).
Sprinkle with
almonds.
Place cake on baking sheet
and bake until done, about
60-75 minutes for larger
cake, 45-55 for a smaller
loaf. Cake is done when it
springs back when gently
pressed with fingertips.
Cool ten minutes before
unmolding from pan.
Serves 12-16
1/4
B U B B I E STYLE
YELLOW CAKE
1/4
W h a t could more welcome at any holiday that
this lovely vanilla a n d cinnamon
rippled cake? It
pleases
everyone. O i l -
based, it still tastes rich
and
buttery
teaspoon
almond
pan with cooking spray.
orange
blend
extract
a n d is
In
teaspoon
helps this oil-based cake
brown nicely.
Simple, moist, buttery
yellow - plain cakes don't
honey a n d eggs. Stir in
vanilla,
finely minced, optional
orange extracts a n d zest
4 cups all purpose flour
(if using) then fold in flour,
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
salt, baking powder a n d
5 teaspoons baking pow-
milk or orange juice.
almond
Spoon
cup warm
2% cups sugar
o n e third of
batter, a n d dust on some
milk or
cinnamon,
1 tablespoon cinnamon
more
2 tablespoons coarse or
remaining batter. Top with
granulated sugar
coarse or plain sugar.
cup
semi-sweet
more
batter,
cinnamon
Top
with
and
chocolate
chocolate, shredded
a n d coarse sugar.
N o n Stick cooking spray
sheet a n d bake until cake
Place
114 cups vegetable oil
and
orange juice
1/4
cake much better than this.
bowl,
2 teaspoons orange zest,
1/2
matic. A touch of honey
mixing
the oil, sugar,
extract, optional
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baking
tests done, about
1 / 4 cup honey
Preheat oven to 3 5 0 F.
6 eggs, room temperature
Generously spray a nine or
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Jews live in Rome and
Milan, while the rest
live in smaller
communities.
The most
beautiful
IizaZiano
by Andre
I t a l i a n
Synagogues
and
Mencini
Italy's community of little
over 40,000 Jews is small compared to major Jewish populations, but it is rich in history and
legacy, the oldest Jewish community in Europe that goes back
2,000 years. Ancient records
show a sizable Jewish presence
in Rome back in King Herod's
time, and certain Jewish Italian
families today can trace their
genealogical tree over seventy
generations!
The Talmud refers to wine
and currency from "Italia by
Greece," and the Midrash comments that when Isaac blessed
Esau: "You shall dwell on the fat
of the land" he meant "Italia."
After 1000 CE, Italian Jews
were barred from artisan guilds,
which limited them to deal only
in money lending and used
clothing. In 1215, the Fourth
Lateran Council ordered Jewish
men to wear red or yellow hats
and a cloth badge, and Jewish
women wore a yellow veil over
their hats.
When King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella expelled all Jews
from Spain in 1492, many
escaped to northern Italy. Most
settled in Rome and Milan, but
some went to Ancona, Venice
and Livorno.
The world's first ghetto was
established in Venice in 1516, and
in 1555 a ghetto was enforced in
After destroying Jerusalem in
Rome. While the ghetto restrict70 CE, the triumphant Romans
ed the Jews physically, they blosforced ten thousand Jewish capsomed and flourished spiritually
tives to build the Coliseum, as
between
the
their
victory
closed
walls.
over Israel was
Historic names
etched in stone
include the codon the infamous
\ ifier Maharam
Arch of Titus.
of Padua, the
Although
Mishna
comenslaved,
the
mentator Rabbi
Jewish commuOvadia
of
nity in Rome
Bartenura
(a
built
thirteen
kosher Italian
synagogues!
wine now carRoman cataries his name),
combs feature
and
Rabbi
Menorahs and
Chaim
Ben
other
Jewish
Attar,
the
motifs,
and
famous
"Or
archeological
Hachayim"
finds
show
taught
in
Jewish residents
Livorno. Italy's
in
Aquileia,
Mobile Sukkah on a gondola in Venice
publishing housGrado
and
es
printed
Jewish
classics, and
Concordia in the 4th century.
Italian Jews have their own cusCommunities also developed in
tom regarding certain Haftarah
Padua, Treviso, Bassano, and
readings,
independent
of
Conegliano, from where Jews
Sephardic or Ashkenazic tradimoved on to Venice.
tions.
The Jewish situation took a
turn for the worse in 380 CE
when Christianity became the
official religion of the Roman
Empire. As the Church gained
power, Roman tolerance for the
Jewish minority decreased.
Napoleon tore down the ghetto gates in 1797, but after his
defeat, Jews were forced back. In
1848, the Italian states unified
under the House of Savoy granted the Jews full equality.
Later, Charlemagne supported Jewish rights, granting Jews
relative calm for 200 years. The
Ottoman Empire let Southern
Italy's Jews live in peace, and
great Jewish schools opened in
Bari and Otranto. Italy contributed to the "Rishonim" period
of advanced Jewish scholarship
with the first Talmudic lexicon by
Rabbi Nathan of Rome, the
Talmudic encyclopedia 'Pachad
Yitschaq,' and other famous
books.
About 45,000 Jews lived in
Italy in 1938, when Mussolini
aligned himself with Hitler.
Mussolini's fascist army deported Italian Jews to the death
camps, where 7,389 perished.
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After the Holocaust, Italy
served as a transit point for
Jewish refugees from European
and Arabic countries on their
way to Israel. While many survivors left for Israel, others stayed
to rebuild the Italian Jewish community. Today, over 70% of Italy's
J e w i s h
Museums
are found in
Venice, Rorence,
Rome, Trieste and
Bologna. A masterpiece
of artistic and historic interest, the Synagogue of Casale
Monferrato (1595), reflects the
Jewish
community's
former
important role in this city.
It features
a
beautiful
Holy
Ark,
with
bas-
synagogues (15th to 16th C.), with
pawnshops and tall crowded
buildings along the lagoon
where
Jews
once
lived.
V e n i c e ' s
Kosher
G
r e l i e f s
Gam
m
Restaurant
depicting
Jerusalem, a
painted ceiling dominated by the
verse "This is
the door to
d i s p l a y s
H e a v e n , "
and Hebrew
inscriptions
adorning the
walls.
The
w o m e n ' s
gallery has a
nice exhibit
of Jewish art,
history
and
tradition.
a
Italian Jewish campers posing in front of
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Venice's ghetto has recently
sprung back to life with artistic
legacy, history and culture. It
throbs in the old magnificent
mouth-watering Mediterranean dishes
and is popular
with tourists,
and the newly
established
Rabbinical
Academy
of
Venice
welcomes Shabbat
guests,
who
enjoy talking
with
the
Yeshiva
students.
More information can be
obtained from Rabbi Rachamim
Banin, Chabad of Venezia, 2884
Cannaregio Venice, 390-41-71-5284, or from www.chabad.it
A Natural Resource: The Etrog
According to tradition, w h e n G - d c o m m a n d e d Moses to
T a k e the fruit of a beautiful tree...' for the Sukkot Mitzvah of
the "Four Kinds," the Etrogim c a m e from the Calabria region
in southern Italy.
Calabria's original Etrog forest and subsequent cultivation
have supplied the Sukkot fruit over the centuries.
The Etrog grows best in a moderate climate, as it is easily d a m a g e d by heat or
drought, and is very sensitive to frost.
For an Etrog to be kosher it must
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never have been grafted. Etrog growers take every precaution to protect
the treasured fruit, securely staking <
and tying the fruiting branch and trim- ,
ming away twigs or thorns that may
scar or blemish the fruit. The trees
are sprayed manually to avoid moving
irrigation
equipment
through
the
groves.
The Etrog tree is unique in that it blooms nearly all year. If
not picked early, it will remain on the tree and continue to
grow for years. The fruit is dark-green w h e n young, and takes
3 months to turn yellow. The fruit is picked early to retain the
desired color, firmness and uniformity. Each Etrog is carefully inspected by rabbis and w r a p p e d in protective h e m p fiber
immediately after picking. S o m e Calabrian Etrog trees have
been transplanted in Israel, representing the best of both
countries.
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Participate in a meaning U
inspirational High Holiday experience.
ROSH HASHANAH
Friday, September 29th,
Saturday, September
7:00PM
30th, 10:00AM
Sunday, October 1st,
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and
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Doubletree Hotel
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religious background,
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