Updates

At the final hours before we bring in the final days of Pesach tonight with candle lighting at 7:33 pm, Chanie and I hope your Pesach has been uplifitng as well and would like to wish you a Happy Pesach for the duration of the holiday.

Please join us for the last days for services, most notably Yizkor and Moshiach Seudah on Tuesday. You may find the complete schedule on our website atwww.chabaduptown.org/pesachschedule

This Tuesday, the eighth and final of Pesach, let's close out the holiday together with a special farewell meal, called the Moshiach Seudah. Enjoy wine and matzah, discuss words of Torah and inspirational stories, sing Chassidic melodies, and find out why this day has a special energy related to the coming of Moshiach. 

Rabbi Chaim

P.S. To be a partner in our Pesach programs, please consider giving us a hand at www.chabaduptown.org/donate

We hope that your first days of Pesach was joyously spent with family and friends. From our family to yours, we wish you a Happy & Kosher Pesach to each and every one of you! As we said in the prayer on Erev Pesach, (with our thoughts not only to our personal well being, but also poignantly directed to Kansas), "May it be your will, G-d, that just as I am disposing of the chometz from my home and property, so too may You ... remove the spirit of impurity of the earth, remove the evil inclination from us and grant us the heart of flesh to serve you in truth." 

Our Pesach awareness programs are a significant part of our budget, but as you are well aware, Chabad of Uptown provides critical Jewish services not only Pesach but all year round. Is is customary to give generously on Pesach to your shul, we ask you to please consider a donation to Chabad of Uptown's operating found that critically needs your support!www.chabaduptown.org/donate

The kids enjoyed having uncle Mendel Galperin and his yeshivah friend Tzemach Simon for the Yom Tov. The Lazzfeed shenanigins include flipping Texas size latkes (video), hearing hour long stories, jumping and sliding on bouncy houses and Zuma fun filled action of go carts, bumper boats and tickets printing arcades...

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST DAYS OF PESACH INCLUDING LATE NIGHT TORAH STUDY, YIZKOR AND ANOTHER FOUR CUPS OF WINE AT THE MOSHIACH SEUDAH! www.chabaduptown.org/pesachschedule

Shabbos Chol Hamoed Pesach

Friday, April 18      
- Before 7:32 pm Light Shabbat Candles (Blessing 1)   
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Kabbalat Shabbat Services   

Shabbat, April 19      
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)   
- 7:30 pm Mincha  
- 8:28 pm Maariv Services, Havdalla & Shabbat Ends 

Passover Final Days Service Schedule

Sunday, April 20     
- Before 7:33 pm Light Yom Tov Candles (Blessing 2)  
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services  
- 12:00 am Late night Torah Study  

Monday, April 21, 7th Day of Pesach   
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)  
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services  
- After 8:29 pm Light Shabbos & Yom Tov Candles (Blessing 2)  

Tuesday, April 22, Acharon Shel Pesach  
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit)  
           - 11:15 am Yizkor Memorial Service  
- 7:00 pm Mincha  
- 7:30 pm Moshiach Seudah followed by Maariv Services 
- 8:30 pm Holiday Ends

IMPORTANT:  
Wait one hour before eating chometz to allow the Rabbi to buy it back for you.

Have a good Shabbos!

Rabbi Chaim & Chanie

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Rivky was the lucky girl who got to join Rabbi Chaim for a special trip to NY, marking the Rebbe's 112th birthday tonight, 11 Nissan. The high rollers trip included rolling in the dough at the matzah bakery (the real deal) and a spiritual visit to the ohel. Of course, a trip to NY is not complete without a stop at the Bubbies, seeing a giant Pesach fish, kosher pizza and candy shops!

We are excited to have Chanie's brother Mendel Galperin and his friend, Tzemach Simon, to assist and join us for Pesach!

The Shabbat before Passover is termed Shabbat HaGadol ("The Great Shabbat") in commemoration of the "great miracle" that happened in Egypt on this day, heralding the Exodus from Egypt five days later. Shabbat HaGadol customs include reading a portion of the Haggadah (from "Avadim hayinu..." to "...al kol avonotainu"), which tells the story of the Exodus; it is also customary that the rabbi of the community delivers a lecture in which he elaborates on the laws of Passover and their significance, in preparation for the festival.

Final call to sell your chametz! From all Jewish food laws, Chametz is unique since not only are you not allowed to eat it, you're not even allowed to own it! Sell your Chametz now atwww.chabadhouston.com/chametz.

A final and formal search is conducted for Chametz after nightfall to remove every last crumb of chametz from our homes and property, in Houston after 8:17 pm. Click herefor a step-by-step "Getting-Rid-of-Chametz" wizard. Click here for instructions on how to conduct the search, and here for the time for searching chametz in your location. Links: AboutLeaven.

Monday is the "fast of the firstborn" commemorating the plague of the death of the firstborn Egyptian sons. If you are a firstborn son or the parent of a firstborn son under bar mitzvah, you need to fast until the Seder kiddush OR you can come to shul on Monday morning to hear a siyum ceremony, a completion of a tractate of Talmud. The celebration of the tractate's completion exempts the fast.

Please join us for Shabbos and Pesach holiday services. Check out the complete schedule atwww.chabaduptown.org/pesachschedule. Take special note of Yizkor and Moshiach seudah on the final day of Pesach.

Shabbos Hagadol, Parshas Acharei

Friday, April 11
Services at 7:30 pm
Candle lighting at 7:28 pm

Shabbos, April 12
Chassidus at 9 am
Shacharis at 10 am
Special Shabbos Hagadol reading and Shabbat Hagadol Rabbi's Sermon
Followed by Kiddush and farbrengen
Mincha at 7:30 pm
Customary reading of portion of Hagaddah
Maariv, havdalla and Shabbos Ends at 8:23 pm
Kiddush levana
Living Torah

Sunday, April 13
Shacharis at 8:30 
Tefillin Club wrap at 9 am
Chametz sale deadline at 5 pm
- After 8:17 pm Formal Search for Chometz

Monday, April 14 (see laws or Pesach A-Z) 
- 5:43 am Firstborn Fast Begins 
- 6:45-7:30 am Teffilin wrap & Siyum ceremony for firstborns (or parents of firstborns under 13) 
- Before 11:13 am Finish eating Chametz 
- Before 12:17 pm Finish burning Chametz

Passover I & II Services & Candle Lighting 
(see The Seder, laws or Pesach A-Z) 

Monday, April 14, 2014 
- Before 7:30 pm Light Shabbos & Yom Tov Candles (Blessings 2 & 4) 
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services 
Feel free to join any of the Houston area communal seders! CLICK HERE FOR THE LISTING

Tuesday, April 15 
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit) 
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services (Begin to Count Omer) 
- After 8:25 pm Light Yom Tov Candles (Blessings 2 & 4)

Wednesday, April 16 
- 10:00 am Morning Services (Shacharit) 
- 7:30 pm Mincha & Maariv Services 
- 8:25 pm Yom Tov Ends

March 28-31 Chol Hamoed (Intermediate) Pesach days - No Teffilin Required

Have a good Shabbos!

Rabbi Chaim & Chanie

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