Updates

From the Mailbag:

• Hi Rabbi Chaim (& Chanie), I enjoyed celebrating the chag with you and your family yesterday. The company was great! :)
• Hi Rabbi, Thank you very much for putting on the Yom Tov Service, It reminded me very much off home and the Yom Tov I enjoyed back in the UK. I really enjoyed the service, your naration of the service which made it really easy to follow. I really enjoyed your serman and have been telling all your jokes as if they were my own. I look forward to seeing you on Yom Kippur.
• Rabbi, Thank you for making such a wonderful Rosh Hashana experience -- services and meals were extraordinary! Thank you!!!

News:

• Mazel tov to Rabbi Yossi & Manya Lazaroff of Chabad at Texas A&M in College Station upon the birth of triplets! The two girls and one boy are, Baruch Hashem, thriving and doing well.
• Our sincere condolences to Dr. Jerry & Irene Simmons and family upon the passing of their father and grandfather on Thursday right before Erev Rosh Hashana...

• Services will be held at the Prosperity Bank Plaza, 4299 San Felipe, Enter from Briarglen off of San Felipe
• Dinners will be held at Chabad of Uptown 4311 Bettis Drive
• We will walk to Tashlich at the Park Pond on Post Oak south of Hidalgo. We will walk there together after the Mincha service to held at the bank on Sunday and then walk back for Maariv and a special Musical Havdalla by our Cantor Rabbi Daniel Gavin and his Guitar!

As we gear up for the New Year, 5770 years to the creation of the world, we have a lot to be thankful for. This year has brought Chabad of Uptown many great new beginnings, as we moved to our permanent location and expanded programs.

• The contemporary themes course for Young Professionals on Temptations, Afterlife, Tattoos and Kabbala of the High Holidays saw a collective attendance of over 40 students. The summer closeout BBQ brought together close to 50 young Houstonians, the future leaders of the Jewish community, for some great food, peppers and comeraderie. Rabbi Chaim gave an inspirational take on the "Kabbala of Good Food"... A special thank you to Michael Kronman for manning the grill and Abriella Fuerst and Kirby Chenkin for helping setup!
• Our remote parking lot is now official! The signs and maps have been installed! All Chabad of Uptown patrons are permitted to park at the surface parking marked for Chabad of Uptown at the Prosperity Bank Plaza. Access the parking lot on the east side of the bank plaza on Briarglen Drive. Signs indicate the appropiate parking location.
• The plaza will also be the venue for this years uplifting, informal and inspirational High Holiday services. Please enter from the Briarglen approach for easiest access to suite 350 in the 4299 San Felipe building (on left when looking from Briarglen). If you have not made your reservations for services and / or the dinners or taken advantage of our Birthrght Membership package, please do so right away to we may plan accordingly. See here for the complete candle lighting and service schedule.
• We will also be offering a High Holiday survival course by the Jewish Learning Institute for three Thursdays, beginning September 17. Click here for the course syllabus and for more information.
• Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Sukkot community dinner on Friday, Oct. 2 and Simchat Torah Saturday Oct. 10!
• Have you been voting for Chabad of Uptown to win $25,000? Visit the heroes website every twelve hours! Make it your browser home page!

Shabbos, Parshas Neztavim-Vayelech

• Candlelighting this week at 7:15 pm.
• Friday night services at 7:30 pm as throughout the whole summer.
• Shabbos day Preprayer study at 9am, Shacharis at 10 am followed by CHOLENT!
• Mincha at 7:15 pm. Conclusion of cycle of ethics of our fathers with chapter 5 & 6.
• Maariv, Havdalla and Shabbos ends at 8:07 pm.
• Please join for Selichos on Saturday night (truly early Sunday morning :)) at 1:00 am at the Chabad Lubavitch Center, 10900 Fondren Road.

On a more personal note:

• We mourn the passing of a very special man, the grandfather of Chanie, Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Fox. He was special in many ways and will sorely be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
• Rabbi Chaim was scheduled to leave on Sunday for FL for the southeast conference of Chabad shluchim. 10 min. before he left for the airport we were notified of the passing of Chanie's maternal grandfather. So Rabbi Chaim cancelled his flight and made Chanie a ticket. So, RC ended up staying in Houston and Chanie was is in NY... She came back late Tuesday night greeted by all the kids all got sick and are just getting over it...

May you be inscribed and sealed for a happy and healthy, sweet New Year,

Rabbi Chaim, Chanie & Clan