⇒ JTA helped us remind all to celebrate Chanukah on December 10-18, 2020. As quoted in today's JTA syndicated story, appearing in many other papers worldwide: “This year, more than ever, the light of Hanukkah is needed to increase the feeling of the triumph and eradication of evil with goodness, illness with health, sadness with joy,” said Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff, program director for Chabad in Houston, adding that the events this year have been “carefully chosen to adhere to best safety practices possible.” For the complete list of events, www.chabadhouston.com/localevents ⇒Are you ready for Chanukah? Become an Ambassador of Light! Help make sure that every Jewish adult in Houston has a Chanukah menorah and candles. You get a few of our packaged menorahs kits with candles and share it with your friends. Simple as that. Let us know if you are ready and how many menorahs you will need. Click here to sign up! UPCOMING EVENTS SHABBOS, YUD-TES KISLEV, PARSHAS VAYISHLACH Friday, Kislev 18 - December 4 Shabbos, Yud-Tes Kislev, Rosh Hashana of Chassidus - December 5 VIRTUAL CLASSES Tuesday Thursday
On the 19th of Kislev of the year 5559 from creation (1798), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi -- a leading disciple of Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch and the founder of Chabad Chassidism -- was released from his imprisonment in the Peter-Paul fortress in Petersburg, where he was held for 53 days on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Chassidism heralding a new era in the revelation of the "inner soul" of Torah, and is celebrated to this day as "The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism." It is also the the Birthday of his granddaughter Menucha Rochel Slonim (1798-1888) and Yartzeit of his predecessor, the Maggid of Mezritch (1772). Links: About Kislev 19, Today in Jewish History.
Candle Lighting & Mincha at 5:04 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:00 pm
Distanced First Fridays Chinese Shabbat 7:00 pm
www.yjphouston.org/wokshabbat
Chassidus at 9:00 am
Latest Morning Shema at 9:35 am
Shacharis at 10:00 am
Mincha at 5:05 pm
Maariv (switch to Tal U'matar)
Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 6:01 pm
Living Torah
A light on the Path - Virtual Program at 8:30 pm
www.chabaduptown.org/liveclass
12:00 pm - Parsha Class
Wednesday
8 PM YJP Class
12:00 pm - Kitzur Shulchan Aruch - Jewish Law
8:00 pm - Chassidus - Derech Mitzvosecha
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